Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic

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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. Founded in 1878, Northamptonshire (Northants) held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early

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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. 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

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. 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

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Honours and Achievements

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 * NatWest t20 Blast : Winners (2) – 2013, 2016 :''Runners-up (1)'': 2015 * National League/Pro40 :Division One : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2006 :Division Two : ''Runners-up (1)'': 1999 : ''3rd place/promoted (1)'': 2003 * NatWest Trophy :Winners (2) – 1976, 1992 :''Runners-up (5)'': 1979, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1995 * Benson and Hedges Cup :Winners (1) – 1980 :''Runners-up (2)'': 1987, 1996 *

:Winners (2) – 1903, 1904 :''Shared (2)'': 1899, 1900

Second XI: Honours

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:Winners (2) – 1960, 1998 * Second XI Trophy :Winners (2) – 1986, 1998

Records

Most first-class runs for Northamptonshire
Qualification – 20,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Northamptonshire
Qualification – 800 wickets Team totals ;Batting Record partnership for each wicket ;Bowling ;Wicket-keeping

History

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. 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

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''

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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 Alfred Harry "Fred" Bakewell (2 November 1908 – 23 January 1983) was an English cricketer. Playing for Northamptonshire and England, he was an opening batsman who was renowned as one of the most exciting players of his time, largely owing t ...

, 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,

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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

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; 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

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in 1949, and led the team to six place in his first season after previous years of disappointment. Under the new leadership of

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(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, 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

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, 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

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; fast bowler

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; 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

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and

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. Several notable overseas players such as

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, Curtly Ambrose,

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, 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,

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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

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, and only one in 2013 in Hall.

Ground history

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

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, although the club have in the past played some home matches outside the historic borders such as in Luton and

. Northamptonshire first played at the county ground in

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, and continue to do so till this day even though

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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

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' style media centre. This following table gives details of every venue at which Northamptonshire have hosted a first-class,

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or Twenty20 cricket match:

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: John Sadler * Assistant Coach

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* Academy Director Kevin Innes * Batting Coach: Ben Smith * Bowling Coach:

* Performance Coach/Fielding
& 2nd XI Coach:

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* Performance Cricket Coach:

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* Head Physiotherapist/Science
& Medicine Lead Coach: TBA * Head Strength
& Conditioning Coach: Chris Lorkin

Players

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.

Notable players

This list is compiled of international cricketers who have played Test and/or

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cricket. It also includes players who have been mentioned in the '100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club' book.* Therefore, making them notable to the county and international cricket scene. England * Usman Afzaal * Michael Allen *

* Rob Bailey *

Desmond Barrick Desmond William Barrick (28 April 1926 – 25 December 2007) was an English cricketer who played in 301 first-class matches between 1949 and 1960. Career Barrick was born in Fitzwilliam, Yorkshire. A right-handed batsman and an occasional l ...

Bill Barron William Barron (26 October 1917 – 2 January 2006) was an English sportsman, who played football in the higher leagues before the Second World War and, along with some football, first-class cricket afterwards. Sporting career William Barron ...

Benjamin Bellamy Benjamin Walter Bellamy (22 April 1891 – 22 December 1985) was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. His career spanned 16 years, retiring in 1935 by which time he had played 351 first-class matches, but r ...

Robin Boyd-Moss Robin James Boyd-Moss (born 16 December 1959) is a former English professional cricketer who started his career with Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship before playing first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Northamptonsh ...

* Vincent Broderick *

* Freddie Brown *

* Bob Carter * Nobby Clark * Geoff Cook * Nick Cook *

Bob Cottam Bob Cottam (born Robert Michael Henry Cottam, 16 October 1944, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is a former English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1969 to 1972. Cottam was a right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm fast-medium. The crick ...

Brian Crump Brian Stanley Crump (born 25 April 1938) is a former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. Family Crump's father was Staffordshire Minor Counties cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were David Steele (of Northamptonshire and Engla ...

* Ben Duckett * John Dye * John Emburey *

Alan Fordham Alan Fordham (born 9 November 1964 in Bedford) Alan Fordham
,

* Frederick Jakeman * Vallance Jupp *

* Wayne Larkins *

Albert Lightfoot Albert Lightfoot (8 January 1936 – 30 April 2023) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire from 1953 to 1970. County career Lightfoot joined Northamptonshire in 1953, and was awarded his county cap in 1961 ...

