County Championship 2025 team of the season as chosen by you

Mariah Carey is only a few weeks away from warming up her vocal cords for the holiday season because the recycling bins at the Trent Bridge are full to the brim with empty champagne bottles.

We’re in the final days of domestic cricket in 2025, and it’s time to reveal who made your county championship team of the year.

Over the past week, readers of the BBC Sport website and app have selected just under 29, 000 teams, and we can now reveal which 11 players made the most selections.

The BBC Sport users have chosen the following team for the current season:

64% of voters chose HASEEB HAMEED (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) as their choice.

1, 258 runs, average 66.21, four centuries, five half-centuries

Haseeb Hameed’s century in the final game victory over Warwickshire weakened his leadership and set the tone for the new county champions.

The former England batter’s second successive year of success attained this by surpassing 1,000 runs.

His ability to concentrate for more than seven hours in scoring a double-hundred helped him draw with Somerset in July once more, demonstrating his nerveless temperament.

In the crucial win over Surrey at The Kia Oval, his coolness under pressure was also put to good use with his captaincy, particularly when ringing his bowling changes.

DOM SIBLEY (SURREY) – 64%

1, 274 runs, average 60.66, four centuries, six half-centuries

Dom Sibley has always scored runs, but as a result of his recent improvements, he has a higher strike rate to keep up with the modern game.

SAIF ZAIB (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE) – 61%

1, 387 runs, average 66.04, six centuries, six half-centuries

Saif Zaib has provided a shining example for Northamptonshire during a difficult time.

No other batter features in Division Two’s top twenty run-scorers when he bats at number five on numerous occasions.

With his quick left-armers, he also chipped in with 13 wickets and turned six of his 12 50+ scores into three figures.

The good news for Northants fans is that he will be able to stay on a contract through the 2027 season.

TOM ABELL (SOMERSET) – 52%

1, 022 runs, average 51.10, three centuries, five half-centuries

Even though Tom Abell’s team’s attempt to win his first Division One title faltered in the final month of the season, 2025 was a great year.

His third of the season came with a century in the penultimate round, which put him in four spots overall with an average of more than 50.

The 31-year-old also won the T20 Blast title for his team.

46% for MARCUS HARRIS (LANCASHIRE).

1, 027 runs, average 60.41, three centuries, five half-centuries

Marcus Harris, a former Australia Test batsman, has a year to remember after joining Lancashire.

The 33-year-old initially agreed to travel for the Championship and One-Day Cup this summer, but quickly made up a two-year contract.

The former Leicestershire and Gloucestershire man, who has won 14 Test caps, had a fantastic start to the season, passing 800 runs in May. However, Lancashire’s chances of promotion from Division Two didn’t hold up as a result.

JOHN SIMPSON (SUSSEX) – 39%

1, 086 runs, average 60.33, four centuries, four half-centuries, 54 dismissals

The gloves were in the most difficult debate, with Somerset’s James Rew (37%), taking in Sussex skipper John Simpson with just over 750 votes.

Although he may have had fewer runs scored, veteran Simpson had a better average and more dismissals than the youngster.

Since moving from Middlesex to Hove, the left-hander has transformed as a batsman, scoring 1, 000 runs for the first time in a row with an unbeaten 129 in the three-day victory over Worcestershire.

REHAN AHMED (LEICESTERSHIRE) – 57%

760 runs, average 50.66, five centuries, one half-century, 23 wickets, average 19.00

Landslide winner of all-around talent, James Coles (Sussex) and Ed Barnard (Warwickshire), who were the next closest candidates, finished 10% ahead.

Rehan Ahmed made his England Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi almost three years ago.

He has only had five caps so far this year, but he continues to play for the selectors’ T20 teams, and some believe he was unlucky to miss out on a winter Ashes tour.

Leicestershire re-enters the County Championship Division One for the first time in 22 years thanks to Ahmed’s batting, which has stood out this summer.

JACK LEACH (SOMERSET) – 83%

52 wickets, average 22.78

There was only one candidate to offer a little turn, with more than 21 000 votes than any other specialist spinner.

Jack Leach’s fifty wickets totaled 12 more than any other slow bowler despite not having been a great summer for domestic spinners.

The left-armer has taken four or more wickets in six games, with his best figures of 7-69 against Hampshire earlier this month, and not playing for England this summer has resulted in him playing in all 14 of the Championship games.

KYLE ABBOTT (HAMPSHIRE): 69%

56 wickets, average 20.69

Bowler of the year for Evergreen Hampshire was Kyle Abbott, who had the upper hand in choosing the new ball.

The 38-year-old former South Africa seamer has struggled to get by without Mo Abbas and Keith Barker for much of the season, but he has stayed on top despite his team’s field struggles.

He has eight wickets already in this week’s match against Surrey, which brings his total to 56 for the season and 478 for the southern county in first-class matches. He has also signed a new one-year deal earlier this month.

Whether that is in Division One or Division Two is still to be seen.

JOSH TONGUE (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) – 60%

31 wickets, average 22.03

What a year is 2025 turning out to be for Josh Tongue. The 27-year-old made his first-class debut for Notts after missing 2024 due to an injury, starting with an England Lions stint.

In his first half-century since 2010, he helped bring the County Championship crown back to Trent Bridge with a five-for against Durham.

He was named in the party for the Ashes trip down under after playing for England in the Test against India this summer. Can 2026 follow 2025 for Tongue?

50% TOM TAYLOR (WORCESTERSHIRE)

58 wickets, average 22.87

Although Tom Taylor’s club suffered two years in the top flight before the 2025 season ended, the Pears were relegated back to Division Two.

The 30-year-old former Leicestershire and Northants man took four wickets in each of their innings in the final-round defeat to Sussex, finishing with 58 leaguers. This is not bad for someone who is officially a first-rounder.

Alex Hoad, Glenn Speller, and Paul Grunill, BBC Sport England, contributed.