1999 NatWest Trophy
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Gloucestershire (2nd title) |
| Participants | 60 |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Most runs | 318 Tim Hancock (Gloucestershire) |
| Most wickets | 15 Saqlain Mushtaq (Surrey) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999. The tournament was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 50 runs in the final at Lord's.
For the 1999 edition of the competition, radical changes were made to the structure and format of the competition. Each sides innings was reduced from 60 overs per side to 50, in order to bring the county one-day game in line with the format One Day Internationals were played in. This in turn reduced the number of overs a bowler could bowl in an innings, down from 12 to 10.
Competition was also greatly expanded. The 18 first-class counties, were joined by all twenty Minor Counties, plus Huntingdonshire. In a major change to previous tournaments, the cricket boards of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire were added to the competition. The Ireland national cricket team, Scotland national cricket team and the Netherlands national cricket team also participated. The Denmark national cricket team also made its debut in the tournament.
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