The development of DISTRICT (TOWN TEAM) CRICKET across the county has been a major priority of the LCB. Over the past few years there has been a massive increase in the amount of District Cricket being played with each of the three Cricket Partnership Groups across the county embracing this type of cricket. Alongside these developments the long-standing county-wide competitions have been controlled by the Lancashire Schools Cricket Association. 2009 saw major developments with regard to these County Competitions. These will continue into 2010 when it is hoped the major successes of last season can be repeated.
The competitions are:-
AINSWORTH TROPHY (UNDER 15) - 50 OVERS
HACKING CUP (UNDER 13) - 40 OVERS
BOB HURST ROSEBOWL - 40 OVERS
Each Cricket Partnership Group will organise their own competitions ensuring they are able to identify the Quarter Finalists by the end of June. The draws for each competition have already been made and can be found below. Once the Quarter Finalists have been identified then the draws will be updated to include the actual Districts involved. Until that time the Districts will be shown as below:
GM1 = Winner of the Greater Manchester West Division
GM2 = Winner of the Greater Manchester East Division
GM3 = Best Runner-Up from both Greater Manchester Divisions
LANCS1 = Winner of Lancashire Group 1
LANCS2 = Winner of Lancashire Group 2
LANCS3 = Winner of Lancashire Group 3
LANCS4 = Best Runner-Up across all 3 Groups
MERSEY = Winner of Merseyside Competition
A booklet has been produced with all the details including the rules available to download below.
