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| One Day name | Northants Steelbacks | |||
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| Personnel | ||||
| Captain | Luke Procter | |||
| One Day captain | David Willey (T20) | |||
| Coach | Darren Lehmann | |||
| Overseas player(s) | Matthew Breetzke | |||
| 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 | [1] | |||
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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]
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.
- ^ "County Ground - England - Cricket Grounds - ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Club History: Why the Steelbacks? Archived 23 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine northantscricket.co.uk Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
- ^ "Clarke and Ablack - Pioneering Players". 17 October 2023.