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Honours and achievements

{{See also|List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales}}

First XI: Honours/Achievements

• County Championship (1905-1999)

• NatWest t20 Blast

• National League/Pro40

• NatWest Trophy{{tag:ref|Previously known as the Gillette Cup between 1963 and 1980, the NatWest Trophy between 1981 and 2000 and the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy between 2001 and 2006.|group=notes}}

• Benson and Hedges Cup

• Minor Counties Championship

Second XI: Honours

• Second XI Championship

• Second XI Trophy

Records

{{for|Northamptonshire County Cricket Club’s List A records|List of Northamptonshire List A cricket records}}{{for|Northamptonshire County Cricket Club’s Twenty20 records|List of Northamptonshire Twenty20 cricket records}}{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}Most first-class runs for Northamptonshire Qualification – 20,000 runsWEB,cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Northamptonshire/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html, The Home of CricketArchive, Cricketarchive.com, 2013-05-04, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:28%” style="background:#bdb76b;“! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Player! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| RunsDennis Brookes>| 28,980Geoff Cook>| 20,976John Timms>| 20,433Wayne Larkins >| 20,317Rob Bailey (cricketer)>Rob Bailey 20,181Allan Lamb >| 20,128{{col-break}}Most first-class wickets for NorthamptonshireQualification – 800 wicketsWEB,cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Northamptonshire/Bowling_Records/Most_Career_Wickets.html, The Home of CricketArchive, Cricketarchive.com, 2013-05-04, {| class=“wikitable” style="width:31%” style="background:#bdb76b;“! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Player! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| WicketsEdward Clark (cricketer)>Nobby Clark 1,102Vallance Jupp>| 1,078George Thompson (cricketer)>George Thompson 1,078George Tribe >| 1,021Albert Thomas (cricketer)>Albert Thomas 817Brian Crump >| 807{{col-end}}Team totals{| class=“wikitable” style="width:62%”! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Record! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Score! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Opposition! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Venue! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Year! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Link|Highest total for|781–7 declaredNottinghamshire CCC>NottinghamshireCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1995|weblink|Highest total against|673–8 declaredYorkshire CCC>YorkshireHeadingley Cricket Ground>Headingley|2003|weblink|Lowest total for|12Gloucestershire CCC>GloucestershireCounty Cricket Ground, Bristol>Bristol|1907|weblink|Lowest total against|33Lancashire CCC>LancashireCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1977|weblink

Batting{| style="width:100%;”

! style="text-align:left; width:15%;“|! style="text-align:left; width:15%;“|Player! style="text-align:left; width:50%;“|InformationHighest scoresHighest score for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 20091. Mike Hussey2. Mike Hussey3. Mal Loye331* v .Somerset County Cricket Club, County Ground, Taunton, 2003329* v. Essex County Cricket Club>Essex, County Cricket Ground, Northampton, Northampton, 2001322* v. Glamorgan County Cricket Club>Glamorgan, County Ground, Northampton, 1998Most runs in seasonMost Runs in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 20091. Dennis Brookes2. Norman Oldfield3. Mike Hussey2,198, 19522,192, 19492,055, 2001Record partnership for each wicket{| class=“wikitable” style="width:62%”! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Wicket! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Score! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Batting partners! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Opposition! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Venue! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Year! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:left;“| Link|1st|375Robert White (cricketer)>R. A. White & M. J. PowellGloucestershire County Cricket Club>GloucestershireCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|2002|weblink|2nd|344Geoff Cook>G. Cook & R. J. Boyd-MossLancashire CCC>LancashireCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1986|weblink|3rd|393Alan Fordham>A. Fordham & A. J. LambYorkshire CCC>YorkshireHeadingley Cricket Ground>Leeds|1990|weblink|4th|370Roy Virgin>R. T. Virgin & P. WilleySomerset CCC>SomersetCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1976|weblink|5th|401Mal Loye>M. B. Loye & D. RipleyGlamorgan CCC>GlamorganCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1998|weblink|6th|376Raman Subba Row>R. Subba Row & A. LightfootSurrey CCC>Surrey|The Oval|1958|weblink|7th|293David Sales>D. J. G. Sales & D. RipleyEssex CCC>EssexCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1999|weblink|8th|179Andrew Hall>A. J. Hall & J. D. MiddlebrookSurrey CCC>Surrey|The Oval|2011|weblink|9th|156Raman Subba Row>R. Subba Row & S. StarkieLancashire CCC>LancashireCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1955|weblink|10th|148Benjamin Bellamy>B. W. Bellamy & J. V. MurdinGlamorgan CCC>GlamorganCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>Northampton|1925|weblink

