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The 2022 Vitality Blast was the twentieth edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 25 May to 16 July 2022.[1] The tournament was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship reason.[2] The Kent Spitfires were the defending champions, having won their second title during previous season.[3] On 20 January 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[4]
Dates | 25 May – 16 July 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Hampshire Hawks (3rd title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | James Vince (678) (Hampshire Hawks) |
Most wickets | Richard Gleeson (25) (Lancashire Lightning) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
On 17 June 2022, in the North Group match between the Birmingham Bears and the Notts Outlaws, the Birmingham Bears set a new record for the highest total in an English T20 match, with 261/2.[5] Four days later, Surrey became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals, with their ninth win out of ten games.[6] Following the conclusion of matches played on 1 July 2022, Somerset,[7] the Essex Eagles,[8] and the Hampshire Hawks from the South Group had all confirmed their places in the quarter-finals.[9] The Birmingham Bears also qualified, after winning the North Group.[10] The Derbyshire Falcons and the Lancashire Lightning also qualified from the North Group,[11] with the Yorkshire Vikings taking the final place in the quarter-finals.[12]
The Yorkshire Vikings,[13] the Hampshire Hawks,[14] Lancashire Lightning[15] and Somerset[16] all won their quarter-final matches to secure their places at Finals Day. In Somerset's match, against the Derbyshire Falcons, Somerset set a new record for the highest team total in an English T20 match, with 265/5, breaking the record set earlier in the tournament by the Birmingham Bears.[17] In the final, the Hampshire Hawks beat Lancashire Lightning by one run to win their third title.[18]
Playing format were similar to the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away.[2]
The teams were divided into the following groups:[2]
Worcestershire Rapids 172/9 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 175/3 (18.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 207/3 (16 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 81 (14.2 overs) |
Durham 184/8 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 130 (17.5 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 183/7 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 183/5 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 164/9 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 168/6 (19.4 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 223/4 (20 overs) |
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Durham 192 (18.5 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 200/6 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 197/8 (20 overs) |
28 May 2022 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 159/5 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 89 (15.3 overs) |
29 May 2022 Scorecard |
Durham 158/9 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 162/5 (16.5 overs) |
29 May 2022 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 183/7 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 171/8 (20 overs) |
29 May 2022 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 188/7 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 157/9 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 140/6 (18 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 178/7 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 91 (14.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 83/3 (8 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 84/1 (7.3 overs) |
Wayne Madsen 39* (21) |
1 June 2022 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 219/6 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 202/5 (20 overs) |
Durham 186/7 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 138/9 (20 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 227/1 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 185/9 (20 overs) |
2 June 2022 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 152/9 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 147/9 (20 overs) |
3 June 2022 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 217/5 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 202/8 (20 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 153/6 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 155/8 (19.5 overs) |
Durham 207/8 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 210/4 (17.4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 178 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 182/3 (17.1 overs) |
5 June 2022 Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears 98/5 (8 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 97/5 (8 overs) |
5 June 2022 Scorecard |
Durham 154/8 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 158/6 (19.3 overs) |
5 June 2022 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 162/6 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 136 (19 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 202/5 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 179/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 151/9 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 155/5 (18.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 135 (19.1 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 139/3 (16.1 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 213/5 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 209/8 (20 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 220/3 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 147 (16.4 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 181/6 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 182/4 (18.4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 168/7 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 129/9 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 101 (16.5 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 106/0 (12.5 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 130 (20 overs) |
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Durham 131/8 (19.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 123 (18.4 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 127/5 (13.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 201/5 (20 overs) |
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Durham 136/8 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 116/9 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 118/2 (12.1 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 153/7 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 154/3 (16.2 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 261/2 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 206 (18.2 overs) |
18 June 2022 Scorecard |
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18 June 2022 Scorecard |
Yorkshire Vikings 175 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 105/4 (9.4 overs) |
19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 157/9 (20 overs) |
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Durham 106 (16.4 overs) |
19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Notts Outlaws 179/7 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 181/4 (18.2 overs) |
19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears 159/7 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 160/3 (18.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 170 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 123 (19.4 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 186/7 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 192/4 (19 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 211/6 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 213/4 (18.5 overs) |
23 June 2022 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 133/6 (17.4 overs) |
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23 June 2022 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 150/5 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 151/5 (14.4 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 247/6 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 153/9 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 98/9 (11 overs) |
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Durham 96/5 (11 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 190/7 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 128 (16.2 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 228/8 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 84 (15.3 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 188/8 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 183/5 (20 overs) |
1 July 2022 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 178/6 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 149 (19.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 214/6 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 213/7 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 238/5 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 207 (19.2 overs) |
3 July 2022 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 159/8 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 165/5 (18.4 overs) |
3 July 2022 Scorecard |
Durham 193/5 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 194/5 (19.1 overs) |
