NCCA Knockout Trophy

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.

NCCA Knockout Trophy

Countries	England
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

Year	Final			Final Venue
	Winner	Result	Runner-up
1983	Cheshire 228/6 (50 overs)	Cheshire won by 36 runs[1]	Bedfordshire 192 all out (48.2 overs)	Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground, Macclesfield
1984	Hertfordshire 107/7 (49.1 overs)	Hertfordshire won by 3 wickets[2]	Norfolk 106 all out (41.1 overs)	Fenner's, Cambridge
1985	Durham 229/9 (55 overs)	Durham won by 100 runs[3]	Dorset 129 all out (47.2 overs)	Fenner's, Cambridge
1986	Norfolk 223/8 (55 overs)	Norfolk won by 30 runs[4]	Hertfordshire 193 all out (50.4 overs)	Clarence Park, St Albans
1987	Cheshire 132/2 (47.4 overs)	Cheshire won by 8 wickets[5]	Cambridgeshire 131 all out (49.5 overs)	Christ Church Ground, Oxford
1988	Dorset 127/8 (49.2 overs)	Dorset won by 2 wickets[6]	Cambridgeshire 123/9 (50 overs)	Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth
1989	Cumberland 191/1 (39.1 overs)	Cumberland won by 9 wickets[7]	Hertfordshire 188/7 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1990	Buckinghamshire 227/7 (55 overs)	Buckinghamshire won by 16 runs[8]	Lincolnshire 211/9 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1991	Staffordshire 241/6 (54.5 overs)	Staffordshire won by 4 wickets[9]	Devon 239/8 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1992	Devon 221/6 (51.4 overs)	Devon won by 4 wickets[10]	Staffordshire 217/7 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1993	Staffordshire 326/7 (55 overs)	Staffordshire won by 69 runs[11]	Wiltshire 257/7 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1994	Devon 281/5 (55 overs)	Devon won by 18 runs[12]	Lincolnshire 263 all out (53.5 overs)	Lord's, London
1995	Cambridgeshire 227/8 (54.3 overs)	Cambridgeshire won by 2 wickets[13]	Herefordshire 226/4 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1996	Cheshire 254/4 (54 overs)	Cheshire won by 6 wickets[14]	Bedfordshire 253/7 (55 overs)	Lord's, London
1997	Norfolk 279/4 (55 overs)	Norfolk won by 52 runs[15]	Shropshire 227 all out (54.3 overs)	Lord's, London
1998	Devon 204/2 (41.5 overs)	Devon won by 8 wickets[16]	Shropshire 201/9 (60 overs)	Lord's, London
1999	Bedfordshire 154/2 (36.1 overs)	Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets[17]	Cumberland 153 all out (47.4 overs)	Lord's, London
2000	Herefordshire 291/6 (50 overs)	Herefordshire won by 42 runs[18]	Cheshire 241/9 (50 overs)	Lord's, London
2001	Norfolk 202/9 (50 overs)	Norfolk won by 114 runs[19]	Devon 88 all out (28.1 overs)	Lord's, London
2002	Warwickshire Cricket Board 266/8 (49.1 overs)	Warwickshire Cricket Board won by 2 wickets[20]	Devon 261/8 (50 overs)	New Road, Worcester
2003	Cambridgeshire 267/7 (47.5 overs)	Cambridgeshire won by 3 wickets[21]	Shropshire 266/9 (50 overs)	Lord's, London
2004	Berkshire 240/3 (42.4 overs)	Berkshire won by 7 wickets[22]	Northumberland 237 all out (49.3 overs)	Lord's, London
2005	Norfolk 135/4 (27 overs)	Norfolk won by 6 wickets[23][24]	Wiltshire 134 all out (45.1 overs)	Upton Court Road, Slough
2006	Northumberland 209/2 (34.4 overs)	Northumberland won by 8 wickets[25]	Dorset 207/9 (50 overs)	Lord's, London
2007	Suffolk 219 all out (49.2 overs)	Suffolk won by 35 runs[26]	Cheshire 184 all out (47.4 overs)	Lord's, London
2008	Devon 290/4 (50 overs)	Devon won by 40 runs[27]	Berkshire 250 all out (48 overs)	Lord's, London
2009	Norfolk 257/6 (50 overs)	Norfolk won by 104 runs[28]	Staffordshire 153 all out (40.3 overs)	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
2010	Shropshire 219 all out (49.2 overs)	Shropshire won by 7 wickets[29]	Lincolnshire 249/6 (50 overs)	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
2011	Berkshire 196/4 (34.2 overs)	Berkshire won by 6 wickets[30]	Hertfordshire 194/9 (36 overs)	Lord's, London
2012	Cumberland 186/3 (32.4 overs)	Cumberland won by 7 wickets[31]	Wiltshire 184 all out (45.4 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2013	Berkshire 284/9 (50 overs)	Berkshire won by 128 runs[32]	Shropshire 156 all out (39.3 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2014	Devon 203/9 (50 overs)	Devon won by 7 runs[33]	Oxfordshire 196/9 (50)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2015	Cornwall 203/3 (29.4 overs)	Cornwall won by 7 wickets[34]	Northumberland 199/9 (42)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2016	Herefordshire 258/9 (50 overs)	Herefordshire won by 56 runs[35]	Staffordshire 202 all out (44.4 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2017	Berkshire 248/6 (40.3 overs)	Berkshire won by 4 wickets[36]	Lincolnshire 245/5 (50 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2018	Cheshire 248/7 (50 overs)	Cheshire won by 2 runs[37]	Devon 246/9 (50 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2019	Berkshire 144 all out (46.4 overs)	Berkshire won by 1 run[38]	Cumberland 143/9 (50 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2021	Berkshire 260/8 (50 overs)	Berkshire won by 151 runs[39]	Cumbria 109 (34.1 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2022	Berkshire 231/5 (38.5 overs)	Berkshire won by 5 wickets[40]	Cumbria 227/8 (50 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2023	Berkshire 195/8 (50 overs)	Berkshire won by 29 runs[41]	Cumbria 166 all out (45.3 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone
2023	Norfolk 258/4 (44.3 overs)	Norfolk won by six runs[42]	Cheshire 257/8 (50 overs)	Wormsley Park, Ibstone

Wins by county

• 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

• 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

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External links

• National Counties Cricket Association Official Site