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The D40 competition is the ECB\u2019s national hardball disability programme and represents the top tier of domestic county-level disability cricket.<\/h3>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Progressing Through the Disability Pathway<\/h2>\n

The top-performing players in domestic competitions may be eligible to trial for the Disability Premier League (DPL).<\/p>\n

The DPL features players from across England\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Outstanding DPL players are eligible for selection in England disability squads.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Disability Premier League<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Promote the sport<\/h3>\n

to attract a new audience into watching cricket<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Opportunity<\/h3>\n

for existing disability cricketers to come together and play alongside their peers with different disabilities<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":87,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nD40 - Edgbaston Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/d40\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D40 - Edgbaston Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/d40\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Edgbaston Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-03T10:57:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/d40\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/d40\\\/\",\"name\":\"D40 - 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