NATIONAL LEAGUE (CRICKET)

(Redirected from John Player League)
The 'National League', currently sponsored as the 'NatWest Pro40 League', is the 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 the fact that large numbers of matches were now played on other days than Sunday. Unlike in first-class cricket, the counties involved incorporate nicknames into their official names for the National League. The Scottish national cricket team took part until the League was renamed in 2006 and the C & G Trophy was restructured. The Sunday League used to be played over 40 overs per innings. The matches in 2005 were played over 45 overs per innings, but for 2006 the competition returned to 40 overs per side. Initially, the competition was divided into two divisions, with three teams promoted and relegated from each. This was revised in 2006 so that two teams from the first division are relegated and two from the second division are promoted. A third promotion/relegation spot is negotiated in a play-off game between the team third from top in the second division and third from bottom team in the first. Each team plays the other once.

Contents

Teams

Champions

National League

Sunday League

Tournaments won

See also

See also

Teams

Division 1 teams in 2007:

★ Essex Eagles

★ Gloucestershire Gladiators

★ Hampshire Hawks

★ Lancashire Lightning

★ Northamptonshire Steelbacks

★ Nottinghamshire Outlaws

★ Sussex Sharks

★ Warwickshire Bears

★ Worcestershire Royals
Division 2 teams in 2007:

★ Derbyshire Phantoms

★ Durham Dynamos

★ Glamorgan Dragons

★ Kent Spitfires

★ Leicestershire Foxes

★ Middlesex Crusaders

★ Somerset Sabres

★ Surrey Brown Caps

★ Yorkshire Phoenix

Champions

National League

'NatWest Pro40'

★ 2006 Essex Eagles
'totesport League'

★ 2005 Essex Eagles

★ 2004 Glamorgan Dragons
'National League'

★ 2003 Surrey Lions
'Norwich Union League'

★ 2002 Glamorgan Dragons

★ 2001 Kent Spitfires
'Norwich Union National League'

★ 2000 Gloucestershire Gladiators
'CGU National League'

★ 1999 Lancashire Lightning

Sunday League

'AXA League'

★ 1998 Lancashire
'AXA Life League'

★ 1997 Warwickshire
'AXA Equity & Law League'

★ 1996 Surrey

★ 1995 Kent

★ 1994 Warwickshire

★ 1993 Glamorgan
'Refuge Assurance League'

★ 1992 Middlesex

★ 1991 Nottinghamshire

★ 1990 Derbyshire

★ 1989 Lancashire

★ 1988 Worcestershire

★ 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

★ Essex 5

★ Kent 5

★ Lancashire 5

★ Glamorgan 3

★ Hampshire 3

★ Warwickshire 3

★ Worcestershire 3

★ Leicestershire 2

★ Surrey 2

★ Derbyshire 1

★ Gloucestershire 1

★ Middlesex 1

★ Nottinghamshire 1

★ Somerset 1

★ Sussex 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

See also

★ Official Natwest Series Pro40 website

★ ECB Natwest Pro40 website