18 English counties play 1st Class Cricket: In no particular order they are : Kent Sussex Middlesex Hampshire Surrey Essex Somerset Glamorgan Gloucestershire Warwichshire Worcestershire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Yorkshire Lancashire & Durham. Many others play in the minor counties.
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There are 18 clubs that participate in the county championship with 9 in two divisions. However there are Welsh clubs such as Glamorgan and in the 40 over competition there are 3 divisions of seven. This includes three clubs that only play 40 over games Netherlands XI, Scotland XI and Unicorns.