D40

The D40 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), is a stepping stone to the Disability Premier League.

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

It features players with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, or hearing loss. All participants must undergo an independent disability sport classification assessment to confirm eligibility.

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

Progressing Through the Disability Pathway

The top-performing players in domestic competitions may be eligible to trial for the Disability Premier League (DPL).

The DPL features players from across England’s disability groups, physical (PD), learning (LD), and hearing impairment/deaf. Sitting between county cricket and the England pathway, the DPL introduces a wider group of players to performance-level disability cricket.

Outstanding DPL players are eligible for selection in England disability 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