Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Kent Spitfires (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 79 |
Attendance | 415,751 (5,263 per match) |
Most runs | Luke Wright (346 for Sussex Sharks) [1] |
Most wickets | Chris Schofield (17 for Surrey Brown Caps) [2] Simon Cook (17 for Kent Spitfires) [2] |
The 2007 Twenty20 Cup was the fifth edition of the Twenty20 Cup tournament, which ran between 22 June and 4 August 2007, and saw the Kent Spitfires win the tournament for the first time, defeating Gloucestershire Gladiators in the final by 4 wickets. The first televised match of the year was between the defending champions Leicestershire Foxes and the Yorkshire Phoenix.
The quarter finals were held on 17 and 18 July 2007, with Finals Day taking place on 4 August 2007 at Edgbaston.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.230 |
2 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.986 |
3 | Worcestershire Royals | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | −0.591 |
4 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0.055 |
5 | Somerset Sabres | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.214 |
6 | Glamorgan Dragons | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | −0.663 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.876 |
2 | Lancashire Lightning | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.855 |
3 | Yorkshire Phoenix | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.052 |
4 | Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | −0.142 |
5 | Durham Dynamos | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | −0.575 |
6 | Derbyshire Phantoms | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1.097 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sussex Sharks | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.179 |
2 | Kent Spitfires | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.324 |
3 | Surrey Brown Caps | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.809 |
4 | Essex Eagles | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.365 |
5 | Middlesex Crusaders | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | −0.204 |
6 | Hampshire Hawks | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −1.116 |
Winning team in bold
Home Team | Away Team | Result |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators | Worcestershire Royals | Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets (D/L) |
Sussex Sharks | Yorkshire Phoenix | Sussex won by 38 runs |
Warwickshire Bears | Lancashire Lightning | Lancashire won by 6 runs |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Kent Spitfires | Kent won by 9 wickets |
Winning team in bold
Home Team | Away Team | Result |
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Lancashire Lightning | Gloucestershire Gladiators | Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets |
Sussex Sharks | Kent Spitfires | Kent won by 5 wickets |
Home Team | Away Team | Result |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators | Kent Spitfires | Kent win by 4 wickets |
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