2014 County Championship
The 2014 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.
Teams
Division One
Team promoted from Division Two| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player |
| Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | — |  Jon Lewis | Paul Collingwood |  Kumar Sangakkara  John Hastings  Varun Aaron |
| Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Aigburth, Liverpool | Peter Moores Glen Chapple | Glen Chapple | Usman Khawaja  Junaid Khan |
| Middlesex | Lord's, London | Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge Richmond Cricket Ground, Richmond | Richard Scott | Chris Rogers | Chris Rogers |
| Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | — | David Ripley | Stephen Peters |  Ian Butler  Richard Levi Neil Wagner |
| Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | — | Mick Newell | Chris Read | Peter Siddle |
| Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | — | Dave Nosworthy | Marcus Trescothick | Alviro Petersen Colin Ingram |
| Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Mark Robinson |  Ed Joyce | Steve Magoffin |
| Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | — |  Dougie Brown | Jim Troughton | Jeetan Patel |
| Yorkshire | Headingley, Leeds | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | Jason Gillespie | Andrew Gale | Kane Williamson Aaron Finch |
Division Two
Team relegated from Division One| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player |
| Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Graeme Welch | Wayne Madsen |  Shivnarine Chanderpaul Marcus North Cheteshwar Pujara |
| Essex | County Ground, Chelmsford | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Paul Grayson | James Foster | Jesse Ryder |
| Glamorgan | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea St Helen's, Swansea |  Toby Radford | Mark Wallace | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | College Ground, Cheltenham | John Bracewell | Michael Klinger | Michael Klinger Mark Craig |
| Hampshire | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | — | Dale Benkenstein | Jimmy Adams | Kyle Abbott Glenn Maxwell Nathan Rimmington |
| Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | Jimmy Adams | Robert Key | Doug Bollinger |
| Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | — | Phil Whitticase | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Ramnaresh Sarwan |
| Surrey | The Oval, London | Woodbridge Road, Guildford | Graham Ford | Graeme Smith | Graeme Smith Hashim Amla Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | — | Steve Rhodes | Daryl Mitchell | Saeed Ajmal Mitchell McClenaghan |