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| Latest edition | 2016 |
| Tournament format | Doubleround-robin |
TheNorth Sea Pro Series was a professionalcricket league featuring teams from theNetherlands andScotland, first contested in 2014. A joint venture between theRoyal Dutch Cricket Board (KNCB) andCricket Scotland, the Pro Series comprised a50-over tournament, theNorth Sea Pro 50, and a20-over tournament, theNorth Sea Pro 20.
The first fully professional league in either country, the competition had been described as "formulated to bridge the gap between club and international cricket for professional cricketers".[1] The inaugural season featured four franchises, two from the Netherlands and two from Scotland, and both the 50-over and 20-over tournaments were won by the Highlanders, a Scottish franchise.[2]
In 2016, the North Sea 50 Trophy was held on 1 September as a final match between the Dutch 50 over champions the South Holland Seafarers and the Scottish 50 over champions Eastern Knights.[3][4]
The series did not return in 2017, replaced in Scotland by theRegional Pro Series featuring three domestic franchises, the first edition of which was held in 2016.
Cricket Scotland and the KNCB are bothassociate members of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC), and both theDutch andScottish national teams have played in multipleWorld Cups. Both teams currently haveTwenty20 International (T20I) status, while Scotland also holdsOne Day International (ODI) status. The impetus for the creation of the Pro Series was the exclusion of the Dutch and Scottish national sides from the newRoyal London One-Day Cup, which replaced theFriends Provident Trophy as the premier limited-overs competition in England and Wales.Andy Tennant, performance director for Cricket Scotland, described the Pro Series as "an ideal opportunity for us to stand on our own two feet and begin to develop a strong domestic professional competition for our best cricketers."[5]
The North Sea Pro Series, contested in May and early June during the 2014 season, does not overlap with theScottish National Cricket League or the DutchTopklasse, the top-level club competitions in each country.
| Franchise | Home grounds | Captain (2014) | Coach (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlanders | Titwood,Glasgow Nunholm,Dumfries | Craig Wallace | Toby Bailey |
| Northern Hurricanes | Sportpark Het Schootsveld,Deventer Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd,Utrecht VRA Ground,Amstelveen | Peter Borren | – |
| Reivers | Forthill,Dundee Lochlands Park,Arbroath Raeburn Place,Edinburgh | Richie Berrington | Steven Knox |
| Southern Seafarers | Hazelaarweg,Rotterdam Sportpark Duivesteijn,Voorburg Sportpark Thurlede,Schiedam | Stephan Myburgh | – |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Highlanders | Northern Hurricanes | Southern Seafarers | Reivers |
| 2015 | Highlanders | Southern Seafarers | Northern Hurricanes | Reivers |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Highlanders | Southern Seafarers | Reivers | Northern Hurricanes |
| Highlanders[6] | Hurricanes[7] | Reivers[8] | Seafarers[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlanders | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Northern Hurricanes | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Southern Seafarers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Reivers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlanders | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | Southern Seafarers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Reivers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Northern Hurricanes | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlanders | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| 2 | Southern Seafarers | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Northern Hurricanes | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Reivers | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
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