The Hertfordshire Cricket League is a league cricket competition based in the county of Hertfordshire, England.
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Until 2013 it served as a feeder league to the Home Counties Premier Cricket League, which is a designated ECB Premier League, the highest level of recreational club cricket in England and Wales. The Hertfordshire clubs withdrew from the Home Counties Premier Cricket League at the end of the 2013 season and returned to the Hertfordshire Cricket League, and the Premier Division of the Hertfordshire Cricket League becomes an ECB Premier League in its own right for 2015.
The clubs competing in the Premier Division will be: Bishop's Stortford, Harpenden, Hemel Hempstead Town, Hertford, Letchworth Garden City, North Mymms, Potters Bar, Radlett, Sawbridgeworth, and Welwyn Garden City. Radlett were the champions in the transitional 2014 season.
Although most of the leagues member clubs are located within the borders of the county, teams from North London and across the border into Bedfordshire are also members. The league is sponsored by Saracens Rugby Football Club.
History
The league has its origins in two smaller leagues in the county, the original Hertfordshire Cricket League and the Hertfordshire Cricket Competition, which merged in 1994. The league is run by a committee consisting of elected persons from member clubs. The league can also invite additional members to join on a co-option basis.
Structure
The League consists of a total of 27 divisions, most of which contain ten teams. Promotion and relegation are at stake in all divisions.