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, run 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.
2018 Vitality Blast
Dates
4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) – 15 September 2018 (2018-09-15)
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.
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^"Cricket Records | Records | Vitality Blast, 2018 | | Most wickets | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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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 run 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 2018 Vitality BlastDates4 July 2018 2018 07 04 15 September 2018 2018 09 15 Administrator s England and Wales Cricket BoardCricket formatTwenty20Tournament format s Group stage and knockoutChampionsWorcestershire Rapids 1st title Participants18Matches133Attendance931 455 7 003 per match Most runsLaurie Evans 614 Most wicketsPat Brown 31 Official websiteVitality Blast 20172019 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 North Group 3 1 Table 3 2 Fixtures 3 3 July 4 South Group 4 1 Table 4 2 Fixtures 4 3 July 5 Knockout stage 5 1 Quarter finals 6 Finals Day 6 1 Semi finals 6 2 Final 7 Statistics 7 1 Most runs 7 2 Most wickets 8 ReferencesCompetition format editThe 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 editTeam Division Home grounds Coach Captain Overseas Player s Birmingham Bears North Edgbaston Birmingham nbsp Jim Troughton nbsp Grant Elliott nbsp Jeetan Patel nbsp Colin de GrandhommeDerbyshire Falcons North County Cricket Ground Derby nbsp John Wright nbsp Gary Wilson nbsp Wahab Riaz nbsp Lockie Ferguson nbsp Henry NichollsDurham Jets North Riverside Ground Chester le Street nbsp Jon Lewis nbsp Tom Latham nbsp Tom Latham nbsp Imran TahirEssex Eagles South County Cricket Ground Chelmsford nbsp Anthony McGrath nbsp Ryan ten Doeschate nbsp Neil Wagner nbsp Adam Zampa nbsp Peter SiddleGlamorgan South Sophia Gardens Cardiff nbsp Robert Croft nbsp Colin Ingram nbsp Usman Khawaja nbsp Shaun Marsh nbsp Joe BurnsGloucestershire South Bristol County GroundCollege Ground Cheltenham nbsp Richard Dawson nbsp Michael Klinger nbsp Michael Klinger nbsp Andrew Tye nbsp Thisara PereraHampshire South Rose Bowl Southampton nbsp Craig White nbsp James Vince nbsp Colin Munro nbsp Mujeeb Ur Rahman nbsp Dale SteynKent Spitfires South St Lawrence Ground CanterburyCounty Cricket Ground Beckenham nbsp Matt Walker nbsp Sam Billings nbsp Adam Milne nbsp Marcus Stoinis nbsp Carlos BrathwaiteLancashire Lightning North Old Trafford Manchester nbsp Glen Chapple nbsp Liam Livingstone nbsp Joe Mennie nbsp James Faulkner nbsp Zahir KhanLeicestershire Foxes North Grace Road Leicester nbsp Paul Nixon nbsp Colin Ackermann nbsp Mohammad Abbas nbsp Mohammad NabiMiddlesex South Lord s LondonUxbridge Cricket Club GroundOld Deer Park Richmond London nbsp Daniel Vettori nbsp Dawid Malan nbsp Hilton Cartwright nbsp Ashton Agar nbsp Dwayne BravoNorthamptonshire Steelbacks North County Cricket Ground Northampton nbsp David Ripley nbsp Alex Wakely nbsp Rory Kleinveldt nbsp Seekuge PrasannaNottinghamshire Outlaws North Trent Bridge Nottingham nbsp Peter Moores nbsp Dan Christian nbsp Dan Christian nbsp Ish SodhiSomerset South County Ground Taunton nbsp Andy Hurry nbsp Lewis Gregory nbsp Corey Anderson nbsp Jerome TaylorSurrey South The Oval London nbsp Michael Di Venuto nbsp Jade Dernbach nbsp Aaron Finch nbsp Nic MaddinsonSussex Sharks South County Cricket Ground Hove nbsp Jason Gillespie nbsp Luke Wright nbsp Rashid Khan nbsp Tom BruceWorcestershire Rapids North New Road Worcester nbsp Kevin Sharp nbsp Moeen Ali nbsp Travis Head nbsp Martin Guptill nbsp Callum Ferguson nbsp Wayne ParnellYorkshire Vikings North Headingley Leeds nbsp Andrew Gale nbsp Steven Patterson nbsp Kane WilliamsonNorth Group editTable edit Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR1 Worcestershire Rapids 14 9 4 0 1 0 19 0 5952 Durham Jets 14 9 4 0 1 0 19 0 5563 Lancashire Lightning 14 8 5 0 1 0 17 0 6834 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 14 8 6 0 0 0 16 0 0735 Yorkshire Vikings 14 7 7 0 0 0 14 0 0356 Birmingham Bears 14 6 7 1 0 0 13 0 0337 Derbyshire Falcons 14 5 7 0 2 0 12 0 0478 Leicestershire Foxes 14 5 8 0 