The 2009 County Championship season, known as the LVCounty Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2010 season, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 were relegated.
Durham County Cricket Club won the Championship for the second consecutive season. Worcestershire and Sussex were relegated from Division One, with Kent and Essex promoted in their place.
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).
Pos = Position, Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Pen = Penalty points, Pts = Points.
Division One[]
Team
Pld
W
L
D
T
A
Bat
Bwl
Adj
Pts
Durham (C)
16
8
0
8
0
0
49
48
–1
240
Nottinghamshire
16
4
2
10
0
0
56
41
0
193
Somerset
16
3
1
12
0
0
50
43
–1
182
Lancashire
16
4
2
10
0
0
35
44
0
175
Warwickshire
16
3
3
10
0
0
54
38
0
174
Hampshire
16
3
3
10
0
0
50
40
–3
169
Yorkshire
16
2
2
12
0
0
46
44
0
166
Sussex (R)
16
2
6
8
0
0
45
39
–1
143
Worcestershire (R)
16
0
10
6
0
0
30
40
0
94
Source:.[3] Last updated 28 September 2009. Adjustments: Hampshire deducted 3 points for a slow over-rate in their match against Worcestershire. Durham deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Sussex. Somerset deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Durham. Sussex deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Worcestershire.
Division Two[]
Team
Pld
W
T
L
D
A
Bat
Bwl
Adj
Pts
Kent (P)
16
8
0
3
5
0
43
44
0
219
Essex (P)
16
6
0
3
7
0
40
43
–1
194
Northamptonshire
16
6
0
4
6
0
40
45
0
193
Gloucestershire
16
6
0
6
4
0
39
46
0
185
Glamorgan
16
2
0
2
12
0
56
43
0
175
Derbyshire
16
2
0
3
11
0
55
45
0
172
Surrey
16
1
0
4
11
0
54
36
0
148
Middlesex
16
2
0
7
7
0
43
41
0
140
Leicestershire
16
2
0
3
11
0
31
35
0
138
Source:.[3] Last updated 28 September 2009. Adjustments: Essex deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Middlesex.