2005 County Championship

2005 County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Nottinghamshire [1] (5th title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Ed Joyce (1,668 for Middlesex) [2]
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (80 for Sussex) [3]
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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 sides 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

• 12 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

Division One

Standings

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

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Division Two

Standings

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

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

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: [2]

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: [3]

See also

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

References

1. "Nottinghamshire crowned County Champions". ESPN. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
2. "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Average)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
3. "Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Average)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
4. "Frizzell County Championship 2005 Points Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.