Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

One Day name	Northants Steelbacks
Personnel
Captain	Adam Rossington Josh Cobb (T20)
Coach	David Ripley
Overseas player(s)	Wayne Parnell Mohammad Nabi (T20)
Team information
Founded	1878
Home ground	County Ground, Northampton
Capacity	6,500 [1]
History
First-class debut	Hampshire in 1905 at  Southampton
Twenty20 Cup  wins	2
FP Trophy/NatWest Trophy  wins	2
B&H Cup  wins	1
Official website	northantscricket.com
First-class One-day T20

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks – a reference to the Northamptonshire Regiment which was formed in 1881. The name was supposedly a tribute to the soldiers' apparent indifference to the harsh discipline imposed by their officers. ^[2] Founded in 1878, Northamptonshire (Northants) held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s. In 1905, the club joined the County Championship and was elevated to first-class status, since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. ^[3]

The club plays the majority of its games at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, but has used outlier grounds at Kettering, Wellingborough and Peterborough (formerly part of Northamptonshire, but now in Cambridgeshire) in the past. It has also used grounds outside the county for one-day games: for example, at Luton, Tring and Milton Keynes.

During the 2019 season, Northamptonshire were promoted from Division Two of the County Championship. They also played in the North Division of the Royal London One-Day Cup and the North Division of the Vitality t20 Blast.

Honours and Achievements

See also: List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI: Honours/Achievements

• County Championship (0)

Runners-up (4): 1912, 1957, 1965, 1976

Division Two

Winners (1) – 2000

Runners-up (3): 2003, 2013, 2019

• NatWest t20 Blast

Winners (2) – 2013, 2016

Runners-up (1): 2015

• National League/Pro40

Division One

Runners-up (1): 2006

Division Two

Runners-up (Promoted) (1): 1999

Third place (Promoted) (1): 2003

• NatWest Trophy ^{[notes 1]}

Winners (2) – 1976, 1992

Runners-up (5): 1979, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1995

• Benson and Hedges Cup

Winners (1) – 1980

Runners-up (2): 1987, 1996

• Minor Counties Championship

Winners (2) – 1903, 1904

Shared (2): 1899, 1900

Second XI: Honours

• Second XI Championship

Winners (2) – 1960, 1998

• Second XI Trophy

Winners (2) – 1986, 1998

Records

For Northamptonshire County Cricket Club's List A records, see List of Northamptonshire List A cricket records.

For Northamptonshire County Cricket Club's Twenty20 records, see List of Northamptonshire Twenty20 cricket records.

Most first-class runs for Northamptonshire Qualification – 20,000 runs [4] Player Runs Dennis Brookes 28,980 Geoff Cook 20,976 John Timms 20,433 Wayne Larkins 20,317 Rob Bailey 20,181 Allan Lamb 20,128

Most first-class wickets for Northamptonshire Qualification – 800 wickets [5] Player Wickets Nobby Clark 1,102 Vallance Jupp 1,078 George Thompson 1,078 George Tribe 1,021 Albert Thomas 817 Brian Crump 807

Team totals

Record	Score	Opposition	Venue	Year	Link
Highest total for	781–7 declared	Nottinghamshire	Northampton	1995
Highest total against	673–8 declared	Yorkshire	Headingley	2003
Lowest total for	12	Gloucestershire	Bristol	1907
Lowest total against	33	Lancashire	Northampton	1977

Batting

	Player	Information
Highest scores [6]	1.  Mike Hussey 2.  Mike Hussey 3.  Mal Loye	331* v .Somerset, County Ground, Taunton, 2003 329* v. Essex, County Ground, Northampton, 2001 322* v. Glamorgan, County Ground, Northampton, 1998
Most runs in season [7]	1.  Dennis Brookes 2.  Norman Oldfield 3.  Mike Hussey	2,198, 1952 2,192, 1949 2,055, 2001

