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    County Championship Cricket Schedule

    • Live County Championship Cricket Schedule
    • County Championship
    • How To Stream The County Championship
    • How To Bet On The County Championship
    • County Championship Betting Sites
    • County Championship Format & Teams

    Live County Championship Cricket Schedule

    Full guide to the English County Championships and the latest scores and upcoming fixtures. One of the oldest domestic competitions, we have the latest news and results as games happen. 

    County Championship

    The County Championship is the only domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales. 

    Established back in 1890, the County Championship works on a two-league system in which sides battle from promotion and against relegation. The side finishing at the top of Division 1 is crowned the champion. 

    A total of 18 teams play across the competition, with 17 coming from England and one from Wales. 

    How To Stream The County Championship

    The availability of the County Championship and whether you can watch it will depend on your country of residence. 

    Broadcast on Sky Sports in the UK, others countries may not have a paid for TV service that provides coverage of the competition. 

    Top betting sites like bet365 and Stake allow you to live stream a range of major sports, with cricket included on this list. 

    How To Bet On The County Championship

    Many betting sites will offer bettors a range of ways to bet on an array of cricket competitions, with the County Championship included in this. 

    You will find a number of pre-match markets for many games. The most popular of these markets includes match winner, top run scorer, top team run scorer, top wicket taker, highest opening partnership, to win the coin toss and more. 

    Bettors can also wager on in-play betting markets too. By betting in-play, customers can try to take advantage of live events causing the odds to shift as the match progresses. Many of the best betting markets are available in-play. 

    You can also bet on a range of futures betting too. These include the winner of the tournament, top run scorer, top wicket taker and more. 

    Make sure you pick a betting site that provides you with all of the betting markets you want to wager on when it comes to cricket and the Count Championship. 

    County Championship Betting Sites

    County Championship Format & Teams

    The County Championship is the premier domestic first class cricket competition in England and Wales. The two-league system is contested by 18 teams in total, with 17 sides come from England and one from Wales. 

    The teams are:

    • Derbyshire
    • Durham
    • Essex
    • Glamorgan 
    • Gloucestershire
    • Hampshire
    • Kent
    • Lancashire
    • Leicestershire
    • Middlesex
    • Northamptonshire
    • Nottinghamshire
    • Somerset
    • Surrey
    • Sussex
    • Warwickshire
    • Worcestershire
    • Yorkshire 

    The format sees teams battling to secure the most points in the division, with the top side winning the title. A win is worth 16 points, a tie is eight points, a draw is eight points and a loss amounts to no points other than bonus points. Teams can secure bonus points whether they win, tie, draw or lose. 

    Surrey are the current champions having secured their 23rd title. Yorkshire are the most successful side, notching 32 titles.