Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the totesport League. They started the season at 12-1 to win the Division Two title. During the off season 9 players left.

The season started with a thrashing dispensed to the students of Bradford/Leeds UCCE. Then they lost their first Sunday League match, a rain-affected affair against the Worcestershire Royals. The first Championship game was drawn against Leicestershire after Northants captain David Sales left the declaration too late. The second Sunday League match was won at Bristol, narrowly by 9 runs. Then they drew with Derbyshire in the Championship, before thrashing Hampshire on the Sunday. Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ... Bristol is a port city in south-western England, on the River Avon. ...

On 3 May the Steelbacks booked their place in the second round of the C&G Trophy, thrashing Denmark in Brondby. May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Brøndby is a municipality in eastern Denmark, in the county of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand. ...

Tables

Championship

The Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Durham County Cricket Club (Durham CCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, County Durham. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester External links Official Lancashire County Cricket Club website Categories: Cricket stubs | English first class cricket teams ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Taunton. ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ...

totesport League

Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named for the historic county of Middlesex. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Cardiff, playing most of their games at Sophia Gardens, which is located by the River Taff. ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester External links Official Lancashire County Cricket Club website Categories: Cricket stubs | English first class cricket teams ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Bristol. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team who are based in the city of Nottingham in England. ...

Match details

Northamptonshire v Bradford/Leeds UCCE (9-11 April 2005)

Northamptonshire beat Bradford/Leeds UCCE by an innings and 62 runs

The first day of this game at Northampton saw Northamptonshire progress to 373 for 7 declared off only 69 overs. Kevin Innes top-scored with 80 off only 59 balls. The declaration left time for 23 more overs on the first day, in which Bradford/Leeds UCCE slumped to 60 for 5. The second day, Bradford/Leeds UCCE fared equally badly, being dismissed for 137. Northamptonshire chose to enforce the follow-on rather than opt for batting practice, and saw off Bradford/Leeds UCCE for 174 to win by an innings and 62 runs in two days. [1] (http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/MCC-UNIV/SCORECARDS/NORTHANTS_BRAD-LEEDS-UCCE_MCC-UNIV_09-11APR2005.html) This article is about Northampton, England. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ...

Northamptonshire v Worcestershire (17 April)

Worcestershire (4pts) beat Northamptonshire (0pts) by 31 runs (D/L method)

At Northampton, Worcestershire captain Vikram Solanki led fromt he front, scoring 119 off 137 balls, including 13 fours and 1 six. Support from his colleagues took the visitors up to 211 fo 4 off their 45 overs. Worcestershire director of cricket Tom Moody said of Solanki: "I can't see why he won't be in the mix for England section this summer. It depends how the selectors shuffle the deck, but I would imagine he will be in their minds for consideration at the very least. We were very confident he was ready for the challenge of captaincy and he has had a great start." This article is about Northampton, England. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April 1976) is an English cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman. ...

When Northampstonshire batted, Australian Matt Mason took 3 for 20, to leave Northamptonshire on 137 for 7 off 32.5 overs when rain prevented further play. Worcestershire won easily on the Duckworth-Lewis method. [2] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/4/11514/html/scorecard.stm) Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth-Lewis method (D/L method) is a way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. ...

Northamptonshire v Leicestershire (20-23 April)

Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Leicestershire (9pts)

The first day at Northampton saw only 26.2 overs, during which Northamptonshire progressed to 90 for no loss. On the second day Bilal Shafayat (59), Martin Love (50), David Sales (113), Damien White (95) and Gerard Brophy (52) all secured half-centuries, as the hosts moved to 433 for 6 declared. However, Northants bowled poorly allowing Leicestershire to score 69 for 0 at close. This article is about Northampton, England. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Martin Love is an Australian cricketer. ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ...

On the third day, Leicestershire progressed to 339 all out, with Darren Robinson scoring 100. However, the innings was controversial, with three debatable decisions going against the visitors. First Robinson was given out caught, when the ball probably hit his forearm. Then HD Ackerman was out leg before to a delivery that looked high. Then, at 220 for 5 Aftab Habib edged Jason Brown low to Martin Love at first slip. Habib thought it had not carried, and Love and one umpire were not sure. The other umpire said he was out, so off Habib went. But he returned to confront Shafayat who taunted Habib on the dismissal. Northamptonshire progressed to 45 for 0 at close. Martin Love is an Australian cricketer. ...

