Tournament format(s) Knockout Participants 60 | Champions Yorkshire (3rd title) Matches played 61 | |
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(50 overs per innings) | ||
The 2002 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was the 2nd Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy following its change of name from the NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 August 2001 and 31 August 2002. The tournament was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by all twenty Minor Counties, plus Huntingdonshire. They were also joined by the cricket boards of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire. The national teams of Denmark Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland returned to the competition after being unable to take part in the previous competition due to international commitments in the 2001 ICC Trophy.
The first and second rounds were played in 2001 to allow more room in the English cricket season schedule. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the third round. Winners in the third round progressed to the fourth round and winners from that round progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 31 August 2002.