1 0 11 0 3809 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 14 2 11 1 0 0 5 1 398Source BBC Sport 3 Fixtures edit July edit 4 July 2018 D N ScorecardNorthamptonshire Steelbacks218 3 20 overs v Leicestershire Foxes219 6 19 4 overs Ben Duckett 96 54 Callum Parkinson 1 25 3 overs Colin Ackermann 66 31 Ben Sanderson 2 47 4 overs Leicestershire Foxes won by 4 wicketsCounty Ground Northampton Umpires David Millns and Jeff Evans Player of the match Ben Duckett Northants Steelbacks Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field 4 July 2018 D N ScorecardNottinghamshire Outlaws155 7 20 overs v Birmingham Bears159 2 17 2 overs Riki Wessels 41 29 Colin de Grandhomme 2 24 4 overs Ian Bell 82 57 Harry Gurney 1 26 2 2 overs Birmingham Bears won by 8 wicketsTrent Bridge Nottingham Umpires Mike Burns and Steve O Shaughnessy Player of the match Ian Bell Birmingham Bears Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field Henry Brookes Birmingham Bears made his T20 debut 5 July 2018 D N ScorecardYorkshire Vikings200 3 20 overs v Durham Jets156 4 20 overs Adam Lyth 92 54 Ryan Pringle 1 17 2 overs Ben Stokes 90 68 Jack Brooks 3 21 4 overs Yorkshire Vikings won by 44 runsHeadingley Leeds Umpires Jeff Evans and Paul Baldwin Player of the match Adam Lyth Yorkshire Vikings Durham Jets won the toss and elected to field Harry Brook and Jonathan Tattersall Yorkshire Vikings made their T20 debuts 5 July 2018 D N ScorecardLancashire Lightning188 6 20 overs v Worcestershire Rapids190 5 19 5 overs Keaton Jennings 50 33 George Rhodes 2 27 3 overs Joe Clarke 42 24 Jordan Clark 2 26 2 5 overs Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wicketsOld Trafford Manchester Umpires Mike Burns and Peter Hartley Player of the match Brett D Oliveira Worcestershire Rapids Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat 6 July 2018 D N ScorecardWorcestershire Rapids192 7 20 overs v Birmingham Bears188 9 20 overs Martin Guptill 51 40 Henry Brookes 2 28 4 overs Sam Hain 70 44 Pat Brown 3 28 4 overs Worcestershire Rapids won by 4 runsNew Road Worcester Umpires Jeff Evans and Paul Pollard Player of the match Pat Brown Worcestershire Rapids Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field 6 July 2018 D N ScorecardNottinghamshire Outlaws219 6 20 overs v Northamptonshire Steelbacks161 17 3 overs Dan Christian 113 40 Ben Sanderson 2 41 4 overs Ben Duckett 88 45 Luke Fletcher 3 21 3 overs Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 58 runsCounty Ground Northampton Umpires Graham Lloyd and Paul Baldwin Player of the match Dan Christian Nottinghamshire Outlaws Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field Will Fraine Nottinghamshire Outlaws made his T20 debut 6 July 2018 D N ScorecardDurham Jets153 7 20 overs v Leicestershire Foxes120 18 3 overs Paul Collingwood 36 33 Zak Chappell 3 23 4 overs Neil Dexter 35 32 Imran Tahir 4 14 4 overs Durham Jets won by 33 runsGrace Road Leicester Umpires Ben Debenham and Peter Hartley Player of the match Imran Tahir Durham Jets Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field South Group editTable edit Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR1 Somerset 14 10 4 0 0 0 20 0 7862 Kent Spitfires 14 8 2 0 4 0 20 0 6273 Sussex Sharks 14 7 3 0 4 0 18 0 7374 Gloucestershire 14 8 4 0 2 0 18 0 3815 Surrey 14 7 5 0 2 0 16 0 9896 Glamorgan 14 7 6 0 1 0 15 0 1447 Essex Eagles 14 2 8 1 3 0 8 1 0358 Hampshire 14 2 9 1 2 0 7 0 8249 Middlesex 14 2 12 0 0 0 4 1 128Source BBC Sport 3 Fixtures edit July edit 4 July 2018 D N ScorecardSussex Sharks181 6 20 overs v Essex Eagles145 19 4 overs Laurie Evans 61 45 Jamie Porter 2 26 4 overs Varun Chopra 64 48 David Wiese 5 24 4 overs Sussex Sharks won by 36 runsCounty Ground Chelmsford Umpires Ben Debenham and Graham Lloyd Player of the match David Wiese Sussex Sharks Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat Sam Cook Essex Eagles made his T20 debut 5 July 2018 D N ScorecardSurrey158 6 20 overs v Middlesex161 7 19 overs Rikki Clarke 50 25 Paul Stirling 3 26 4 overs Paul Stirling 66 36 Gareth Batty 2 18 4 overs Middlesex won by 3 wicketsLord s London Umpires David Millns and Neil Bainton Player of the match Paul Stirling Middlesex Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Jamie Smith and Will