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| wickets2 = [[Imran Qayyum]] 2/17 (4 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Imran Qayyum]] 2/17 (4 overs)
| result = Lancashire Lightning won by 6 wickets
| result = Lancashire Lightning won by 6 wickets
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127574/kent-vs-lancashire-1st-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127574/kent-vs-lancashire-1st-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| venue = [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]]
| venue = [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]]
| umpires = [[Mike Burns (cricketer)|Mike Burns]] and [[Alex Wharf]]
| umpires = [[Mike Burns (cricketer)|Mike Burns]] and [[Alex Wharf]]
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| wickets2 = [[Mark Wood (cricketer)|Mark Wood]] 2/25 (4 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Mark Wood (cricketer)|Mark Wood]] 2/25 (4 overs)
| result = Sussex Sharks won by 5 wickets
| result = Sussex Sharks won by 5 wickets
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127575/durham-vs-sussex-2nd-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127575/durham-vs-sussex-2nd-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Riverside Ground]], [[Chester-le-Street]], [[County Durham]]
| venue = [[Riverside Ground]], [[Chester-le-Street]], [[County Durham]]
| umpires = [[David Millns]] and [[Martin Saggers]]
| umpires = [[David Millns]] and [[Martin Saggers]]
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| wickets2 = [[Benny Howell]] 2/22 (4 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Benny Howell]] 2/22 (4 overs)
| result = Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wickets
| result = Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wickets
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127576/worcestershire-vs-gloucestershire-3rd-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127576/worcestershire-vs-gloucestershire-3rd-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| venue = [[New Road, Worcester|New Road]], [[Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]]
| venue = [[New Road, Worcester|New Road]], [[Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]]
| umpires = [[Nick Cook (cricketer)|Nick Cook]] (Eng) and [[Graham Lloyd]] (Eng)
| umpires = [[Nick Cook (cricketer)|Nick Cook]] (Eng) and [[Graham Lloyd]] (Eng)
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| wickets2 = [[Jamie Overton]] 5/47 (4 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Jamie Overton]] 5/47 (4 overs)
| result = Somerset won by 19 runs
| result = Somerset won by 19 runs
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127577/somerset-vs-nottinghamshire-4th-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/game/1127577/somerset-vs-nottinghamshire-4th-quarter-final-vitality-blast-2018 Scorecard]
| venue = [[County Ground, Taunton|County Ground]], [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]]
| venue = [[County Ground, Taunton|County Ground]], [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]]
| umpires = [[Neil Mallender]] (Eng) and [[Steve O'Shaughnessy (cricketer)|Steve O'Shaughnessy]] (Eng)
| umpires = [[Neil Mallender]] (Eng) and [[Steve O'Shaughnessy (cricketer)|Steve O'Shaughnessy]] (Eng)

Revision as of 11:43, 1 September 2018

2018 Vitality Blast
Dates4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) – 15 September 2018 (2018-09-15)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
Participants18
Official websiteVitality Blast
← 2017

The 2018 Vitality Blast is the 2018 season of the t20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It is 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. The league consists of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played between July and September. The finals day will take place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 15 September 2018. Nottinghamshire Outlaws are the champions going into the tournament having beaten the Birmingham Bears by 22 runs in the 2017 final.

Competition format

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. 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.