Bowling{| style="width:100%;”

! style="text-align:left; width:15%;“|! style="text-align:left; width:15%;“|Player! style="text-align:left; width:50%;“|InformationBest bowling (innings)Most Wickets in an Innings for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 20091. Vallance Jupp2. Albert Thomas (cricketer)3. Vince Broderick>Vincent Broderick10–127 v. Kent County Cricket Club, Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, 19329–30 v. Yorkshire County Cricket Club>Yorkshire, Park Avenue (stadium)#Cricket, Bradford, 19209–35 v. Sussex County Cricket Club>Sussex, Cricketfield Road, Horsham, 1948Best bowling (match)Most Wickets in a Match for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 20091. George Tribe2. Vallance Jupp3. George Tribe15–31 v. Yorkshire County Cricket Club, County Cricket Ground, Northampton>County Ground, Northampton, 195815–52 v. Glamorgan County Cricket Club, St. Helen’s Rugby and Cricket Ground>St Helen’s, Swansea, 192515–75 v. Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Park Avenue (stadium)#Cricket>Park Avenue, Bradford, 1955Most wickets in seasonMost Wickets in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 20091. George Tribe2. George Thompson (cricketer)3. Edward Clark (cricketer)>Nobby Clark175, 1955148, 1913141, 1929

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! style="text-align:left; width:15%;“|! style="text-align:left; width:15%;“|Player! style="text-align:left; width:50%;“|InformationMost victims in inningsMost Victims in an Innings for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 20091. Keith Andrew2. David Ripley7 v. Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford Cricket Ground>Old Trafford, Manchester, 19626 v. Sussex County Cricket Club, County Cricket Ground, Northampton>County Ground, Northampton, 1988Most victims in seasonMost Victims in a Season for Northamptonshire CricketArchive. Retrieved on 19 September 2009.1. Keith Andrew2. David Ripley90, 196281, 1988

History

{{For|a statistical breakdown by season|List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club seasons}}

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.Waghorn (1899), p27. 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.BOOK, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, 1937, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, Wisden, Deaths in 1936, Part I, 276,

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.1949 County Championship table CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2009 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,Frank Tyson, In the Eye of the Typhoon, Parrs Wood Press, 2004 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.

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 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:{| class=“wikitable” style="width:50%”! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| Name of ground! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| Location! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| Year! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| FCmatches! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| LAmatches! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| T20matches! style="background:maroon; color:white; text-align:right;“| TotalCounty Cricket Ground, Northampton>County Ground| Northampton| 1905–present| 969| 341| 17| 1327Town Ground, Kettering>Town Ground| Kettering| 1923–1973| 65| 4| –| 69Wellingborough School (cricket ground)>School Ground| Wellingborough| 1946–1991| 43| 17| –| 60Town Ground, Peterborough>Town Ground| Peterborough| 1906–1966| 46| –| –| 46Wardown Park#Cricket ground>Wardown Park| Luton| 1973–2004| 11| 24| 1| 36Town Ground, Rushden>Town Ground| Rushden| 1924–1963| 22| –| –| 22Tring Park Cricket Club Ground>Tring Park| Tring| 1974–1991| –| 16| –| 16| Manor Fields| Bletchley| 1976–1987| 3| 7| –| 10Baker Perkins (cricket ground)>Baker Perkins| Peterborough| 1967–1974| 3| 5| –| 8Campbell Park Cricket Ground>Campbell Park| Milton Keynes| 1997–present| –| 2| 3| 5Buckingham Road (cricket ground)>Buckingham Road| Brackley| 1971–1975| –| 4| –| 4Finedon cricket ground>Dolben Ground| Finedon| 1986–1989| –| 3| –| 3Bedford School#Cricket ground>Bedford School| Bedford| 1971–1982| –| 2| –| 2Horton House Cricket Club Ground>Horton HouseHorton, Northamptonshire>Horton| 1976–1977| –| 2| –| 2| Ideal Clothiers Ground| Wellingborough| 1929| 1| –| –| 1Stowe School#Cricket ground>Stowe SchoolStowe, Buckinghamshire>Stowe| 2005| –| 1| –| 1Source: CricketArchiveUpdated: 6 November 2009