* Mal Loye *

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* Neil Mallender *

Austin Matthews Austin David George Matthews (3 May 1904 – 29 July 1977) was a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire, Glamorgan and England. Cricketing career Born 3 May 1904 in Penarth, Glamorgan, Austin Matthews began playing cricket at a young age ...

* Colin Milburn *

John Murdin John Vernon Murdin (16 August 1891 – 11 April 1971) was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire. Although he was predominantly a bowler, the highlight of his 14-year playing career was his county record last ...

Buddy Oldfield Norman "Buddy" Oldfield (5 May 1911 – 19 April 1996) was an English cricketer and umpire who played in one Test in 1939 and later umpired in two others. Between 1935 and 1939 he played first-class cricket for Lancashire, before the Second ...

* Monty Panesar * Tony Penberthy *

Roger Prideaux Roger Malcolm Prideaux (born 31 July 1939) is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1968 to 1969. Life and career Prideaux was educated at Tonbridge School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. A talented, st ...

David Ripley David Ripley (born 13 September 1966, Leeds, Yorkshire) is an England cricket coach and former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings. In his 307 first-class games he sc ...

David Sales David John Grimwood Sales (born 3 December 1977) is an English cricket player who has played for the Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington cricket teams. Domestic career Sales was educated at Caterham School, an independent school in Ca ...

* George Sharp * Sydney Smith * David Steele * Raman Subba Row *

Haydn Sully Haydn Sully (1 November 1939 – 14 December 2006) was a first-class cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire from 1959 to 1969. A left-handed tail-end batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, Sully played for Somerset occas ...

* Graeme Swann * Paul Taylor * Albert Thomas * George Thompson *

John Timms John Edward Timms (3 November 1906 – 18 March 1980) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and a part time right arm medium pace bowler. Timms made his first-class debu ...

* Frank Tyson *

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* Fanny Walden * David Willey *

* Claud Woolley Australia *

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* Mike Hussey * Phil Jaques * Dennis Lillee * Jock Livingston *

Martin Love Martin Lloyd Love (born 30 March 1974) is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Test matches from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman. Early life Love was educated at Mundubbera State School, Mundubbera High School and Toowo ...

* Chris Lynn *

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* George Tribe * Cameron White South Africa * Hylton Ackerman *

* Johan Botha (cricketer), Johan Botha * Andrew Hall * Richard Levi * Johann Louw * Rory Kleinveldt *

* Johan van der Wath * Martin van Jaarsveld India * Bishan Bedi * Kapil Dev * Sourav Ganguly * Anil Kumble Pakistan * Shahid Afridi * Mohammad Akram (cricketer, born 1974), Mohammad Akram * Mushtaq Mohammad * Sarfraz Nawaz West Indies * Curtly Ambrose * Winston Davis * Roger Harper New Zealand * Peter Arnold * Ken James (cricketer), Ken James * James Neesham * Lou Vincent Zimbabwe * Elton Chigumbura * Kevin Curran (cricketer), Kevin Curran * Blessing Muzarabani Ireland * Niall O'Brien (cricketer), Niall O'Brien Sri Lanka * Seekkuge Prasanna * Chaminda Vaas Scotland * David Murphy (cricketer), 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) *