The fourth day saw the game peter out to a draw, as a late declaration, with the score on 238 for 3, left Northamptonshire just less than two session to dismiss Leicestershire, who were set an unrealistic target of 333 to win in 58 overs. Leicestershire were 115 for 4 when the draw was agreed with 11 overs still available. [3] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/4/11524/html/scorecard.stm)

Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire (24 April)

Northamptonshire (4pts) beat Gloucestershire (0pts) by 9 runs

Northamptonshire batted first at Bristol. Two quick wickets reduced them to 14 for 2. It was a slow pitch that was not conducive to a high score, but they made their way to 202 for 7 off their 45 overs, thanks in part to Damien Wright smashing three sixes in four balls in the penultimate over, and thanks to Gloucestershire dropping three catches. Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Bristol is a port city in south-western England, on the River Avon. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Bristol. ...

In reply Northamptonshire took wickets regularly leaving the hosts on 111 for 5. There was a recovery of sorts after that, but were always on the back foot from there. Eventually they finished on 193 for 8, a deficit of 9 runs. [4] (http://live.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/NLF/SCORECARDS/22-24APR2005/GLOUCS_NORTHANTS_NLF_24APR2005.html)

Derbyshire v Northamptonshire (27-30 April)

Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (6pts)

Northampstonshire batted first at Derby, and openers Bilal Shafayat and Martin Love took them to the sword, though Derbyshire dropped them both. Shafayat finished the first day unbeaten on a career-best 156 from 267 balls; Love was on 129 off 233 balls; Northants were on 292. Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Martin Love is an Australian cricketer. ...

Shafayat added only 5 to his overnight score before being lbw, but Love went on to 168. Northamptonshire finally declared on 451 for 7. In reply, Derbyshire regularly lost wickets, finishing the second day on 135 for 4. On the third day, Johann Louw took 6 for 71 to force Derbyshire to follow on 210 in arrears. However, Derbyshire fared much better in their second innings - with both openers undefeated and their score on 119, 91 behind with one day to play. Rain then wiped out the final day's play. [5] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/4/11541/html/scorecard.stm)

Northamptonshire v Hampshire (1 May)

Northamptonshire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 98 runs

At Northampton, Northamptonshire's Bilal Shafayat struck a career-best 74 from 82 balls as Northants stormed to 266 for 9. Shafayat was dropped on 11 and 56, but congratulated by Hampshire captain, Shane Warne. Hampshire fell to 44 for 4 in reply and, despite 42 from Shaun Udal batting number eight, were never in the game as the Hawks were all out for 168. [6] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/5/11546/html/scorecard.stm) This article is about Northampton, England. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Shane Keith Warne (born September 13, 1969) is an Australian cricketer, born in Victoria. ...

Denmark v Northamptonshire (3 May)

Northamptonshire beat Denmark by 8 wickets to progress to Round Two of the C&G Trophy

Northamptonshire's Charl Pietersen took 7 for 10 at Brondby as Denmark fell to the competition's second lowest score, 56 all out. 24 of those runs were extras, with no Dane scoring more than 8 with the bat. Pietersen, who was playing in his debut match for the Northants first team said, "The ball was swinging about and they were perfect conditions for bowling. I just concentrated on getting the ball in the right areas and the conditions did the rest. I'm grateful for the opportunity I've been given by Northants. I'm here to learn and try to get myself in the first team on a regular basis. No cricketer wants to play second-team cricket and I'm no different. But one performance won't get me in, I've got to be consistent with my wicket-taking and my economy." Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Brøndby is a municipality in eastern Denmark, in the county of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand. ...

It took Northamptonshire one ball less than 17 overs to make 59 for 2 to win the match just before lunch as the Danes were humbled. Afterwards the Danish coach said, "We knew it was going to be difficult. We are short of money but we are trying to develop every time we play against different opposition. We have a lot of young players and it was good for them to test themselves against the professionals." [7] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/5/11969/html/scorecard.stm)