4-511: The Thames Valley Cricket League is a mostly amateur cricket league, catering to clubs geographically to the west of London, with clubs coming from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Surrey, though most are from Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The league, once the top level of amateur cricket in the area, has become a feeder league for the Home Counties Premier Cricket League since
8-584: The creation of the Premier League, however the standard of the league is considered to be high, evidenced by the proliferation of Thames Valley League sides in the Premier Leagues, as well as the large uptake of expansion places in the league. The league is played on Saturday afternoons, and the matches are 100 overs in length. The side batting first can bat for a maximum of 52 overs, and the chasing team can use all overs not used by them. In Divisions 8 and 9,
12-542: The league and all but one of the Hertfordshire clubs withdrew after the 2013 season. Until 2013 the league consisted of a Division One of ten clubs and a Division Two (East) and a Division Two (West), each of ten clubs, with promotion between Divisions and to and from the feeder leagues. With the withdrawal of the Hertfordshire clubs, the structure was simplified and there is now just Division One and Division Two. There are two feeder leagues, covering narrower areas within
16-671: The matches are 90 overs on length with the side batting first allowed a maximum of 47 overs. Points are awarded as follows: Note that no bonus points are awarded to the winning team. Home Counties Premier Cricket League The Home Counties Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Home Counties of England , and has been a designated ECB Premier League since its founding in 2000. It originally served Bedfordshire , Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire , although there are at present no Bedfordshire clubs in
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