{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board | image = LV County chapionship 2006 to 2014.jpg | cricket format = First-class cricket (4 days) | tournament format = League system | champions = Sussex | count = 3 | participants = 18 | matches = 144 | most runs = Mark Ramprakash {{Clear}} (2,026 for Surrey)<ref name="runs">{{cite web|url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/LV_County_Championship_2007/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in LV County Championship 2007 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416235630/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/LV_County_Championship_2007/Batting_by_Runs.html |archive-date=16 April 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> | most wickets = Mushtaq Ahmed {{Clear}} (90 for Sussex)<ref name="wickets">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/LV_County_Championship_2007/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in LV County Championship 2007 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 June 2009}}</ref> | previous_year = 2006 | previous_tournament = 2006 County Championship | next_year = 2008 | next_tournament = 2008 County Championship }} The '''2007 County Championship season''', known as the '''LV County Championship''' for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2008, while the bottom two teams from Division 1 were relegated.
Teams in the County Championship 2007: {| | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" |- ! Division One !! Division Two |- | Durham | Derbyshire |- | Hampshire | Essex |- | Kent | Glamorgan |- | Lancashire | Gloucestershire |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Surrey | Leicestershire |- | Sussex |bgcolor=#ffcccc| Middlesex |- | Warwickshire | Northamptonshire |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Worcestershire |bgcolor=#ffcccc| Nottinghamshire |- | Yorkshire | Somerset |} |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Icon |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Team promoted from Division Two |- |bgcolor=#ffcccc| Team relegated from Division One |} |}
==Standings== Fourteen points were awarded for each win, four points were awarded for a draw or abandonment. Defeats scored no points. Teams were awarded bonus points during the first 130 overs of their first innings; one bowling point for every three wickets taken (up to three points available), and one batting point gained when teams reached 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 runs (up to five points available).
===Division One=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! ! width="175" |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Tied" |T !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Abandoned" |A !width=20 abbr="Batting Bonus Points" |Bat !width=20 abbr="Bowling Bonus Points" |Bwl !width=30 abbr="Adjustments" |Adj !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |1 | style="text-align:left;" |Sussex |16||7||0||3||5||1||37||43||0||'''202''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |2 | style="text-align:left;" |Durham |16||7||0||5||4||0||38||47||–1½||'''197½''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |3 | style="text-align:left;" |Lancashire |16||5||0||2||8||1||40||44||0||'''190''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |4 | style="text-align:left;" |Surrey |16||5||0||4||6||1||41||40||–1||'''178''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |5 | style="text-align:left;" |Hampshire |16||5||0||3||8||0||32||43||0||'''177''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |6 | style="text-align:left;" |Yorkshire |16||4||0||4||8||0||49||38||0||'''175''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |7 | style="text-align:left;" |Kent |16||3||0||5||7||1||43||36||0||'''153''' |- style="background:#ffcccc;" |8 | style="text-align:left;" |Warwickshire |16||2||0||5||9||0||40||38||0||'''139''' |- style="background:#ffcccc;" |9 | style="text-align:left;" |Worcestershire |16||1||0||8||5||2||18||35||0||'''95''' |- | | colspan="11" align="left" |Source:<ref name="table">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/LV_County_Championship_2007.html|title=LV County Championship 2007 Points Table|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 June 2009}}</ref> |}
===Division Two=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! ! width="175" |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Tied" |T !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Abandoned" |A !width=20 abbr="Batting Bonus Points" |Bat !width=20 abbr="Bowling Bonus Points" |Bwl !width=30 abbr="Adjustments" |Adj !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |1 | style="text-align:left;" |Somerset |16||10||0||1||5||0||65||41||0||'''266''' |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |2 | style="text-align:left;" |Nottinghamshire |16||6||0||3||7||0||60||43||–½||'''214½''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |3 | style="text-align:left;" |Middlesex |16||6||0||2||8||0||35||43||–1½||'''192½''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |4 | style="text-align:left;" |Essex |16||6||0||4||6||0||40||36||–2||'''182''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |5 | style="text-align:left;" |Northamptonshire |16||5||0||5||6||0||44||38||0||'''176''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |6 | style="text-align:left;" |Derbyshire |16||3||0||5||8||0||30||44||–1||'''147''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |7 | style="text-align:left;" |Gloucestershire |16||3||0||5||8||0||32||37||–3½||'''139½''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |8 | style="text-align:left;" |Leicestershire |16||2||0||8||5||1||32||35||–4||'''115''' |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" |9 | style="text-align:left;" |Glamorgan |16||1||0||9||5||1||26||37||–8½||'''92½''' |- | | colspan="11" align="left" |Source:<ref name="table" /> |}
==Leading averages== {| |- valign="top" || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most runs |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 2,026 ||style="text-align:center;"| 101.30 || Mark Ramprakash || Surrey |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,384 ||style="text-align:center;"| 55.36 || David Sales || Northamptonshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,329 ||style="text-align:center;"| 66.45 || Michael Di Venuto || Durham |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,315 ||style="text-align:center;"| 62.61 || Marcus Trescothick || Somerset |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,284 ||style="text-align:center;"| 75.52 || Simon Katich || Derbyshire |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref name="runs" /> |} || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most wickets |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 90 ||style="text-align:center;"| 25.66 || Mushtaq Ahmed || Sussex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 80 ||style="text-align:center;"| 20.75 || Ottis Gibson || Durham |- |style="text-align:center;"| 74 ||style="text-align:center;"| 22.20 || Danish Kaneria || Essex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 70 ||style="text-align:center;"| 24.14 || Andy Caddick || Somerset |- |style="text-align:center;"| 62 ||style="text-align:center;"| 24.67 || Charl Willoughby || Somerset |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref name="wickets" /> |} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{2007 English cricket season}} {{County Championship seasons}} {{English cricket seasons}}
County Championship, 2007 Category:County Championship seasons