The D40 competition is the ECB’s national hardball disability offer, the top tier of domestic county-level disability cricket.

The D40 competition features players with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, or hearing loss. Players in the D40 competition must undergo an independent disability sport classification assessment to confirm their eligibility.

Games are played with a hardball, are 40 overs a side, and follow the same laws and regulations as a traditional county game of cricket, including powerplays and a 30-yard fielding circle.

Discover below how you can get involved and support by attending as a spectator.

How to Watch in 2025

You can support the Warwickshire Access team by attending games at champion clubs in Warwickshire and Birmingham.
  • 04/05 vs Lancashire (Solihull Blossomfield CC)
  • 18/05 vs Derby (TBC)
  • 01/06 vs Cheshire (Home TBC)
  • 15/06 vs Yorkshire (TBC)
  • 29/06 vs Lancashire (TBC)
  • 13/07 vs Derby (Solihull Blossomfield CC)

Progressing through the Disability Pathway

The best performing players in domestic competitions may be eligible for Disability Premier League (DPL) trials.

The DPL is a disability cricket competition featuring players from all of England’s disability sides; physical (PD), learning (LD), and hearing impairment/deaf. The DPL sits between county cricket and the England setup in the ECB Disability Cricket pathway and aims to introduce a broader group of players to performance level disability cricket.

Players in the DPL are available to be selected in England squads.

Disability Premier League

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Promote the sport

to attract a new audience into watching cricket

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Encourage new players

to participate in cricket for the first time

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Opportunity

for existing disability cricketers to come together and play alongside their peers with different disabilities