National Cricket League
CountriesBangladesh
AdministratorBangladesh Cricket Board
FormatFirst-class
First edition1999–2000
Latest edition2023
Next edition2024
Number of teams8
Current championDhaka Division (8th title)
Most successfulKhulna Division
(7 titles)

The National Cricket League is the oldest domestic first-class cricket competition in Bangladesh. It is contested by teams representing seven of the eight regional divisions of Bangladesh (there is no team from Mymensingh Division) as well as a team from the Dhaka metropolitan area.

History and format

The National Cricket League was inaugurated in the 1999–2000 season but was not then first-class. Bangladesh became the tenth Full Member of the ICC in 2000 and the league became first-class in the 2000–01 season. Limited-overs and Twenty20 tournaments with the same name have also been played in the past.

Since 2011–12 there have been eight teams in the league, which usually runs from October to December. From 2011–12 to 2014–15 each team played each other team once over the course of the season. Beginning in 2015–16 there has been a two-tier league: Rangpur, Khulna, Dhaka Division and Dhaka Metropolis were in the first tier in 2015–16, and Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal and Chittagong in the second.[1] After each season the bottom team of tier 1 and the top team of tier 2 swap places for the next season's competition.[2]

The league is also known under its main sponsor's name. In 2015–16 it was officially the "Walton LED TV 17th National Cricket League". In October 2019 the Walton Group became the title sponsor of NCL for the next three years, and the league would be known officially as the "Walton NCL".[3][4]

Teams

LogoTeamCaptainHome GroundParticipationTitles
Barisal DivisionFazle MahmudBarisal Divisional Stadiumsince 1999–20000
Chittagong DivisionIrfan SukkurZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadiumsince 1999–20001
Dhaka DivisionSaif HassanKhan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadiumsince 1999–20006
Dhaka MetropolisShadman IslamSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium2000–01 and since 2011–120
Khulna DivisionNurul HasanSheikh Abu Naser Stadiumsince 1999–20007
Rajshahi DivisionTaijul IslamRajshahi Divisional Stadiumsince 1999–20006
Rangpur DivisionAriful HaqueRangpur Cricket Gardensince 2011–122
Sylhet DivisionZakir HasanSylhet International Cricket Stadiumsince 1999–20000

Defunct teams

Team Home ground Debut Dissolved
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 1 Ground 2000-01 2000-01

Winners

Winners of the National Cricket League in each season are:[5]

National Cricket League One-Day winners

The National Cricket League one-day competition is no longer held. It has been superseded by the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League as Bangladesh's List A competition.

National Cricket League Twenty20 Winners

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Last-gasp win gives Rangpur maiden title". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "All eyes on Liton as Rangpur eye return to tier one". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Walton Group becomes the title sponsor of NCL". bplscorelive.com. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh Cricket Board". BCB. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "A brief history of Bangladesh domestic cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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