The ECB National Club Twenty20 is a

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Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

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competition in

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. It was established in 2008 and the inaugural winners were South Northumberland.http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/cockspur-club-twenty20/cockspur-club-twenty20-roll-of-honour,1627,BP.html , ECB National Club Twenty20 Roll Of Honour. The competition is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Club T20. The current champions (2022) are Hornchurch CC

Format

The tournament, along with the national club competition, is aligned with the

ECB Premier Leagues The ECB Premier Leagues are a series of regional cricket leagues organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that form the top tier of club cricket in England and Wales. The ECB published "Raising the Standard" in 1997, the ECB Manageme ...

and to enter the tournament you must be a part of an ECB Premier League or invited to take part by one. The early rounds are organised by each of the 32 ECB Premier leagues with a requirement to put a winner forward to the national rounds by the first week in June. All rounds are played in 3 or 4 team one-day competitions, where either 3 teams play in a round-robin to determine a winner or 4 teams play a knockout. Once the 32 Premier League winners are determines the competition hosts 8 regional finals, these are ; South East Area, South West Area, South Area, East Midlands Area, West Midlands Area, North West Area, North Area and North East Area.http://cct20.play-cricket.com , ECB National Club Twenty20 Fixtures. The 8 winners of these knockouts go to a semi final played at 2 venues, where the 2 winners of this knock out play in a final, traditionally in September. In previous years the finals day has been a 4 team knockout but it has since been changed to a straight final.

Winners

Cockspur Club Twenty20 *2008: South Northumberland *2009: Bournemouth *2010:

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Natwest Club Twenty20 *2011:

Ealing Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was histor ...

*2012:

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*2013: Wimbledon *2014: Chester Boughton Hall *2015: Ealing *2016: Swardeston *2017: South Northumberland Vitality Club T20 *2018:

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*2019: Swardeston *2021:

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the Weald, High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Roc ...

*2022:

Hornchurch Hornchurch is a suburban town in East London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross. It comprises a number of shopping streets and a large residential area. It historically formed ...

References

External links

Play-Cricket.com tournament page
{{Cricket in England English domestic cricket competitions Twenty20 cricket Club cricket