2017 County Championship matches. Following a series of financial "bailout" payments made by the England and Wales Cricket Board to Durham during the 2016 season, the county, which had finished fourth in Division One at the end of the season, were relegated to Division Two in place of the eighth place team, Hampshire. Durham were also placed under a salary cap administered by the ECB until 2020 and started the 2017 Championship season with a deduction of 48 points. Ahead of the season, each team played a first-class match against a MCC University team. The 2017 Championship was divided into two divisions, Division
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2008 and the United Arab Emirates. Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2008 Yorkshire County Cricket Club started the 2008 season in the top division of the LV= County Championship and in the second division of the NatWest Pro40 league. The team also competed in the Friends Provident Trophy and the Twenty20 Cup. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Yorkshire were penalised two points for fielding an ineligible player against Nottinghamshire, thus Glamorgan Dragons qualified as the second-best third-placed team. Yorkshire began their preparation for the 2008 season in the United Arab Emirates, playing four games in the Pro Arch Trophy. They won the tournament, finishing ahead