Let us look at how the runs and wicket tally of County Championship 2021 stack up after 8 September.
Most Runs
With 992 runs at an average of 70.85, Durham’s David Bedingham remained at the top of the runs chart. The next three in this list are Tom Haines (982 at 49.10) of Sussex, Jake Libby (976 at 61) of Worcestershire, and Sam Robson (973 at 44.22) or Middlesex.
Derbyshire’s Matt Critchley and Glamorgan’s Kiran Carlson occupy the next two places, aggregating 860 and 842 runs respectively.
| Batters | M | I | R | Avg |
| David Bedingham | 11 | 17 | 992 | 70.86 |
| Jake Libby | 12 | 19 | 976 | 61 |
| Matthew Critchley | 11 | 22 | 860 | 43 |
| Kiran Carlson | 12 | 20 | 842 | 52.62 |
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | 12 | 20 | 814 | 42.84 |
Most Wickets
Nottinghamshire’s Luke Fletcher pipped Durham’s Chris Rushworth to move to the top of the wickets tally. Fletcher now has 59 scalps, eight more than Rushworth’s. Essex’s Simon Harmer (49) is third, and his teammate Sam Cook, along with Middlesex’s Tim Murtagh and Hampshire’s Kyle Abbott are tied on fourth spot, with 46 wickets each.
| Bowlers | M | O | W | AVG | 4-FERS | 5-FERS |
| Luke Fletcher | 11 | 351.3 | 59 | 13.8 | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Rushworth | 11 | 384.3 | 51 | 18.41 | 3 | 3 |
| Simon Harmer | 11 | 504.4 | 49 | 23.18 | 4 | 3 |
| Samuel Cook | 10 | 341 | 46 | 16.24 | 3 | 1 |
| Kyle Abbott | 11 | 329.3 | 46 | 21.65 | 0 | 3 |