The newly established ‘National Cricket League (NCL)’ has made a big impact to grass root level in the first year by providing a colourful concept, with cricketing rules, in limited overs cricket, including power play over’s. All matches took place at various venues, and all Cricket Clubs had to wear individual coloured uniforms provided by the league to represent their respective Clubs. The compe
tition in the NCL was fantastic with outstanding players on show from all fourteen Cricket Clubs. This allowed the benchmark to be set at a high standard by the majority of the fixtures, and for us all to witness closely contested games. The Pro 40 Premier Division Sponsored by Blackhorse Estates, Pro 40 over Cup, Twenty20 Cup and a 10 Over Rashid Aziz Memorial Cup (Charity Event). The NCL also launched a well equipped website which provided the information of the latest news, fixtures, results, league tables, players statistics along with many more features. The very first season proved to be extremely successful with all clubs providing tough competitions, making it unpredictable on which Club will gain silverware. The National Cricket League (NCL) was pleased to see four different clubs having the pleasure of placing their Clubs names on the honours list as all four competitions on offer were won by four individual Cricket Clubs. The NCL success would not have been possible without the co-operation from all Club Captains, Secretaries, Players, Match Officials and supporters. On behalf of the NCL Management, it has been a great privilege and honour to work alongside the finest cricket clubs and players. The Management were happy to deliver an exciting structured sporting platform for us all to enjoy, and also cherish the many great moments that brought an end to a positive 2012 season.
