Bonus Pts TOTAL
POS   TEAM                    P  W  L   D  Td  Bat  Bowl POINTS  AVGE:
 1.   Northamptonshire (7)   15  9  1   5   -   39    46   244   16.27
 2.   Sussex           (9)   13  7  1   5   -   38    41   206   15.85
 3.   Somerset        (13)   13  6  6   1   -   40    43   182   14.00
 4.   Gloucestershire (12)   14  6  5   3   -   41    39   185   13.21
 5.   Lancashire       (1)   14  5  3   6   -   39    45   182   13.00
 6.   Leicestershire   (8)   12  4  3   5   -   30    40   149   12.42
 7.   Hampshire        (5)   14  5  5   4   -   38    36   166   11.86
 8.   Nottinghamshire (18)   17  5  2  10   -   41    50   201   11.82
 9.   Yorkshire        (2)   15  4  2   9   -   37    40   168   11.20
10.   Durham          (14)   12  4  3   5   -   17    38   134   11.17
11.   Worcestershire  (15)   14  3  4   6   1   32    41   147   10.50
12.   Derbyshire       (3)   15  3  5   7   -   31    41   141    9.40
13.   Kent            (16)   14  2  3   9   -   33    33   125    8.93
14.   Glamorgan       (10)   14  2  4   7   1   28    32   121    8.64
15.   Essex           (17)   15  2  8   5   -   33    43   123    8.20
16.   Warwickshire     (4)   14  1  3  10   -   36    32   114    8.14
17.   Middlesex       (10)   13  1  4   8   -   31    30   101    7.77
18.   Surrey           (6)   14  1  8   5   -   26    45   102    7.29

Figures in brackets denote 1997 positions