2005 Twenty20 Cup

2005 Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Somerset Sabres (1st title)
Participants	18
Most runs	Owais Shah (410 for Middlesex)
Most wickets	Nayan Doshi (17 for Surrey)

The 2005 Twenty20 Cup was the third edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the Twenty20 Cup competition for English and Welsh county clubs. The finals day took place on 30 July at The Oval, and was won by the Somerset Sabres.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Midlands/Wales/West Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	N/R	Pts	Net R/R
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	8	4	2	0	2	10	+1.174
Warwickshire Bears	8	4	3	0	1	9	+0.791
Somerset Sabres	8	4	3	0	1	9	+1.088
Gloucestershire Gladiators	8	3	3	0	2	8	−1.442
Worcestershire Royals	8	3	4	0	1	7	−0.464
Glamorgan Dragons	8	2	5	0	1	5	−1.090

North Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	N/R	Pts	Net R/R
Lancashire Lightning	8	6	1	0	1	13	+1.773
Leicestershire Foxes	8	5	2	0	1	11	+0.255
Derbyshire Phantoms	8	4	3	0	1	9	−0.452
Yorkshire Phoenix	8	3	5	0	0	6	−0.708
Durham Dynamos	8	2	5	0	1	5	−0.872
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	2	6	0	0	4	+0.138

South Division

Team	Pld	W	L	T	N/R	Pts	Net R/R
Surrey Lions	8	5	3	0	0	10	+0.641
Middlesex Crusaders	8	4	3	0	1	9	+0.164
Sussex Sharks	8	3	2	0	3	9	+0.136
Hampshire Hawks	8	3	2	0	3	9	+0.203
Essex Eagles	8	3	3	0	2	8	−0.067
Kent Spitfires	8	1	6	0	1	3	−1.021

Quarter-finals

18 July 2005

Lancashire Lightning 189/7 (20 overs)	v	Derbyshire Phantoms 172 (19.3 overs)
Mal Loye 73 (32) Tom Lungley 2/29 [3]		Michael Di Venuto 41 (25) Gary Keedy 3/26 [4]

Lancashire won by 17 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Peter Hartley and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Lancs)

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18 July 2005

Leicestershire Foxes 159/6 (20 overs)	v	Middlesex Crusades 140/7 (20 overs)
Darren Maddy 36 (33) Chris Peploe 2/17 [4]		Scott Styris 73 (55) Charl Willoughby 3/11 [4]

Leicestershire won by 19 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Trevor Jesty and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Charl Willoughby (Leics)

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18 July 2005

Northamptonshire Steelbacks 154/8 (20.0 overs)	v	Somerset Sabres 155/6 (19.5 overs)
Usman Afzaal 35 (23) Ian Blackwell 3/16 [4]		Matthew Wood 58 (53) Bilal Shafayat 2/13 [2]

Somerset won by 4 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Jeff Evans and John Holder Player of the match: Matthew Wood (Soms)

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18 July 2005

Surrey Brown Caps 149/8 (20 overs)	v	Warwickshire Bears 117/8 (15 overs)
Mark Ramprakash 34 (34) Jonathan Trott 2/19 [2]		Jim Troughton 21 (18) Rikki Clarke 2/20 [3]

Surrey won on bowl out The Oval, London Umpires: David Constant and Allan Jones Player of the match: Tim Murtagh (Surrey)

• Warwickshire target was 118 runs in 15 overs

Finals Day

Semi-finals

30 July 2005

Lancashire Lightning 217/4 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Brown Caps 195/7 (20 overs)
Andrew Symonds 52* (30) Nayan Doshi 2/35 [4]		Ali Brown 51 (32) Andrew Symonds 1/21 [2]

Lancashire won by 22 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Gould and George Sharp Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Lancs)

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30 July 2005

Somerset Sabres 157/9 (20 overs)	v	Leicestershire Foxes 153/8 (20 overs)
Matthew Wood 38 (31) Dinesh Mongia 3/30 [4]		Darren Maddy 56 (39) Richard Johnson 3/21 [3]

Somerset won by 4 runs The Oval, London Umpires: John Holder and Peter Willey Player of the match: Carl Gazzard (Soms)

Final

Main article: 2005 Twenty20 Cup Final

30 July 2005

Lancashire Lightning 114/8 (16 overs)	v	Somerset Sabres 118/3 (14.1 overs)
Stuart Law 59 (45) Richard Johnson 3/26 [3]		Graeme Smith 64* (47) Andrew Flintoff 2/33 [4]

Somerset Sabres won by 7 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Gould and Peter Willey Player of the match: Graeme Smith (Soms)

• Match was reduced before play to 16 overs per side

See also

• Twenty20 Cup

External links

• Tournament site on ESPN CricInfo