Durham County Cricket Club seasons - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of seasons played by Durham County Cricket Club in English cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, from the club's first appearance in a major competition to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top run-scorers and wicket-takers for each season.

Seasons

Season	County Championship County Championship The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...									National League									FPT	B&H Benson & Hedges Cup The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....	T20 Twenty20 Cup The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...	Most runs		Most wickets
Season	Div	P	W	L	D	Tie	Abdn	Pts	Pos	Div	P	W	L	NR	Tie	Abdn	Pts	Pos	FPT			Most runs		Most wickets
1964 1964 English cricket season The 1964 English cricket season saw Australia retain The Ashes as Bob Simpson led them through a hard-fought series, with only one match coming to a definite result....																			R2
Durham did not appear in any major domestic cricket competition in 1965 or 1966.
1967 1967 English cricket season The 1967 English cricket season saw a double England triumph as they won both of two home series.-Honours:County Championship - YorkshireGillette Cup - Kent*Minor Counties Championship - Cheshire...																			R1
1968 1968 English cricket season The 1968 English cricket season was something of a watershed for it was the last in which the County Championship predominated. From 1969, a new limited overs league began and the number of Championship matches was therefore reduced...																			R1
Durham did not appear in any major domestic cricket competition between 1969 and 1971.
1972 1972 English cricket season The 1972 English cricket season saw an increase in limited overs cricket with the introduction of the Benson & Hedges Cup, which was part mini-league and part knockout along the lines of soccer's World Cup competition. This caused another reduction in County Championship matches and the B&H was...																			R2
1973 1973 English cricket season The 1973 English cricket season saw Hampshire win their second-ever title while a very strong Kent side continued to dominate the limited overs game.-Honours:County Championship - HampshireGillette Cup - Gloucestershire...																			R2
1974 1974 English cricket season The 1974 English cricket season continued the recent pattern of joint tours with India and Pakistan again playing three Tests each against England.-Honours:County Championship - WorcestershireGillette Cup - Kent...																			R2
Durham did not appear in any major domestic cricket competition in 1975 or 1976.
1977 1977 English cricket season The 1977 English cricket season was played out in the aftermath of the Kerry Packer affair. Geoffrey Boycott returned to Test cricket and managed to time things so that he scored his 100th career century in the Headingley Test...																			R1
1978 1978 English cricket season The 1978 English cricket season was played amidst growing concerns about the impact of World Series Cricket. On the domestic front, Kent was the most outstanding county team despite Alan Knott and Derek Underwood having joined WSC.-Honours:...																			R1
1979 1979 English cricket season The 1979 English cricket season saw the second Cricket World Cup played in England. West Indies defeated England in the final.-Honours:County Championship - EssexGillette Cup - Somerset*Sunday League - Somerset...																			R2
1980 1980 English cricket season The 1980 English cricket season demonstrated that the West Indies cricket team had now consolidated itself as a formidable team, producing the most notable individual performances in winning the summer's Test series 1-0, though rain limited the opportunity of either side to win the remaining four...																			R1
1981 1981 English cricket season In the 1981 English cricket season a change of sponsorship ended the Gillette Cup's 18-year tenure as a household name and the knockout competition was renamed the NatWest Trophy, which lasted for twenty years....																			R1
1982 1982 English cricket season The 1982 English cricket season saw the welcome return to top class cricket of the leg spinner's art as Abdul Qadir proved the most entertaining player of an otherwise disappointing season.-Honours:*County Championship - Middlesex...																			R1
1983 1983 English cricket season The 1983 English cricket season was the scene for the third Cricket World Cup which was deservedly won by India.In Minor Counties cricket, the MCCA Knockout Trophy was inaugurated.-Honours:County Championship - EssexNatWest Trophy - Somerset...																			R1