Record partnership for each wicket

Wicket	Score	Batting partners	Opposition	Venue	Year	Link
1st	375	R. A. White & M. J. Powell	Gloucestershire	Northampton	2002
2nd	344	G. Cook & R. J. Boyd-Moss	Lancashire	Northampton	1986
3rd	393	A. Fordham & A. J. Lamb	Yorkshire	Leeds	1990
4th	370	R. T. Virgin & P. Willey	Somerset	Northampton	1976
5th	401	M. B. Loye & D. Ripley	Glamorgan	Northampton	1998
6th	376	R. Subba Row & A. Lightfoot	Surrey	The Oval	1958
7th	293	D. J. G. Sales & D. Ripley	Essex	Northampton	1999
8th	179	A. J. Hall & J. D. Middlebrook	Surrey	The Oval	2011
9th	156	R. Subba Row & S. Starkie	Lancashire	Northampton	1955
10th	148	B. W. Bellamy & J. V. Murdin	Glamorgan	Northampton	1925

Bowling

	Player	Information
Best bowling (innings) [8]	1.  Vallance Jupp 2.  Albert Thomas 3.  Vincent Broderick	10–127 v. Kent, Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, 1932 9–30 v. Yorkshire, Park Avenue, Bradford, 1920 9–35 v. Sussex, Cricketfield Road, Horsham, 1948
Best bowling (match) [9]	1.  George Tribe 2.  Vallance Jupp 3.  George Tribe	15–31 v. Yorkshire, County Ground, Northampton, 1958 15–52 v. Glamorgan, St Helen's, Swansea, 1925 15–75 v. Yorkshire, Park Avenue, Bradford, 1955
Most wickets in season [10]	1.  George Tribe 2.  George Thompson 3.  Nobby Clark	175, 1955 148, 1913 141, 1929

Wicket-keeping

	Player	Information
Most victims in innings [11]	1.  Keith Andrew 2.  David Ripley	7 v. Lancashire, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1962 6 v. Sussex, County Ground, Northampton, 1988
Most victims in season [12]	1.  Keith Andrew 2.  David Ripley	90, 1962 81, 1988

History

For a statistical breakdown by season, see List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club seasons.

Earliest cricket

Cricket had probably reached Northamptonshire by the end of the 17th century and the first two references to cricket in the county are within a few days of each other in 1741. On Monday 10 August, there was a match at Woburn Park between a Bedfordshire XI and a combined Northants and Huntingdonshire XI. ^[13] Woburn Cricket Club under the leadership of the Duke of Bedford was on the point of becoming a well known club. On Tuesday 18 August, a match played on the Cow Meadow near Northampton between two teams of amateurs from Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire is the earliest known instance of cricket being played in Northamptonshire county.

Origin of club

On 31 July 1878, the official formation of Northants CCC took place at a meeting in the George Hotel, Kettering based on an existing organisation that dated back to 1820. The 1820 date, if it could be verified, would make Northants the oldest club in the present-day County Championship. The club came to prominence in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s as, between 1900 and 1904, the bowling of George Thompson and William East was much too good for almost all batsmen at that level. The county applied for first-class status in 1904 and was promoted the following year when it joined the County Championship. They played its inaugural first-class match versus Hampshire CCC at Southampton on 18, 19 & 20 May 1905 when making its County Championship debut.

Stepping up to first-class

Although Thompson and East proved themselves to be bowlers of high class, a weak batting line-up meant that the team remained close to the bottom of the championship table until Sydney Smith arrived in 1909. After three years in the middle of the table, Northants surprisingly improved to finish second in 1912 and fourth in 1913. Thompson, Smith and William "Bumper" Wells formed one of the strongest attacks in county cricket at the time, whilst Smith and Haywood were the county's best batsmen.

Thompson and Smith finished playing after World War I and, during the inter-war period, Northamptonshire were regularly one of the weaker championship sides. This was exacerbated when Vallance Jupp declined due to age and, despite the arrival of Nobby Clark, a young left arm fast bowler from Huntingdonshire who burst onto the scene at the age of 20 in 1922 with 20 wickets at an average of 17.10 and Fred Bakewell, an exciting batsman who regularly exceeded 1000 runs a season, Northamptonshire could only finish above second from last four times between 1923 and 1948, finishing last every year from 1934 to 1938 and enduring a run of 99 matches from 14 May 1935 to 29 May 1939 without a single championship victory, a record that has never been beaten and doesn't look like being beaten in the future. Things got worse for Northamptonshire during this time when Bakewell's career ended due to a broken arm in a car crash that also resulted in the fatality of teammate, Reginald Northway. ^[14]

