With the matches now being played over three days instead of five, Northants got off to a slow start as they lost 3-2 to host county Berkshire on the first morning, and 3½-1½ to eventual champions Buckinghamshire in the afternoon.
Although the team lost 3½-1½ to Oxfordshire the following morning, they got themselves on the scoreboard with a 3-2 victory over Warwickshire as Rosie Youngman and Claire Lindsay (2&1) and Charlotte Taylor and Hattie Bilson (3&2) set them on their way to victory.
The county produced their best singles performance on the final day as Mary MacLaren (4&3), Ellie Darnell (3&2) and Tasha Ainsley-Thomas (6&4) enjoyed big wins in a 3-2 success against Worcestershire & Herefordshire.