1984 1984 English cricket season The 1984 English cricket season saw a continued dominance by the best-ever Essex team who won a second successive County Championship and also won the Sunday League.-Honours:County Championship - EssexNatWest Trophy - Middlesex...																			R1
1985 1985 English cricket season The 1985 English cricket season saw England recover The Ashes against an Australian team that had still not recovered from the Packer affair.-Honors:County Championship - MiddlesexNatWest Trophy - Essex*Sunday League - Essex...																			R2
1986 1986 English cricket season The 1986 English cricket season saw Essex win the County Championship for the third time in four seasons.-Honours:County Championship - EssexNatWest Trophy - SussexSunday League - HampshireBenson & Hedges Cup -...																			R1
1987 1987 English cricket season In the 1987 English cricket season Nottinghamshire pulled off the Championship and NatWest Trophy "double"-Honours:County Championship - NottinghamshireNatWest Trophy - Nottinghamshire*Sunday League - Worcestershire...																			R1
1988 1988 English cricket season The 1988 English cricket season was dominated by Worcestershire who won the first of two successive championships and also a second successive Sunday league title....																			R1
1989 1989 English cricket season The 1989 English cricket season saw the re-emergence of Australia as a world-class team after it had struggled for most of the previous 12 years. Under the leadership of Allan Border, a very fine team had been forged that included Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, David Boon and Merv Hughes...																			R1
1990 1990 English cricket season The 1990 English season was one of the most batsmen-friendly summers in living memory. The size of the seam on the cricket ball had been reduced markedly from 1989, and along with dry conditions and the extension of four-day cricket this allowed batsmen to build huge scores: Graham Gooch became one...																			R1
1991 1991 English cricket season The 1991 English cricket season was notable for some outstanding fast bowling performances by Messrs Ambrose, Donald and Waqar.-Honours:County Championship - EssexNatWest Trophy - Hampshire*Sunday League - Nottinghamshire...																			R1
1992 1992 English cricket season -Honours:County Championship - EssexNatWest Trophy - NorthamptonshireSunday League - MiddlesexBenson & Hedges Cup -Minor Counties Championship - StaffordshireMCCA Knockout Trophy - Devon...		22	2	10	10	0	0	131	18th		17	7	7	2	0	1	34	8th	QF	Grp		Wayne Larkins Wayne Larkins Wayne Larkins is a former English cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career...	1,417	Simon Brown Simon Brown (cricketer) Simon John Emmerson Brown is a former English cricketer who played in one Test in 1996. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler....	56
1993 1993 English cricket season The 1993 English cricket season saw the dramatic arrival on the scene of Shane Warne and his incredible "Gatting Ball". Australia, led by Steve Waugh, now had one of the strongest teams ever known and won the Ashes with plenty to spare....		17	2	10	5	0	0	113	18th		17	8	7	2	0	0	36	7th	R2	R1		Phil Bainbridge Phil Bainbridge Philip Bainbridge, born on 16 April 1958 at Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Durham.A right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, Bainbridge was an important member of the Gloucestershire team throughout the 1980s,...	1,116	Anderson Cummins Anderson Cummins Anderson Cleophas Cummins is a former international cricketer who represented both the West Indies and Canada...	51
1994 1994 English cricket season The 1994 English cricket season saw the emergence of a very strong Warwickshire team who won both the County Championship and the Sunday League.-Honours:County Championship - WarwickshireNatWest Trophy - Worcestershire...		17	4	10	3	0	0	153	16th		17	6	7	1	1	2	32	9th	R2	R1		John Morris John Morris (cricketer) John Morris is a former English cricketer, who played for England in three Tests and eight ODIs from 1990 to 1991...	1,369	Simon Brown Simon Brown (cricketer) Simon John Emmerson Brown is a former English cricketer who played in one Test in 1996. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler....	66
1995 1995 English cricket season The 1995 English cricket season saw a continued dominance of the domestic scene by Warwickshire.-Honours:County Championship - Warwickshire CCCNatWest Trophy - Warwickshire CCCSunday League - Kent CCCBenson & Hedges Cup -...		17	4	13	0	0	0	137	17th		17	4	9	1	1	2	24	16th	R2	R2		John Morris John Morris (cricketer) John Morris is a former English cricketer, who played for England in three Tests and eight ODIs from 1990 to 1991...	1,123	Simon Brown Simon Brown (cricketer) Simon John Emmerson Brown is a former English cricketer who played in one Test in 1996. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler....	52
