2018 t20 Blast
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| Dates | 4 July 2018 (2018-07-04)–15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Worcestershire Rapids (1st title) |
| Participants | 18 |
| Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2018 Vitality Blast was the 2018 season of the t20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It was the first season in which the domestic T20 competition, ran by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal.[1] The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played between July and September. The final day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 15 September 2018.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the champions going into the tournament having beaten the Birmingham Bears by 22 runs in the 2017 final.[2]
Contents
1 Competition format
2 Teams
3 League stage
3.1 North Division
3.2 South Division
4 Knockout stage
4.1 Quarter-finals
4.2 Semi-finals
4.3 Final
5 Statistics
5.1 Most runs
5.2 Most wickets
6 References
Competition format
The 18 first-class county cricket clubs are taking part in the competition. Teams are initially split into two divisions on a geographical basis (North and South) for the group stage of the competition, each group having nine teams. During the group stage, which ran from July until the middle of August, each county played 14 matches, playing six of the other sides in their group twice, once home and once away, and the other two teams once.[2] The winners of each match received two points for a win, with one point awarded in the case of a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams are ranked within their groups by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group entered the knockout stage of the competition.
Teams
| Team | Division | Home grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas Player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham Bears | North | Edgbaston, Birmingham |  Jim Troughton |  Grant Elliott | Jeetan Patel Colin de Grandhomme |
Derbyshire Falcons | North | County Cricket Ground, Derby | John Wright |  Gary Wilson |  Wahab Riaz Lockie Ferguson Henry Nicholls |
Durham Jets | North | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Jon Lewis | Tom Latham | Tom Latham  Imran Tahir |
Essex Eagles | South | County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford | Anthony McGrath |  Ryan ten Doeschate | Neil Wagner  Adam Zampa Peter Siddle |
Glamorgan | South | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff |  Robert Croft | Colin Ingram | Usman Khawaja Shaun Marsh Joe Burns |
Gloucestershire | South | Bristol County Ground College Ground, Cheltenham | Richard Dawson | Michael Klinger | Michael Klinger Andrew Tye  Thisara Perera |
Hampshire | South | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Craig White | James Vince | Colin Munro  Mujeeb Ur Rahman Dale Steyn |
Kent Spitfires | South | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury County Cricket Ground, Beckenham | Matt Walker | Sam Billings | Adam Milne Marcus Stoinis  Carlos Brathwaite |
Lancashire Lightning | North | Old Trafford, Manchester | Glen Chapple | Liam Livingstone | Joe Mennie James Faulkner Zahir Khan |
Leicestershire Foxes | North | Grace Road, Leicester | Paul Nixon | Colin Ackermann | Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Nabi |
Middlesex | South | Lord's, London Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground Old Deer Park, Richmond, London | Daniel Vettori | Dawid Malan | Hilton Cartwright Ashton Agar Dwayne Bravo |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks | North | County Cricket Ground, Northampton | David Ripley | Alex Wakely | Rory Kleinveldt Seekuge Prasanna |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | North | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Peter Moores | Dan Christian | Dan Christian Ish Sodhi |
Somerset | South | County Ground, Taunton | Andy Hurry | Lewis Gregory | Corey Anderson Jerome Taylor |
Surrey | South | The Oval, London | Michael Di Venuto | Jade Dernbach | Aaron Finch Nic Maddinson |
Sussex Sharks | South | County Cricket Ground, Hove | Jason Gillespie | Luke Wright | Rashid Khan Tom Bruce |
Worcestershire Rapids | North | New Road, Worcester | Kevin Sharp | Moeen Ali | Travis Head Martin Guptill Callum Ferguson Wayne Parnell |
Yorkshire Vikings | North | Headingley, Leeds | Andrew Gale | Steven Patterson | Kane Williamson |
League stage
|
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | +0.595 |
Durham Jets | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | +0.556 |
Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | +0.683 |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.073 |
Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | –0.035 |
Birmingham Bears | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.033 |
Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.047 |
Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | +0.038 |
Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –1.398 |
- advanced to the knock-out stages
Source: CricInfo[3]
South Division
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Somerset | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.786 |
Kent Spitfires | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | +0.627 |
Sussex Sharks | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | +0.737 |
Gloucestershire | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | +0.381 |
Surrey | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | +0.989 |
Glamorgan | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.144 |
Essex Eagles | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | –1.035 |
Hampshire | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | –0.824 |
Middlesex | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.128 |
- advanced to the knock-out stages
Source: CricInfo[3]
The top four teams from each division qualified for the knockout stage.
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Worcestershire Rapids | 137/5 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Gloucestershire | 136/8 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Worcestershire Rapids | 169/6 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 149/9 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 134/4 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Kent Spitfires | 133/9 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Worcestershire Rapids | 158/5 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Sussex Sharks | 157/6 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Durham Jets | 140/7 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Sussex Sharks | 144/5 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Sussex Sharks | 202/8 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Somerset | 167/8 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 190 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Somerset | 209/5 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
23 August (D/N) Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires (H) 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 134/4 (18.4 overs) |
Sam Billings 37 (37) Matt Parkinson 3/27 (4 overs) | Keaton Jennings 46 (40) Imran Qayyum 2/17 (4 overs) |
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
24 August (D/N) Scorecard |
Durham Jets (H) 140/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 144/5 (18.2 overs) |
Ben Stokes 34 (24) Will Beer 2/17 (4 overs) | Laurie Evans 63* (47) Mark Wood 2/25 (4 overs) |
Durham Jets won the toss and elected to bat.
25 August Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 136/8 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids (H) 137/5 (18.4 overs) |
Miles Hammond 45 (31) Brett D'Oliveira 4/26 (4 overs) | Callum Ferguson 64* (47) Benny Howell 2/22 (4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
26–27 August Scorecard |
Somerset (H) 209/5 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 190 (20 overs) |
Lewis Gregory 60* (24) Samit Patel 1/16 (3 overs) | Alex Hales 45 (28) Jamie Overton 5/47 (4 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected elected to field.
Semi-finals
15 September 11:00 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 169/6 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 149/9 (20 overs) |
Ben Cox 55* (34) Matt Parkinson 2/23 (4 overs) | Keaton Jennings 51* (40) Patrick Brown 4/21 (4 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
15 September 14:30 Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 202/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 167/8 (20 overs) |
Luke Wright 92 (53) Jerome Taylor 4/20 (4 overs) | Tom Abell 48 (29) Jofra Archer 3/32 (4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
15 September 18:45 (D/N) Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 157/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 158/5 (18.3 overs) |
Laurie Evans 52 (44) Moeen Ali 3/30 (4 overs) | Ben Cox 46* (27) Danny Briggs 2/19 (4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laurie Evans | Sussex Sharks | 15 | 14 | 614 | 135.84 | 96 | 0 | 7 |
Aaron Finch | Surrey | 9 | 9 | 589 | 182.35 | 131* | 2 | 3 |
Ian Bell | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 14 | 580 | 139.09 | 131 | 1 | 4 |
[4] Source: ESPNCricInfo | ||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Brown | Worcestershire Rapids | 16 | 31 | 13.35 | 7.64 | 4/21 | 10.4 |
Matthew Parkinson | Lancashire Lightning | 15 | 25 | 16.60 | 7.32 | 3/19 | 13.6 |
Jamie Overton | Somerset | 16 | 24 | 22.50 | 10.25 | 5/47 | 13.1 |
[5] Source: ESPNCricinfo | |||||||
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