# Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 2004

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 2004 were playing their cricket in Division One of the County Championship and totesport league. Despite finishing in mid-table positions in the leagues Gloucestershire won the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, beating Worcestershire by eight wickets in the final at Lord's
In the Final Phil Weston scored 110 and James Averis took four wickets for 23 runs for Gloucestershire. However, Vikram Solanki of Worcestershire was made Man of the Match for his 115 which included 14 fours and the century coming off 128 balls.
In the Twenty20 Cup, Gloucestershire came sixth and last in the Midlands/Wales/West group which was not high enough to proceed from the league stage to the quarter-finals. Gloucestershire won one match in the group stage, lost three and had one no-result.

## Players

* Shabbir Ahmed
* Shoaib Malik
* Steve Adshead
* Mark Alleyne
* James Averis
* Martyn Ball
* Alastair Bressington
* Ian Fisher
* Alex Gidman
* Tim Hancock
* Mark Hardinges
* Jon Lewis
* James Pearson
* Jack Russell
* Roger Sillence
* Mike Smith
* Craig Spearman
* Phil Weston
* Matt Windows

## Tables
### Championship

2004 County Championship – Division One :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pen | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Warwickshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 108 | 222 |
| 2 | Kent | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 206 |
| 3 | Surrey | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0.5 | 102 | 195.5 |
| 4 | Middlesex | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 101 | 179 |
| 5 | Sussex | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 88 | 172 |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 172 |
| 7 | Worcestershire | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 161 |
| 8 | Lancashire | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 88 | 154 |
| 9 | Northamptonshire | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 76 | 134 |

### totesport League

2004 totesport League – Division One :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts |
| 1 | Glamorgan Dragons | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 44 |
| 2 | Lancashire Lightning | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 38 |
| 3 | Hampshire Hawks | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Essex Eagles | 16 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Warwickshire Bears | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Kent Spitfires | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Surrey Lions | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 22 |

## Match details
### Gloucestershire v Kent (16–19 April)

County Championship Division One (4-day match)
Kent (16pts) beat Gloucestershire (3pts) by 7 wickets

### Gloucestershire v Loughborough UCCE (21–23 April)

University Centres of Cricketing Excellence (3-day match)
Match Drawn

### Kent v Gloucestershire (25 April)

National League Division One (45-over match)
Kent (4pts) beat Gloucestershire (0pts) by 1 run

### Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (2 May)

National League Division One (45-over match)
Glamorgan (4pts) beat Gloucestershire (0pts) by 8 wickets

### Netherlands v Gloucestershire (5 May)

Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy 2nd round (50-over match)
Gloucestershire won by 72 runs and qualified for the Third Round of the C&G Trophy

### Kent v Gloucestershire (7–10 May)

County Championship Division One (4-day match)
Kent (5pts) drew with Gloucestershire (7pts)

### Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire (12–15 may)

County Championship Division One (4-day match)
Gloucestershire (12pts) drew with Northamptonshire (6pts)

### Gloucestershire v Surrey (16 May)

National League Division One (45-over match)
Gloucestershire (4pts) beat Surrey (0pts) by 42 runs

### Worcestershire v Gloucestershire (18–21 May)

County Championship Division One (4-day match)
Worcestershire (22pts) beat Gloucestershire (2pts)by an innings and 86 runs

### Gloucestershire v Hampshire (23 May)

National League Division One (45-over match)
Hampshire (4pts) beat Gloucestershire (0pts) by 4 wickets

### Gloucestershire v Hampshire (29 May)

Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy 3rd round (50-over match)
Gloucestershire beat Hampshire by 3 wickets to qualify for the Fourth round of the C&G Trophy
| Preceded by2003 | Gloucestershire County Cricket Club | Succeeded by2005 |