1996 1996 English cricket season The 1996 English cricket season saw England host tours by India and Pakistan, who each played three Tests and three ODIs. Against India, England were unbeaten, winning the Test series 1-0 and the ODI series 2-0...		17	0	12	5	0	0	97	18th		17	1	15	0	0	1	6	18th	R2	Grp		Sherwin Campbell Sherwin Campbell Sherwin Legay Campbell is a West Indian cricketer who played 52 Tests and 90 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He has played a total of 177 first class games between 1990–91 and 2004–05, scoring more than 10,000 first class runs with 26 centuries...	1,019	Simon Brown Simon Brown (cricketer) Simon John Emmerson Brown is a former English cricketer who played in one Test in 1996. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler....	69
1997 1997 English cricket season The 1997 English cricket season centred on the six Test Ashes series against Australia. England won the first, at Edgbaston, by the decisive margin of nine wickets, and the rain-affected second Test at Lord's was drawn, but any English optimism was short-lived...		17	2	8	6	0	1	131	17th		17	3	13	0	0	1	14	17th	R1	Grp		Jonathan Lewis	1,034	Simon Brown Simon Brown (cricketer) Simon John Emmerson Brown is a former English cricketer who played in one Test in 1996. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler....	57
1998 1998 English cricket season In the 1998 English cricket season Leicestershire won the championship for the second time in three seasons while Lancashire performed the one day double.-Honours:County Championship - LeicestershireNatWest Trophy - Lancashire...		17	3	9	5	0	0	158	14th		17	4	9	1	1	2	24	17th	R2	QF		David Boon David Boon David Clarence Boon MBE , nicknamed Boony, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995...	953	John Wood John Wood (cricketer, born 1970) For the 18th century Surrey cricketer, please see John Wood For the 18th century Kent cricketer, please see John Wood John Wood was an English cricketer...	61
1999 1999 English cricket season The 1999 English cricket season saw the Sunday League changed to a new format National League with games played midweek under floodlight.-Honours:County Championship - SurreyNatWest Trophy - Gloucestershire*National League - Lancashire...		17	6	7	4	0	0	188	8th	Div 2	16	3	12	1	0	0	14	9th	R3	n/a		Jonathan Lewis	1,146	Steve Harmison Steve Harmison Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....	64
2000 2000 English cricket season The 2000 English cricket season was marked by the dominance of Surrey in first-class cricket and Gloucestershire in limited overs.-Honours:County Championship - SurreyNatWest Trophy - Gloucestershire*National League - Gloucestershire...	Div 1	16	2	9	5	0	0	112	8th	Div 2	16	5	11	0	0	0	20	7th	R4	QF		Simon Katich Simon Katich Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...	1,089	Simon Brown Simon Brown (cricketer) Simon John Emmerson Brown is a former English cricketer who played in one Test in 1996. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler....	56
2001 2001 English cricket season The 2001 English cricket season saw Yorkshire win the County Championship for the first time since 1968. Australia again won the Ashes, this time largely due to some fine performances by Adam Gilchrist....	Div 2	16	3	6	7	0	0	140	8th	Div 2	16	9	4	0	0	3	42	2nd	QF	QF		Martin Love Martin Love Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....	1,364	Danny Law Danny Law Danny Law is a former English cricketer. Born in Lambeth, Law played for Sussex, Essex and Durham between 1993 and 2003.During his debut List A performance for Sussex in June 1995, he managed to finish not out at number six by the close of innings in a 10-run victory...	40
2002 2002 English cricket season The 2002 English cricket season saw 2001 county champions Yorkshire relegated. They did, however, win the C&G Trophy.-Honours:County Championship - SurreyC&G Trophy - YorkshireNational League - GlamorganBenson & Hedges Cup -...	Div 2	16	1	11	4	0	0	90¾	9th	Div 1	16	5	11	0	0	0	20	8th	R4	Grp		Gary Pratt Gary Pratt Gary Joseph Pratt is an English cricketer and a footballer. He is primarily a left-handed batsman but also bowls right-arm off breaks...	713	Neil Killeen Neil Killeen Neil Killeen is a former English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Durham CCC, Marylebone Cricket Club and Combined Universities....	35
2003 2003 English cricket season The 2003 English cricket season was notable for the long overdue first official County Championship of the oldest county club: Sussex.-Honours:County Championship - SussexC&G Trophy - Gloucestershire*National League - Surrey...	Div 2	16	5	7	4	0	0	159¼	6th	Div 2	18	7	10	0	0	1	30	7th	R4		Grp	Jonathan Lewis	1,104	Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...	34