Teams

Team Division Home grounds Coach Captain Overseas Player(s)
Birmingham Bears North Edgbaston, Birmingham England Jim Troughton New Zealand Grant Elliott New Zealand Jeetan Patel
New Zealand Colin de Grandhomme
Derbyshire Falcons North County Cricket Ground, Derby New Zealand John Wright Ireland Gary Wilson Pakistan Wahab Riaz
New Zealand Lockie Ferguson
New Zealand Henry Nicholls
Durham Jets North Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street England Jon Lewis New Zealand Tom Latham New Zealand Tom Latham
South Africa Imran Tahir
Essex Eagles South County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford England Anthony McGrath Netherlands Ryan ten Doeschate New Zealand Neil Wagner
Australia Adam Zampa
Australia Peter Siddle
Glamorgan South Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Wales Robert Croft South Africa Colin Ingram Australia Usman Khawaja
Australia Shaun Marsh
Australia Joe Burns
Gloucestershire South Bristol County Ground
College Ground, Cheltenham 		England Richard Dawson Australia Michael Klinger Australia Michael Klinger
Australia Andrew Tye
Sri Lanka Thisara Perera
Hampshire South Rose Bowl, Southampton England Craig White England James Vince New Zealand Colin Munro
Afghanistan Mujeeb Ur Rahman
South Africa Dale Steyn
Kent Spitfires South St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
County Cricket Ground, Beckenham 		England Matt Walker England Sam Billings New Zealand Adam Milne
Australia Marcus Stoinis
Cricket West Indies Carlos Brathwaite
Lancashire Lightning North Old Trafford, Manchester England Glen Chapple England Liam Livingstone Australia Joe Mennie
Australia James Faulkner
Afghanistan Zahir Khan
Leicestershire Foxes North Grace Road, Leicester England Paul Nixon South Africa Colin Ackermann Pakistan Mohammad Abbas
Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi
Middlesex South Lord's, London
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground
Old Deer Park, Richmond, London 		New Zealand Daniel Vettori England Dawid Malan Australia Hilton Cartwright
Australia Ashton Agar
Cricket West Indies Dwayne Bravo
Northamptonshire Steelbacks North County Cricket Ground, Northampton England David Ripley England Alex Wakely South Africa Rory Kleinveldt
Sri Lanka Seekuge Prasanna
Nottinghamshire Outlaws North Trent Bridge, Nottingham England Peter Moores Australia Dan Christian Australia Dan Christian
New Zealand Ish Sodhi
Somerset South County Ground, Taunton England Andy Hurry England Lewis Gregory New Zealand Corey Anderson
Cricket West Indies Jerome Taylor
Surrey South The Oval, London Australia Michael Di Venuto England Jade Dernbach Australia Aaron Finch
Australia Nic Maddinson
Sussex Sharks South County Cricket Ground, Hove Australia Jason Gillespie England Luke Wright Afghanistan Rashid Khan
New Zealand Tom Bruce
Worcestershire Rapids North New Road, Worcester England Kevin Sharp England Moeen Ali Australia Travis Head
New Zealand Martin Guptill
Australia Callum Ferguson
South Africa Wayne Parnell
Yorkshire Vikings North Headingley, Leeds England Andrew Gale England Steven Patterson New Zealand Kane Williamson

League stage

The top four teams from each division qualified for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
N1 Worcestershire Rapids 137/5
S4 Gloucestershire 136/8
N1 Worcestershire Rapids
N3 Lancashire Lightning
N3 Lancashire Lightning 134/4
S2 Kent Spitfires 133/9
 
 
N2 Durham Jets 140/7
S3 Sussex Sharks 144/5
S3 Sussex Sharks
S1 Somerset
N4 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 190
S1 Somerset 209/5

Quarter-finals

23 August (D/N)
Scorecard
Kent Spitfires (H)
133/9 (20 overs)
v
Lancashire Lightning
134/4 (18.4 overs)
Sam Billings 37 (37)
Toby Lester 2/34 (4 overs)
Keaton Jennings 46 (40)
Imran Qayyum 2/17 (4 overs)
Lancashire Lightning won by 6 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, Kent
Umpires: Mike Burns and Alex Wharf
Player of the match: Matt Parkinson
  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field first.
24 August (D/N)
Scorecard
Durham Jets (H)
140/7 (20 overs)
v
Sussex Sharks
144/5 (18.2 overs)
Ben Stokes 34 (24)
Will Beer 2/17 (4 overs)
Laurie Evans 63* (47)
Mark Wood 2/25 (4 overs)
Sussex Sharks won by 5 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers
Player of the match: Laurie Evans
  • Durham Jets won the toss and elected to bat first.
25 August
Scorecard
Gloucestershire
136/8 (20 overs)
v
Worcestershire Rapids (H)
137/5 (18.4 overs)
Miles Hammond 45 (31)
Brett D'Oliveira 4/26 (4 overs)
Callum Ferguson 64* (47)
Benny Howell 2/22 (4 overs)
Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wickets
New Road, Worcester, Worcestershire
Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Graham Lloyd (Eng)
Player of the match: Callum Ferguson
  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field first.
26–27 August
Scorecard
Somerset (H)
209/5 (20 overs)
v
James Hildreth 52 (28)
Samit Patel 1/16 (3 overs)
Alex Hales 45 (28)
Jamie Overton 5/47 (4 overs)
Somerset won by 19 runs
County Ground, Taunton, Somerset
Umpires: Neil Mallender (Eng) and Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng)
Player of the match: Lewis Gregory
  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected elected to field first.

Semi-finals

Final

15 September (D/N)
TBD
v
TBD

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Mat Inns Runs SR HS 100 50
Aaron Finch Surrey 9 9 589 182.35 131* 2 3
Ian Bell Birmingham Bears 14 14 580 139.09 131 1 4
Laurie Evans Sussex Sharks 13 12 554 138.50 96 0 6
[2] Source: ESPNCricInfo

Most wickets

Player Team Mat Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR
Pat Brown Worcesteshire Rapids 14 27 14.00 8.19 3/21 10.26
Matthew Parkinson Lancashire Lightning 14 23 17.04 7.44 3/19 13.74
Nathan Rimmington Durham Jets 14 22 18.55 8.97 4/28 12.41
[3] Source: ESPNCricinfo

References

  1. ^ Twenty20 Cup (England) Table - 2018, CricInfo.
  2. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Vitality Blast, 2018 | | Most runs | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Vitality Blast, 2018 | | Most wickets | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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