Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

One Day name	Northants Steelbacks
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]
First-class One-day T20

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.