Dates | 18 July 2019 – 21 September 2019 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Essex Eagles (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | Babar Azam (578) |
Most wickets | Ravi Rampaul (23) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.755 |
2 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.336 |
3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.022 |
4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0.205 |
5 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0.339 |
6 | Durham | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.049 |
7 | Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −0.543 |
8 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −0.467 |
9 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −0.471 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.803 |
2 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.242 |
3 | Middlesex | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.216 |
4 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | −0.464 |
5 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.000 |
6 | Somerset | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.448 |
7 | Hampshire | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0.021 |
8 | Surrey | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | −0.246 |
9 | Glamorgan | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | −1.381 |
The top four teams from each division will qualify for the knockout stage.
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Worcestershire Rapids 161/6 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 133/9 (20 overs) |
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Durham (H) 148/4 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 141/9 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons (H) 166/5 (19.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 115/9 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears (H) 117/3 (14.5 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning (H) 189/3 (20 overs) | v | Durham 117 (16.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 255/2 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes (H) 201/4 (20 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 152/8 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 155/3 (18.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears (H) 205/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 156/9 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 170/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings (H) 161/9 (20 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 111/8 (16 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes (H) 158 (20 overs) | v | Durham 161/1 (11.1 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning (H) 71/1 (9 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons (H) 198/5 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 171/8 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 125/3 (11 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 104/6 (11 overs) |
Durham 181/8 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids (H) 184/1 (12.1 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 156/4 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids (H) 159/8 (19 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 142/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham (H) 143/2 (14.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings (H) 177/7 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 179/5 (17.3 overs) |
Durham (H) 139 (19.5 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 140/5 (18.5 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 113 (17.3 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 180/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 184/4 (18 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning (H) 151/6 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 148/9 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 177/4 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings (H) 177/4 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 152 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids (H) 119 (19.2 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Durham 124/8 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes (H) 189/6 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 134 (17.4 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes (H) 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 16/0 (2.4 overs) |
Richard Levi 12* (10) |
Durham 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons (H) 153/7 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears (H) 119/9 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 86/2 (11 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears (H) 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 164/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 207/5 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings (H) 152 (17.1 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons (H) 181/2 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 161/7 (20 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 157/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 160/2 (18.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 117/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham (H) 114/6 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 149/7 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons (H) 94 (18.2 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes (H) 161/8 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 165/3 (18.5 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 146/6 (20 overs) | v | Durham (H) 132 (19 overs) |
Birmingham Bears (H) 184/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 188/1 (18.4 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 100 (18 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons (H) 101/1 (17.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes (H) 124/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 128/1 (18.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 218/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids (H) 193/7 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears (H) 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 153/6 (19.4 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 148/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 145/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 162/3 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning (H) 151/9 (20 overs) |
Durham (H) 151/5 (19 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 153/3 (18.5 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings (H) 187/7 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 107 (18 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 200/3 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears (H) 181/5 (20 overs) |
Durham 171/8 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 124 (17.2 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 142/9 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning (H) 143/5 (18.4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 188/5 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 189/3 (18.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 164/6 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex (H) 166/3 (17 overs) |
Glamorgan (H) 180/5 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 181/2 (18 overs) |
Glamorgan 96/8 (15.3 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) |
Essex Eagles (H) 226/4 (15 overs) | v | Surrey 174/7 (15 overs) |
Kent Spitfires (H) 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 124 (18.3 overs) |
Hampshire (H) 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 146/8 (19.5 overs) |
Middlesex 209/3 (20 overs) | v | Surrey (H) 172/9 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks (H) 188/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 174 (19 overs) |
Middlesex 148/9 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 151/8 (19.2 overs) |
Surrey (H) 141 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 44 (12.5 overs) |
Somerset (H) 172/3 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 174/6 (19.3 overs) |
