Leicestershire Premier Cricket League
Encyclopedia
The Leicestershire Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket
in Leicestershire
, England
, and since 2002 has been a designated ECB
Premier League
.
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 always observed...
in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and since 2002 has been a designated ECB
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
Premier League
ECB Premier Leagues
In 1997 the ECB published "Raising the Standard", the ECB Management Board Blueprint for the Future Playing Structure of cricket. This introduced the concept of ECB Premier Leagues, designed to raise the playing standard of the top tier of club cricket and to bridge the gap between recreational...
.
Winners
| Year | Champions |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Market Harborough Cricket Club Market Harborough Cricket Club Market Harborough Cricket Club is a cricket club founded c.1840 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. The club's first team plays in the Leicestershire Premier Cricket League, which is one of the ECB Premier Leagues that are the highest level of the amateur, recreational sport in England... |
| 2009 | Lutterworth Cricket Club |
| 2008 | Loughborough Town Cricket Club |
| 2007 | Loughborough Town Cricket Club |
| 2006 | Kibworth Cricket Club |
| 2005 | Loughborough Town Cricket Club |
| 2004 | Loughborough Town Cricket Club |
| 2003 | Kibworth Cricket Club |
| 2002 | Loughborough Town Cricket Club |
External links
- Leicestershire Premier Cricket League - Play-Cricket site