2005 County Championship

2005 County Championship

Dates	13 April – 24 September 2005
Administrator	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Nottinghamshire (5th title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Ed Joyce (1,668 for Middlesex)
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (80 for Sussex)

The 2005 County Championship season, known as the Frizzell County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2006, while the bottom three teams from Division 1 were relegated.

Teams

Teams in the County Championship 2005:

Division One Division Two Glamorgan Derbyshire Gloucestershire Durham Hampshire Essex Kent Lancashire Middlesex Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Northamptonshire Surrey Somerset Sussex Worcestershire Warwickshire Yorkshire

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Points system

• 14 points for a win
• 6 points for a tie
• 4 points for a draw
• 4 points for an abandoned game
• A maximum of 5 batting bonus points and 3 bowling bonus points

Standings

Division One

	Team	P	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
1	Nottinghamshire	16	9	3	4	50	44	0	236
2	Hampshire	16	9	3	4	46	46	0.5	233.5
3	Sussex	16	7	3	6	57	45	1	223
4	Warwickshire	16	8	5	3	42	44	0.5	209.5
5	Kent	16	6	3	7	56	43	8.5	202.5
6	Middlesex	16	4	5	7	56	42	0.5	181.5
7	Surrey	16	4	3	9	53	44	8.5	180.5
8	Gloucestershire	16	1	10	5	26	46	2	104
9	Glamorgan	16	1	14	1	33	38	0.5	88.5

	= Champions
	= Relegated

Division Two

	Team	P	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
1	Lancashire	16	7	3	6	43	47	0	212
2	Durham	16	6	2	8	45	44	0	205
3	Yorkshire	16	5	1	10	49	42	0.5	200.5
4	Northamptonshire	16	5	3	8	45	46	0	193
5	Essex	16	5	4	7	51	36	1.5	183.5
6	Worcestershire	16	5	7	4	53	46	5.5	179.5
7	Leicestershire	16	3	6	7	45	45	0.5	159.5
8	Somerset	16	4	7	5	42	37	0	155
9	Derbyshire	16	1	8	7	31	43	0	116

	= Champions
	= Promoted

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,668 61.77 Ed Joyce Middlesex 1,650 63.46 Owais Shah Middlesex 1,568 74.66 Mark Ramprakash Surrey 1,556 59.84 Rob Key Kent 1,477 61.54 Ben Smith Worcestershire 1,425 59.37 Anthony McGrath Yorkshire 1,380 57.50 Murray Goodwin Sussex 1,369 44.16 David Hemp Glamorgan 1,359 64.71 Phil Jaques Yorkshire 1,345 56.04 Martin Love Northamptonshire Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 80 26.73 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 64 30.64 Deon Kruis Yorkshire 60 30.21 James Anderson Lancashire 59 24.61 James Kirtley Sussex 59 27.55 Min Patel Kent 58 25.96 Graeme Welch Derbyshire 57 25.22 Alan Richardson Middlesex 56 20.80 Mark Ealham Nottinghamshire 55 28.20 Jason Brown Northamptonshire 55 28.27 Amjad Khan Kent Source:

See also

• 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
• 2005 totesport League
• 2005 Twenty20 Cup