Durham County Cricket Club in 2005

Durham Dynamos Ground Riverside, Chester-le-Street Website Captain Mike Hussey Squad Other overseas player Ashley Noffke Others David Barrick Dale Benkenstein Graeme Bridge Gareth Breese Kyle Coetzer Paul Collingwood Mark Davies Gavin Hamilton Steve Harmison Neil Killeen Jon Lewis James Lowe Phil Mustard Gordon Muchall Graham Onions Nicky Peng Liam Plunkett Andrew Pratt Gary Pratt Gary Scott Callum Thorp Mark Turner

Durham County Cricket Club started the 2005 season as 20-1 to win the Second Division of the County Championship. However, their first two Championship games suggested they may be real title contenders: first they won by an innings inside three days, then by 7 wickets inside 2 days. They are playing their Sunday League cricket in Division Two of the totesport League. They started this campaign off well too, winning their first game, against Leicestershire by 9 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method. They followed this up with a heavy defeat of Surrey.

Durham lost its 100% record when their Sunday League game against Scotland was abandoned without a ball being bowled, then the next day their game against Sussex was abandoned half way through the game. On 4 May they were then knocked out of the C&G Trophy in Round One, when they lost to Derbyshire by 1 wicket on the last ball. This was followed by two back-to-back Championship games: victories over Somerset and Lancashire.

Durham continued their winning ways, easily overcoming Yorkshire Phoenix in the Sunday League, but then showed signs of weakness in two drawn matches, with Yorkshire in the Championship and with Durham UCCE.

June started with a draw in the Championship at Worcestershire. In the National League, they won a Monday day/nighter against Derbyshire in style. A drab, unexciting draw with Northamptonshire followed, however, and the lack of the international players Harmison and Collingwood was all too apparent as they crashed to a defeat at Arundel against Sussex. Losses to Derbyshire and Leicestershire in the Twenty20 Cup followed, as the team of the spring looked to be knocked out of the Twenty20 Cup at the group stage.

Tables

Championship

2005 English cricket season/County Championship Division Two Current Table

totesport League

2005 English cricket season/National League Division Two Current Table

Match details

2005 English cricket season/Leicestershire v Durham 13-16 April 2005 2005 English cricket season/Leicestershire v Durham 17 April 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Worcestershire 20-23 April 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Surrey 24 April 2005 2005 English cricket season/Scotland v Durham 1 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Sussex 2 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Derbyshire 4 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Somerset 6-9 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Lancashire v Durham 11-14 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Yorkshire 15 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Yorkshire 20-23 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham UCCE v Durham 25-27 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Kent v Durham 29 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Surrey v Durham 30 May 2005 2005 English cricket season/Worcestershire v Durham 1-4 June 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Essex 9-12 June 2005 2005 English cricket season/Durham v Derbyshire 13 June 2005 2005 English cricket season/Northamptonshire v Durham 15-18 June 2005 2005 English cricket season/Sussex v Durham 19 June 2005 2005 English cricket season/Derbyshire v Durham 22 June 2005 Leicestershire v Durham 26 June 2005