The North East Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational

club cricket Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are obs ...

in the North East, serving the historic counties of

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and

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. Since 2000 it has been a designated ECB

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.List of ECB Premier Leagues
In 2013, the league expanded into two divisions (Premier and Division 1) following a restructure of the cricketing leagues in the North East of England. Subsequently, the Durham & Northeast Cricket League and Northumberland and Tyneside Cricket League began to feed into the NEPL in the revised pyramid structure for the purposes of promotion and relegation. The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions. The most successful team has been South Northumberland who have been champions on thirteen occasions in the league's twenty one year history, including six consecutive championships between 2003 and 2008.

Champions

Division 1

Performance by season from 2000

Division One

References

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External links

Official website

play-cricket website
English domestic cricket competitions Cricket in County Durham Cricket in Northumberland Cricket in Tyne and Wear ECB Premier Leagues