Glamorgan (H) 136 (19.3 overs) | v | Middlesex 137/2 (17.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires (H) 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 153/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks (H) 144/8 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 144/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 184/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset (H) 171/5 (20 overs) |
Surrey (H) 54/4 (7 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 55/1 (4 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 204/4 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex (H) 176/7 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles (H) 133 (16.4 overs) | v | Hampshire 134/3 (15.4 overs) |
Glamorgan (H) 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 172/7 (20 overs) |
Surrey 203/4 (20 overs) | v | Somerset (H) 207/2 (18.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles 206/3 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 181/5 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 154/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks (H) 158/1 (16 overs) |
Hampshire (H) 128/7 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 87 (15.3 overs) |
Middlesex (H) 215/4 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 180 (17.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire (H) 159/6 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 163/7 (19.4 overs) |
Hampshire 135 (19.2 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires (H) 138/6 (19.5 overs) |
Glamorgan 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks (H) 150/1 (13.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 125/8 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 131/5 (18.5 overs) |
Somerset 225/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles (H) 111 (12.5 overs) |
Middlesex (H) 210/8 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 146 (18.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles 30/1 (4 overs) | v | Glamorgan (H) |
Gloucestershire 165/8 (20 overs) | v | Surrey (H) 94/2 (12 overs) |
Somerset 202/4 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire (H) 69/6 (12.1 overs) |
Middlesex 127/6 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks (H) 130/6 (16.2 overs) |
Somerset (H) 206/8 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 151 (18.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 168/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex (H) 156/3 (18.1 overs) |
Glamorgan (H) 152/6 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 155/3 (19 overs) |
Hampshire 139/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 144/3 (17.5 overs) |
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Surrey (H) 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 137/8 (20 overs) |
Middlesex (H) 128 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 131/3 (14.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 168/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks (H) 159/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire (H) 189/4 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 164 (19.3 overs) |
Surrey 171/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires (H) 170/3 (20 overs) |
Middlesex (H) 171/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 172/2 (16 overs) |
Somerset (H) 177/8 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 152 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 139/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire (H) 139/6 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan (H) 174/4 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 176/3 (16.5 overs) |
Somerset (H) 157/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 158/4 (16.3 overs) |
Essex Eagles 186/4 (20 overs) | v | Surrey (H) 167 (19.5 overs) |
Middlesex 153/5 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire (H) 155/2 (18.3 overs) |
Gloucestershire 180/3 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires (H) 175/8 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan (H) 216/5 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 188/8 (20 overs) |
Somerset (H) 226/5 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 227/4 (17 overs) |
Sussex Sharks (H) 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 168/7 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles (H) 189/6 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 179 (20 overs) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
N1 | Lancashire Lightning | 159/5 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Essex Eagles | 165/4 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Essex Eagles | 160/5 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 126 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Gloucestershire | 135/7 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 137/3 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Essex Eagles | 148/6 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 145/9 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 165/0 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Middlesex | 160/8 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 146/5 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 147/9 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Sussex Sharks | 184/6 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 187/2 |
Lancashire Lightning (H) 159/5 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 165/4 (19.2 overs) |
Middlesex 160/8 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 165/0 (16.2 overs) |
Alex Hales 83* (47) |
Sussex Sharks (H) 184/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 187/2 (17.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire (H) 135/7 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 137/3 (17.1 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 147/9 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 146/5 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 126 (18.4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 145/9 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 148/6 (20 overs) |
As of 31 August 2019 [update]
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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D'Arcy Short | Durham | 12 | 12 | 483 | 43.90 | 77* | 0 | 4 |
Sam Hain | Birmingham Bears | 12 | 12 | 459 | 41.72 | 85 | 0 | 3 |
Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Yorkshire Vikings | 10 | 10 | 435 | 62.14 | 96* | 0 | 5 |
Billy Godleman | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 12 | 419 | 46.55 | 92 | 0 | 4 |
Wayne Madsen | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 12 | 400 | 50.00 | 69 | 0 | 4 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [16]
Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
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Matt Parkinson | Lancashire Lightning | 11 | 37.4 | 21 | 13.38 | 4/30 | 1 | 0 |
Ravi Rampaul | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 46.0 | 21 | 14.71 | 3/17 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Gurney | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 10 | 36.0 | 18 | 18.05 | 5/30 | 0 | 1 |
Matthew Potts | Durham | 12 | 39.5 | 17 | 19.52 | 3/22 | 0 | 0 |
Nathan Rimmington | Durham | 12 | 43.5 | 16 | 19.06 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]
As of 31 August 2019 [update]
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Babar Azam | Somerset | 13 | 13 | 578 | 52.54 | 102* | 1 | 4 |
Tom Banton | Somerset | 13 | 13 | 549 | 42.23 | 100 | 1 | 4 |
Dawid Malan | Middlesex | 13 | 13 | 488 | 44.36 | 117 | 1 | 2 |
James Vince | Hampshire | 13 | 12 | 407 | 40.70 | 87* | 0 | 4 |
Aaron Finch | Surrey | 13 | 13 | 398 | 36.18 | 102* | 1 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [16]
Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
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Kyle Abbott | Hampshire | 13 | 43.3 | 20 | 17.80 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 |
Toby Roland-Jones | Middlesex | 13 | 41.1 | 19 | 18.57 | 5/21 | 1 | 1 |
Imran Tahir | Surrey | 13 | 47.0 | 19 | 20.26 | 4/25 | 1 | 0 |
Steven Finn | Middlesex | 13 | 46.0 | 19 | 22.36 | 5/16 | 0 | 1 |
Hardus Viljoen | Kent Spitfires | 12 | 45.2 | 18 | 19.72 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]