NCCA Knockout Trophy
Countries England
AdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket Board
FormatLimited overs cricket
First edition1983
Number of teams20
Current championBerkshire
Most successfulBerkshire (8 titles)
WebsiteMCCA 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.

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. They are also the current champions having won the last four editions of the competition, defeating Cumbria (previously Cumberland) in all four finals.

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

Wins by county

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "1986 Minor Counties Knock Out Competition final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
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  24. ↑ This final was replayed following the abandonment of the first, held at Lord's, London on 22 August, due to rain. The teams agreed to replay the final on 31 August at Upton Court Road, Slough.
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  39. ↑ Berkshire v Cumberland, Unicorns Trophy 2021 Final, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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