The Middlesex Premier Cricket League (MPCL) has been taking place since 1992. The legendary cricket, Sunil M Gavaskar has been acting as the Patron of the league since 2004. Gavaskar has always taken a keen interest in MPCLand has been present at several games and functions organised by the league in the past. This year, the league takes place from 3rd May- 6th September 2015.
Middlesex Premier Cricket League was set up in January 1992, by 15 clubs, who were then playing in the Middlesex Club Cricketers League. The late Bipin Patel (Suraj Victor) and Jayesh Patel (Anson) were the principal leaders, who with the support of Arvind Patel (United Sports) laid the foundations for the MPCL.
The league has received solid support in the committee with the likes of Dipu Patel (Neasden), Mohansinh Darbar (Rajput Samaj Sports Club), Shawn Dhaliwal (North London Drifters) and Hari Balasubramaniam (Neasden), who have all served on the committee in various posts for more than 5 years each.
MPCL, which started in 1992 with 15 clubs in 2 divisions grew to 28 clubs in 4 divisions by the year 2000. Currently in 2015, there are 32 teams in 4 divisions with 27 clubs, 5 of which are playing their 2nd team as well.
Recently, for the last two years, they started the T20 competition during midweek among the participating teams wherein, top four teams on the basis of their points play into Semi Finals and winners of both semi final matches into final. This year, the T20 competition takes place on 11th June- 30th July.
At the end of every season, the league organises Presentation Night, distributing awards to the top teams in each divisions, winners of MPCL Cup, Plate and T20 tournaments. There is always a renown international cricketer who attends as a Chief Guest and hands over the respective awards to the teams and players. In recent years, they had Sunil Gavaskar, Vikram Solanki and Ravi Bopara as the Guest of Honour. This ceremony will be taking place on 7th November 2015.