Current officials

• 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

Players

{{see also|List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club 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.
• {{double-dagger}} denotes players with international caps.
• {{Color box|CFECEC||border=darkgray}} denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.{| class=“wikitable” style="width:80%”

! No.! Name! Nationality! Birth date! Batting style! Bowling style! Notes! colspan=“7” | Batters14 George Bartlett (cricketer) >England}} {{Birth date and age3df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm Off spin >| 18 Saif Zaib {{cr199822Left-arm orthodox spin>Slow left-arm orthodox 19 Emilio Gay {{cr200014Fast bowling>medium style="background:#cfecec;”27 Ricardo Vasconcelos* {{cr199727| Portuguese passport 69 Karun Nair {{double-dagger}} {{cr19916Off spin>off break Overseas player75 Justin Broad {{double-dagger}} {{cr200030Fast bowling>medium 100 Prithvi Shaw {{double-dagger}} {{cr19999Off spin>off break Overseas player— Matthew Breetzke {{double-dagger}} {{cr19983Twenty20>T20 only)! colspan=“7” | All-rounders style="background:#cfecec;”2 Luke Procter* {{cr198824Fast bowling>medium Club captain5 James Sales {{cr200311Fast bowling>medium style="background:#cfecec;”21 Rob Keogh* {{cr199121Off spin>off break style="background:#cfecec;”23 David Willey (cricketer)* {{double-dagger}} >England}} {{Birth date and age2df=y}} Left-handed Left-arm Fast bowling >Captain (cricket)>Captain (T20)24 Gus Miller (cricketer) >England}} {{Birth date and age1df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling >|25 Ravi Bopara {{double-dagger}} {{cr19854Fast bowling>medium White ball contract— Liam Patterson-White {{cr19988Left-arm orthodox spin>Slow left-arm orthodox On loan from Nottinghamshire— Sikandar Raza {{double-dagger}} {{cr198624Off spin>off break Overseas player (T20 only)! colspan=“7” | Wicket-keepers15 Lewis McManus {{cr19949Vice-captain (cricket)>Vice-captain (First-class cricket/List A cricket>List A)! colspan=“7” | Bowlers4 Michael Finan {{cr199611Fast bowling>fast-medium 9 Jack White (cricketer, born 1992) >England}} {{Birth date and age2df=y}} Left-handed Right-arm Fast bowling >| 20 Chris Tremain (cricketer) {{double-dagger}} >Australia}} {{Birth date and age8df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling >| Overseas player22 George Gowler {{cr200321Fast bowling>fast-medium style="background:#cfecec;”26 Ben Sanderson* {{cr19893Fast bowling>fast-medium 55 Siddarth Kaul {{double-dagger}} {{cr199019Fast bowling>fast-medium Overseas player61 Alex Russell (cricketer) >Wales}} {{Birth date and age4df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm Leg spin >| 66 George Weldon {{cr200417Fast bowling>fast-medium 80 Freddie Heldreich {{cr200112Left-arm unorthodox spin>Slow left-arm unorthodox 84 Raphael Weatherall {{cr200424Fast bowling>fast-medium 98 George Scrimshaw (cricketer) {{double-dagger}} >England}} {{Birth date and age2df=y}} Right-handed Right-arm Fast bowling >|

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.*BOOK {{div col|colwidth=18em}}England

