Norfolk Cricket Alliance

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Norfolk Cricket Alliance
Format50 Over (45-Over in Division Two and below)
Tournament formatDouble round robin
Number of teams10 in each division
Current championAshmanhaugh & Barton Wanderers CC
Relegation toNorfolk Cricket League

The Norfolk Cricket Alliance is a recreational club cricket league based in the English county of Norfolk with a handful of its member clubs residing just over the border in Suffolk. All of its member clubs are affiliated to the Norfolk Cricket Board. [1] The league has seven divisions in total: the Premier Division, Division One, Division Two, Division Three, Division Four, Division Five East, and Division Five West as well as a multitude of junior divisions from under-9 through to under-17. [2] It is a feeder league for the East Anglian Premier League with the Premier Division's champion eligible to enter a playoff with the winners of the Two Counties Cricket Championship and the Huntingdonshire Premier League for promotion to the EAPL if they so wish.

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References

  1. ↑ "Club Cricket". Norfolk Cricket Board. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Norfolk Cricket Alliance". norfolkca.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.


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