The league was set up in January 1992 by 15 clubs who were then playing in the Middlesex Club Cricketers League. The MCCL were spread over several counties which led to a declining level of organisational support, lack of communications, poor grounds, lack of umpires, long travelling times on a Sunday and resulted in financial difficulties for the 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 Middlesex Premier Cricket League. The league has solid support in the committee with the likes of Mohansinh Darbar (Rajput Samaj Sports Club), Shawn Dhaliwal (North London Drifters), Hari Balasubramaniam (Neasden & Lankians) and myself who have all served on the committee in various posts for more than 5 years each.

The new league started with 15 clubs and two divisions in 1992 that by 2000 had grown to 28 clubs in 4 divisions. In 2002 we added a 2nd XI competition to encourage the youth and retain the experienced players. Today we also have well established knockout competitions in the form of the Baker Tilly Cup and Baker Tilly plate.

The league has been sponsored for 12 years by John Cumming Ross, Chartered Accountants, has helped the league maintain recreational cricket and we are now firmly established as one of the major Sunday cricket leagues in Middlesex. John Cumming Ross has now become part of Baker Tilly who will be continuing the sponsorship of the league.

Sunil M Gavaskar has always taken a keen interest in our league. He has been present at several games and functions organised by the league during it's history. In 2004, Sunil agreed to act as the patron to the league.

Dipu Patel
League Chairman

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