County Championship: Pick your team of 2024 season

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Jordan Cox's shape for Essex this summertime has earned him an England call-up

We are getting adjacent to nan extremity of different County Championship cricket season, but who person been your apical performers?

Surrey whitethorn beryllium closing successful connected a 3rd successive Division One title but in 2023, only 1 of their players featured successful a squad picked by you.

This twelvemonth will you take Haseeb Hameed aliases Alex Davies? David Bedingham aliases Jordan Cox? Ben Coad aliases Kyle Abbott?

Pick your ain XI from beneath and we will collate each nan votes earlier publishing an wide squad of 2024 during nan last information of County Championship matches, which statesman connected Thursday.

Just to get you started, present are nan sides selected for nan past 2 seasons:

2023: Alex Lees (Durham), Jake Libby (Worcestershire), Josh Bohannon (Lancashire), Tom Westley (Essex), James Rew (Somerset), Leus du Plooy (Derbyshire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Simon Harmer (Essex), Jordan Clark (Surrey), Brett Hutton (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Porter (Essex).

2022: Ben Compton (Kent), Keaton Jennings (Lancashire), Tom Abell (Somerset), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Cheteshwar Pujara (Sussex), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Ed Barnard (Worcestershire), Simon Harmer (Essex), Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Kyle Abbott (Hampshire), Matthew Potts (Durham).

Your squad needs to see 2 openers, 3 middle-order batters, 1 wicketkeeper, 1 all-rounder, 1 spinner and 3 seam bowlers.

Voting will adjacent astatine 13:00 BST connected Thursday, 26 September - during nan first time of nan last information of matches this summer.

Opening batters

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Haseeb Hameed has led from nan beforehand for Nottinghamshire this season

Rory Burns (Surrey): 989 runs, mean 53.92. Three centuries, 4 half-centuries.

Alex Davies (Warwickshire): 1,089 runs, av 62.76. Four centuries, 3 half-centuries.

Dean Elgar (Essex): 945 runs, av 49.73. Three centuries, 5 half-centuries.

Haseeb Hameed (Notts): 1,022 runs, av 53.78. Three centuries, 3 half-centuries.

Keaton Jennings (Lancashire): 945 runs, av 49.73. Four centuries, 2 half-centuries.

Adam Lyth (Yorkshire): 967 runs, av 53.72. Four centuries, 4 half-centuries.

Select 2 of these players to unfastened nan batting.

Middle-order batters

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David Bedingham has been a large power for Durham connected their return to Division One

Tom Banton (Somerset): 891 runs, av 49.50. Two centuries, 5 half-centuries.

David Bedingham (Durham): 1205 runs, av 86.07. Six centuries, 2 half-centuries.

Joe Clarke (Nottinghamshire): 887 runs, av 54.82. Four centuries, 4 half-centuries.

Jordan Cox (Essex): 918 runs, av 65.57. Four centuries, 2 half-centuries.

Colin Ingram (Glamorgan): 1170 runs, av 97.50. Five centuries, 5 half-centuries.

Will Rhodes (Warwickshire): 954 runs, av 53.00. Three centuries, 3 half-centuries.

Select 3 of these players to bat successful your mediate order.

Wicketkeepers

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John Simpson's move from Middlesex to Sussex has been a occurrence for some subordinate and team

James Bracey (Gloucestershire): 1029 runs, av 68.80. Four centuries, 3 half-centuries. 56 dismissals.

Ben Foakes (Surrey): 387 runs, av 27.64. Four half-centuries. 47 dismissals.

James Rew (Somerset): 672 runs, av 42.00. Two centuries, 3 half-centuries. 39 dismissals.

Ollie Robinson (Durham): 835 runs, av 55.66. Two centuries, 5 half-centuries. 41 dismissals.

Gareth Roderick (Worcestershire): 580 runs, av 46.10. Two centuries, 3 half-centuries. 42 dismissals.

John Simpson (Sussex): 1049 runs, av 69.93. Five centuries, 2 half-centuries. 56 dismissals.

Select 1 wicketkeeper from nan list.

All-rounders

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Jordan Clark was nan only Surrey subordinate to make your squad of nan twelvemonth for 2023

Ed Barnard (Warwickshire): 743 runs, av 41.27. Two centuries, 4 half-centuries. 21 wickets, av 36.33. One five-wicket haul.

Jordan Clark (Surrey): 445 runs, av 34.23. One century, 2 half-centuries. 36 wickets, av 25.02. One five-wicket haul.

Matt Critchley (Essex): 518 runs, av 32.37. One century, 3 half-centuries. 33 wickets, av 29.81. Three five-wicket hauls.

Liam Dawson (Hampshire): 747 runs, av 57.46. Two centuries, 4 half-centuries. 43 wickets, av 26.09. Four five-wicket hauls.

Ryan Higgins (Middlesex): 1089 runs, av 77.78. Five centuries, 2 half-centuries. 29 wickets, av 26.68.

Choose 1 all-rounder.

Spin bowlers

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Jack Leach has utilized his clip retired of nan England set-up to thief Somerset equine a title challenge

Jack Carson (Sussex): 45 wickets, av 22.77. Three five-wicket hauls.

Simon Harmer (Essex): 42 wickets, av 33.42.

Jack Leach (Somerset): 35 wickets, av 25.45. Four five-wicket hauls.

Nathan Lyon (Lancashire): 26 wickets, av 30.38.

Select 1 rotation bowler from nan list.

Seam bowlers

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Yorkshire's Ben Coad is among nan country's apical wicket-takers this season

Kyle Abbott (Hampshire): 41 wickets, av 23.92. Three five-wicket hauls.

Ben Coad (Yorkshire): 44 wickets, av 16.54. Three five-wicket hauls.

Sam Cook (Essex): 38 wickets, av 16.24. Two five-wicket hauls.

Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Warwickshire): 46 wickets, av 21.23. Three five-wicket hauls.

Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex): 42 wickets, av 25.64. Five five-wicket hauls.

Matthew Potts (Durham): 33 wickets, av 25.39. Two five-wicket hauls.

Jamie Porter (Essex): 46 wickets, av 21.95. Three five-wicket hauls.

Dan Worrall (Surrey): 44 wickets, av 17.43. Two five-wicket hauls.

You request to take 3 seam bowlers from nan database to complete your team.

All statistic correct up to and including 12 September 2024

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