(1954–1957) * Raman Subba Row (1958–1961) *

(1962–1966) * Mushtaq Mohammad (1976–1977) *

(1989–1995) *

(1999–2000) * Mike Hussey (2002–2003) * Will Young (cricketer) , 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: Bill Barron, W Barron, Peter Murray-Willis, P.E Murray-Willis *1947: Vince Broderick, V Broderick, Arthur Childs-Clarke, A.W Childs-Clarke, Bertie Clarke, C.B Clarke, Kenneth Fiddling, K Fiddling, Jack Webster (cricketer), J Webster *1948: Albert Nutter, A.E Nutter, Buddy Oldfield, N Oldfield *1949: Freddie Brown (cricketer), F.R Brown, Robert Clarke (cricketer), R.W Clarke, Gordon Garlick, R.G Garlick *1950: Jock Livingston, L Livingston *1951: Frederick Jakeman, F Jakeman *1952: Des Barrick, D.W Barrick, George Tribe, G.E Tribe *1953: Edward Davis (cricketer), E Davis *1954: Keith Andrew, K.V Andrew, Sydney Starkie, S Starkie, Frank Tyson, F.H Tyson *1955: Peter Arnold (cricketer), A.P Arnold, Raman Subba Row, R Subba Row *1956: John Manning (cricketer), J.S Manning, Brian Reynolds (cricketer), B.L Reynolds *1957: Michael Allen (cricketer), M.H.J Allen *1960: Laurence Johnson (cricketer), L.A Johnson, Michael Norman (Northamptonshire cricketer), M.E.J.C Norman *1961: David Larter, J.D.F Larter, Albert Lightfoot, A Lightfoot *1962: Brian Crump, B.S Crump, Roger Prideaux, R.M Prideaux, Peter Watts (cricketer, born 1938), P.D Watts, Jim Watts, P.J Watts *1963: Colin Milburn, C Milburn *1964: Malcolm Scott (English cricketer), M.E Scott *1965: David Steele (cricketer), D.S Steele *1966: Haydn Sully, H Sully *1967: Mushtaq Mohammad *1969: Hylton Ackerman, H.M Ackerman *1971: Peter Willey, P Willey *1972: Bishen Bedi, B.S Bedi, Bob Cottam, R.M.H Cottam, John Dye (cricketer), J.C.J Dye *1973: George Sharp (cricketer), G Sharp *1974: Roy Virgin, R.T Virgin *1975: Geoff Cook, G Cook, Sarfraz Nawaz *1976: Alan Hodgson, A Hodgson, Wayne Larkins, W Larkins *1978: Jim Griffiths (cricketer), B.J Griffiths, Allan Lamb, A.J Lamb, Tim Lamb, T.M Lamb, Jim Yardley (cricketer), T.J Yardley *1979: Richard Williams (cricketer, born 1957), R.G Williams *1984: Robin Boyd-Moss, R.J Boyd-Moss, Neil Mallender, N.A Mallender *1985: Rob Bailey (cricketer), R.J Bailey *1986: David Capel, D.J Capel, Roger Harper, R.A Harper, Duncan Wild, D.J Wild *1987: Nick Cook (cricketer), N.G.B Cook, Winston Davis, W.W Davis, David Ripley, D Ripley, Alan Walker (cricketer, born 1962), A Walker *1990: Curtly Ambrose, C.E.L Ambrose, Nigel Felton, N.A Felton, Alan Fordham, A Fordham, Mark Robinson (cricketer, born 1966), M.A Robinson *1991: Greg Thomas, J.G Thomas *1992: Kevin Curran (cricketer), K.M Curran, Paul Taylor (cricketer, born 1964), J.P Taylor *1994: Mal Loye, M.B Loye, Tony Penberthy, A.L Penberthy *1995: Anil Kumble, A Kumble, Richard Montgomerie, R.R Montgomerie, Russell Warren (cricketer), R.J Warren *1999: Matthew Hayden, M.L Hayden, Devon Malcolm, D.E Malcolm, David Sales, D.J.G Sales, Graeme Swann, G.P Swann *2000: Jason Brown (cricketer), J.F Brown, Darren Cousins, D.M Cousins *2001: Mike Hussey, M.E.K Hussey *2003: Toby Bailey (cricketer), T.M.B Bailey, Jeffrey Cook (cricketer), J.W Cook, Phil Jaques, P.A Jaques, André Nel, A Nel *2005: Usman Afzaal, U Afzaal, Ben Phillips (cricketer), B.J Phillips *2006: Lance Klusener, L Klusener, Monty Panesar, M.S Panesar *2007: Stephen Peters, S.D Peters *2008: Robert White (cricketer), R.A White, Nico Boje, N Boje *2009: Johan van der Wath, J.J van der Wath, Andrew Hall, A.J Hall, David Lucas (cricketer), D.S Lucas *2011: James Middlebrook, J.D Middlebrook, Niall O'Brien (cricketer), N.J O'Brien, Chaminda Vaas, W.P.J.U.C Vaas *2012: Jack Brooks (cricketer), J.A Brooks, Alex Wakely, A.G Wakely *2013: Kyle Coetzer, K.J Coetzer, Steven Crook, S.P Crook, David Willey (cricketer), D.J Willey *2015: Azharullah, M Azharullah *2016: Rory Kleinveldt, R.K Kleinveldt, Ben Duckett, B.M Duckett *2017: Rob Newton (cricketer), R.I Newton, Richard Levi, R.E Levi, David Murphy (cricketer), D Murphy *2018: Josh Cobb, J.J Cobb, Ben Sanderson, B.W Sanderson *2019: Rob Keogh, R.I Keogh, Adam Rossington, A.M Rossington *2020: Luke Procter, L.A Procter *2021: Ricardo Vasconcelos, R.S Vasconcelos

Notes

References

Bibliography

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