Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005 the reply, using 83 balls to hit 49 as Sussex' batsmen rode home to an eight-wicket victory. Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005 Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005 were in the second division 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 started the County Championship poorly, being on the wrong end of a draw with Essex. One day after they went to the Oval for
Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2005 Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2005 Hampshire County Cricket Club played their cricket in Division One of both the County Championship and the National League in 2005. They started the season at 10–1 odds to win the Championship. With the first eleven including seven players who had represented their country at Test or ODIs at the end of the season, they nearly won the County Championship, beating eventual County Champions Nottinghamshire both home and away, and ended with the same win-loss record as Notts. However, with two bonus points less and half a point deducted due to a slow over