{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = | cricket format = First-class cricket | tournament format = League system | champions = Middlesex | count = | participants = | matches = | most runs = | most wickets = | previous_year = 1989 | previous_tournament = 1989 County Championship | next_year = 1991 | next_tournament = 1991 County Championship }}
The '''1990 Britannic Assurance County Championship''' was the 91st officially organised running of the County Championship. Middlesex won the Championship title.<ref>{{cite book|last=Engel|first=Matthew|title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494|year=2004|publisher=John Wisden & Company Ltd|isbn=0-947766-83-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500322025&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Alan Lee, Cricket Correspondent. "Middlesex claim championship with day to spare." Times [London, England] 21 Sept. 1990|work=The Times}}</ref>
The Championship was sponsored by Britannic Assurance for the seventh time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/aug/20/cricket7|title=That's out: the sponsors who walked|newspaper=The Guardian|date=20 August 1999|access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref>
==Table== *16 points for a win *8 points to each team for a tie *8 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level *Bonus points awarded in the first 100 overs of the first innings **Batting: 150 runs - 1 point, 200 runs - 2 points 250 runs - 3 points, 300 runs - 4 points **Bowling: 3-4 wickets - 1 point, 5-6 wickets - 2 points 7-8 wickets - 3 points, 9-10 wickets - 4 points *No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. A one-innings match is played, with the winner gaining 12 points. *Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided on most wins.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ County Championship table |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |Won !width=20 abbr="Lost" |Lost !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |Drawn !width=20 abbr="Bonus points" |Batting bonus !width=20 abbr="Bonus points" |Bowling bonus !width=20 abbr="Points" |Points |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|Middlesex ||22||10 ||1 ||11 ||73 ||55 ||288 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Essex ||22||8 ||2 ||12 ||73 ||56 ||257 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Hampshire ||22||8 ||4 ||10 ||67 ||48 ||243 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Worcestershire ||22||7 ||1 ||14 ||70 ||58 ||240 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Warwickshire ||22||7 ||7 ||8 ||55 ||64 ||231 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire ||22||6 ||3 ||13 ||65 ||56 ||217 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Leicestershire ||22||6 ||7 ||9 ||61 ||53 ||210 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Glamorgan ||22||5 ||6 ||11 ||64 ||48 ||192 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Surrey ||22||4 ||3 ||15 ||54 ||64 ||190 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Yorkshire ||22||5 ||9 ||8 ||52 ||55 ||187 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Northamptonshire ||22||4 ||9 ||9 ||61 ||60 ||185 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Derbyshire ||22||6 ||7 ||9 ||58 ||52 ||181 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Gloucestershire ||22||4 ||7 ||11 ||51 ||58 ||173 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Nottinghamshire ||22||4 ||8 ||10 ||51 ||58 ||173 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Somerset ||22||3 ||4 ||15 ||73 ||45 ||166 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Kent ||22||3 ||6 ||13 ||69 ||35 ||152 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Sussex ||22||3 ||9 ||10 ||51 ||44 ||143 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{1990 English cricket season}} {{County Championship seasons}} {{English cricket seasons}}
Category:1990 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons
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