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''See also: [[2005 English cricket season]]''

The period of the '''2005 English cricket season from 15 to 30 June''' started with another surprise - Australia were beaten in their final NatWest Series warm-up match by Somerset, or more specifically Graeme Smith and [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], who put on 197 for Somerset's first wicket.

(contracted; show full)Ground, Derby]] was another positive experience for the [[Scottish Saltires]] a week before they travelled to Ireland to participate in the [[2005 ICC Trophy|ICC Trophy]]. [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire Phantoms]] won the toss and batted, and it was only thanks to a [[century (cricket)|century]] from Australian import [[Michael di Venuto]] that they passed 200 and ended up with a final total of 220 for 8 - along with 33 not out from [[Ant Botha]]. Scotland's reply was hampered by [[Kevin 
Dean (cricketer)|Kevin Dean]] who took three early wickets to reduce the Scots to 31 for 3, but [[Douglas Lockhart]] made his highest career score with 88 not out to set Scotland back on track. On the last ball, Scotland needed two runs to win with South African-born number 11 [[Dewald Nel]] on strike - he could only scamper one with Lockhart, and the teams shared the spoils.
[http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/NLS/SCORECARDS/17-20JUN2005/DERBY_SCOT_NLS_19JUN2005.html (Cricinfo scorecard)]

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===North Division===
====Lancashire v Derbyshire (29 June)====
'''''Lancashire (2pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 66 runs'''''

[[Brad Hodge]] and 23 [[wide (cricket)|wides]] gave [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire Lightning]] a competitive total against [[Derbyshire Phantoms]], making 164 for 8 despite [[Kevin 
Dean (cricketer)|Kevin Dean]]'s spell of one for 16 from four overs. Hodge made 44 off 34 balls, and [[Dominic Cork]] - promoted to five - made 28, the only ones to pass 20. Hodge, who came on as fourth change bowler, fuelled the Derbyshire implosion with wickets, as they couldn't hit the ball off the square and were all out for 98 - Hodge ending with figures of four for 17.
[http://live.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/ENG_LOCAL/TWENTY-20/SCORECARDS/29JUN2005/LANCS_DERBY_TWENTY-20_29JUN2005.html (Cricinfo scorecard)]
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==References==
*{{mnb|cricinfo|1}} [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/211416.html Ten biggest one-day upsets, by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, published 18 June 2005]
*{{mnb|telegraph|2}} [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050710/asp/look/story_4965846.asp Eye on England - The Telegraph, Kolkata, published 10 July 2005]

{{2005 English cricket season chronology}}

[[Category:2005 English cricket season|06-15]]