A total of 18 teams are taking part in the Second Eleven Championship 2025, each representing the reserve side of a first-class county in England. This tournament gives young talents and backup players a great opportunity to step up and make a name for themselves.
It’s a key part of the domestic cricket structure, where strong performances can lead to promotion to the main county squad. For many players, it’s the gateway to professional first-class cricket.
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at all the teams competing this season and players who are looking for an impact in domestic cricket.
Participating Teams and Players – 2025 Second Eleven Championship
All 18 teams are divided into three groups of six teams each. You can see each team and their squads competing for the Second Eleven Championship 2025 here.
Derbyshire Men 2nd XI:
AS Basra, MY Bin Naeem, PR Brown, HRC Came, SJ Cliffe, AK Dal, AHT Donald, JA Green, JW Hall, JWA Hawkins, ROL Haydon, A Karim, ZJ Kelly, AS Khunti, GID Lavelle, JP Morley, DA Old, SD Perera, NJ Potts, AN Raykar, LM Reece, MP Stewart, WM Tarrant, BM Tickner, R Vallabhaneni, MD Wagstaff
Durham Cricket Men 2nd XI:
AG Bailey, SG Borthwick, RSW Bowman, JJ Bushnell, S Conners, P Coughlin, BFW de Leede, GS Drissell, C Gaffney, EN Gay, S Ghafari, MF Ghumman, DM Hogg, B Hutchinson, MJ Killeen, WJ La Fontaine-Jackson, ZF Mawdsley, SJC McAlindon, BS McKinney, EA Minto, J Minto, HS Mustard, CF Parkinson, LS Robinson, LJ Symington, JD Twiddy
Essex Men 2nd XI:
OM Akram, CWJ Allison, TJ Arnold, JAG Auld, S Bear, CE Bennett, NLJ Browne, JM Connell, RJ Das, N Dwivedi, OLJ Elliott, SML Fernandes, DJ Gladwell, CJ Haddrell, MW Jones, BNJ Lockrose, AI Malik, CP Newman, JR Parrish, Areeb Rashid, JA Richards, Aarav Salil, NRM Thain, HB Usman, T Westley, A Zeb
Glamorgan Men 2nd XI:
TR Bevan, EJ Byrom, MS Crane, JA Davies, DA Douthwaite, T Edwards, RCM Franco, HLA Friend, JAR Harris, JI Hope-Bell, AJ Horton, HE Hurle, RJ Lewis, M Marriott, JP McIlroy, BJ Morris, CR Nicholls, TO Norton, MS Rizvi, WT Root, WTE Smale, Z ul Hassan, H Wallace, ZT Williams
Gloucestershire Men 2nd XI:
DJ Ahmed, AG Bailey, RT Baker, TW Boorman, JJ Bushnell, LA Charlesworth, CDJ Dent, KS Dhariwal, MAJ Dunne, JR Eckland, SJ Greer, N Halstead-Cleak, AB Johnson, JR Matravers, EWO Middleton, Ismail Mohammed, OR Moore, L Pearson-Taylor, JP Phillips, AA Rao, ZA Shafi, AM Syed, JMR Taylor, JA Trodd
Hampshire Men 2nd XI:
TE Albert, SJ Ashman, KHD Barker, ZN Basey, OA Cordery, JR Eckland, F Gillett, FD Gordon, N Halstead-Cleak, A Iqbal, DC Kelly, HM Khan, M Lumsden, AJ MacEwen, AJ Neal, FS Organ, AGH Orr, AS Patel, HW Petrie, TJ Prest, BJW Salter, JJ Weatherley, O Williams, MI Zafar
Kent Men 2nd XI:
Kashif Ali, SJ Allison, TS Birdi, BJ Burgess, OAJ Butterfill, S Chanda, MAR Cohen, BG Compton, OMB Curtiss, CL Flintoff, HC Fulton, GA Garrett, NN Gilchrist, WA Harby, JA Leaning, OH Morgan, MK O’Riordan, WA Prideaux, MR Quinn, MS Rizvi, E Singh, BE Street, JA Trodd, A Venugopalan
Lancashire Men 2nd XI:
TH Aspinwall, TE Bailey, GP Balderson, CM Barnard, GJ Bell, JM Blatherwick, JA Boyden, J Chapple, AMT Davies, R Flintoff, DK Fonseka, GJ Harris, TW Hartley, HA Hussain, RH Maisuria, JHA Moores, H Mughal, HB Murray, CL Parkinson, JP Rose, AR Shetty, HPN Singh, MT Stanley, OW Sutton, T Walker, WSA Williams
Leicestershire Men 2nd XI:
JLJ Dunk, CJ Dyer, A Farooq, AM Green, NJ Green, SSE Gumbs, RI Headley, LJ Hill, CHP Jackson, AS Kalsi, LPJ Kimber, JS Madan, GW Maddy, MU Minhas, ON Pascall, RK Patel, AV Rai, R Rajashekar, TF Rex, MET Salisbury, JTS Sumerauer, HJ Swindells, JA Tattersall, LR Tew, RI Walker, SB Wood, CJC Wright
Middlesex Men 2nd XI:
N Bhandari, HJH Brookes, ZM Choudhry, JB Cracknell, RJ Crawford, JLB Davies, JM de Caires, JAJ Ellis, CM Falconer, JJ Feldman, NS Fernandes, LBK Hollman, IG Humphrey, JA Isbell, MS Johal, I Kaushal, SHB Morgan, C Mullapudi, BS Musikant, JA Nelson, SD Robson, TS Roland-Jones, AS Sawant, A Sharma, N Sharma, S Singh, S Tahir, PN Wijesinghe, WTM Wright
Northamptonshire Men 2nd XI:
