2019 T20 Blast
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2019 Vitality Blast was the seventeenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast , a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales which was 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, slightly later than usual, between July and September.[ 2] Finals Day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions.[ 3]
On 7 August 2019, in the match between the Leicestershire Foxes and the Birmingham Bears , Leicestershire's Colin Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs.[ 4] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.[ 5]
Teams
Team
Division
Home grounds
Coach
Captain
Overseas Player(s)
Birmingham Bears
North
Edgbaston , Birmingham
Jim Troughton
Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Patel Ashton Agar Chris Green
Derbyshire Falcons
North
County Cricket Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Dominic Cork
Billy Godleman
Logan van Beek Boyd Rankin
Durham
North
Riverside Ground , Chester-le-Street
James Franklin
Stuart Poynter Peter Handscomb
D'Arcy Short Peter Handscomb
Essex Eagles
South
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Anthony McGrath
Simon Harmer
Adam Zampa Mohammad Amir
Glamorgan
South
Sophia Gardens , Cardiff
Matthew Maynard
Colin Ingram
Fakhar Zaman Shaun Marsh
Gloucestershire
South
Bristol County Ground College Ground, Cheltenham
Richard Dawson
Michael Klinger
Michael Klinger Andrew Tye
Hampshire
South
Rose Bowl , Southampton
Adrian Birrell
James Vince
Chris Morris Tabraiz Shamsi
Kent Spitfires
South
St Lawrence Ground , Canterbury County Cricket Ground, Beckenham
Matt Walker
Daniel Bell-Drummond Sam Billings
Adam Milne Mohammad Nabi Faf du Plessis
Lancashire Lightning
North
Old Trafford , Manchester Riverside Ground , Chester-le-Street
Glen Chapple
Dane Vilas
Glenn Maxwell James Faulkner
Leicestershire Foxes
North
Grace Road , Leicester
Paul Nixon
Colin Ackermann
None
Middlesex
South
Lord's , LondonUxbridge Cricket Club Ground Old Deer Park , Richmond, London Brunton Memorial Ground , Radlett
Stuart Law
Dawid Malan
Mujeeb Ur Rahman AB de Villiers Mohammad Hafeez
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
North
County Cricket Ground, Northampton
David Ripley
Josh Cobb
Faheem Ashraf Dwaine Pretorius
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
North
Trent Bridge , Nottingham
Peter Moores
Dan Christian
Dan Christian Imad Wasim
Somerset
South
County Ground, Taunton
Jason Kerr
Lewis Gregory Tom Abell
Jerome Taylor Babar Azam
Surrey
South
The Oval , London
Michael Di Venuto
Jade Dernbach Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch Imran Tahir
Sussex Sharks
South
County Cricket Ground, Hove
Jason Gillespie
Luke Wright
Alex Carey Rashid Khan Jason Behrendorff
Worcestershire Rapids
North
New Road, Worcester
Alex Gidman
Moeen Ali Callum Ferguson
Martin Guptill Callum Ferguson Hamish Rutherford
Yorkshire Vikings
North
Headingley , Leeds
Andrew Gale
Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Nicholas Pooran Keshav Maharaj
Points tables
North Division
Source: BBC Sport
[ 6] , England and Wales Cricket Board
[ 7]
South Division
Source: BBC Sport,
[ 6] England and Wales Cricket Board,
[ 7] CricInfo.
[ 8]
The top four teams from each division will qualify for the knockout stage.
Fixtures
League stage
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00 )
North Group
July
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 0.
No toss.
Points: Birmingham Bears 1, Worcestershire Rapids 1.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Matthew Potts and Scott Steel (Durham) both made their T20 debuts.
Points: Durham 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 1, Leicestershire Foxes 1.
No toss.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 1, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 1 .
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Fynn Hudson-Prentice (Derbyshire Falcons) made his T20 debut.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Liam Banks (Birmingham Bears) made his T20 debut.
Points: Birmingham Bears 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Durham 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Birmingham Bears 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Jack Shutt (Yorkshire Vikings) made his T20 debut.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears' innings reduced to 16 overs due to rain.
Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Matthew Potts (Durham) took a hat-trick .
Points: Durham 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire Lightning's innings was reduced to 9 overs due to rain.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Leicestershire Foxes 2, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 0.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Durham 0.
No toss.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 1, Lancashire Lightning 1.
No toss.
Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 1, Yorkshire Vikings 1.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Durham 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
August
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Durham 0.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 0.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 1, Birmingham Bears 1.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Leicestershire Foxes 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 2, Durham 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Colin Ackermann (Leicestershire Foxes) recorded the best T20 bowling figures of all time.
Points: Leicestershire Foxes 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
No toss.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 1, Yorkshire Vikings 1.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Leicestershire Foxes 1, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 1.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Durham 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
No toss.
Points: Durham 1, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 1.
No toss.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 1, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 1.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Matthew Lamb (Birmingham Bears) made his T20 debut.