Jacks Surrey made their T20 debutsKnockout stage editQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinal N1Worcestershire Rapids137 5S4Gloucestershire136 8N1Worcestershire Rapids169 6N3Lancashire Lightning149 9N3Lancashire Lightning134 4S2Kent Spitfires133 9N1Worcestershire Rapids158 5S3Sussex Sharks157 6N2Durham Jets140 7S3Sussex Sharks144 5S3Sussex Sharks202 8S1Somerset167 8N4Nottinghamshire Outlaws190S1Somerset209 5Quarter finals edit 23 August D N ScorecardKent Spitfires H 133 9 20 overs v Lancashire Lightning134 4 18 4 overs Sam Billings 37 37 Matt Parkinson 3 27 4 overs Keaton Jennings 46 40 Imran Qayyum 2 17 4 overs Lancashire Lightning won by 6 wicketsSt Lawrence Ground Canterbury Umpires Mike Burns Eng and Alex Wharf Eng Player of the match Matt Parkinson Lancashire Lightning Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat 24 August D N ScorecardDurham Jets H 140 7 20 overs v Sussex Sharks144 5 18 2 overs Ben Stokes 34 24 Will Beer 2 17 4 overs Laurie Evans 63 47 Mark Wood 2 25 4 overs Sussex Sharks won by 5 wicketsRiverside Ground Chester le Street Umpires David Millns Eng and Martin Saggers Eng Player of the match Laurie Evans Sussex Sharks Durham Jets won the toss and elected to bat 25 August ScorecardGloucestershire136 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 by 5 wicketsNew Road Worcester Umpires Nick Cook Eng and Graham Lloyd Eng Player of the match Callum Ferguson Worcestershire Rapids Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field 26 27 August ScorecardSomerset H 209 5 20 overs v Nottinghamshire Outlaws190 20 overs Lewis Gregory 60 24 Samit Patel 1 16 3 overs Alex Hales 45 28 Jamie Overton 5 47 4 overs Somerset won by 19 runsCounty Ground Taunton Umpires Neil Mallender Eng and Steve O Shaughnessy Eng Player of the match Lewis Gregory Somerset Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field Finals Day editSemi finals edit 15 September 11 00 ScorecardWorcestershire Rapids169 6 20 overs v Lancashire Lightning149 9 20 overs Ben Cox 55 34 Matt Parkinson 2 23 4 overs Keaton Jennings 51 40 Patrick Brown 4 21 4 overs Worcestershire Rapids won by 20 runsEdgbaston Birmingham Umpires David Millns Eng and Martin Saggers Eng Player of the match Ben Cox Worcestershire Rapids Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field 15 September 14 30 ScorecardSussex Sharks202 8 20 overs v Somerset167 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 by 35 runsEdgbaston Birmingham Umpires Mike Burns Eng and Alex Wharf Eng Player of the match Luke Wright Sussex Sharks Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat Final edit 15 September 18 45 D N ScorecardSussex Sharks157 6 20 overs v Worcestershire Rapids158 5 18 3 overs Laurie Evans 52 44 Moeen Ali 3 30 4 overs Ben Cox 46 27 Danny Briggs 2 19 4 overs Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wicketsEdgbaston Birmingham Warwickshire Umpires Martin Saggers Eng and Alex Wharf Eng Player of the match Ben Cox Worcestershire Rapids Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat Statistics editMost runs edit Player Team Mat Inns Runs SR HS 100 50Laurie Evans Sussex Sharks 15 14 614 135 84 96 0 7Aaron Finch Surrey 9 9 589 182 35 131 2 3Ian Bell Birmingham Bears 14 14 580 139 09 131 1 4 4 Source ESPNCricInfoMost wickets edit Player Team Mat Wkts Ave Econ BBI SRPat Brown Worcestershire Rapids 16 31 13 35 7 64 4 21 10 4Matthew Parkinson Lancashire Lightning 15 25 16 60 7 32 3 19 13 6Jamie Overton Somerset 16 24 22 50 10 25 5 47 13 1 5 Source ESPNCricinfoReferences edit Vitality announced as new title partner for T20 cricket England and Wales Cricket Board 2 July 2018 Retrieved 12 September 2018 a b Kia Super League amp Vitality Blast Tickets on Sale England and Wales Cricket Board 1 March 2018 Retrieved 12 September 2018 a b NatWest T20 Blast Tables BBC Sport 16 October 2018 Archived from the original on 6 November 2018 Retrieved 1 July 2020 Cricket Records Records Vitality Blast 2018 Most runs ESPNcricinfo Cricinfo Retrieved 16 September 2018 Cricket Records Records Vitality Blast 2018 Most wickets ESPNcricinfo Cricinfo Retrieved 16 September 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 T20 Blast amp oldid 1172230946, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,