2020 Royal London One-Day Cup
The 2020 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a planned limited overs cricket competition that would have formed part of the 2020 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches would had been contested over 50 overs per side and had List A cricket status. All eighteen first-class counties were going to compete in the tournament, which was scheduled to start on 20 July 2020, and finish on 19 September 2020.
On 24 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that no professional cricket would be played in England before 1 July 2020. In late May 2020, the ECB looked at the scheduling of domestic cricket for the summer, with the One-Day Cup likely to be abandoned. The ECB also confirmed that no domestic cricket would be played before 1 August 2020. In June 2020, some clubs raised concerns about the logistics of travelling and the financial viability of playing first-class cricket, with 50-over matches being a more realistic possibility. On 29 June 2020, the ECB confirmed that the county cricket season would begin on 1 August 2020, with the formats to be agreed in early July.
However, on 7 July 2020, the majority of counties voted to play first-class and Twenty20 cricket, with the Royal London One-Day Cup being cancelled.
