# NCCA 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. The current champions, Norfolk, defeated Cheshire in August 2024, winning their sixth trophy.

## List of winners

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Final Venue |
| Year | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Final Venue |
| 1983 | Cheshire 228/6 (50 overs) | Cheshire won by 36 runs | Bedfordshire 192 all out (48.2 overs) | Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground, Macclesfield |
| 1984 | Hertfordshire 107/7 (49.1 overs) | Hertfordshire won by 3 wickets | Norfolk 106 all out (41.1 overs) | Fenner's, Cambridge |
| 1985 | Durham 229/9 (55 overs) | Durham won by 100 runs | Dorset 129 all out (47.2 overs) | Fenner's, Cambridge |
| 1986 | Norfolk 223/8 (55 overs) | Norfolk won by 30 runs | Hertfordshire 193 all out (50.4 overs) | Clarence Park, St Albans |
| 1987 | Cheshire 132/2 (47.4 overs) | Cheshire won by 8 wickets | Cambridgeshire 131 all out (49.5 overs) | Christ Church Ground, Oxford |
| 1988 | Dorset 127/8 (49.2 overs) | Dorset won by 2 wickets | Cambridgeshire 123/9 (50 overs) | Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth |
| 1989 | Cumberland 191/1 (39.1 overs) | Cumberland won by 9 wickets | Hertfordshire 188/7 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1990 | Buckinghamshire 227/7 (55 overs) | Buckinghamshire won by 16 runs | Lincolnshire 211/9 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1991 | Staffordshire 241/6 (54.5 overs) | Staffordshire won by 4 wickets | Devon 239/8 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1992 | Devon 221/6 (51.4 overs) | Devon won by 4 wickets | Staffordshire 217/7 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1993 | Staffordshire 326/7 (55 overs) | Staffordshire won by 69 runs | Wiltshire 257/7 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1994 | Devon 281/5 (55 overs) | Devon won by 18 runs | Lincolnshire 263 all out (53.5 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1995 | Cambridgeshire 227/8 (54.3 overs) | Cambridgeshire won by 2 wickets | Herefordshire 226/4 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1996 | Cheshire 254/4 (54 overs) | Cheshire won by 6 wickets | Bedfordshire 253/7 (55 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1997 | Norfolk 279/4 (55 overs) | Norfolk won by 52 runs | Shropshire 227 all out (54.3 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1998 | Devon 204/2 (41.5 overs) | Devon won by 8 wickets | Shropshire 201/9 (60 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 1999 | Bedfordshire 154/2 (36.1 overs) | Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets | Cumberland 153 all out (47.4 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2000 | Herefordshire 291/6 (50 overs) | Herefordshire won by 42 runs | Cheshire 241/9 (50 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2001 | Norfolk 202/9 (50 overs) | Norfolk won by 114 runs | 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 | Devon 261/8 (50 overs) | New Road, Worcester |
| 2003 | Cambridgeshire 267/7 (47.5 overs) | Cambridgeshire won by 3 wickets | Shropshire 266/9 (50 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2004 | Berkshire 240/3 (42.4 overs) | Berkshire won by 7 wickets | Northumberland 237 all out (49.3 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2005 | Norfolk 135/4 (27 overs) | Norfolk won by 6 wickets | Wiltshire 134 all out (45.1 overs) | Upton Court Road, Slough |
| 2006 | Northumberland 209/2 (34.4 overs) | Northumberland won by 8 wickets | Dorset 207/9 (50 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2007 | Suffolk 219 all out (49.2 overs) | Suffolk won by 35 runs | Cheshire 184 all out (47.4 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2008 | Devon 290/4 (50 overs) | Devon won by 40 runs | Berkshire 250 all out (48 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2009 | Norfolk 257/6 (50 overs) | Norfolk won by 104 runs | 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 | Lincolnshire 249/6 (50 overs) | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street |
| 2011 | Berkshire 196/4 (34.2 overs) | Berkshire won by 6 wickets | Hertfordshire 194/9 (36 overs) | Lord's, London |
| 2012 | Cumberland 186/3 (32.4 overs) | Cumberland won by 7 wickets | Wiltshire 184 all out (45.4 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2013 | Berkshire 284/9 (50 overs) | Berkshire won by 128 runs | Shropshire 156 all out (39.3 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2014 | Devon 203/9 (50 overs) | Devon won by 7 runs | Oxfordshire 196/9 (50) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2015 | Cornwall 203/3 (29.4 overs) | Cornwall won by 7 wickets | Northumberland 199/9 (42) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2016 | Herefordshire 258/9 (50 overs) | Herefordshire won by 56 runs | Staffordshire 202 all out (44.4 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2017 | Berkshire 248/6 (40.3 overs) | Berkshire won by 4 wickets | Lincolnshire 245/5 (50 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2018 | Cheshire 248/7 (50 overs) | Cheshire won by 2 runs | Devon 246/9 (50 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2019 | Berkshire 144 all out (46.4 overs) | Berkshire won by 1 run | Cumberland 143/9 (50 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2021 | Berkshire 260/8 (50 overs) | Berkshire won by 151 runs | Cumbria 109 (34.1 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2022 | Berkshire 231/5 (38.5 overs) | Berkshire won by 5 wickets | Cumbria 227/8 (50 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2023 | Berkshire 195/8 (50 overs) | Berkshire won by 29 runs | Cumbria 166 all out (45.3 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |
| 2024 | Norfolk 258/4 (44.3 overs) | Norfolk won by six wickets | Cheshire 257/8 (50 overs) | Wormsley Park, Ibstone |

## Wins by county

* 8 wins: Berkshire
* 6 wins: Norfolk
* 5 wins: Devon
* 4 wins: Cheshire
* 2 wins: Staffordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Herefordshire
* 1 win: Hertfordshire, Durham, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire Cricket Board, Northumberland, Suffolk, Shropshire, Cornwall