2005 County Championship

{{Short description|English cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board | image = Frizzell County championship logo from 2002 to 2005.jpg | cricket format = First-class cricket (4 days) | tournament format = League system | champions = Nottinghamshire<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/id/23073938/nottinghamshire-crowned-county-champions|title=Nottinghamshire crowned County Champions|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=27 September 2025}}</ref> | count = 5 | participants = 18 | matches = 144 | most runs = Ed Joyce {{Clear}} (1,668 for Middlesex)<ref name="runs">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Frizzell_County_Championship_2005/Batting_by_Average.html|title=Batting and Fielding in Frizzell County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Average)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> | most wickets = Mushtaq Ahmed {{Clear}} (80 for Sussex)<ref name="wickets">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Frizzell_County_Championship_2005/Bowling_by_Average.html|title=Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Average)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> | previous_year = 2004 | previous_tournament = 2004 County Championship | next_year = 2006 | next_tournament = 2006 County Championship }} 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: {| | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" |- ! Division One !! Division Two |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Glamorgan | Derbyshire |- | Gloucestershire | Durham |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Hampshire | Essex |- | Kent |bgcolor=#ffcccc| Lancashire |- | Middlesex | Leicestershire |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Nottinghamshire |bgcolor=#ffcccc| Northamptonshire |- | Surrey | Somerset |- | Sussex |bgcolor=#ffcccc| Worcestershire |- | Warwickshire | Yorkshire |} |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Icon |- |bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Team promoted from Division Two |- |bgcolor=#ffcccc| 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=== {{Cr table header}} {{Cr table team|p=1|t=Nottinghamshire|w=9|l=3|tie=0|d=4|aban=0|bat=50|bwl=44|dp=0|bc=#D0F0C0}} {{Cr table qr|won=y |rows=1 |c=Winners of Championship}} {{Cr table team|p=2|t=Hampshire|w=9|l=3|tie=0|d=4|aban=0|bat=46|bwl=46|dp=0.5}} {{Cr table team|p=3|t=Sussex|w=7|l=3|tie=0|d=6|aban=0|bat=57|bwl=45|dp=1}} {{Cr table team|p=4|t=Warwickshire|w=8|l=5|tie=0|d=3|aban=0|bat=42|bwl=44|dp=0.5}} {{Cr table team|p=5|t=Kent|w=6|l=3|tie=0|d=7|aban=0|bat=56|bwl=43|dp=8.5}} {{Cr table team|p=6|t=Middlesex|w=4|l=5|tie=0|d=7|aban=0|bat=56|bwl=42|dp=0.5}} {{Cr table team|p=7|t=Surrey|w=4|l=3|tie=0|d=9|aban=0|bat=53|bwl=44|dp=8.5|bc=#FFCCCC}} {{Cr table qr|relegated=y |rows=3 |c=Championship Division 2}} {{Cr table team|p=8|t=Gloucestershire|w=1|l=10|tie=0|d=5|aban=0|bat=26|bwl=46|dp=2|bc=#FFCCCC}} {{Cr table team|p=9|t=Glamorgan|w=1|l=14|tie=0|d=1|aban=0|bat=33|bwl=38|dp=0.5|bc=#FFCCCC}} {{Cr table footer|s=<ref name="points">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Frizzell_County_Championship_2005.html|title=Frizzell County Championship 2005 Points Table|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>|date=February 2013}}

==Division Two== ===Standings=== {{Cr table header}} {{Cr table team|p=1|t=Lancashire|w=7|l=3|tie=0|d=6|aban=0|bat=43|bwl=47|dp=0|bc=#D0F0C0}} {{Cr table qr|qualified=y |rows=3 |c=<small>Promoted to<br />Championship Division 1</small>}} {{Cr table team|p=2|t=Durham|w=6|l=2|tie=0|d=8|aban=0|bat=45|bwl=44|dp=0|bc=#D0F0C0}} {{Cr table team|p=3|t=Yorkshire|w=5|l=1|tie=0|d=10|aban=0|bat=49|bwl=42|dp=0.5|bc=#D0F0C0}} {{Cr table team|p=4|t=Northamptonshire|w=5|l=3|tie=0|d=8|aban=0|bat=45|bwl=46|dp=0}} {{Cr table team|p=5|t=Essex|w=5|l=4|tie=0|d=7|aban=0|bat=51|bwl=36|dp=1.5}} {{Cr table team|p=6|t=Worcestershire|w=5|l=7|tie=0|d=4|aban=0|bat=53|bwl=46|dp=5.5}} {{Cr table team|p=7|t=Leicestershire|w=3|l=6|tie=0|d=7|aban=0|bat=45|bwl=45|dp=0.5}} {{Cr table team|p=8|t=Somerset|w=4|l=7|tie=0|d=5|aban=0|bat=42|bwl=37|dp=0}} {{Cr table team|p=9|t=Derbyshire|w=1|l=8|tie=0|d=7|aban=0|bat=31|bwl=43|dp=0}} {{Cr table footer|s=<ref name="points"/>|date=February 2013}}

==Records==

{| |- valign="top" || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most runs |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,668 ||style="text-align:center;"| 61.77 || Ed Joyce || Middlesex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,650 ||style="text-align:center;"| 63.46 || Owais Shah || Middlesex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,568 ||style="text-align:center;"| 74.66 || Mark Ramprakash || Surrey |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,556 ||style="text-align:center;"| 59.84 || Rob Key || Kent |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,477 ||style="text-align:center;"| 61.54 || Ben Smith || Worcestershire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,425 ||style="text-align:center;"| 59.37 || Anthony McGrath || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,380 ||style="text-align:center;"| 57.50 || Murray Goodwin || Sussex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,369 ||style="text-align:center;"| 44.16 || David Hemp || Glamorgan |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,359 ||style="text-align:center;"| 64.71 || Phil Jaques || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1,345 ||style="text-align:center;"| 56.04 || Martin Love || Northamptonshire |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref name="runs"/> |} || {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=4| Most wickets |- ! Aggregate ! Average ! Player ! County |- |style="text-align:center;"| 80 ||style="text-align:center;"| 26.73 || Mushtaq Ahmed || Sussex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 64 ||style="text-align:center;"| 30.64 || Deon Kruis || Yorkshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 60 ||style="text-align:center;"| 30.21 || James Anderson || Lancashire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 59 ||style="text-align:center;"| 24.61 || James Kirtley || Sussex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 59 ||style="text-align:center;"| 27.55 || Min Patel || Kent |- |style="text-align:center;"| 58 ||style="text-align:center;"| 25.96 || Graeme Welch || Derbyshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 57 ||style="text-align:center;"| 25.22 || Alan Richardson || Middlesex |- |style="text-align:center;"| 56 ||style="text-align:center;"| 20.80 || Mark Ealham || Nottinghamshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 55 ||style="text-align:center;"| 28.20 || Jason Brown || Northamptonshire |- |style="text-align:center;"| 55 ||style="text-align:center;"| 28.27 || Amjad Khan || Kent |- |colspan=4 align="left"|Source:<ref name="wickets"/> |} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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