GA Bartlett, JC Bates, SK Boorghu, AU Buchake, AR Corbett, JN Croom, AR Fox, NJ Green, SJ Greer, CPW Haddow, N Halstead-Cleak, REL Hayward, FJ Heldreich, E Horsley, RI Keogh, Y Kochhar, DJ Leech, TC Louw, AT McLoughlin, AH Miller, KK Patel, SP Patel, LAJ Pope, N Ramesh, K Ramzan, LH Reeder, JJG Sales, GLS Scrimshaw, Aadi Sharma, TGM Sutliff, SP van der Merwe, BT Whitehouse
Nottinghamshire Men 2nd XI:
MS Ali, JLR Carney, AS Gangotra, TO Giles, H Hameed, BJ Hatton-Lowe, JPH Hayes, TP Holland, BA Hutton, SIM King, R Lord, D Mahmood, BJR Martindale, C McKerr, Ismail Mohammed, M Montgomery, FH Moore, JA Pocklington, D Schadendorf, SJ Seecharan, BT Slater, OP Stone
Somerset Men 2nd XI:
JT Ball, BJ Church, OJ Coleman, SR Dickson, LP Goldsworthy, JP Heywood, FJ Hill, MAW Kaleem, T Lamey, JT Langridge, MJ Leach, WR Michael, ARJ Ogborne, SR Price, KJT Roberts, WCF Smeed, BE Street, JM Theedom, JF Thomas, ARI Umeed, AM Vaughan, ZXM Vukusic
Surrey Men 2nd XI:
DJ Ahmed, RB Albert, AAP Atkinson, NA Barnwell, Arafat Bhuiyan, JW Blake, AJ Chambers, MP Dunn, GS Ealham, TM Ealham, N Farmer, MD Fisher, HG Gardner, NV Gorantla, LA Griffiths, OJ Hunt, Y Majid, ON Pascall, CT Steel, SH Stuart-Reckling, OFM Sykes, JPA
Sussex Men 2nd XI:
OJ Carter, TGR Clark, FBAM Cripps, AM Foreman, A Hanson, TDA Henry, SF Hunt, DK Ibrahim, CHP Jackson, CW Jones, A Karvelas, DJ Lamb, LAP Lawrence, AD Lenham, ZB Lion-Cachet, OW Moore, T Munt, NP Oosthuizen, SD Perera, NMJ Reifer, HP Rogers, AK Russell, CJ Tear, GW Thomas, FJ Wallis
Warwickshire Men 2nd XI:
TC Ali, LJH Backhouse, ER Bamber, Arafat Bhuiyan, BSM Blakemore, MG Booth, OM Burle, CP Cater, OG Dandy, LS Gekis, OJ Hannon-Dalby, VL Jani, MO Khan, JB Lintott, IJ Maddy, ZA Malik, CN Miles, E Miller, AS Nahal, C Rushworth, H Shaikh, CB Simmons, AR Sylvester, C Taylor, TN Walallawita, TO Wylie, RM Yates
Worcestershire Men 2nd XI:
BMJ Allison, RRL Bailey, Yadvinder Singh, TJ Cox, HJ Cullen, HC Darley, TE Davis, JNX du Plooy, RM Edavalath, SJ Essenhigh, BJ Gibbon, FO Goodman, JW Harrison, HC Hawes, ADP Higgins, TI Hinley, JE Home, RP Jones, DH Lategan, Isaac Mohammed, HM Nicholls, JD Porter, F Singh, TN Walallawita
Yorkshire Men 2nd XI:
J Akhtar, Subhaan Ali, LJH Backhouse, FJ Bean, WJ Bennison, EP Burch, BM Cliff, BO Coad, HG Duke, MS Firbank, T Fraine, PS Greenfield, NM Kelly, WA Luxton, ME Milnes, JA Pocklington, J Singh, O Smith, B Sylvester, JA Tattersall, CH Taylor, CR Taylor, JA Thompson, JO Thompson, Y Vagadia, A Wade
How Teams and Players Can Make the Most of This Opportunity
The 2025 Second Eleven Championship offers a pivotal platform for emerging cricketers to showcase their skills and advance to the senior team.
With fixtures scheduled from May to September, teams can use this period for tactical experimentation and nurturing young talent. Players should leverage this opportunity to refine their techniques, adapt to various match situations, and gain invaluable experience in competitive settings.
Coaches can focus on individual player development, emphasising areas such as adaptability and resilience. By capitalizing on these matches, both teams and players can enhance their performance and prepare for future challenges in the cricketing landscape.
Second Eleven Championship – Remaining Fixtures
Take a look at the remaining matches in the competition here,
| Match | Date |
|---|---|
| Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire | 08 September 2025 |
| Glamorgan vs Durham | 08 September 2025 |
| Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire | 08 September 2025 |
| Somerset vs Yorkshire | 08 September 2025 |
| Worcestershire vs Sussex | 08 September 2025 |
| Hampshire vs Surrey | 09 September 2025 |
| Lancashire vs Gloucestershire | 09 September 2025 |
| Final | 16 September 2025 |
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Conclusion: 18 Teams Are Participating In The Ongoing Second XI Championship 2025!
The Second Eleven Championship 2025 plays an important role in helping young players grow. With 18 teams taking part, every match gives players a chance to show their talent.
These matches help future stars take their first big step. Coaches and selectors are watching closely. A good performance here can lead to a spot in the main county team.
The final is on September 16. As the competition ends, many young players will hope to turn their hard work into a big opportunity in professional cricket.
