# 2005 Twenty20 Cup

The 2005 Twenty20 Cup was the third edition of what would later become the T20 Blast, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition. The finals day took place on 30 July at The Oval, and was won by the Somerset Sabres.

## Fixtures and results
### Group stage
#### Midlands/Wales/West Division

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | N/R | Pts | Net R/R |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | +1.174 |
| Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.791 |
| Somerset Sabres | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.088 |
| Gloucestershire Gladiators | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −1.442 |
| Worcestershire Royals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.464 |
| Glamorgan Dragons | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −1.090 |

#### North Division

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | N/R | Pts | Net R/R |
| Lancashire Lightning | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | +1.773 |
| Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | +0.255 |
| Derbyshire Phantoms | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.452 |
| Yorkshire Phoenix | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.708 |
| Durham Dynamos | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.872 |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.138 |

#### South Division

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | N/R | Pts | Net R/R |
| Surrey Lions | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.641 |
| Middlesex Crusaders | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.164 |
| Sussex Sharks | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | +0.136 |
| Hampshire Hawks | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | +0.203 |
| Essex Eagles | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −0.067 |
| Kent Spitfires | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −1.021 |

### Quarter-finals

* 18 July 2005
| Lancashire Lightning 189/7 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Phantoms 172 (19.3 overs) |
| Mal Loye 73 (32) Tom Lungley 2/29 [3] | | Michael Di Venuto 41 (25) Gary Keedy 3/26 [4] |
* Lancashire won by 17 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Peter Hartley and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Lancs)
* 18 July 2005
| Leicestershire Foxes 159/6 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex Crusades 140/7 (20 overs) |
| Darren Maddy 36 (33) Chris Peploe 2/17 [4] | | Scott Styris 73 (55) Charl Willoughby 3/11 [4] |
* Leicestershire won by 19 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Trevor Jesty and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Charl Willoughby (Leics)
* 18 July 2005
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks 154/8 (20.0 overs) | v | Somerset Sabres 155/6 (19.5 overs) |
| Usman Afzaal 35 (23) Ian Blackwell 3/16 [4] | | Matthew Wood 58 (53) Bilal Shafayat 2/13 [2] |
* Somerset won by 4 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Jeff Evans and John Holder Player of the match: Matthew Wood (Soms)
* 18 July 2005
| Surrey Brown Caps 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Warwickshire Bears 117/8 (15 overs) |
| Mark Ramprakash 34 (34) Jonathan Trott 2/19 [2] | | Jim Troughton 21 (18) Rikki Clarke 2/20 [3] |
* Surrey won on bowl out The Oval, London Umpires: David Constant and Allan Jones Player of the match: Tim Murtagh (Surrey)
* Warwickshire target was 118 runs in 15 overs

### Finals Day
#### Semi-finals

* 30 July 2005
| Lancashire Lightning 217/4 (20 overs) | v | Surrey Brown Caps 195/7 (20 overs) |
| Andrew Symonds 52* (30) Nayan Doshi 2/35 [4] | | Ali Brown 51 (32) Andrew Symonds 1/21 [2] |
* Lancashire won by 22 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Gould and George Sharp Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Lancs)
* 30 July 2005
| Somerset Sabres 157/9 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 153/8 (20 overs) |
| Matthew Wood 38 (31) Dinesh Mongia 3/30 [4] | | Darren Maddy 56 (39) Richard Johnson 3/21 [3] |
* Somerset won by 4 runs The Oval, London Umpires: John Holder and Peter Willey Player of the match: Carl Gazzard (Soms)

#### Final

* 30 July 2005
| Lancashire Lightning 114/8 (16 overs) | v | Somerset Sabres 118/3 (14.1 overs) |
| Stuart Law 59 (45) Richard Johnson 3/26 [3] | | Graeme Smith 64* (47) Andrew Flintoff 2/33 [4] |
* Somerset Sabres won by 7 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Gould and Peter Willey Player of the match: Graeme Smith (Soms)
* Match was reduced before play to 16 overs per side