2017 T20 Blast

The 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the fifteenth edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the NatWest T20 Blast, a professional domestic T20 competition league in England and Wales run by the ECB. 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. Ahead of the final round of fixtures, 15 teams were still in a position to qualify for the quarter-finals.^[1] The finals day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 2 September 2017. Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the competition winners.

2017 NatWest T20 Blast

Dates	7 July 2017 (2017-07-07) – 2 September 2017 (2017-09-02)
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Nottinghamshire Outlaws (1st title)
Participants	18
Matches	133
Attendance	883,000 (6,639 per match)
Most runs	Joe Denly (567)
Most wickets	Clint McKay (23)
Official website	NatWest T20 Blast
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Competition format

The 18 competing teams were initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from July to September) each club played six of the other teams in the same division twice, once at a home stadium and once at a home ground of their opponents. They played the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams were 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.^[2][3]

Teams

Team	Location	Division	Home ground	Coach	Captain	Overseas Player(s)
Birmingham Bears	Birmingham	North	Edgbaston	Jim Troughton	Grant Elliott	Jeetan Patel, Colin de Grandhomme
Derbyshire Falcons	Derby	North	3aaa County Ground	John Wright	Gary Wilson	Matt Henry, Imran Tahir
Durham Jets	Chester-le-Street	North	Riverside Ground	Jon Lewis	Paul Coughlin	Tom Latham
Essex Eagles	Chelmsford	South	Cloudfm County Ground	Chris Silverwood	Ryan ten Doeschate	Mohammad Amir, Tamim Iqbal, Neil Wagner
Glamorgan	Cardiff	South	Sophia Gardens	Robert Croft	Jacques Rudolph	Jacques Rudolph
Gloucestershire	Bristol	South	Bristol County Ground	Richard Dawson	Michael Klinger	Michael Klinger, Cameron Bancroft, Thisara Perera
Hampshire	Southampton	South	Rose Bowl	Craig White	James Vince	George Bailey, Shahid Afridi
Kent Spitfires	Canterbury	South	St Lawrence Ground	Matt Walker	Sam Northeast	Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham
Lancashire Lightning	Manchester	North	Old Trafford	Glen Chapple	Steven Croft	Junaid Khan, Ryan McLaren
Leicestershire Foxes	Leicester	North	Grace Road	Pierre de Bruyn	Clint McKay	Clint McKay, Luke Ronchi
Middlesex	London	South	Lord's	Daniel Vettori	Dawid Malan / Brendon McCullum	Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Northampton	North	County Ground	David Ripley	Alex Wakely	Tabraiz Shamsi, Seekuge Prasanna
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	Nottingham	North	Trent Bridge	Peter Moores	Dan Christian	Dan Christian, Ish Sodhi
Somerset	Taunton	South	Cooper Associates County Ground	Matthew Maynard	Jim Allenby	Corey Anderson, Dean Elgar
Surrey	London	South	The Oval	Michael Di Venuto	Gareth Batty	Aaron Finch, Kumar Sangakkara, Moisés Henriques
Sussex Sharks	Hove	South	1st Central County Ground	Mark Davis	Ross Taylor	Ross Taylor
Worcestershire Rapids	Worcester	North	New Road	Steve Rhodes	Joe Leach	John Hastings, Mitchell Santner
Yorkshire Vikings	Leeds	North	Headingley	Andrew Gale	Gary Ballance / Tim Bresnan	Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Sarfraz Ahmed

North Group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	14	8	4	0	2	0	18	0.484
2	Derbyshire Falcons	14	8	5	0	1	0	17	0.457
3	Birmingham Bears	14	8	5	0	1	0	17	0.230
4	Leicestershire Foxes	14	8	5	0	1	0	17	0.133
5	Yorkshire Vikings	14	6	5	1	2	0	15	1.127
6	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	14	6	5	0	3	0	15	−0.630
7	Lancashire Lightning	14	5	6	1	2	0	13	0.174
8	Worcestershire Rapids	14	3	10	0	1	0	7	−0.713
9	Durham Jets	14	3	10	0	1	4	3[a]	−1.206

Source: BBC Sport^[4]
Notes:

1. Durham were given a four-point deduction after accepting a financial aid package.

Fixtures

July

7 July	Worcestershire Rapids (H) 152/9 (20 overs)	v	Birmingham Bears 153/2 (19 overs)	Birmingham Bears won by 8 wickets
Scorecard				New Road, Worcester Umpires: Neil Bainton and Nigel Cowley Player of the match: Ian Bell (Birmingham Bears)
	Ben Cox 43 (27) Rikki Clarke 3/20 (4 overs)		Ian Bell 75* (55) Daryl Mitchell 1/10 (3 overs)
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.

7 July	Yorkshire Vikings (H) 227/5 (20 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire Outlaws 179/8 (20 overs)	Yorkshire Vikings won by 48 runs
Scorecard				Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Neil Mallender and Steve O'Shaugnessy Player of the match: Adam Lyth (Yorkshire Vikings)
	Adam Lyth 82 (50) Harry Gurney 3/49 (4 overs)		Alex Hales 47 (26) Azeem Rafiq 2/38 (4 overs)
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.

