Derbyshire | Durham | Essex | Glamorgan | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Middlesex Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, involving either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... Derbyshire County Cricket Club (Derbyshire CCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based The Racecourse Ground, otherwise known as the County Ground, in the city of Derby. ... 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. ... 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. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Bristol. ... Hampshire County Cricket Club (HCCC) is a first-class cricket club based in the south of England. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester. ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ...

Northamptonshire | Nottinghamshire | Somerset | Surrey | Sussex | Warwickshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... The William Clarke stand at Nottinghamshires home ground, Trent Bridge. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at Taunton. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is a cricket club (team) based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Birmingham historically being part of Warwickshire). ... 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. ...

MCC | Cambridge UCCE | Durham UCCE | Loughborough UCCE | Oxford UCCE Lords 2005 The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, was the original governing body of international cricket. ... Cambridge University Cricket Club (now subsumed into the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a first-class cricket team. ... Oxford University Cricket Club (now subsumed into the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a first-class cricket team. ...

Derbyshire | Durham | Essex | Glamorgan | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Middlesex 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. ... Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of both the County Championship and totesport League. ... Durham County Cricket Club started the 2005 season as 20-1 to win the Second Division of the County Championship. ... Essex County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the Sunday League. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club started their 2005 season as defending totesport League champions. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division One of both the County Championship and totesport League. ... Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division One of the County Championship and the totesport League. ... Kent County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division One of the County Championship and Divsion Two of the totesport League. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the totesport League. ... Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and of the totesport League. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division One of the County Championship and Division Two of the totesport League. ...

Northamptonshire | Nottinghamshire | Somerset | Surrey | Sussex | Warwickshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in Division Two of the County Championship and Division One of the totesport League. ... Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are playing their cricket in 2005 in Division One of both the County Championship and the totesport League. ... Somerset County Cricket Club are playing in Division Two of both the County Championship and the Sunday League in 2005. ... Surrey County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their cricket in the First Division of the County Championship and the Second Division of the totesport League. ... Sussex v Loughborough UCCE (9-11 April 2005) Match drawn The first day of this match, which was played at Hove, saw Loughborough dismissed for 237. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club start 2005 as defending County Champions and 11-4 favourites to retain their title. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club in 2005 are playing their County Championship games in Division Two and their totesport League games in Division One. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005 are in the second divisions of both the County Championship and the totesport League. ...

MCC | Scotland | Leeds/Bradford UCCE | Cambridge UCCE | Cardiff/Glamorgan UCCE | Durham UCCE | Loughborough UCCE | Oxford UCCE The MCC in 2005 started the season fielding what was virtually an England A side against the Champion County, which they won. ... The Scottish Saltires in 2005 are playing in the Second Division of the totesport League, in what will be their last season in the English one-day league. ... Bradford/Leeds UCCE in 2005 started off their season against Northamptonshire with a bump - being defeated easily after two batting collapses. ... Cambridge UCCE had a good start to their 2005 first-class season, setting Essex a target of 270 to win, after declaring in their second innings on 255 for 4. ... Cardiff/Glamorgan UCCE played three matches against first-class opposition in 2005. ... Durham UCCE started their first-class season on a batting paradise in Taunton, which secured them their first draw of the year. ... Loughborough UCCE started their first-class season on the wrong end of a draw against Sussex. ... Oxford UCCE started their 2005 first-class season with a weak draw against a Gloucestershire side that opted to use the game as batting practice. ...