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| Countries |  England Wales |
|---|---|
| Administrator | ECB |
| Format | Limited overs cricket |
| First edition | 2014 |
| Latest edition | 2015 |
| Tournament format | Group stage and knockout |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Current champion | Gloucestershire (1st title) |
 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup | |
The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament that ran from 2010 to 2013. The number of overs per innings has been increased to 50 to bring the competition in line with One Day Internationals.
The competition consists of two groups of nine teams, from which the top four teams from each group progress to the quarter-finals.[1] The groups are allocated randomly.
Participating teams and format
[edit]The competition contains two groups of nine. A random draw is used to place the teams into groups. The top four teams in each group progress to the quarter-finals. The participating teams are the 18 England and Wales first-class counties.[2]
Predecessors
[edit]The Royal London Cup is the latest in a line of limited over competitions in county cricket.
Sunday League
[edit]The John Player Special League was launched in 1969, as the second one-day competition in England and Wales alongside the Gillette Cup (launched in 1963). The 17 counties of the time played each other in a league format on Sunday afternoons throughout the season. These matches were concise enough to be shown on television, with BBC2 broadcasting one match each week in full until the 1980s, and then as part of the Sunday Grandstand multi-sport programme. For close finishes for the title, cameras appeared at the grounds where the contenders for the title were competing and the trophy presentation to the victorious team would be on film.
Refuge Assurance replaced John Player Special as the sponsor of the competition in 1987 and then in 1988 started an end-of-season play-off competition known as the Refuge Assurance Cup. The top four teams of the season qualified for this competition, with the first-placed team playing the fourth and the second-placed team playing the third, and the winners of these matches meeting in a final at a neutral venue. This competition lasted until 1991.
On Friday 5 July 1991, Somerset played Lancashire at Taunton in the first Sunday League match not to be played on a Sunday.[3]
The Sunday League was not sponsored in 1992, the year (Durham made its debut, but in 1993 AXA Equity and Law became the sponsor. The matches this season were 50 overs per innings. The first round of matches that took place on 9 May 1993 were the first official matches in England to be played in coloured clothing and with a white ball. The following season the competition reverted to 40 overs per innings. On Wednesday 23 July 1997 Warwickshire played Somerset at Edgbaston in the first competitive county game to be played under floodlights.[4]
National League
[edit]The National League was launched in 1999 with the 18 first-class counties split into two divisions with three teams promoted and relegated from each. The matches were played over 45 overs and the competition was sponsored by Norwich Union. Matches were spread over the week rather than Sundays only.
The counties incorporated nicknames into their official names for the National League. For example, Kent became the 'Spitfires', Middlesex the 'Crusaders' and Lancashire the 'Lightning'.[5] The following season the Scotland Saltires took part in the League until 2005.
In 2006, the National League was renamed the NatWest Pro40 and was played in the later part of the season with the teams playing each other once. Also, two teams instead of three were promoted to the first division and two relegated to the second division. A third promotion/relegation spot is determined in a play-off game between the team third from top in the second division and third from bottom team in the first. The format continued until 2009.
ECB40
[edit]The ECB40, known variously as the Clydesdale Bank 40 and Yorkshire Bank 40 (YB40) , was a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season, incorporating the league element of the Pro40 and the knockout stages of the Friends Provident Trophy, itself a successor to the Gillette Cup.
Ireland and Scotland, were asked to compete, following their entry in the Friends Provident Trophy, but Ireland declined in order to concentrate on their growing international commitments; The Netherlands took their place.[6][7] A new team, the Unicorns cricket team, was formed of contractless county players competing unpaid, brought the number of teams to 21.[7] These three extra teams would not go on to feature in the Royal London One-Day Cup.
