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 TeamPWLD1Nottinghamshire16934504402362Hampshire1693446460.5233.53Sussex16736574512234Warwickshire1685342440.5209.55Kent1663756438.5202.56Middlesex1645756420.5181.57Surrey1643953448.5180.58Gloucestershire161105264621049Glamorgan16114133380.588.5 = Champions= Relegated
Division Two TeamPWLD1Lancashire16736434702122Durham16628454402053Yorkshire16511049420.5200.54Northamptonshire16538454601935Essex1654751361.5183.56Worcestershire1657453465.5179.57Leicestershire1636745450.5159.58Somerset16475423701559Derbyshire1618731430116 = 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 NorthamptonshireSource: 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 KentSource:
See also 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy 2005 totesport League 2005 Twenty20 Cup
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