One-day Cricket
The ECB 40 is a one-day cricket competition in county cricket. It was introduced in 2010 to replace the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy. In the current format, the 18 counties, plus Scotland, the Netherlands and the Unicorns, are split into 3 groups of 7. Each team plays the other in the group home once and away once. The top team from each league plus the second-placed team with the best record then compete in semi-finals, the winners of which qualify for the final to decide the winner. The competition is played throughout the English cricket season from April and closes the season in mid-September.
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