2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Hampshire Hawks (2nd title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches played | 31 of 31 |
| Most runs |
Nick Knight 435 (Warwickshire Bears) |
| Most wickets |
Neil Carter 14 (Warwickshire Bears) |
| Official website | Cricinfo tournament page |
The 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was the 4th Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, an English county cricket tournament, held between 3 May and 3 September 2005. The competition was contested by all 18 first-class counties, as well as 10 minor counties and the national teams of Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark, to make up a full 32-team tournament. The final was won by the Hampshire Hawks, who beat the Warwickshire Bears by 18 runs at Lord's on 3 September 2005.
The eighteen first-class counties were joined by 10 minor counties – Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Northumberland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Wales Minor Counties and Wiltshire – as well as the national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round, those who won in the second round progressed to the quarter-finals. Winner from the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals and winners from that round progressed to the final at Lord's, which was held on 3 September 2005.
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