7 July	Lancashire Lightning 192/6 (20 overs)	v	Durham Jets (H) 140/7 (20 overs)	Lancashire Lightning won by 52 runs
Scorecard				Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Russell Warren and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Lancashire Lightning)
	Jos Buttler 59 (39) James Weighell 3/28 (4 overs)		Paul Collingwood 48 (39) Jordan Clark 3/26 (4 overs)
Durham Jets won the toss and elected to field.

7 July	Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 179/6 (20 overs)	v	Derbyshire Falcons 180/3 (19.1 overs)	Derbyshire Falcons won by 7 wickets
Scorecard				County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Luis Reece (Derbyshire Falcons)
	Ben Duckett 69 (52) Hardus Viljoen 3/28 (4 overs)		Luis Reece 75* (51) Josh Cobb 1/16 (2 overs)
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

8 July	Derbyshire Falcons (H) 165/8 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Vikings 162/7 (20 overs)	Derbyshire Falcons won by 3 runs
Scorecard				Queen's Park, Chesterfield Umpires: Peter Hartley and Stephen Gale Player of the match: Wayne Madsen (Derbyshire Falcons
	Wayne Madsen 42 (28) Steven Patterson 2/19 (4 overs)		Adam Lyth 68 (54) Imran Tahir 3/18 (4 overs)
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

8 July	Nottinghamshire Outlaws 158/6 (20 overs)	v	Birmingham Bears (H) 159/4 (20 overs)	Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Jeff Evans and Mike Burns Player of the match: Jeetan Patel (Birmingham Bears)
	Samit Patel 55 (33) Jeetan Patel 4/22 (4 overs)		Ian Bell 47 (38) Samit Patel 1/23 (4 overs)
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.

9 July	Lancashire Lightning (H) 173/9 (20 overs)	v	Leicestershire Foxes 178/7 (20 overs)	Leicestershire Foxes won by 3 wickets
Scorecard				Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Richard Illingworth Player of the match: Colin Ackermann (Leicestershire Foxes)
	Liam Livingstone 48 (34) Clint McKay 3/29 (4 overs)		Colin Ackermann 62* (41) Danny Lamb 3/30 (4 overs)
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.

9 July	Durham Jets (H) 161/7 (20 overs)	v	Northamptonshire Steelbacks 162/4 (19.2 overs)	Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Neil Mallender and Nick Cook Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
	Jack Burnham 53* (41) Rory Kleinveldt 3/28 (4 overs)		Ben Duckett 72 (56) James Weighell 2/30 (3.2 overs)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.

11 July	Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)	v	Yorkshire Vikings	Match abandoned
Scorecard				County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Alex Wharf and Michael Gough
No toss No play possible due to rain.

South Group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Glamorgan	14	7	3	0	4	0	18	0.045
2	Surrey	14	7	5	0	2	0	16	−0.130
3	Hampshire	14	7	6	0	1	0	15	−0.021
4	Somerset	14	6	6	0	2	0	14	0.491
5	Sussex Sharks	14	5	5	1	3	0	14	0.423
6	Kent Spitfires	14	6	7	1	0	0	13	−0.158
7	Middlesex	14	5	7	1	1	0	12	0.221
8	Essex Eagles	14	5	7	0	2	0	12	−0.204
9	Gloucestershire	14	4	6	1	3	0	12	−0.648

Source: BBC Sport^[4]

Fixtures

July

7 July	Gloucestershire (H) 182/5 (20 overs)	v	Middlesex 182/9 (20 overs)	Match tied
Scorecard				College Ground, Cheltenham Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Ian Blackwell Player of the match: Ryan Higgins (Middlesex)
	Cameron Bancroft 51 (31) Tim Southee 2/39 (4 overs)		Ryan Higgins 68* (28) Benny Howell 2/31 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.

7 July	Hampshire 167/5 (20 overs)	v	Glamorgan (H) 145/9 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 22 runs
(D/N) Scorecard				Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Russell Evans and Tom Lungley Player of the match: Lewis McManus (Hampshire)
	Lewis McManus 59 (35) Michael Hogan 2/25 (4 overs)		Graham Wagg 50 (28) Shahid Afridi 4/20 (4 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.

7 July	Surrey 188/8 (20 overs)	v	Essex Eagles (H) 186/6 (20 overs)	Surrey won by 2 runs
(D/N) Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: David Millns and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Tom Curran (Surrey)
	Dom Sibley 61 (40) Ravi Bopara 2/23 (4 overs)		Ravi Bopara 75 (46) Tom Curran 3/28 (4 overs)
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.

