Entries are now open for the 2017 Royal London Club Championship.
The long-running one-day club competition will be part of a bumper season of recreational, domestic and international cricket in England and Wales.
Last season's winners South Northumberland CC will be in the hunt for a record fourth Club Championship title as the best teams from across the country go head to head.
Calling all clubs
The Club Championship is open to any club side in England and Wales but is limited to 256 teams, with the first of eight knockout rounds taking place in late April and the final being held on Sunday 17 September 2017.
How to apply
Download and complete the competition entry form (MS Excel) and send to competitions@ecb.co.uk for your team's chance to take part in 2017. Read more information about the competition here (PDF).
Deadline for entries is Friday 2 December 2016 and the draw for the first round will be released before Christmas.
Royal London Club Championship – famous faces
Teams that take part in the 2017 edition of the Club Championship will find themselves in good company, with a number of England players appearing in the competition through the years.
Among those players who have gone on to international honours since featuring in the Club Championship are:
- Moeen Ali (Warwickshire, Worcestershire and England) – Water Orton CC (2004)
- Joe Root (Yorkshire and England) – Sheffield Collegiate CC (2006-10)
- Gary Ballance (Yorkshire and England) – Spondon CC (2006)
- Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire and England) – Gerrards Cross CC (2006)
- Jos Buttler (Somerset, Lancashire and England) – Glastonbury CC (2007-08)
- Sam Billings (Kent and England) – Hartley Country Club CC (2008)
- Reece Topley (Essex, Hampshire and England) – Colchester and East Essex CC (2015)
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