The post-war recovery

After the Second World War, things could only get better for Northamptonshire and they started by recruiting widely from other counties and countries, bringing in Freddie Brown from Surrey; the Australians Jock Livingston, George Tribe and Jack Manning; the New Zealander Peter Arnold; and the Cambridge University opening bat and leg-spinner Raman Subba Row. Brown joined as captain in 1949, and led the team to six place in his first season after previous years of disappointment. ^[15] Under the new leadership of Dennis Brookes (a stalwart batsman for over 20 years), finished second in 1957, their best finish for 45 years. This was mainly due to the bowling attack of Frank Tyson, ^[16] Vincent Broderick, Michael Allen, George Tribe and Manning. Northamptonshire were widely considered the best team in England in the late 1950s and early 1960s, during this time Keith Andrew, Northants best ever Wicket-keeper broke the records of most victims in an innings and a season.

Subsequently, the club has seen mixed fortunes. The club has had intermittent success in one-day competitions, but it has still not won the County Championship, although second place was achieved in each of 1957, 1965 and 1976. Nonetheless it has included several famous players qualified for England, including the South African-born batsman Allan Lamb; fast bowler David Larter; the hard hitting opener Colin Milburn, whose career was cut tragically short by an eye injury sustained in a car crash; the reliable batsmen David Steele and Rob Bailey; opening batsman Wayne Larkins; and all-rounders Peter Willey and David Capel.

Several notable overseas players such as Matthew Hayden, Curtly Ambrose, André Nel, Kapil Dev, Mike Hussey, Sarfraz Nawaz, Mushtaq Mohammad, Anil Kumble, Dennis Lillee and Bishen Bedi have starred for the club, which was particularly formidable as a one-day batting outfit in the late 1970s and early 1980s. More recently, Lance Klusener and Monty Panesar have been notable players.

Northants have recently been criticised for the number of Kolpak players in the team, but for the 2009 season there were only three in Andrew Hall, Johan van der Wath and Nicky Boje, and only one in 2013 in Hall.

Ground history

County Ground.

As with all county cricket clubs, Northamptonshire CCC represents the historic county and not any modern or current administrative unit. In Northamptonshire's case, this means the county of Northamptonshire and the Town of Northampton, although the club have in the past played some home matches outside the historic borders such as in Luton and Milton Keynes.

Northamptonshire first played at the county ground in Northampton in 1905, and continue to do so till this day even though Northampton Town F.C. shared the ground up until 1994 when the Cobblers moved to Sixfields Stadium. After the football club moved, the ground at the Abington Avenue was demolished and replaced by a new indoor school which includes seating looking on to the ground. In 2009, Northants cricket announced plans to improve the ground by building two new stands on the scoreboard side of the ground, there will also be a permanent commentary box with a view to have a 'mini Lord's' style media centre.

This following table gives details of every venue at which Northamptonshire have hosted a first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket match:

Name of ground	Location	Year	FC matches	LA matches	T20 matches	Total
County Ground	Northampton	1905–present	969	341	17	1327
Town Ground	Kettering	1923–1973	65	4	–	69
School Ground	Wellingborough	1946–1991	43	17	–	60
Town Ground	Peterborough	1906–1966	46	–	–	46
Wardown Park	Luton	1973–2004	11	24	1	36
Town Ground	Rushden	1924–1963	22	–	–	22
Tring Park	Tring	1974–1991	–	16	–	16
Manor Fields	Bletchley	1976–1987	3	7	–	10
Baker Perkins	Peterborough	1967–1974	3	5	–	8
Campbell Park	Milton Keynes	1997–present	–	2	3	5
Buckingham Road	Brackley	1971–1975	–	4	–	4
Dolben Ground	Finedon	1986–1989	–	3	–	3
Bedford School	Bedford	1971–1982	–	2	–	2
Horton House	Horton	1976–1977	–	2	–	2
Ideal Clothiers Ground	Wellingborough	1929	1	–	–	1
Stowe School	Stowe	2005	–	1	–	1
Source: CricketArchive Updated: 6 November 2009

Current officials

• President: The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby
• Chairman: Gavin Warren
• Chief Executive: Ray Payne
• Scorer: Tony Kingston
• Head Groundsman: Craig Harvey

