The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the English Industrial Estates Cup, before being called the Minor Counties Knock Out Competition from 1986 to 1987, the Holt Cup from 1988 to 1992, the MCC Trophy from 1993 to 1998, the ECB 38-County Cup from 1999 to 2002 and the MCCA Knockout Trophy from 2003 to 2005. It was called the MCCA Trophy from 2006 and 2019 until the Minor Counties were rebranded as National Counties in 2020.
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Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Format | Limited overs cricket |
First edition | 1983 |
Number of teams | 20 |
Current champion | Norfolk |
Most successful | Berkshire (8 titles) |
Website | MCCA Knockout Trophy |
From 1998 to 2002, the competition was contested by 38 teams and included a group stage. The traditional National counties, plus Huntingdonshire and the "cricket boards" of the 18 first-class counties, as well as a Channel Islands team. The 2002 competition, which was won by the Warwickshire Cricket Board, remains the only time a non-National county has won the competition. This format was discontinued after 2002 and the competition is again a purely National Counties affair.
The most successful county is Berkshire who have won the title eight times. The current champions, Norfolk, defeated Cheshire in August 2024, winning their sixth trophy.
List of winners
editWins by county
edit- 8 wins: Berkshire
- 6 wins: Norfolk
- 5 wins: Devon
- 4 wins: Cheshire
- 2 wins: Staffordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Herefordshire
- 1 win: Hertfordshire, Durham, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire Cricket Board, Northumberland, Suffolk, Shropshire, Cornwall
See also
edit- National Counties Cricket Championship
- Friends Provident Trophy – the now defunct one-day tournament for first-class counties, which the Minor counties were once permitted to take part in
References
edit- ^ "1983 English Industrial Estates Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "1984 English Estates Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1985 English Estates Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1986 Minor Counties Knock Out Competition final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1987 Minor Counties Knock Out Competition final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1988 Holt Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1989 Holt Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1990 Holt Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1991 Holt Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1992 Holt Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1993 MCC Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1994 MCC Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1995 MCC Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1996 MCC Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1997 MCC Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1998 MCC Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "1999 ECB 38-County Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "2000 ECB 38-County Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "2001 ECB 38-County Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "2002 ECB 38-County Cup final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "2003 MCCA Knockout Trophy final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "2004 MCCA Knockout Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "2005 MCCA Knockout Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ This final was replayed following the abandonment of the first, held at Lord's, London on 22 August, due to rain. The teams agreed to replay the final on 31 August at Upton Court Road, Slough.
- ^ "2006 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "2007 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "2008 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "2009 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "2010 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "2011 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "2012 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "2013 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "2014 MCCA Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Cornwall v Northumberland in 2015, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Unicorns Trophy 2016". Total Cricket Scorer. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Berkshire v Lincolnshire, Unicorns Knockout Trophy 2017 (Final), CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2018. (subscription required)
- ^ Cheshire v Devon, Unicorns Trophy 2018 Final, Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Berkshire v Cumberland, Unicorns Trophy 2019 Final, ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ Berkshire v Cumberland, Unicorns Trophy 2021 Final, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "NCCA". ncca.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "NCCA". ncca.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "NCCA". ncca.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.