3 July 2022 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 211/7 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 151/9 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 168/8 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 169/8 (19.3 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 162/6 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 166/2 (19.1 overs) |
26 May 2022 Scorecard |
Middlesex 229/9 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 199/9 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 150/6 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 153/3 (18.5 overs) |
Gloucestershire 193/7 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 152/8 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 184/4 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 188/6 (19.4 overs) |
Middlesex 163/6 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 153/8 (20 overs) |
29 May 2022 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 168 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 172/6 (19 overs) |
29 May 2022 Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 171/5 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 167/7 (20 overs) |
29 May 2022 Scorecard |
Essex Eagles 139/9 (18 overs) |
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Somerset 147/4 (14.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 123 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 124/6 (15.5 overs) |
Surrey 129 (15 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 92 (15 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 150/6 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 152/2 (13.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 114 (19.3 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 116/4 (14.3 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 216/7 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 169 (18.5 overs) |
Surrey 228/4 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 156 (18.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 113/9 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 114/4 (16.5 overs) |
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Surrey 159/6 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 127/9 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan 173/7 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 174/1 (14.1 overs) |
Middlesex 163 (19.4 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 147/5 (16.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 199/6 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 177/6 (20 overs) |
5 June 2022 Scorecard |
Surrey 160/9 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 9/0 (1.3 overs) |
David Lloyd 7* (7) |
5 June 2022 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 192/8 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 137/8 (20 overs) |
7 June 2022 Scorecard |
Middlesex 142/7 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 145/1 (12 overs) |
Glamorgan 158/8 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 159/5 (19 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 130/9 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 135/3 (15.3 overs) |
Gloucestershire 101/5 (10 overs) |
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Somerset 114/7 (9.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 155/6 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 123 (19.1 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 134/4 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 125 (19.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 202/7 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 170/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 145/6 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 141 (19.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles 186/6 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 125 (18.2 overs) |
Somerset 184/6 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 177/8 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 244/7 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 233/6 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 221/3 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 167/8 (20 overs) |
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19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Essex Eagles 188/5 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 194/2 (17.3 overs) |
19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 149/8 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 151/6 (19 overs) |
19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Hampshire Hawks 151/7 (20 overs) |
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Surrey 152/6 (19.1 overs) |
19 June 2022 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 141/9 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 143/3 (17.3 overs) |
Middlesex 171/7 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 172/2 (14.2 overs) |
Somerset 144/8 (20 overs) |
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Surrey 145/7 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 195/4 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 190/5 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 161/6 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 140/8 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 208/5 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 194/9 (20 overs) |
Somerset 75/6 (7 overs) |
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Glamorgan 59/5 (7 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 178/7 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 169/7 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 198/7 (20 overs) |
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Surrey 155/9 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 158/8 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 159/4 (18.5 overs) |
Middlesex 160/6 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 161/8 (19.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 140/7 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 125 (19.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles 197/8 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 169/8 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 254/5 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 185/7 (20 overs) |
3 July 2022 Scorecard |
Middlesex 163/4 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 164/5 (19.5 overs) |
Glenn Phillips 52 (39) Max Harris 2/26 (3 overs) |
Glamorgan 190/5 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 155 (17.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 180/8 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 181/5 (19.1 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.210 |
2 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0.432 |
3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.054 |
4 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.726 |
5 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.058 |
6 | Leicestershire Foxes[lower-alpha 1] | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.058 |
7 | Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | −0.040 |
8 | Durham | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.642 |
9 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −1.807 |
Advanced to the quarter-finals
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Surrey | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.630 |
2 | Somerset | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.630 |
3 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.881 |
4 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.198 |
5 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.022 |
6 | Glamorgan | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | −0.154 |
7 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.391 |
8 | Middlesex | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.981 |
9 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.670 |
Advanced to the quarter-finals
The ECB confirmed the following fixtures for the knock-out stage of the tournament.[31]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
S1 | Surrey | 159/7 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Yorkshire Vikings | 160/5 | ||||||||||||
QF1 | Yorkshire Vikings | 204/7 | ||||||||||||
QF3 | Lancashire Lightning | 208/4 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Lancashire Lightning | 162/3 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Essex Eagles | 161/5 | ||||||||||||
SF1 | Lancashire Lightning | 151/8 | ||||||||||||
SF2 | Hampshire Hawks | 152/8 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Birmingham Bears | 82 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Hampshire Hawks | 186/6 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | Hampshire Hawks | 190/6 | ||||||||||||
QF4 | Somerset | 153 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Somerset | 265/5 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 74 |
Yorkshire Vikings 160/5 (20 overs) |
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Surrey 159/7 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 186/6 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 82 (13.3 overs) |
Essex Eagles 161/5 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 162/3 (15.4 overs) |
Somerset 265/5 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 74 (11.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 204/7 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 208/4 (18.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 190/6 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 153 (19.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 152/8 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 151/8 (20 overs) |
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