YPLN CUP COMPETITIONS 2026
Entries are now open for the 2026 cups and should be emailed to assistant@yplncricket.co.uk (please use the same email address for any queries). For the main cup information page click here
Competitions
Entry to the 2026 cups is open to teams as follows (all cups are voluntary from Premier Division 2 and below):
Premier Division teams are automatically entered into the following cups:
Acklams Coaches T20 Blast
K3 Dental Cup (joint cup with YCSPL)
Premier Division 2 teams may enter the following cups:
Hethertons Solicitors T20 Plate
Hundred Cup (joint cup with Championship teams)
Championship teams may enter either, or both, of the following cups:
Championship Cup (T20)
Hundred Cup (joint cup with Prem 2 teams)
Division 1 teams may enter either, or both, of the following cups:
Edward Readman Memorial Trophy (T20)
Hundred Plate (joint cup with Division 2 teams)
Division 2 teams may enter either, or both, of the following cups:
Dave Conner Trophy (T20)
Hundred Plate (joint cup with Division 1 teams)
Division 3 teams may enter the following cup:
Wilberfoss Cup (T20)
Division 4&5 teams may enter the following cup:
Midgley Cup (T20)
T20 cup matches from Championship down will be played on a mutually convenient Sunday by default, but can be played on a weekday evening if both teams agree
Hundred Cup/Plate matches will be played on a mutually convenient weekday evening by default, but can be played a Sunday if both teams agree.
See full details of cup formats below.
Specific teams may be offered the option of entering the cup for the division above their own, at the discretion of the Cup Manager.
Competition formats
K3 Dental Cup
A 40-over cup entered by the 24 Premier Division teams of YPLN and YCSPL
Entry will be mandatory for YPLN Premier Division (1) teams
The cup will run on a knockout format
Coloured clothing and pink balls will be used (balls will be delivered to host clubs by the cup organising committee)
The first round is drawn so that every game is North vs South. The second round is a random draw. First round byes are awarded to the top 2 teams in the Premier Division in the prior year, and the 2 teams that progressed furthest in the K3 in the prior year, from each league.
Umpires will be appointed by the YPL Umpire Panel. Each team will pay one umpire.
T20 Blast & T20 Plate
Entry to the T20 Blast will be mandatory. Entry to the T20 Plate will be voluntary, and some Championship teams will be invited to enter to make up any gaps in the 12-team roster.
The entrants will be split into four groups of three teams. There will be a round-robin Group Day Stage with each Group Day comprising 3 games, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a tie (net run rate will be used to determine the group winner if there is not a winner based on points). The first game of each Group Day will comprise the host plus the nearest visiting team. The loser of the first match on each Group Day will play in the second match, in order to avoid the risk of the third match being a “dead rubber” (if the first match is tied, the visiting team will play in the second match).
The winner of each group will progress to the Finals Day which will comprise 2 semi-finals followed by the final.
Fixture dates will be set by the Cup Manager. T20 Plate dates will not clash with scheduled Voneus Village Cup dates.
Coloured kit and pink balls will be used. Match balls will be provided by the league (teams must provide at least one spare pink ball).
Umpires for the T20 Blast will be appointed by the YPL Umpire Panel. At Group Days each team will pay one umpire. For the Finals Day the league will pay the umpires via electronic payment.
Umpires for the T20 Plate will be appointed by the YPLN Umpire Panel.
The winners of the T20 Blast will qualify for the ECB Vitality Club T20 Competition.
The winners of the T20 Plate will qualify for the ECB Vitality Club T20 Plate Competition.
Hundred Cup
Entry will be voluntary and is open to Premier Division 2 and Championship teams (where a club has a team in both divisions, AND the Prem 2 team is entering the T20 Plate, then only the Prem 2 team may enter the Hundred Cup)
Premier Division 2 teams can only enter the Hundred Cup if they are also entered into the T20 Plate
Championship teams can enter the Hundred Cup even if they are not also entered into the Championship Cup (they can enter both, either, or neither)
Championship teams will receive a 10-run “head start” when playing a Premier Division 2 team
The cup will run on a knockout format. There will be a Finals Day, on a Sunday chosen by the Cup Manager, comprising two semi-finals and a final.
