County Championship 2025: Will Surrey win the fourth title in a row? Division 1 Challengers and Predictions of the Season

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April 3, 2025

County Championship 2025 Will Surrey win the fourth title in

Surrey will seem to become the first side to win four county championship titles in a row for 70 years when the domestic competition of the Red Ball begins the 2025 season on Friday.

The last county to achieve such a feat? Surrey during a ride of seven consecutive titles between 1952 and 1958.

While English men have a tiring test summer on the horizon with the first Zimbabwe and then India as tourists, the focus in the early season will be firmly on who could be put in the selection box, while led by the offer for silver accessories coming in September.

The first 2025 division in several seasons has some county in the upper level for the first time, along with a series of perennial challengers for the gentleman’s taverners trophy.

Can a surprise challenger upset the balance of strength from the last seasons? We look at how the campaign can take place …

Competitors

It’s hard to look on Pepper doing this over again in 2025.

While the club legend Alec Stewart has started as a cricket director to take over more part -time fasting as a high -performance cricket counselor, Gareth Batty’s head coach can still invite a high -class team that could have published large total values and repeatedly take 20 Wicke.

Bowling, many eyes will be in the Now England fills Dan Worrall Given that the Navy Rod in Australia wanted to add 139 Wikets, which he collected in the last three seasons, he potentially included him with a test call.

With a baton, expect former English -based Rory Burns and Dombleible openers to be on the ride and leading the way.

When they are available, Ollie Pope and Jamie Smith will support the middle row, while Lawrence Dan will want to return to a test claim after a frustrating series as a makeshift opener against Sri Lanka last summer.

The title for the title will be Somerset, who were “almost men” once more last season despite the exciting victory over Surrey in the penultimate circle.

When Fit, Will Smaed will be available in all formats with a baton that upgraded the white ball agreement, while the New Zealand sailor Matt Henry will be their foreign leader for the first half of the season when he arrives in mid -April.

Add the threat of twins Jack Leach and in the emergence of Archie Vaughan, who have proven to be fertile enough to force colleagues in the English tweaker Shoaib is dealing with a glamorous And Cidermen should be good in the mix to finally secure your first title ever.

In terms of another potential challenger, Durham They should be well shaped with the possibility of returning to the upper division in their second season.

They made some smart English qualified signatures under the dynamic coach Ryan Campbell at Emilio Gay’s opener on a permanent agreement from Northamptonshire, England Lions Seamemer Sam Conners of Derbyshire and All-Rounder Will Rhodes from Warwicksshore.

English sailors Matthew Potts and Brydon Cars are likely to stand out with the exciting fast James Minto from his left hand, which is only 17 years old, but has already captured fun debut against Surrey last season.

Neil Wagner also signed up as a foreign bowler to add some invaluable experience in an early season.

Pretenders

In the middle of the package, expect that there will be small between a group of four.

Warwicksshire He should do better than their return just one victory 2024 with an attractive selection of foreign inscriptions that will arrive in Edgbaston through the season in Novi Zealand Skipper Tom Latham, a comprehensive player of Australia Beau Webster and Pakistani Sailor Hassan Ali.

Jacob Bethell, Dan Mousley and Hain Sam Hain will also be three potential candidates for the selection of England who will keep an eye on the campaign.

Yorkshire We returned to the top flight for the first time in three seasons and there are a lot of changes in winter and beyond.

Jonny Bairstow was named captain of a red ball After Shan Masood moved to Leicestershire, while Anthony McGrath returned to his former county while the first team coach helped Essex in the championship title and the winners ended in his time.

Although they have lost the services of Matthew Fisher’s bowling department for Surrey, they should still have enough potential to win more games than they draw or lose. Bairtow’s presence next to Dawid Malen and Adam Lyth at the top of the hit of the hitting, with the occasional stones of Harry Brook, Joe Roota, should deliver a lot of running.

Fighters

Some names in the lower part may be a surprise, but underlined how close the divisions can be.

Hampshire’s The winning end of last season will be difficult to imitate without James Vince’s experience, not only as a club captain, but also in the sense of his weight of running.

Former English International, 34, made the decision in January Stop the red ball cryr and move to Dubai Following personal problems from the field and increasing its ability to play the franchise of the T20.

Bowling, it will be an interest in seeing a series of sailors who come and come, including Sonny Baker, who has joined Somemers and awarded a Treaty of the Development of England in the winter, performs in the absence of Mohammad Abbas.

The slow left armor of Liam Dawson will no doubt at the upper end of the bowling average, as Hampshire’s gentleman was still reliable, while Mark Stoneman joined Middlesex to replace Vince in the hit department.

Nottinghamshire It is difficult to predict, but the addition of Abbas mentioned above for six games between May and September can see how they behave better than expected.

If I can stay in shape, high sailors Olly Stone and Dillon Pennington, who have either been handed a test cap or have been on the verge of selection in recent years, will also add more potency.

The time of Haseeb Hameed as an English opener may have come and left in the Bazball time, but it can still deliver fertile seasons regarding running. Joe Clarke is another one that fits into that middle row criteria, but it has yet to be a strong enough case with a consistent weight of running to hardly neglect it to choose a test.

Esex They have been there or there in recent years, but this season can be shown much more difficult.

After the financial and administrative turbulent time is out of the field, there has been an alarming deficiency of depth.

Simon Harmer looks like lonely abroad is signing after India All-Counder Shardul Thakur moved when he was called as a late replacement of injury in IPL.

Former England coach Chris Silverwood returned as Director of CRICKET, replacing his former MCGRATH assistant, and will have lovely memories of delivery of the first title of the County for 25 years in 2017.

But his seam bowling department will look stretched out or a fruitful Cook would finally be awarded with a test call or a new ball by Jamie Porter’s new ball.

They should have enough to stay up thanks to some experienced strokes, but just.

Sussex The return to the first division for the first time since 2015.

The charismatic Paul Farbrace did a great job by renovating the county, which in many departments needed a difficult reset. But will the top -notch cricket show too many challenges for the mostly evergreen team?

Skipper John Simpson will be an experienced hand that runs his troops, while foreign signatures Daniel Hughes of Australia and West Indies Quick Jayden Sealles will add Spark.

If I can get Ollie Robinson in the park more often than the former English sailor is recovering from hernia surgery, then things will look much brighter. In the meantime, a certain Jofra Archer can also get the opportunity to steam from the sea area in Hove if his long way back to the test return for England does not come across any obstacles.

Finally, Worcestershire She had a huge season at 2024, which survived comfortably to record her best ending since 1997, but this season may show testing.

Executive director Ashley Giles has a lot to fight out of and off the field, because the future of the county at New Road looks uncertain both from the financial and environmental perspective.

The withdrawal of Joe Leach’s club stock last season leaves them without a talisman, and Brett D’Oliveira wants to fulfill that void as he continues as a captain.

Maybe it’s a difficult hour for Pears fans, who will hope for an exciting youth series, including sailors Ethan Brookes and Ben Allison Plus, Adam Hose and Kashif Ali, make contributions.