County Championship 2021: Most runs, wickets after 30 May

An enthralling, eventful week for the County Championship passed by. A rare one too, for rain did not play spoilsport in any fixture. All seven matches yielded results. Lancashire thrashed Yorkshire; Sussex defeated Northamptonshire; Worcestershire and Warwickshire emerged victorious in their respective clashes; and Middlesex and Gloucestershire found themselves at the receiving end of the absolute domination of their opponents.

Most runs

David Bedingham did not have a fruitful outing in Durham’s defeat against Essex. He scored 10 and 32. However, with 666 runs at 66.60, he is still at the top of the runs chart. Derbyshire’s Matthew Critchley made an unbeaten 81 against Worcestershire and leapfrogged past Jake Libby to second place. Hashim Amla’s 173 against Gloucestershire has brought him to sixth place, followed by his teammates, Ollie Pope and Rory Burns.

Most wickets

Although Durham suffered a 195-run defeat to Essex, Chris Rushworth had a decent game: he picked up five wickets in the match. With 37 wickets at 15.27, he is the leading wicket-taker of the County Championship 2021-22. Craig Overton and Luke Fletcher are both a wicket behind and two ahead of the next man, Simon Harmer of Essex.