9 July	Glamorgan 198/3 (20 overs)	v	Sussex Sharks (H) 180/6 (20 overs)	Glamorgan won by 18 runs
Scorecard				Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Billy Taylor and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Glamorgan)
	Colin Ingram 101* (47) Danny Briggs 1/28 (4 overs)		Luke Wright 101 (53) Michael Hogan 2/22 (4 overs)
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.

9 July	Surrey (H) 181/7 (20 overs)	v	Somerset 177/9 (20 overs)	Surrey won by 4 runs
Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: David Millns and Paul Baldwin Player of the match: Tom Curran (Surrey)
	Aaron Finch 61 (42) Roelof van der Merwe 3/27 (4 overs)		Corey Anderson 81 (45) Sam Curran 2/22 (4 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.

9 July	Essex Eagles 166/8 (20 overs)	v	Kent Spitfires (H) 169/3 (18.3 overs)	Kent Spitfires won by 7 wickets
Scorecard				County Ground, Kent Umpires: Alex Wharf and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent Spitfires)
	Varun Chopra 47 (38) James Neesham 3/37 (4 overs)		Daniel Bell-Drummond 90* (55) Simon Harmer 2/21 (4 overs)
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.

12 July	Hampshire 188/3 (20 overs)	v	Sussex Sharks (H) 169/7 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 19 runs
(D/N) Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Kyle Abbott (Hampshire)
	James Vince 81 (48) Will Beer 1/27 (3 overs)		Luke Wright 50 (33) Kyle Abbott 3/22 (4 overs)
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.

13 July	Kent Spitfires 152/8 (20 overs)	v	Gloucestershire (H) 156/4 (19.1 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				College Ground, Cheltenham Umpires: Russell Evans and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Benny Howell (Gloucestershire)
	Joe Denly 39 (24) Benny Howell 4/29 (4 overs)		Phil Mustard 42 (26) Adam Milne 2/28 (4 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Glamorgan	126/1
	Leicestershire Foxes	123
					Glamorgan	164
					Birmingham Bears	175/9
	Surrey	204/5
	Birmingham Bears	207/4
									Birmingham Bears	168/8
									Nottinghamshire Outlaws	190/4
	Hampshire	249/8
	Derbyshire Falcons	148
					Hampshire	146
					Nottinghamshire Outlaws	169/7
	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	152/5
	Somerset	151/6

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 1 22 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

Hampshire 249/8 (20 overs)	v	Derbyshire Falcons 148 (19.5 overs)
Shahid Afridi 101 (43) Matt Critchley 3/32 (3 overs)		Ben Cotton 30* (21) Kyle Abbott 3/25 (3.5 overs)

Hampshire won by 101 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Alex Wharf and Michael Gough Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Hampshire)

• Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

Quarter-final 2 23 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

Leicestershire Foxes 123 (19.2 overs)	v	Glamorgan 126/1 (13.4 overs)
Luke Ronchi 28 (18) Craig Meschede 3/17 (4 overs)		Colin Ingram 70* (43) Clint McKay 1/17 (3 overs)

Glamorgan won by 9 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rob Bailey and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Glamorgan)

• Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.

Quarter-final 3 24 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

Somerset 151/6 (20 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire Outlaws 152/5 (18.3 overs)
Steven Davies 59 (41) Jake Ball 2/21 (4 overs)		Samit Patel 45 (28) Lewis Gregory 1/20 (3.3 overs)

Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 5 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: David Millns and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)

• Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.

Quarter-final 4 25 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

Surrey 204/5 (20 overs)	v	Birmingham Bears 207/4 (19.2 overs)
Jason Roy 74 (38) Aaron Thomason 2/26 (3 overs)		Grant Elliott 59* (37) Rikki Clarke 2/56 (3.2 overs)

Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Martin Saggers and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Grant Elliott (Birmingham Bears)

• Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.

Finals Day

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1 2 September 2017 Scorecard

Birmingham Bears 175/9 (20 overs)	v	Glamorgan 164 (19.4 overs)
Ed Pollock 50 (27) Craig Meschede 2/24 (4 overs)		Jacques Rudolph 65 (39) Olly Stone 3/29 (4 overs)

Birmingham Bears won by 11 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Alex Wharf and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Ed Pollock (Birmingham Bears)

• Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.

Semi-final 2 2 September 2017 Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws 169/7 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire 146 (18.4 overs)
Riki Wessels 48 (27) Chris Wood 2/17 (2 overs)		James Vince 56 (32) Harry Gurney 3/19 (3 overs)

Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 23 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Michael Gough and Rob Bailey Player of the match: Steven Mullaney (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)

• Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Final 2 September 2017 (D/N) Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Birmingham Bears 168/8 (20 overs)
Brendan Taylor 65 (49) Chris Woakes 3/29 (4 overs)		Sam Hain 72 (44) Harry Gurney 4/17 (4 overs)

Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 22 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Alex Wharf and Michael Gough Player of the match: Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)

• Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Frantic finish as 15 counties still retain Blast dream". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
2. "NatWest T20 Blast" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
3. "Rules for ECB Competitions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
4. "NatWest T20 Blast Tables". BBC Sport. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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