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The 2018 Vitality Blast was the sixteenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality 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.
Dates | 4 July 2018 – 15 September 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Worcestershire Rapids (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Attendance | 931,455 (7,003 per match) |
Most runs | Laurie Evans (614) |
Most wickets | Pat Brown (31) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the champions going into the tournament having beaten the Birmingham Bears by 22 runs in the 2017 final.[2]
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.595 |
2 | Durham Jets | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.556 |
3 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.683 |
4 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.073 |
5 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −0.035 |
6 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.033 |
7 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.047 |
8 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −0.380 |
9 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −1.398 |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 218/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 219/6 (19.4 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 155/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 159/2 (17.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 200/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham Jets 156/4 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 188/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 190/5 (19.5 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 192/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 188/9 (20 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 219/6 (20 overs) |
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks 161 (17.3 overs) |
Durham Jets 153/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 120 (18.3 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Somerset | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.786 |
2 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.627 |
3 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0.737 |
4 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.381 |
5 | Surrey | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.989 |
6 | Glamorgan | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.144 |
7 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −1.035 |
8 | Hampshire | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −0.824 |
9 | Middlesex | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.128 |
Sussex Sharks 181/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 145 (19.4 overs) |
Surrey 158/6 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 161/7 (19 overs) |
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 |
Kent Spitfires (H) 133/9 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 134/4 (18.4 overs) |
Durham Jets (H) 140/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 144/5 (18.2 overs) |
25 August Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 136/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids (H) 137/5 (18.4 overs) |
26–27 August Scorecard |
Somerset (H) 209/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 190 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 169/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 149/9 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 202/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 167/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 157/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 158/5 (18.3 overs) |
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 |
Player | Team | Mat | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
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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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