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The ECB National Club Cricket Championship is a forty over limited overs knockout club cricket competition in England. The most successful clubs have been Scarborough, from North Yorkshire, with five titles and Old Hill, from Staffordshire, with four. The 2019 champions were Swardeston, after they beat Nantwich by 53 runs in the final;[1] the competition was not played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The competition was originally only open to "senior" cricket sides (sides playing in the senior county leagues) and in 1972 the National Village Cup competition was formed for village sides unable to enter this competition. In 1997 the ECB released a blueprint to the future of cricket written by Lord MacLaurin called "Raising the Standards",[2] the report suggested counties created county board ran leagues, designed to raise the standard of club cricket and bridge the gap between Club and county cricket. This formed the creation of the ECB Premier Leagues. As part of this new structure, the tournament aligned itself with the ECB Premier League and the requirement of entry to the competition changed to that you had to be in an ECB Premier League. This entry requirement is still in place to this day.

The format has largely stayed the same from the initial season to the present day. All teams are split into 16 regional knockouts, with the 16 winners going into a national round.

Winners

Source:[3]

Competition name

Due to sponsorship, the competition has been known by the following names:

Period Name
1969–1975 DH Robins Cup
1976–1982 John Haig Trophy
1983–1986 William Younger Cup
1987–1990 Cockspur Cup
1991–1992 Club Cricket Championship
1993–1998 Abbot Ale Cup
1999–2000 Club Cricket Championship
2001–2002 Club Cricket Championship - sponsored by play-cricket.com
2003 Club Cricket Championship
2004–2008 Cockspur Cup
2009–2012 ECB National Club Championship
2013–present Royal London Club Championship

See also

References

  1. ^ Southwell, Connor (16 September 2019). "Swardeston beat Nantwich by 53 runs at Lord's in National Club County Championship Final". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ https://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/id/23271658/raising-standards-mclaurin-report-5-aug-1997
  3. ^ "ECB National Club Championship Competitions". ecb.play-cricket.com. England & Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 February 2022.


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