Points: Birmingham Bears 2, Lancashire Lightning 0.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Durham 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Leicestershire Foxes 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.
No toss.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 1, Derbyshire Falcons 1.
No toss.
Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 1, Leicestershire Foxes 1.
No toss.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 1, Birmingham Bears 1.
No toss.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 1, Durham 1.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Harry Adair (Durham) made his T20 debut.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Durham 0.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
Liam Hurt (Lancashire Lightning) made his T20 debut.
Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Lancashire Lightning 0.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
George Garrett (Birmingham Bears) made his T20 debut.
Points: Birmingham Bears 2, Durham 0.
No toss.
Points: Worcestershire Rapids 1, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 1.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Birmingham Bears 0.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Durham 2, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 0.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lancashire Lightning 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.
South Group
July
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Middlesex 2, Essex Eagles 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Jeremy Lawlor and Owen Morgan (Glamorgan) both made their T20 debuts.
Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
James Bracey (Gloucestershire) made his T20 debut.
Points: Glamorgan 1, Gloucestershire 1.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Essex Eagles 2, Surrey 0.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Hampshire 1, Sussex Sharks 1.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Hampshire 0.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Middlesex 2, Surrey 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Rilee Rossouw retired hurt on 47* at 99/6, before returning at 112/7.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Hampshire 0.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Dan Lincoln (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Middlesex 0.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Tom Curran (Surrey) took a hat-trick .[ 10]
This was Glamorgan's lowest total in a T20 match. [ 11]
Points: Surrey 2, Glamorgan 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Hampshire 2, Somerset 0.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field first.
Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Essex Eagles 0.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Ryan Patel (Surrey) made his T20 debut.
Points: Sussex Sharks 1, Surrey 1.
No toss.
Points: Essex Eagles 1, Gloucestershire 1.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Somerset 0.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Surrey 0.
August
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Middlesex 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Hampshire 2, Essex Eagles 0.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Glamorgan 1, Gloucestershire 1.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field first.
Eddie Byrom (Somerset) made his T20 debut.
Points: Somerset 2, Surrey 0.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Aaron Beard (Essex Eagles) made his T20 debut.
Points: Essex Eagles 2, Gloucestershire 0.
Sussex Sharks won the toss an elected to field.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Kent Spitfires 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Hampshire 2, Glamorgan 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Middlesex 2, Somerset 0.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks awarded 6 penalty runs due to Gloucestershire slow over-rate.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Gloucestershire 0.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Hampshire 0.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Glamorgan 0.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Kent Spitfires 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Somerset 2, Essex Eagles 0.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Middlesex 2, Surrey 0.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Callum Taylor (Glamorgan) made his T20 debut.
Match reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Glamorgan 1, Essex Eagles 1.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Surrey 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Somerset 2, Hampshire 0.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Middlesex 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Somerset 2, Kent Spitfires 0.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Middlesex 2, Gloucestershire 0.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Surrey 2, Glamorgan 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Hampshire 0.
No toss.
Points: Essex Eagles 1, Middlesex 1.
No toss.
Points: Kent Spitfires 1, Glamorgan 1.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Surrey 2, Sussex Sharks 0.
No toss.
Points: Somerset 1, Gloucestershire 1.
No toss.
Points: Kent Spitfires 1, Sussex Sharks 1.
No toss.
Points: Hampshire 1, Surrey 1.
No toss.
Points: Essex Eagles 1, Glamorgan 1.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Hampshire 2, Middlesex 0.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Essex Eagles 2, Sussex Sharks 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Somerset 0.
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
Marcus O'Riordan and Matt Milnes (both Kent Spitfires) made their T20 debuts.
Points: Surrey 2, Kent Spitfires 0.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Middlesex 0.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Roman Walker (Glamorgan) made his T20 debut.
This match was played on an experimental hybrid pitch.
Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0.
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Hampshire 1, Essex Eagles 1.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Prem Sisodiya (Glamorgan) made his T20 debut.
Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Glamorgan 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Surrey 2, Somerset 0.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Essex Eagles 2, Surrey 0.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Point: Hampshire 2, Middlesex 0.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Kent Spitfires 0.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Hampshire 0.
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
This was a record chase in English T20 cricket.
Points: Middlesex 2, Somerset 0.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Sussex Sharks 0.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Essex Eagles 2, Kent Spitfires 0.
Knock-Out Stage
Quarter-finals
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles advance to Finals Day.
Nottingham Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws advance to Finals Day.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids advance to Finals Day.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons advance to Finals Day.
Finals Day
Semi-finals
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids advance to the final.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Essex Eagles advance to the final.
Final
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
North Group
As of 31 August 2019[update]
Most runs
Source: ESPNcricinfo [ 16]
Most wickets
Source: ESPNcricinfo[ 17]
South Group
As of 31 August 2019[update]
Most runs
Source: ESPNcricinfo [ 16]
Most wickets
Source: ESPNcricinfo[ 17]
References
External links
Seasons
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Finals Teams
North Division South Division