The County Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Northampton, England. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. It is known to be a venue which favours spinners, and in the last County Championship game of the 2005, Northamptonshire's two spin bowlers Jason Brown and Monty Panesar took all 20 wickets for Northamptonshire. The first first class match at the ground took place on 5 June1905, when Northamptonshire drew with Leicestershire in a rain-hit match that only permitted 75 overs of play. A cricket match in progress. ... This article is about Northampton in England; for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation) Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England upon the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... See also: Notable achievements in the 2005 English cricket season The 2005 English cricket season is one of the most eagerly anticipated in recent times. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ... In the sport of cricket an over is a series of six consecutive balls bowled by a single bowler. ...