Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005

Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005 were in the second divisions of both the County Championship and the totesport League. At 6-1 odds to win the Second Division of the County Championship, they were likely to struggle again - as they had done since they won the First Division championship in 2001. They were not strong on seam bowling, which may mean that Headingley was prepared as a spinning wicket.

They started the County Championship poorly, being on the wrong end of a draw with Essex. One day after they went to the Oval for their first game in the totesport League, and won a high-scoring thriller. The second Championship game, however, was a comprehensive innings victory over Somerset, who they also beat easily on the Sunday by 5 wickets. The following Sunday they took on, and beat, the Sharks.

They then beat Ireland in Belfast on 3 and 4 May to progress to the Second Round of the C&G Trophy, before going on to record two comfortable victories in the Championship against Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.

They then went down to Durham Dynamos in the Sunday League. On 17 May they beat Worcestershire to progress to the Quarter-Finals of the C&G Trophy. They then drew with Durham and Essex in the Championship to leave them second in Division Two at the end of May. Yorkshire then beat Bradford/Leeds UCCE in two days of actual play, before drawing the 4-day Roses clash with Lancashire and going down heavily in a low-scoring match against Leicestershire in the one-day...
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