Winners
[edit]Sunday League
[edit]John Player's County League
- 1969 Lancashire
John Player League
- 1970 Lancashire
- 1971 Worcestershire
- 1972 Kent
- 1973 Kent
- 1974 Leicestershire
- 1975 Hampshire
- 1976 Kent
- 1977 Leicestershire
- 1978 Hampshire
- 1979 Somerset
- 1980 Warwickshire
- 1981 Essex
- 1982 Sussex
- 1983 Yorkshire
John Player Special League
| Refuge Assurance League | Refuge Assurance Cup |
|---|---|
| 1987 Worcestershire | |
| 1988 Worcestershire | 1988 Lancashire |
| 1989 Lancashire | 1989 Essex |
| 1990 Derbyshire | 1990 Middlesex |
| 1991 Nottinghamshire | 1991 Worcestershire |
Sunday League
- 1992 Middlesex
AXA Equity & Law League
AXA Life League
- 1997 Warwickshire
AXA League
- 1998 Lancashire
National League
[edit]| Season | 1st Division | Relegated | 2nd Division | Promoted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGU National League | ||||
| 1999 | Lancashire | Warwickshire, Hampshire, Essex | Sussex | Somerset, Northamptonshire |
| Norwich Union National League | ||||
| 2000 | Gloucestershire | Worcestershire, Lancashire, Sussex | Surrey | Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire |
| Norwich Union League | ||||
| 2001 | Kent | Gloucestershire, Surrey, Northamptonshire | Glamorgan | Durham, Worcestershire |
| 2002 | Glamorgan | Somerset, Durham, Nottinghamshire | Gloucestershire | Surrey, Essex |
| National League | ||||
| 2003 | Surrey | Leicestershire, Yorkshire, Worcestershire | Lancashire | Northamptonshire, Hampshire |
| totesport League | ||||
| 2004 | Glamorgan | Warwickshire, Kent, Surrey | Middlesex | Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire |
| 2005 | Essex | Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Hampshire | Sussex | Durham, Warwickshire |
| NatWest Pro40 | ||||
| 2006 | Essex | Glamorgan, Durham, Middlesex | Gloucestershire | Worcestershire, Hampshire[8] |
| 2007 | Worcestershire | Warwickshire, Essex, Northamptonshire | Durham | Somerset, Middlesex[9] |
| 2008 | Sussex | Middlesex, Lancashire | Essex | Yorkshire |
| 2009 | Sussex | Not applicable | Warwickshire | Not applicable |
ECB40
[edit]| Year | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Held at | Winners | Runners-up | Result | |
| 2010 Details |
Lord's, London, on 18 September 2010 | Warwickshire Bears 200 for 7 (39 overs) |
Somerset 199 (39 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets Scorecard |
| 2011 Details |
Lord's, London, on 17 September 2011 | Surrey Lions 189 for 5 (27.3 overs) |
Somerset 214 (39.2 overs) |
Surrey won by 5 wickets (D/L) Scorecard |
| 2012 Details |
Lord's, London, on 15 September 2012 | Hampshire Royals 244 for 5 (40 overs) |
Warwickshire Bears 244 for 7 (40 overs) |
Hampshire won by losing fewer wickets (scores level) Scorecard |
| 2013 Details |
Lord's, London, on 21 September 2013 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 244 for 8 (40 overs) |
Glamorgan Dragons 157 (33 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 87 runs Scorecard |
Royal London One-day Cup
[edit]| Year | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Held at | Winners | Runners-up | Result | |
| 2014 Details |
Lord's, London, on 20 September 2014 | Durham 166 for 7 (40.2 overs) |
Warwickshire Bears 165 (47 overs) |
Durham won by 3 wickets Scorecard |
| 2015 Details |
Lord's, London, on 19 September 2015 | Gloucestershire 220 (47.4 overs) |
Surrey 214 (49.3 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 6 runs Scorecard |
References
[edit]- ^ "County schedule for 2014 announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Draw for 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup". Official Site of the England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Benson and Hedges Cricket Year September 1990 to September 1991 (p. 325)
- ^ Warwickshire v Somerset July 1997 – Electronic Telegraph
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-nicknames-for-the-new-era-1078801.html
- ^ "Ireland decline ECB's 40-over invite". Cricinfo blogs. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ a b Geoffrey Dean, Ivo Tennant, Patrick Kidd. Dispute overshadows first sighting of Unicorns, 2 May 2010, www.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved on 3 May 2010.
- ^ Hampshire beat Glamorgan in Play-Off match
- ^ Middlesex beat Northamptonshire in Play-Off match
| National Teams | |
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| Associations | |
| Men's First-Class Counties (18) | |
| Women's Regional Teams (8) | |
| The Hundred Teams (8) (Men and Women) | |
| Men's National Counties (21) | |
| Women's Counties (34) |
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| Other Men's First-Class Teams (1) | |
| MCC Universities (6) | |
| Major Competitions | |
| Defunct Major Competitions | |
| Other Competitions | |
| Grounds | |
| Lists |
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| Other | |
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