The Eastern Premier League is the highest level of cricket for clubs in the east of Scotland. It is organised by Cricket Scotland and comprises teams from both the East of Scotland Cricket Association and the Strathmore & Perthshire Cricket Union. The reigning champions are Heriot's.
History The Eastern Premier League was formed as a part of the restructure of the nationwide Scottish National Cricket League. Watsonians were the inaugural winner of the competition in 2012. Initially comprising eight teams, the league was expanded to ten in 2014.
The competition has been played annually since its inception, with the exception of 2020 when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2025 season saw Heriot's crowned champions and Meigle relegated. A playoff between the winner of the SPCU North East Championship, Freuchie, and the winner of the ESCA Championship, Watsonians, saw the Edinburgh side overcome their Fife opponents and gain promotion to the Premier League.
Format Matches in this league are limited overs, with innings of 50 overs. Ten teams from across the east of Scotland play each other home and away across the season. The team with the lowest number of points is relegated to the top division in either the Strathmore & Perthshire Cricket Union (SPCU) or the East of Scotland Cricket Association (ESCA), depending on the relegated club's regional cricket association.
The league's status as the highest level of competitive cricket in Scotland, along with the Western Premiership, makes it an appealing location for both overseas players and Scottish internationals. Most teams have at least one foreign amateur and Cricket Scotland has rules to accommodate such players within the league.
The winner of the league participates in the Cricket Scotland Grand Final against the winner of the Western Premiership. Since the grand final was first contested, teams from the east have been dominant, winning all but three of the playoff matches.
Teams Of the ten teams which make up the Eastern Premier League, seven are based in Edinburgh. Heriot's have been the most successful team since the league's formation, winning five titles.
ClubGroundLocationFirst season in LeagueFirst titleLast titleTitles Arbroath United Lochlands Arbroath 2012 2013 2013 1 Carlton Grange Loan Edinburgh 2012 2016 2016 1 Edinburgh South Inch Park Edinburgh 2025 - - 0 Falkland Scroggie Park Falkland 2014 - - 0 Forfarshire Forthill Dundee 2012 2019 2019 1 Grange The Grange Edinburgh 2012 2015 2023 3 Heriot's Goldenacre Edinburgh 2012 2017 2025 5 RH Corstorphine Royal High School Cricket Ground Edinburgh 2015 - - 0 Stewart's Melville Inverleith Edinburgh 2013 - - 0 Watsonians Myreside Cricket Ground Edinburgh 2012 2012 - 1
See also Cricket in Scotland Strathmore & Perthshire Cricket Union East of Scotland Cricket Association
References
External links Eastern Premier League table