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The Friends Provident Trophy is a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.[1] The 2009 final was won by Hampshire. It is one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They are joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. The competition has previously been known as the C&G Trophy (2000-2006), the NatWest Trophy (1981-2000) and the Gillette Cup (1963-1980). For a short period following the 2006 season, the competition was known as the ECB Trophy because no sponsors were forthcoming when Cheltenham and Gloucester decided to end their association with the competition after the 2006 season.
[edit] FormatAs of 2008, a new format has been introduced for the competition. The 18 counties, plus Scotland and Ireland, are split into 4 groups of 5. Each team plays the other in the group home once and away once, with the top 2 counties in the group going into the quarter finals.[2] For the 2006 and 2007, the eighteen English and Welsh first-class sides, plus Scotland and Ireland, were split into two groups of ten by geographical location. These were known as the North and South Conferences and were played in a league format. Teams played each other only once, in 50 over games, gaining two points for a win, one point for a no result and no points for a loss. Once the league positions were decided, the top teams from each Conference competed for the trophy in a final at Lord's. In the 2007 season this involved a semi-final knock-out stage, the winner in each conference playing the runners-up in the other. The competition is played in the first half of the cricket season with the final taking place in August. The other main domestic one-day competition, the Natwest Pro 40 League, is played in the second half of the season. [edit] HistoryUntil the 2006 season, the competition was a straight knock-out competition. Thirty-two teams were involved, including the minor counties. The competition was played through the whole of the cricket season, and culminated in a final at Lord's in September. The tournament was introduced as the Gillette Cup in 1963. It was the first top level one day competition to be introduced in English and Welsh cricket, amid concern about falling attendances at County Championship matches in the early 1960s. In the inaugural season the matches were 65 overs per side, but this was reduced to 60 in 1964. In 1999 the number of overs was cut to 50 per side to give English and Welsh cricketers more experience of playing matches the same length as One Day Internationals. In line with one day international cricket, teams played in coloured clothing since 2005. This competition was cricketing version of football's FA Cup with Minor Counties, Ireland and Scotland playing against the First Class Counties in the 1st round. Most times the established teams beat the part timers but very occasionally there was some "giant killing". Between 1963 and 2005 there were 15 "upsets" with Durham as a minor county beating major counties twice and the most successful Hertfordshire beating Essex in 1976, Middlesex in 2001 and winning a bowl-out versus Derbyshire in 1991. One of the most famous matches in the competition was the 1971 Gillette Cup semi final at Old Trafford. David Hughes of Lancashire coming out to bat at 8.45 pm (before floodlights) and scoring 24 in one over to beat Gloucestershire. The tournament was always the more prestigious of the two "full length" one day cup competitions. The other was the Benson & Hedges Cup, which was abolished in 2002 and replaced with the Twenty20 Cup. On August 27 2009, the ECB announced that in 2010 there will be a 40-overs per innings tournament replacing both the Pro40 and the Friends Provident Trophy. This along with the English County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup will be English cricket's three domestic competitions. [3] [edit] The FinalThe competition final was played at the beginning of September near the end of the domestic season. All finals have been played at Lord's in London. Appearing in a Lord's final, especially this competition, was seen as the highlight of a county cricketer's career. In later years, bowling first at Lord's was seen as an advantage due to the late season conditions. This was a reason the final was moved to August. The 2009 final was played in July. This was so there was not a big time lag between the group matches and the final. [edit] Final ResultsGillette Cup
NatWest Trophy
C&G Trophy
Friends Provident Trophy
[edit] Wins by county 1963-2008
First class counties with no wins: Glamorgan and Leicestershire [edit] References
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