Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. They are the current Minor Counties Champions.
The club is based at St Levan, Penzance, and plays matches around the county at Roskear in Camborne, Falmouth, Boscawen Park in Truro and at the Wheal Eliza ground in St Austell.
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Cornwall competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.
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