Friends Provident Trophy

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The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.[1] It is one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They are joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. The competition has previously been known as the C&G Trophy (2000-2006), the NatWest Trophy (1981-2000) and the Gillette Cup (1963-1980). For a short period following the 2006 season, the competition was known as the ECB Trophy because no sponsors were forthcoming when Cheltenham and Gloucester decided to end their association with the competition after the 2006 season.

1 Format
2 History
3 Final Results
4 Wins by county 1963-2006
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Format

In the current format, the eighteen English First-class sides, plus Scotland and Ireland, are split into two groups of ten by geographical location. These are known as the North and South Conferences and are played in a league format. Teams play each other only once, gaining two points for a win, one point for a no result and no points for a loss. Once the league positions are decided, the top team from each Conference compete for the trophy in a final at Lord's. In the 2007 season, a semi-final knock-out stage will be introduced.

The competition is played in the first half of the English cricket season with the final taking place in August. The other main domestic one-day competition, the Natwest Pro 40 League, is played in the second half of the season.

[edit] History

Until the 2006 season, the competition was a straight knock-out competition. Thirty-two teams were involved, including the minor counties. The competition was played through the whole English cricket season. and culminated in a final at Lord's in September.

When the tournament was introduced as the Gillette Cup in 1963, it was the first top level one day competition to be introduced in English cricket, amid concern about falling attendances at County Championship matches in the early 1960s. In the inaugural season the matches were 65 overs per side, but this was reduced to 60 in 1964. In 1999 the number of overs was cut to 50 per side to give English cricketers more experience of playing matches the same length as one day internationals. In line with one day international cricket, teams played in coloured clothing since 2005.

The tournament was always the more prestigious of the two "full length" one day cup competitions in English cricket. The other was the Benson & Hedges Cup, which was abolished in 2002 and replaced with the Twenty20 Cup.

[edit] Final Results

C&G Trophy

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up
Year	Final
2006	Sussex 172 (47.1 overs)	Sussex won by 15 runs [2]	Lancashire 157 (47.2 overs)
2005	Hampshire 290 (50 overs)	Hampshire won by 18 runs [3]	Warwickshire 272 (49.2 overs)
2004	Gloucestershire 237 for 2 (43.5 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets [4]	Worcestershire 236 for 9 (50 overs)
2003	Gloucestershire 150 for 3 (20.3 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets [5]	Worcestershire 149 (46.3 overs)
2002	Yorkshire 260 for 4 (48 overs)	Yorkshire won by 6 wickets [6]	Somerset 256 for 8 (50 overs)
2001	Somerset 271 for 5 (50 overs)	Somerset won by 41 runs [7]	Leicestershire 230 (45.4 overs)

NatWest Trophy

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up
Year	Final
2000	Gloucestershire 122 for 3 (29.4 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 22 runs (D/L method) [8] Rain stopped play after 29.4 overs; Gloucestershire target revised to 101.	Warwickshire 205 for 7 (50 overs)
1999	Gloucestershire 230 for 8 (50 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 50 runs [9]	Somerset 180 (45.1 overs)
1998 60 overs max	Lancashire 109 for 1 (30.2 overs)	Lancashire won by 9 wickets [10]	Derbyshire 108 (36.4 overs)
1997 60 overs max	Essex 171 for 1 (26.3 overs)	Essex won by 9 wickets [11]	Warwickshire 170 (60 overs)
1996 60 overs max	Lancashire 186 (60 overs)	Lancashire won by 129 runs [12]	Essex 57 (27.2 overs)
1995 60 overs max	Warwickshire 203 for 6 (58.5 overs)	Warwickshire won by 4 wickets [13]	Northamptonshire 200 (59.5 overs)
1994 60 overs max	Worcestershire 227 for 2 (49.1 overs)	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets [14]	Warwickshire 223 for 9 (60 overs)
1993 60 overs max	Warwickshire 322 for 5 (60 overs)	Warwickshire won by 5 wickets [15]	Sussex 321 for 6 (60 overs)
1992 60 overs max	Northamptonshire 211 for 2 (49.4 overs)	Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets [16]	Leicestershire 208 for 7 (60 overs)
1991 60 overs max	Hampshire 243 for 6 (59.4 overs)	Surrey won by 5 wickets [17]	Surrey 240 for 5 (60 overs)
1990 60 overs max	Lancashire 173 for 3 (45.4 overs)	Lancashire won by 7 wickets [18]	Northamptonshire 171 (60 overs)
1989 60 overs max	Warwickshire 211 for 6 (59.4 overs)	Warwickshire won by 4 wickets [19]	Middlesex 210 for 5 (60 overs)

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up
Year	Final
1988 60 overs max	Middlesex 162 for 7 (55.3 overs)	Middlesex won by 3 wickets [20]	Worcestershire 161 for 9 (60 overs)
1987 60 overs max	Nottinghamshire 231 for 7 (49.3 overs)	Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets [21] Reserve day used; match reduced to 50 overs per innings	Northamptonshire 228 for 3 (50 overs)
1986 60 overs max	Sussex 243 for 3 (58.2 overs)	Sussex won by 7 wickets [22]	Lancashire 242 for 8 (60 overs)
1985 60 overs max	Essex 280 for 2 (60 overs)	Essex won by 1 run [23]	Nottinghamshire 279 for 5 (60 overs)
1984 60 overs max	Middlesex 236 for 6 (60 overs)	Middlesex won by 4 wickets [24]	Kent 232 for 6 (60 overs)
1983 60 overs max	Somerset 193 for 9 (60 overs)	Somerset won by 24 runs [25]	Kent 169 (47.1 overs)
1982 60 overs max	Surrey 159 for 1 (33.4 overs)	Surrey won by 9 wickets [26]	Warwickshire 158 (57.2 overs)
1981 60 overs max	Derbyshire 235 for 6 (60 overs)	Match Tied; Derbyshire won having lost fewer wickets [27]	Northamptonshire 235 for 9 (60 overs)

Gillette Cup

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up
Year	Final
1980 60 overs max	Middlesex 202 for 3 (53.5 overs)	Sussex won by 15 runs [28]	Surrey 201 (60 overs)
1979 60 overs max	Somerset 269 for 8 (60 overs)	Somerset won by 45 runs [29]	Northamptonshire 224 (56.3 overs)
1978 60 overs max	Sussex 211 for 5 (53.1 overs)	Sussex won by 5 wickets [30]	Somerset 207 for 7 (60 overs)