Premier class: The Dorset Cricket League has been given ECB Premier League status
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THE ENGLAND & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have given approval for the Wessex Internet Dorset Cricket League to become the 32nd ‘ECB Premier League’ in the country.
The move reflects an acceptance that for many years now, aspirational young players in the county have moved on to clubs in other leagues, as well as some clubs themselves playing ‘out of county’, particularly in the Hampshire and Southern Leagues – the latter of which already an approv...