Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout |
Champions | Essex (3rd title) |
Participants | 20 |
Matches | 87 |
Most runs | Martin van Jaarsveld (660 for Kent) |
Most wickets | Yasir Arafat (24 for Kent) |
Official website | Friends Provident cricket |
The 2008 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 20 April and 16 August 2008. The tournament was won by Essex.
Unlike in 2007, the 18 English counties, Ireland and Scotland were divided into four groups of five, based on geographical location. Each side played the other four teams home and away, with the top two sides from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage. [1] A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board, which instigated the changes, explained that the changes "provides [ sic ] more local derbies and less travel for players". [1] The recommendations of the Schofield Report; an investigation into England's 5–0 Ashes defeat, were also cited as a cause for the changes.
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | +0.692 |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | +0.017 |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | +0.569 |
Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -0.145 |
Ireland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | -0.862 |
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Durham Dynamos | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.432 |
Yorkshire Carnegie | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | +0.544 |
Derbyshire Phantoms | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -0.141 |
Lancashire Lightning | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | +0.243 |
Scottish Saltires | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | -1.090 |
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Kent Spitfires | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | +0.647 |
Essex Eagles | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | +0.310 |
Middlesex Crusaders | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | +0.064 |
Surrey Brown Caps | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -0.627 |
Sussex Sharks | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -0.534 |
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | +0.705 |
Somerset Sabres | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | +0.307 |
Worcestershire Royals | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -0.121 |
Hampshire Hawks | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -0.431 |
Glamorgan Dragons | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -0.219 |
4 June 2008 |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 188 all out (47.2 overs) | v | Durham Dynamos 189 for 9 (49 overs) |
4 June 2008 |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 201 all out (45.2 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 205 for 4 (44.1 overs) |
4 June 2008 |
Essex Eagles 350 for 5 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 232 all out (41 overs) |
4–5 June 2008 |
Kent Spitfires 259 for 5 (50 overs) | v | Somerset Sabres 222 all out (45.5 overs) |
4 July 2008 |
Kent Spitfires 301 for 4 (50 overs) | v | Durham Dynamos 217 all out (43.1 overs) |
5 July 2008 |
Essex Eagles 285 for 8 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 198 all out (42.5 overs) |
16 August 2008 |
Kent Spitfires 214 all out (50 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 215 for 5 (48.5 overs) |
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