Worcestershire County Cricket League

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The Worcestershire County Cricket League (WCL) is an English club cricket league, and consists of club teams from Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and several other sides from bordering counties.

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[edit] History

The Worcestershire County Cricket League was created in 1999 as part of the new 'pyramid system' in English club cricket, and acts as a feeder league to the Birmingham and District Premier League. It was formed mainly as a merger between the old Worcestershire Clubs' League and the Autobag/Plumb Centre League. Other clubs came from the Midland Combined Counties League, the 3D Cricket PLJ League, and in the case of Herefordshire sides, the Marches Cricket League and the Willowsticks Three Counties Cricket League.

There is promotion and relegation and most divisions of the league operate on a two up/two down basis, although the feeder league status means that more than two sides may be relegated from Division 1, with knock-on effects on other divisions, if more than one Worcestershire or Herefordshire side is relegated from Birmingham League Division 3. Other exceptions to this are in Division 1 (where only the winner is promoted to the Birmingham and District Premier League), Division 3 (three down), and Divisions 4 North and South (one up from each plus the winner of a playoff between the two 2nd placed teams). There is also no relegation from Division 4 North and South, and clubs can only be promoted from Division 5 if they are able to field two XIs in the following season, and there is a space available in either of the Division 4s.

Winners of Division 1 of the Worcestershire County Cricket League, who have been promoted to the Birmingham and District Premier League, since 1999 are:

  • 1999: Hagley Cricket Club
  • 2000: Redditch Cricket Club
  • 2001: Kington Cricket Club
  • 2002: Old Elizabethans Cricket Club
  • 2003: Evesham Cricket Club
  • 2004: Pershore Cricket Club
  • 2005: Ombersley Cricket Club
  • 2006: Kington Cricket Club

[edit] Divisional Structure

For 2007 the Worcestershire County Cricket League is made up of the following divisions and clubs:

[edit] Division One

  • Astwood Bank
  • Bewdley
  • Brockhampton
  • Bromyard
  • Chaddesley Corbett
  • Droitwich Spa
  • Eastnor
  • Pershore
  • Redditch
  • Stourbridge
  • Worcester
  • Worcester Nomads

[edit] Division Two

  • Alvechurch & Hopwood
  • Barnards Green
  • Belbroughton
  • Coombs Wood
  • Feckenham
  • Luctonians
  • Lye
  • Malvern
  • Monmouth
  • Netherton
  • Oldswinford
  • Wormelow

[edit] Division Three

  • Avoncroft
  • Colwall
  • Cutnall Green
  • Hagley
  • Harborne 3rd XI
  • Kidderminster Victoria 3rd XI
  • Martley
  • Old Halesonians
  • Old Vigornians
  • Pedmore
  • Romsley & Hunnington
  • Stourport

[edit] Division Four North

[edit] Division Four South

  • Barnards Green 3rd XI
  • Birlingham
  • Canon Frome
  • Hanley Castle & Upton
  • Himbleton
  • Old Elizabethans 3rd XI
  • Ross on Wye
  • Rushwick
  • Tenbury
  • Worcester Dominies & Guild

From Division 1 down to Divisions 4 North and South, there are also separate 2nd XI Divisions, with the 4th XI of those sides above whose 3rd XIs play in the league, competing against other clubs' 2nd XIs. From 2006, Division 1 and 2 2nd XIs were promoted and relegated independently of their 1st XIs (and 4th XIs can be promoted or relegated independently of their 3rd XIs), and from 2007 the same applies to Division 3.

[edit] Division Five

  • Badsey
  • Brintons
  • Chain-Wire
  • Cleobury Mortimer
  • Droitwich Spa 3rd XI
  • Highley
  • Kidderminster Victoria 5th XI
  • Knighton-on-Teme
  • Stourbridge Social
  • Vine

[edit] Division Six

  • Bewdley 3rd XI
  • Colwall 4th XI
  • Hallow
  • Hewell
  • Netherton 3rd XI
  • Old Hill 3rd XI
  • Stone
  • Stourbridge Social 2nd XI
  • The Lenches
  • West Malvern

[edit] Division Seven

  • Astwood Bank 3rd XI
  • Chaddesley Corbett 3rd XI
  • Coombs Wood 3rd XI
  • Enville 3rd XI
  • Harborne 5th XI
  • Ombersley 3rd XI
  • Pershore 3rd XI
  • Worcester 3rd XI

[edit] Division Eight

  • Alvechurch & Hopwood 4th XI
  • Amblecote & Wollaston 3rd XI
  • Astwood Bank 4th XI
  • Avoncroft 3rd XI
  • Malvern 3rd XI
  • Worcester Nomads 3rd XI

[edit] Famous Players

Several current or ex-professional cricketers have played in the Worcestershire County Cricket League in its short history:

[edit] Internationals

England

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

[edit] First class players

England

Australia

  • Michael Jeh

South Africa

  • Andre (Leon) Botha
  • Wesley Euley

New Zealand

India

  • Sachin Khartade
  • Shashi Ranjan

Pakistan

Zimbabwe

  • Leon Soma
  • Jason Young

[edit] External Links

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