Dates | 22 July – 19 August 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Glamorgan (4th title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 77 |
Most runs | Graham Clark (646) |
Most wickets | Joe Cooke (19) |
Official website | ecb.co.uk |
The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. [1] Matches were contested over 50 overs per side, having List A cricket status, with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. [2] The tournament started on 22 July 2021, with the final taking place on 19 August 2021 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. [3] Somerset were the defending champions winning the 2019 tournament, [4] with no tournament taking place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
In August 2021, the Group A match between Middlesex and Gloucestershire was cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Gloucestershire team. [6] Therefore, the group was decided on an average points per game basis. [7]
On the final day of group stage matches, Durham and Glamorgan qualified to the semi-finals, after finishing at top of their respective groups. [8] Gloucestershire, Essex from group A, [9] [10] and Surrey, Yorkshire from group B, [11] all qualified to the quarter-finals. [12] In the first quarter-final, Essex beat Yorkshire by 129 runs to advance. [13] The second quarter-final saw Surrey beat Gloucestershire by five wickets to also advance. [14] Glamorgan beat Essex by five wickets in the first semi-final to progress to the final of the tournament. [15] They were joined in the final by Durham, who beat Surrey by five wickets in the second semi-final match. [16] Glamorgan won the tournament, beating Durham by 58 runs in the final. [17]
Each county played eight group stage matches – four at home and four away, with the top three counties in each group progressing to the knockout stages. [3]
The teams were placed into the following groups: [3]
Source: [18]
Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain |
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Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Roseworth Terrace, Gosforth | James Franklin | Scott Borthwick |
Essex | County Ground, Chelmsford | — | Anthony McGrath | Tom Westley |
Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | – | Ian Harvey (interim) | Chris Dent |
Hampshire | Rose Bowl, Southampton | – | Adrian Birrell | Kyle Abbott |
Kent | County Cricket Ground, Beckenham | – | Matt Walker | Sam Billings |
Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Sedbergh School, Sedbergh | Glen Chapple | Dane Vilas |
Middlesex | Radlett Cricket Club, Radlett | – | Stuart Law | Stephen Eskinazi |
Sussex | County Ground, Hove | – | Ian Salisbury | Ben Brown Tom Haines (from 24 July) |
Worcestershire | New Road, Worcester | – | Alex Gidman | Joe Leach |
Source: [18]
Source: [19]
Hampshire 273 (49.1 overs) | v | Essex 275/7 (44.3 overs) |
Durham 405/4 (50 overs) | v | Kent 302/8 (50 overs) |
Sussex 270/9 (50 overs) | v | Lancashire 274/8 (49 overs) |
Middlesex 212 (45.4 overs) | v | Essex 213/1 (39 overs) |
Gloucestershire 171 (48 overs) | v | Lancashire 177/4 (43.4 overs) |
v | ||
Kent 322/7 (50 overs) | v | Worcestershire 323/7 (49.1 overs) |
Worcestershire 228/7 (40.3 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 82/4 (11 overs) |
Hampshire 328/7 (50 overs) | v | Sussex 230 (41.2 overs) |
Durham 288/8 (50 overs) | v | Middlesex 225/9 (36 overs) |
Lancashire 71/0 (14.5 overs) | v | |
Josh Bohannon 39* (54) |
Durham 335/4 (50 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 336/6 (49.4 overs) |
Worcestershire 338/7 (50 overs) | v | Essex 156 (31.3 overs) |
v | ||
Kent 158 (47.5 overs) | v | Essex 159/1 (31.1 overs) |
Hampshire 162 (43.1 overs) | v | Lancashire 115/2 (25.3 overs) |
Gloucestershire 218/8 (42 overs) | v | Sussex 214 (40.5 overs) |
Middlesex 302/5 (41 overs) | v | Worcestershire 288/7 (41 overs) |
Gloucestershire 204 (49.1 overs) | v | Essex 207/8 (50 overs) |
Middlesex 257 (49.3 overs) | v | Lancashire 251 (49.2 overs) |
Worcestershire 176 (39 overs) | v | Hampshire 180/4 (39.5 overs) |
Durham 327/6 (50 overs) | v | Lancashire 240 (44.3 overs) |
Hampshire 204/8 (37 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 205/3 (35.3 overs) |
Kent 217/9 (35 overs) | v | Middlesex 196 (32.3 overs) |
Worcestershire 233/9 (50 overs) | v | Sussex 234/8 (49.3 overs) |
Essex 227/6 (45 overs) | v | Durham 233/8 (44.1 overs) |
Kent 105 (22.5 overs) | v | Hampshire 107/4 (18.2 overs) |
v | ||
Essex 321/8 (50 overs) | v | Sussex 224 (43.2 overs) |
Durham 289/9 (50 overs) | v | Worcestershire 243 (45.1 overs) |
Hampshire 225/9 (50 overs) | v | Durham 228/1 (40.4 overs) |
Kent 218/9 (50 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 219/2 (37.4 overs) |
Lancashire 250/6 (50 overs) | v | Essex 250/8 (50 overs) |
Sussex 333/4 (50 overs) | v | Middlesex 330/8 (50 overs) |
Source: [19]
Warwickshire 221 (49.2 overs) | v | Glamorgan 225/8 (49.4 overs) |
Derbyshire 275/7 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire 279/4 (46.3 overs) |