2004 2004 English cricket season The 2004 English cricket season saw the English cricket team record a 4-0 Test series whitewash over the West Indies. Their one-day form was poor, however. In the Natwest Trophy, they failed to make the final, which saw New Zealand defeat the West Indies by 107 runs. And in the Natwest Challenge,...	Div 2	16	2	8	6	0	0	118½	9th	Div 2	18	9	7	1	0	1	40	6th	R2		Grp	Gordon Muchall Gordon Muchall Gordon Muchall is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He has played for Durham for the entire duration of his career....	970	Mark Davies	50
2005 2005 English cricket season Before the beginning of the 2005 English cricket season began, a resurgent English cricket team had won four Test series in a row, going unbeaten through the 2004 calendar year. The start of the international season saw England defeat Bangladesh 2–0 in their two-match series, winning both Tests by...	Div 2	16	6	2	8	0	0	205	2nd	Div 2	18	12	4	1	0	1	52	2nd	R1		Grp	Dale Benkenstein Dale Benkenstein -External links:****...	1,183	Liam Plunkett Liam Plunkett Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer, who plays for Durham and England. In the 2005 season he was Durham's leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire.-Test cricket:Plunkett...	51
2006 2006 English cricket season The 2006 English cricket season includes home international series for England against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England are coming off a winter with more Test losses than wins, for the first time since 2002-03, but still attained their best series result in India since 1985...	Div 1	16	4	8	4	0	0	153½	7th	Div 1	8	2	4	0	1	1	6	8th	Grp		Grp	Dale Benkenstein Dale Benkenstein -External links:****...	1,427	Graham Onions Graham Onions Graham Onions is an English cricketer. He plays for Durham and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket, and following success in the series, was...	50
2007 2007 English cricket season The 2007 English cricket season began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex at Lord's.-Roll of honour:Test series*England v West Indies: 4 Tests - England won 3–0....	Div 1	16	7	5	4	0	0	197½	2nd	Div 2	8	6	2	0	0	0	12	1st	Won		Grp	Michael Di Venuto Michael Di Venuto Michael James Di Venuto is a former Australian cricketer of Italian descent who played first-class cricket for Tasmanian Tigers and One Day Internationals for Australia. Although he has retired from representative cricket in Australia, he currently continues to play for Durham CCC. He has also...	1,329	Ottis Gibson Ottis Gibson Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.- International career :Gibson made two Test...	80
2008 2008 English cricket season The 2008 season of England's county cricket saw the four regular tournaments played: The LV County Championship , Friends Provident Trophy , NatWest Pro40 League and the Twenty20 Cup...	Div 1	16	6	3	6	0	1	190	1st	Div 1	8	4	3	0	0	1	9	3rd	SF		SF	Michael Di Venuto Michael Di Venuto Michael James Di Venuto is a former Australian cricketer of Italian descent who played first-class cricket for Tasmanian Tigers and One Day Internationals for Australia. Although he has retired from representative cricket in Australia, he currently continues to play for Durham CCC. He has also...	1,058	Steve Harmison Steve Harmison Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....	60
2009 2009 English cricket season -Knockout stage:-External links:* from Cricinfo...	Div 1	16	8	0	8	0	0	240	1st	Div 1	8	4	4	0	0	0	8	6th	Grp		QF	Michael Di Venuto Michael Di Venuto Michael James Di Venuto is a former Australian cricketer of Italian descent who played first-class cricket for Tasmanian Tigers and One Day Internationals for Australia. Although he has retired from representative cricket in Australia, he currently continues to play for Durham CCC. He has also...	1,654	Steve Harmison Steve Harmison Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....	51

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Winners	Runners up	Promoted Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...	Relegated Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

or league reorganisation. Top run scorer/wicket taker shown in bold when he was the leading run scorer/wicket taker in the country.
Key to league record:

Div - division played in (see opposite)

P – games played

W – games won

L – games lost

D – games drawn

NR – games with no result

Abnd – games abandoned

Pts – points

Pos – final position

Key to rounds:

RPre - preliminary round

R1 – first round

R2 – second round, etc.

QF – quarter-final

SF – semi-final

Grp – group stage

RU - runners-up

n/a – not applicable

Seasons

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