Suggested fixture dates for the knockout rounds, which will be 6.30pm on Fridays, will be published by the Cup Manager but can be changed to other weekdays or (if both teams agree) a Sunday. No team will be forced to play on a Friday evening if it does not suit them (see “Agreeing cup fixtures” guide).
Coloured kit and pink balls will be used. However, if a team does not have coloured kit then they can play in white kit (if both teams are in whites then they may use red balls if so desired)
Match balls will be provided by the teams, with the exception of Finals Day. Teams must provide spare balls.
Both umpires at each game will be appointed by the YPLN Umpire Panel
Championship T20 Cup
Entry will be voluntary
Championship teams can enter both the Championship T20 Cup and the Hundred Cup if they wish (or just one of them, or neither)
The cup will run on a knockout format (exact format to be determined once entrants are known)
Suggested fixture dates, which will be 2pm on Sundays, will be published by the Cup Manager but can be changed to another Sunday afternoon or morning or (if both teams agree) a weekday evening. See “Agreeing cup fixtures” guide.
There will be a Finals Day, on a Sunday chosen by the Cup Manager, comprising two semi-finals and a final
Coloured kit and pink balls will be used. However, if a team does not have coloured kit then they can play in white kit (if both teams are in whites then they may use red balls if so desired)
Match balls will be provided by the teams, with the exception of Finals Day. Teams must provide spare balls.
Both umpires at each game will be appointed by the YPLN Umpire Panel
Hundred Plate (new cup for 2026)
Entry will be voluntary and is open to Division 1 & Division 2 teams
Teams can enter both the T20 cup for their division and the Hundred Plate if they wish (or just one of them, or neither)
Where a club has a team in both Division 1 & 2 only the Division 1 team may enter
Division 2 teams will receive a 10-run “head start” when playing a Division 1 team
The cup will run on a knockout format
Suggested fixture dates for the knockout rounds, which will be 6.30pm on Fridays, will be published by the Cup Manager but can be changed to other weekdays or (if both teams agree) a Sunday. No team will be forced to play on a Friday evening if it does not suit them (see “Agreeing cup fixtures” guide)
White kit and red balls will be used
Match balls will be provided by the teams, with the exception of the Final. Teams must provide spare balls.
Teams will provide their own umpires, with the exception of the Final when the league will provide and pay for umpires
Readman, Conner, Wilberfoss and Midgley T20 Cups
Entry will be voluntary
The cups will run on a knockout format
White kit and red balls will be used
Match balls will be provided by the teams, with the exception of Finals Day. Teams must provide spare balls.
Suggested fixture dates, which will be 2pm on Sundays, will be published by the Cup Manager but can be changed to other dates including (if both teams agree) weekday evenings. See “Agreeing cup fixtures” guide.
Teams will provide their own umpires, with the exception of Finals when the league will provide and pay for umpires
In the Midgley Cup, if a club has teams in both Division 4 and Division 5 then both teams may enter if so desired.
Fixture clashes
In the event of potential clashes with the scheduled dates of other cups, the priority of cups is as follows:
ECB national cup competitions (i.e. National Club Championship, T20 Blast, T20 Plate)
White Rose & K3 Dental Cup
Finals of other YPLN cup competitions
Knockout rounds of other YPLN cup competitions
All other cup competitions (including Village Knockout, Heavy Woollen & Crowther)
If any cup fixture is cancelled or abandoned then it must not be rescheduled to a date on which one of the teams has a pre-existing cup fixture.
If a team agrees a YPLN cup fixture date and time, but then attempts to change it due to a clash with another cup, their opposition can ask the Cup Manager to treat this as conceding the game (the Cup Manager can also take this action independently).
Trophies
The winners of each competition will receive the appropriate trophy and will be responsible for its engraving and safekeeping. Under league rule 12.3 it is the responsibility of the winning teams to return the cups to the Cup Secretary as and when requested by the Cup Secretary, having had it engraved.
Playing conditions & player eligibility
See relevant documents on the league website: https://www.yplncricket.co.uk/cups/
Concessions
Penalties (including prohibition from entering YPLN cups) for teams that concede cup matches, or an excessive number of league matches, are laid out at https://www.yplncricket.co.uk/cups/conceded-games-schedule-of-penalties/ as well as in the league’s Schedule of Administrative Penalties.