Lincolnshire Premier League

The Lincolnshire Premier League (referred to in some sources as Lincolnshire County Board Premier League) was the top level of competition for club cricket in Lincolnshire, England between 2000 and 2025, the league ended in 2025 as part of the single league restructuring in Lincolnshire and the new Lincolnshire Premier Cricket League was formed.

The league was created in the year 2000 as part of the full restructuring of club cricket by the ECB.^[1] Each county was given the chance to create a premier league as part of the national restructuring. Discussions took place between the 2 leagues in the county, who were independent of the Lincolnshire Cricket Board but they came to no agreement. The Lincolnshire Cricket Board decided to form the premier league and a working partnership was formed between the two leagues, where all 3 leagues would stay independent but the top 5 clubs from each league would form the first season. Each year the winners of the 2 leagues would be invited to be promoted to the Premier League and the leagues would accept the bottom 2 clubs back into their structure.The leagues all play 50 over games and have featured both overseas, county and test cricketers.

The league had just one division for its entirety, and is fed by the Lincolnshire County Cricket League which covers the north of the county, and the South Lincolnshire and Border League which covers the south of the county. Clubs in the league are also eligible to play in the 2 premier national club cricket competitions, The ECB National Club Twenty20 with the local tournament known as the Winkworth Cup and the ECB National club cup (A 50 over competition)

In 2003 Bracebridge Heath joined the league from the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board Premier League and became the most successful club in the league, winning the league title 13 times.

The league adopted a new format in 2019, with the top four teams at the end of the league season qualifying for semi-finals and a final to decide the championship, in the first season Woodhall Spa won the playoff after Bracebridge Heath was unable to field a side for the final.^[2]

The competing teams in 2020 were intended to be: Boston, Bourne, Bracebridge Heath, Grantham, Lindum, Louth, Market Deeping, Scunthorpe Town, Sleaford, and Woodhall Spa. The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions.

In 2023 the Lincolnshire ECB started formal discussions for the 3 leagues to merge into one county wide structure and after 2 years of discussions a vote took place between clubs of all 3 teams on 16 October 2025. The vote was passed and the 3 leagues were dissolved to create the Lincolnshire Premier Cricket League. The first season of the new league will take place in 2026.^{[citation needed]}