Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
English cricket club
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]
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| One Day name | Northants Steelbacks | |||
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| Personnel | ||||
| Captain | Luke Procter | |||
| One Day captain | David Willey (T20) | |||
| Coach | John Sadler | |||
| Overseas player(s) | Karun Nair Prithvi Shaw Chris Tremain Sikandar Raza (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 | ||||
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The club plays the majority of its games at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, but has used outlier grounds at Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden[4] and Peterborough (historically part of Northamptonshire, but currently governed with 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 2022 season, Northamptonshire played in Division One of the County Championship. They also played in the North Division of the Royal London One-Day Cup and the North Division of the T20 Blast.
First XI: Honours/Achievements
- County Championship (1905-1999)
- Runners-up (4): 1912, 1957, 1965, 1976
- CC Division One (From 2000)
- Best placing - 6th: 2022
- CC Division Two (From 2000)
- Winners (1) - 2000
- Runners-up (3): 2003, 2013, 2019
- Winners (2) – 2013, 2016
- Runners-up (1): 2015
- Division One
- Runners-up (1): 2006
- Division Two
- Runners-up (1): 1999
- 3rd place/promoted (1): 2003
- Winners (2) – 1976, 1992
- Runners-up (5): 1979, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1995
- Winners (1) – 1980
- Runners-up (2): 1987, 1996
- Winners (2) – 1903, 1904
- Shared (2): 1899, 1900
Second XI: Honours
- Winners (2) – 1960, 1998
- Winners (2) – 1986, 1998
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Most first-class runs for Northamptonshire
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Most first-class wickets for Northamptonshire
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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[7] | 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[8] | 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)[9] | 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)[10] | 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[11] | 1. George Tribe 2. George Thompson 3. Nobby Clark |
175, 1955 148, 1913 141, 1929 |
- Wicket-keeping
| Player | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| Most victims in innings[12] | 1. Keith Andrew 2. David Ripley |
7 v. Lancashire, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1962 6 v. Sussex, County Ground, Northampton, 1988 |
| Most victims in season[13] | 1. Keith Andrew 2. David Ripley |
90, 1962 81, 1988 |
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.[14] 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.[15]
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.[16] 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,[17] 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.
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 |
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| 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 | ||||||
- President: The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby
- Chairman: Gavin Warren
- Chief Executive: Ray Payne
- Scorer: Vacant
- Head Groundsman: Craig Harvey
Coaching staff
- Head coach: John Sadler
- Assistant coach Vacant
- Academy director Kevin Innes
- Batting Coach: Greg Smith
- Bowling Coach: Vacant
- Performance coach/Fielding
& 2nd XI Coach: Graeme White - Performance Cricket Coach: James Maby
- Head physiotherapist/Science
& Medicine Lead Coach: TBA - Head Strength
& Conditioning Coach: Chris Lorkin
Current squad
The Northamptonshire squad for the 2023 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 |
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| Batters | ||||||
| 14 | George Bartlett |  England | (1998-03-14) 14 March 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 18 | Saif Zaib | England | (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 19 | Emilio Gay | England | (2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 27 | Ricardo Vasconcelos* |  South Africa | (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | — | Portuguese passport |
| 69 | Karun Nair ‡ |  India | (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 75 | Justin Broad ‡ |  Germany | (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 100 | Prithvi Shaw ‡ | India | (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 2 | Luke Procter* | England | (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain |
| 5 | James Sales | England | (2003-02-11) 11 February 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 21 | Rob Keogh* | England | (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 23 | David Willey* ‡ | England | (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Captain (T20) |
| 24 | Gus Miller | England | (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Ravi Bopara ‡ | England | (1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | White ball contract |
| — | Sikandar Raza ‡ |  Zimbabwe | (1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player (T20 only) |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 15 | Lewis McManus | England | (1994-10-09) 9 October 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | — | Vice-captain (First-class/List A) |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 9 | Jack White | England | (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 20 | Chris Tremain ‡ |  Australia | (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| 22 | George Gowler | England | (2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 26 | Ben Sanderson* | England | (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 61 | Alex Russell |  Wales | (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 66 | George Weldon | England | (2004-05-17) 17 May 2004 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 80 | Freddie Heldreich | England | (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm unorthodox | |
| 84 | Raphael Weatherall | England | (2004-10-24) 24 October 2004 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 98 | George Scrimshaw ‡ | England | (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| — | Michael Finan | England | (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
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.[18] 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
- Chris Lynn
- 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
Pakistan
West Indies
New Zealand
Zimbabwe
Ireland
Sri Lanka
Scotland
A complete list of officially appointed Northamptonshire captains can be found here: List of Northamptonshire cricket captains.
Notable captains:
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- 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)
- Will Young (2022)
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
- 2020: L.A Procter
- 2021: R.S Vasconcelos
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