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Before the beginning of the 2005 English cricket season began, a resurgent English cricket team had won four Test series in a row, going unbeaten through the 2004 calendar year. The start of the international season saw England defeat Bangladesh 2–0 in their two-match series, winning both Tests by an innings. This was followed by a tri-nations one-day tournament that also featured Australia. However, all eyes were on the Ashes. Australia still started as favourites, but England, for the first time in years, were expected to put up a real challenge to Aussie supremacy. Indeed, so they did, despite losing the first Test by 239 runs. England came back to win the second and fourth Tests, and draw the third and fifth, to win the Ashes for the first time since 1986–87. Andrew Flintoff dominated with both bat and ball for England, scoring 402 runs – more than any Australian – and taking 24 wickets – more than any Australian bar Shane Warne. Warne also had a spectacular series, with 40 wickets at a bowling average of 19.92, and 249 runs, but most of his efforts came in losing causes – such as making 42 with the bat in the second innings of the second Test. In domestic cricket, Nottinghamshire won the County Championship, for the first time since 1987, and Durham enjoyed promotion in both the shorter and the longer form of the game. Surrey, the 2000 and 2002 Championship winners, were relegated in the Championship, and played in Division Two in both the Championship and the National League in 2006. Hampshire Hawks won the 50-over knock-out C&G Trophy, but were relegated in the National League, which Essex Eagles won in emphatic fashion, as they lost only one game and had a 14-point gap to the runners-up, Middlesex Crusaders. The Australian women also toured England at the same time as the men, and England won the Women's Ashes 1–0 after two Tests. However, the Australian women won the ODI series 3–2. To round off the season, investors in partnership with Leicestershire arranged an International 20:20 Club Championship, which Pakistani side Faisalabad Wolves won. ==Roll of honour== The key results of the season were as follows: Test series: *England beat Bangladesh 2–0 over two Tests. *England regained the Ashes, beating Australia 2–1 in a close-fought series. ODI series: *England and Australia shared the NatWest Series (a tri-nations tournament also featuring Bangladesh). *Australia beat England 2–1 in the three-match ODI NatWest Challenge. Twenty20 International: *England beat Australia in the one Twenty20 International that was played. County Championship: *Division One winners: Nottinghamshire *Division Two winners: Lancashire *Relegated from Division One: Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Surrey *Promoted from Division Two: Durham, Lancashire and Yorkshire totesport (one-day) League: *Division One winners: Essex Eagles *Division Two winners: Sussex Sharks *Relegated from Division One: Gloucestershire Gladiators, Hampshire Hawks and Worcestershire Royals *Promoted from Division Two: Durham Dynamos, Sussex Sharks and Warwickshire Bears C&G Trophy: *Winners: Hampshire *Runners-up: Warwickshire Twenty20 Cup: *Winners: Somerset Sabres *Runners-up: Lancashire Lightning ;Minor Counties Championship: * Winners: Cheshire and Suffolk shared title ;MCCA Knockout Trophy * Winners: Norfolk beat Wiltshire by six wickets ;Second XI Championship * Winners: Kent II * Runners-up: Gloucestershire II ;Second XI Trophy * Winners: Sussex II beat Essex II by eight wickets ;Wisden * Five Players: Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones, Brett Lee, Kevin Pietersen, Ricky Ponting International 20:20 Club Championship: *Winners: Faisalabad Wolves *Runners-up: Chilaw Marians Women's Tests: *England beat Australia 1–0 in the two Test series to win the Ashes for the first time since 1963 Women's ODIs: *Australia beat England 3–2 in the five-match series Women's Twenty20 Internationals: *Australia beat England in the one Twenty20 International that was played Under-19s "Tests": *England beat Sri Lanka 3–0 in the three-match series Under-19s "ODIs": *England beat Sri Lanka 2–0 in the three-match series 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2005 English cricket season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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