Yorkshire 165 (34.1 overs) | v | Surrey 168/5 (39.1 overs) |
Leicestershire 327/7 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire 329/3 (47.5 overs) |
Glamorgan 295/6 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 236 (44.2 overs) |
Nottinghamshire 323 (49.4 overs) | v | Warwickshire 237 (44 overs) |
Derbyshire 298 (49.3 overs) | v | Somerset 299/4 (48 overs) |
Derbyshire 200/9 (42 overs) | v | Warwickshire 207/2 (37 overs) |
Surrey 311/8 (30 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 266/7 (30 overs) |
Somerset 180/7 (37 overs) | v | Glamorgan 179/9 (37 overs) |
Yorkshire 222 (49.3 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 2/0 (0.2 overs) |
Emilio Gay 1* (1) |
Warwickshire 303/6 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire 296/9 (50 overs) |
v | ||
Nottinghamshire 92/2 (21 overs) | v | |
Northamptonshire 31/1 (5.3 overs) | v | |
Derbyshire 177/9 (28 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 183/2 (27.3 overs) |
Leicestershire 144 (43.1 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 145/3 (20.1 overs) |
Yorkshire 158/5 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 159/5 (19.1 overs) |
Surrey 132 (44.1 overs) | v | Glamorgan 133/5 (26.5 overs) |
Yorkshire 320/7 (50 overs) | v | Warwickshire 281 (47.2 overs) |
Derbyshire 258/6 (27 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 217 (27 overs) |
Glamorgan 277/8 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire 0/0 (1 over) |
Somerset 220 (48.3 overs) | v | Surrey 66/0 (8 overs) |
Ben Geddes 31* (25) |
Warwickshire 278/6 (46 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 144 (33.4 overs) |
Nottinghamshire 185/5 (33 overs) | v | |
Leicestershire 253/9 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 225 (38.5 overs) |
Nottinghamshire 73 (20.2 overs) | v | Glamorgan 76/2 (16 overs) |
Northamptonshire 305/6 (46 overs) | v | Somerset 223 (40.5 overs) |
Derbyshire 108/6 (10 overs) | v | Yorkshire 109/2 (8.4 overs) |
Northamptonshire 210 (49.5 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 211/8 (49.4 overs) |
Somerset 326/7 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire 327/6 (44.4 overs) |
Warwickshire 268/9 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 269/3 (39.4 overs) |
Derbyshire 215 (46.2 overs) | v | Surrey 219/2 (37 overs) |
Yorkshire 230 (48.5 overs) | v | Glamorgan 226/8 (50 overs) |
Leicestershire 271 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 261/9 (48 overs) |
Somerset 287/8 (50 overs) | v | Warwickshire 289/7 (49 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Durham | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.921 |
2 | Essex | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.238 |
3 | Gloucestershire | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.094 |
4 | Lancashire | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.014 |
5 | Worcestershire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.256 |
6 | Hampshire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.161 |
7 | Sussex | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.689 |
8 | Middlesex [a] | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −0.286 |
9 | Kent | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −1.258 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Glamorgan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.818 |
2 | Surrey | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.409 |
3 | Yorkshire | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −0.024 |
4 | Leicestershire | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.428 |
5 | Nottinghamshire | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.686 |
6 | Warwickshire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.025 |
7 | Somerset | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.412 |
8 | Northamptonshire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.412 |
9 | Derbyshire | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.558 |
The winner of each group progressed directly to the semi-finals. The second and third placed teams in each group then played a play-off match against a team from the other group. The winners of those matches then played one of the group winners in the semi-finals. [3]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
B1 | Glamorgan | 293/5 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Essex | 317/7 | QF1 | Essex | 289 | |||||||||
B3 | Yorkshire | 188 | SF1 | Glamorgan | 296/9 | |||||||||
SF2 | Durham | 238 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Durham | 281/5 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Surrey | 246/5 | QF2 | Surrey | 280/8 | |||||||||
A3 | Gloucestershire | 242/7 |
Essex 317/7 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire 188 (38.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 242/7 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 246/5 (42.4 overs) |
Essex 289 (49.4 overs) | v | Glamorgan 293/5 (48 overs) |
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