• {{flagicon|England}} Usman Afzaal
• {{flagicon|England}} Michael Allen
• {{flagicon|England}} Keith Andrew
• {{flagicon|England}} Rob Bailey
• {{flagicon|England}} Fred Bakewell
• {{flagicon|England}} Desmond Barrick
• {{flagicon|England}} Bill Barron
• {{flagicon|England}} Benjamin Bellamy
• {{flagicon|England}} Robin Boyd-Moss
• {{flagicon|England}} Vincent Broderick
• {{flagicon|England}} Dennis Brookes
• {{flagicon|England}} Freddie Brown
• {{flagicon|England}} David Capel
• {{flagicon|England}} Bob Carter
• {{flagicon|England}} Nobby Clark
• {{flagicon|England}} Geoff Cook
• {{flagicon|England}} Nick Cook
• {{flagicon|England}} Bob Cottam
• {{flagicon|England}} Brian Crump
• {{flagicon|England}} Ben Duckett
• {{flagicon|England}} John Dye
• {{flagicon|England}} John Emburey
• {{flagicon|England}} Alan Fordham
• {{flagicon|England}} Frederick Jakeman
• {{flagicon|England}} Vallance Jupp
• {{flagicon|England}} Allan Lamb
• {{flagicon|England}} Wayne Larkins
• {{flagicon|England}} David Larter
• {{flagicon|England}} Albert Lightfoot
• {{flagicon|England}} Mal Loye
• {{flagicon|England}} Devon Malcolm
• {{flagicon|England}} Neil Mallender
• {{flagicon|England}} Austin Matthews
• {{flagicon|England}} Colin Milburn
• {{flagicon|England}} John Murdin
• {{flagicon|England}} Buddy Oldfield
• {{flagicon|England}} Monty Panesar
• {{flagicon|England}} Tony Penberthy
• {{flagicon|England}} Roger Prideaux
• {{flagicon|England}} David Ripley
• {{flagicon|England}} David Sales
• {{flagicon|England}} George Sharp
• {{flagicon|England}} Sydney Smith
• {{flagicon|England}} David Steele
• {{flagicon|England}} Raman Subba Row
• {{flagicon|England}} Haydn Sully
• {{flagicon|England}} Graeme Swann
• {{flagicon|England}} Paul Taylor
• {{flagicon|England}} Albert Thomas
• {{flagicon|England}} George Thompson
• {{flagicon|England}} John Timms
• {{flagicon|England}} Frank Tyson
• {{flagicon|England}} Roy Virgin
• {{flagicon|England}} Fanny Walden
• {{flagicon|England}} David Willey
• {{flagicon|England}} Peter Willey
• {{flagicon|England}} Claud Woolley

Australia

• {{flagicon|AUS}} Trent Copeland
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Ian Harvey
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Hayden
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Hussey
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Phil Jaques
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Dennis Lillee
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Jock Livingston
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Martin Love
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Lynn
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Nicholson
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Rogers
• {{flagicon|AUS}} George Tribe
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron White

South Africa

• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Hylton Ackerman
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Nicky Boje
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johan Botha
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Andrew Hall
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Richard Levi
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johann Louw
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Rory Kleinveldt
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Lance Klusener
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} André Nel
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johan van der Wath
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} Martin van Jaarsveld

India

• {{flagicon|India}} Bishan Bedi
• {{flagicon|India}} Kapil Dev
• {{flagicon|India}} Sourav Ganguly
• {{flagicon|India}} Prithvi Shaw
• {{flagicon|India}} Anil Kumble

Pakistan

• {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Shahid Afridi
• {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Mohammad Akram
• {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Mushtaq Mohammad
• {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Sarfraz Nawaz

West Indies

• {{flagicon|West Indies}} Curtly Ambrose
• {{flagicon|West Indies}} Winston Davis
• {{flagicon|West Indies}} Roger Harper

New Zealand

• {{flagicon|NZL}} Peter Arnold
• {{flagicon|NZL}} Ken James
• {{flagicon|NZL}} James Neesham
• {{flagicon|NZL}} Lou Vincent

Zimbabwe

• {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Elton Chigumbura
• {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Kevin Curran
• {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Blessing Muzarabani

Ireland

• {{flagicon|Ireland}} Niall O’Brien

Sri Lanka

• {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Seekkuge Prasanna
• {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Chaminda Vaas

Scotland

• {{flagicon|Scotland}} David Murphy
• {{flagicon|Scotland}} Tom Sole

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County captains

A complete list of officially appointed Northamptonshire captains can be found here: List of Northamptonshire cricket captains.Notable captains:{{famous|date=August 2022}}

• 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:{{div col|colwidth=35em}}

• 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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Notes

References

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Bibliography

• BOOK

Further reading

• H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
• Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
• Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
• Matthew Engel and Andrew Radd, The History of Northamptonshire CCC (County Cricket History), Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 1993, {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8024-9}}
• H T Waghorn, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773), Blackwood, 1899
• Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
• Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
• Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack – various editions

External links

• {{Official website}}
• BBC Sport {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411181536news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/northamptonshire/default.stm |date=11 April 2009 }}
• Sky Sports
• Cricinfo
• www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/northamptonshire/archive.html" title="web.archive.org/web/20091115034529www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/northamptonshire/archive.html">ECB

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