Coaching staff

• Head Coach: David Ripley
• Assistant Coach John Sadler
• Academy Director Kevin Innes
• Performance Coach/Fielding and 2nd XI Coach:
• Bowling Coach: Chris Liddle
• Performance Cricket Coach: Luke Swann
• Head Physiotherapist/Science and Medicine Lead Coach: Barry Goudriaan
• Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Chris Lorkin

Players

See also: List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club players

Current squad

The Northamptonshire squad for the 2021 season consists of (this section could change as players are released or signed):

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• denotes players with international caps.
•  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
4	Josh Cobb*	England	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain (T20)
19	Emilio Gay	England	(2000-04-30) 30 April 2000 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
21	Rob Keogh*	England	(1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
57	Ben Curran	England	(1996-06-07) 7 June 1996 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
88	Richard Levi*	South Africa	(1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	UK Passport
96	Charlie Thurston	England	(1996-08-17) 17 August 1996 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
2	Luke Procter*	England	(1988-06-14) 14 June 1988 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
12	Tom Taylor	England	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
13	Gareth Berg	Italy	(1981-01-18) 18 January 1981 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
18	Saif Zaib	England	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 23)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
45	Wayne Parnell	South Africa	(1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
77	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	(1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player (T20 only)
Wicket-keepers
7	Adam Rossington*	England	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed	—	Captain (FC)
27	Ricardo Vasconcelos	South Africa	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 23)	Left-handed	—	Portuguese passport
Bowlers
9	Jack White	England	(1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
10	Simon Kerrigan	England	(1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
11	Nathan Buck	England	(1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
20	Brandon Glover	Netherlands	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
26	Ben Sanderson*	England	(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
87	Graeme White	England	(1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 34)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	List A & T20 only

Notable players

This list is compiled of international cricketers who have played Test and/or ODI cricket. It also includes players who have been mentioned in the '100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club' book. ^[17] Therefore, making them notable to the county and international cricket scene.

England

• Usman Afzaal
• Michael Allen
• Keith Andrew
• Rob Bailey
• Fred Bakewell
• Desmond Barrick
• Bill Barron
• Benjamin Bellamy
• Robin Boyd-Moss
• Vincent Broderick
• Dennis Brookes
• Freddie Brown
• David Capel
• Bob Carter
• Nobby Clark
• Geoff Cook
• Nick Cook
• Bob Cottam
• Brian Crump
• Ben Duckett
• John Dye
• John Emburey
• Alan Fordham
• Frederick Jakeman
• Vallance Jupp
• Allan Lamb
• Wayne Larkins
• David Larter
• Albert Lightfoot
• Mal Loye
• Devon Malcolm
• Neil Mallender
• Austin Matthews
• Colin Milburn
• John Murdin
• Buddy Oldfield
• Monty Panesar
• Tony Penberthy
• Roger Prideaux
• David Ripley
• David Sales
• George Sharp
• Sydney Smith
• David Steele
• Raman Subba Row
• Haydn Sully
• Graeme Swann
• Paul Taylor
• Albert Thomas
• George Thompson
• John Timms
• Frank Tyson
• Roy Virgin
• Fanny Walden
• David Willey
• Peter Willey
• Claud Woolley

Australia

• Trent Copeland
• Ian Harvey
• Matthew Hayden
• Mike Hussey
• Phil Jaques
• Dennis Lillee
• Jock Livingston
• Martin Love
• Matthew Nicholson
• Chris Rogers
• George Tribe
• Cameron White

South Africa

• Hylton Ackerman
• Nicky Boje
• Johan Botha
• Andrew Hall
• Richard Levi
• Johann Louw
• Rory Kleinveldt
• Lance Klusener
• André Nel
• Johan van der Wath
• Martin van Jaarsveld

India

• Bishan Bedi
• Kapil Dev
• Sourav Ganguly
• Anil Kumble

Pakistan

• Shahid Afridi
• Mohammad Akram
• Mushtaq Mohammad
• Sarfraz Nawaz

West Indies

• Curtly Ambrose
• Winston Davis
• Roger Harper

New Zealand

• Peter Arnold
• Ken James
• Lou Vincent

Zimbabwe

• Elton Chigumbura
• Kevin Curran
• Blessing Muzarabani

Ireland

• Niall O'Brien

Sri Lanka

• Seekkuge Prasanna
• Chaminda Vaas

Scotland

• David Murphy
• Tom Sole

County captains

A complete list of officially appointed Northamptonshire captains can be found here: List of Northamptonshire cricket captains.

