Pro40
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Countries | England |
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Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Format | Limited overs cricket |
First edition | 1969 |
Latest edition | 2009 |
Number of teams | 18 (2 leagues of 9) |
Current champion | Sussex |
Most successful | Essex, Kent, Lancashire (5 titles each) |
Website | ECB Natwest Pro40 website |
The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect large numbers of matches being played on days other than Sunday.
Sunday League
The Sunday League was launched in 1969, as the second one-day competition in England and Wales alongside the
Refuge Assurance replaced John Player Special as the sponsor of the competition, called the Refuge Assurance League, in 1987. In 1988 they introduced an end-of-season play-off competition known as the Refuge Assurance Cup. The top four teams of the league 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.[1]
The Sunday League was not sponsored in 1992 (
National League
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, from 2002. For example, Kent became the 'Spitfires', Middlesex the 'Crusaders' and Lancashire were the 'Lightning'. The following season the Scotland Saltires took part in the League until 2005.
The C & G Trophy was restructured, in 2006, from a knock-out competition to a round-robin league format, which took up the early part of the season. 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 was determined in a play-off game between the team third from top in the second division and third from bottom team in the first.
Replacement
In July 2009, the ECB unveiled plans for a revamped county structure involving three competitions, one of which would replace both the Pro40 and the Friends Provident Trophy.[3]
On 27 August 2009, this new competition was announced as a 40-overs-per-innings tournament, similar to the Pro40. The
Teams
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Division 1 teams in 2009:
- Durham Dynamos
- Essex Eagles
- Gloucestershire Gladiators
- Hampshire Hawks
- Nottinghamshire Outlaws
- Somerset Sabres
- Sussex Sharks
- Worcestershire Royals
- Yorkshire Carnegie
Division 2 teams in 2009:
- Derbyshire Phantoms
- Glamorgan Dragons
- Kent Spitfires
- Lancashire Lightning
- Leicestershire Foxes
- Middlesex Panthers
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- Surrey Brown Caps
- Warwickshire Bears
Results
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National League
Season | 1st Division | 2nd Division | ||
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Champions | Relegated | Champions | (Also) Promoted | |
NatWest Pro40 | ||||
2009 | Sussex | Not applicable | Warwickshire | Not applicable |
2008 | Sussex | Middlesex, Lancashire | Essex | Yorkshire |
2007 | Worcestershire | Warwickshire, Essex, Northamptonshire | Durham | Somerset, Middlesex[5] |
2006 | Essex | Glamorgan, Durham, Middlesex | Gloucestershire | Worcestershire, Hampshire[6] |
totesport League | ||||
2005 | Essex | Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Hampshire | Sussex | Durham, Warwickshire |
2004 |
Glamorgan | Warwickshire, Kent, Surrey | Middlesex | Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire |
National League | ||||
2003 | Surrey | Leicestershire, Yorkshire, Worcestershire | Lancashire | Northamptonshire, Hampshire |
Norwich Union League | ||||
2002 | Glamorgan | Somerset, Durham, Nottinghamshire | Gloucestershire | Surrey, Essex |
2001 | Kent | Gloucestershire, Surrey, Northamptonshire | Glamorgan | Durham, Worcestershire |
Norwich Union National League | ||||
2000 | Gloucestershire | Worcestershire, Lancashire, Sussex | Surrey | Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire |
CGU National League | ||||
1999 | Lancashire | Warwickshire, Hampshire, Essex | Sussex | Somerset, Northamptonshire |
Sunday League
AXA League
1998 |
Lancashire |
AXA Life League
1997 |
Warwickshire |
AXA Equity & Law League
1996 |
Surrey |
1995 |
Kent |
1994 |
Warwickshire |
1993 |
Glamorgan |
Sunday League
1992 | Middlesex |
Refuge Assurance League | | Refuge Assurance Cup | ||
1991 | Nottinghamshire | 1991 | Worcestershire |
1990 | Derbyshire | 1990 | Middlesex |
1989 | Lancashire | 1989 | Essex |
1988 | Worcestershire | 1988 | Lancashire |
1987 | Worcestershire |
John Player Special League
1986 | Hampshire |
1985 | Essex |
1984 | Essex |
John Player League
1983 |
Yorkshire |
1982 | Sussex |
1981 | Essex |
1980 | Warwickshire |
1979 | Somerset |
1978 | Hampshire |
1977 | Leicestershire |
1976 | Kent |
1975 | Hampshire |
1974 | Leicestershire |
1973 | Kent |
1972 | Kent |
1971 | Worcestershire |
1970 | Lancashire |
John Player's County League
1969 | Lancashire |
Tournaments won by county
Essex | 5 |
Kent | 5 |
Lancashire | 5 |
Worcestershire | 4 |
Glamorgan | 3 |
Hampshire | 3 |
Sussex | 3 |
Warwickshire | 3 |
Leicestershire | 2 |
Surrey | 2 |
Derbyshire | 1 |
Gloucestershire | 1 |
Middlesex | 1 |
Nottinghamshire | 1 |
Somerset | 1 |
Yorkshire | 1 |
Durham | 0 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
See also
- National League Division One in 2005
- National League Division Two in 2005
- County Championship – the domestic first class competition in England and Wales
- Friends Provident Trophy (formerly C&G Trophy) – the one-day knock out competition
- Twenty20 Cup– the short-form competition
Notes
- ^ Benson and Hedges Cricket Year September 1990 to September 1991 (p. 325)
- ^ Warwickshire v Somerset July 1997 – Electronic Telegraph
- ^ "Counties could scrap 50-over cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ "English game dumps 50-over cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ Middlesex beat Northamptonshire in Play-Off match
- ^ Hampshire beat Glamorgan in Play-Off match