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Question

explain what english county cricket is all about in a short summary?

Answer 1

Simply
according to your question
It is the "British Domastic Cricket"

The 18 England's first-class counties are the main
domastic cricket teams in England.
These teams are Named after historic English counties.

Answer 2

County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales.

The eighteen traditional English first-class counties are the main cricket teams in England. They are all named after (and originally represented) historic English counties. Although Glamorgan is a Welsh county, it is generally included when referring to the English first-class counties.

The English first-class counties are:

County Durham
Derbyshire
Essex
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Middlesex
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Somerset
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire

The full name of the cricket team is usually formed from the name of the county followed by the words County Cricket Club, which are often abbreviated to CCC.

When the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) plays against one of the first-class counties, the game is granted first-class status. The opening first-class game of an English county cricket season is traditionally played at Lord's between the MCC and the Champion County - the club that won the County Championship the previous year.

Four University Cricketing Centre of Excellence (UCCE) teams are also afforded first-class status when playing against a first-class county. They are:

Cambridge UCCE
Durham UCCE
Loughborough UCCE
Oxford UCCE
Most of the first-class counties play three-day games against university cricket teams in the early part of the English cricket season. This is partly because the start of the cricket season coincides with the end of the university academic year, and partly because the games act as pre-season warm-ups game for the county clubs. The university clubs involved are usually, but not exclusively, the four that are granted first-class status when playing one of the first-class county sides.

fOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_cricket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Championship

Answer 3

The top level English domestic competition.

Answer 4

Their domestic competition and somewhere for up and coming Australians to holliday and play in our winter months