Cornwall Super 9s Crowned National Disability Champions

Cornwall Super 9s have written their name into history, crowned national disability champions for the first time after a ruthless performance on finals day in Kidderminster.

The side from Truro, still only in their third competitive season, arrived as South West champions for the second year running. That alone marked impressive progress. What followed pushed the story into something far bigger.

They swept past Isle of Wight in the semi-final to book their place in Sunday’s showpiece, then tore into Middlesex with a display that mixed nerve, discipline and outright belief.

On a pressure day, Cornwall’s batters set the tone. They piled up 176 for 8 from their 30 overs, a total that asked serious questions of Middlesex’s temperament as much as their technique. Every partnership mattered, every scramble for two runs felt like a statement that Cornwall were not just happy to be there.

The response never came. Cornwall’s bowlers and fielders hunted as a pack, shutting down scoring options and forcing mistakes until Middlesex’s chase collapsed for just 79. The margin was brutal. The message was clear.

Head coach Dan Tonkin did not hide his emotion. He called it a “fantastic achievement” and said he was “unbelievably proud” to see his players’ hard work finally rewarded on the national stage.

They had gone into the final as underdogs on paper. On the field, they carried themselves like anything but.

“Although we went in as underdogs in the final we always believed in ourselves,” Tonkin said, summing up the mindset that underpinned the day. “We got what we deserved. We are a tight knit group, we aren't just cricketers we are friends. We came together in the final and absolutely smashed it.”

That bond has become the team’s defining edge. In only three seasons of competitive cricket, Cornwall Super 9s have turned togetherness into trophies, and now into a national title.

Tonkin was already looking ahead. He described the championship not as a destination, but as a “stepping stone” for a squad that wants to grow, attract more players and push standards even higher.

Cornwall have climbed to the summit. The real question now is how far this group of friends, champions at last, can go from here.