Notable captains:

• Freddie Brown (1949–1953)
• Dennis Brookes (1954–1957)
• Raman Subba Row (1958–1961)
• Keith Andrew (1962–1966)
• Mushtaq Mohammad (1976–1977)
• Allan Lamb (1989–1995)
• Matthew Hayden (1999–2000)
• Mike Hussey (2002–2003)

County caps

Northamptonshire do not automatically award caps to players on their first appearance; instead, they have to be 'earned' through good performances. In recent times, cricketers who are awarded a county cap are given a new cap with yellow stripes on the maroon instead of a plain maroon cap. The following players have received caps:

1946: W Barron, P.E Murray-Willis 1947: V Broderick, A.W Childs-Clarke, C.B Clarke, K Fiddling, J Webster 1948: A.E Nutter, N Oldfield 1949: F.R Brown, R.W Clarke, R.G Garlick 1950: L Livingston 1951: F Jakeman 1952: D.W Barrick, G.E Tribe 1953: E Davis 1954: K.V Andrew, S Starkie, F.H Tyson 1955: A.P Arnold, R Subba Row 1956: J.S Manning, B.L Reynolds 1957: M.H.J Allen 1960: L.A Johnson, M.E.J.C Norman 1961: J.D.F Larter, A Lightfoot 1962: B.S Crump, R.M Prideaux, P.D Watts, P.J Watts 1963: C Milburn 1964: M.E Scott 1965: D.S Steele 1966: H Sully

1967: Mushtaq Mohammad 1969: H.M Ackerman 1971: P Willey 1972: B.S Bedi, R.M.H Cottam, J.C.J Dye 1973: G Sharp 1974: R.T Virgin 1975: G Cook, Sarfraz Nawaz 1976: A Hodgson, W Larkins 1978: B.J Griffiths, A.J Lamb, T.M Lamb, T.J Yardley 1979: R.G Williams 1984: R.J Boyd-Moss, N.A Mallender 1985: R.J Bailey 1986: D.J Capel, R.A Harper, D.J Wild 1987: N.G.B Cook, W.W Davis, D Ripley, A Walker 1990: C.E.L Ambrose, N.A Felton, A Fordham, M.A Robinson 1991: J.G Thomas 1992: K.M Curran, J.P Taylor 1994: M.B Loye, A.L Penberthy 1995: A Kumble, R.R Montgomerie, R.J Warren

1999: M.L Hayden, D.E Malcolm, D.J.G Sales, G.P Swann 2000: J.F Brown, D.M Cousins 2001: M.E.K Hussey 2003: T.M.B Bailey, J.W Cook, P.A Jaques, A Nel 2005: U Afzaal, B.J Phillips 2006: L Klusener, M.S Panesar 2007: S.D Peters 2008: R.A White, N Boje 2009: J.J van der Wath, A.J Hall, D.S Lucas 2011: J.D Middlebrook, N.J O'Brien, W.P.J.U.C Vaas 2012: J.A Brooks, A.G Wakely 2013: K.J Coetzer, S.P Crook, D.J Willey 2015: M Azharullah 2016: R.K Kleinveldt, B.M Duckett 2017: R.I Newton, R.E Levi, D Murphy 2018: J.J Cobb, B.W Sanderson 2019: R.I Keogh, A.M Rossington

Notes

1. Previously known as the Gillette Cup between 1963 and 1980, the NatWest Trophy between 1981 and 2000 and the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy between 2001 and 2006.

References

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14. "Deaths in 1936". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1937 ed.). Wisden. pp. Part I, 276.
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16. Frank Tyson, In the Eye of the Typhoon, Parrs Wood Press, 2004
17. • Radd, Andrew (February 2001). 100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Northampton: Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN   0-7524-2195-6.

Bibliography

• Radd, Andrew (February 2001). 100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Northampton: Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN   0-7524-2195-6.

Further reading

• H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
• Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
• Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
• Matthew Engel and Andrew Radd, The History of Northamptonshire CCC (County Cricket History), Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 1993, ISBN   978-0-7136-8024-9
• H T Waghorn, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773), Blackwood, 1899
• Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
• Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions

External links

• Official website
• BBC Sport Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• Sky Sports
• Cricinfo
• ECB