2017 T20 Blast

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2017 NatWest T20 Blast
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Dates7 July 2017 (2017-07-07) – 2 September 2017 (2017-09-02)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
ChampionsNottinghamshire Outlaws
Participants18
Matches133
Attendance883,000 (6,639 per match)
Official websiteNatWest T20 Blast
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The 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the 2017 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It was the fourth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the ECB, has been branded as the NatWest T20 Blast. 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.

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

North Division[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Nottinghamshire Outlaws[a] 14 8 4 0 2 0 18 0.484
2 Derbyshire Falcons[a] 14 8 5 0 1 0 17 0.457
3 Birmingham Bears[a] 14 8 5 0 1 0 17 0.230
4 Leicestershire Foxes[a] 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[b] −1.206
Source: BBC Sport[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d   advanced to the quarter-finals
  2. ^ Durham were given a four-point deduction after accepting a financial aid package.

South Division[]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Glamorgan[a] 14 7 3 0 4 0 18 0.045
2 Surrey[a] 14 7 5 0 2 0 16 −0.130
3 Hampshire[a] 14 7 6 0 1 0 15 −0.021
4 Somerset[a] 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]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d   advanced to the quarter-finals

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
Derbyshire Falcons 148
Hampshire 249/8
Hampshire 146
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 169/7
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 152/5
Somerset 151/6

Most Runs = Joe Denly (567) Kent Spitfires

Most Wickets = Clint McKay (23) Leicestershire Foxes

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. ^ a b "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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