| Dates | 9 June – 18 September 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Kent Spitfires (2nd title) |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches | 133 |
| Most runs | Josh Inglis (531) (Leicestershire Foxes) |
| Most wickets | Naveen-ul-Haq (26) (Leicestershire Foxes) |
| Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2021 Vitality Blast was the 2021 season of the T20 Blast, [1] a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. [2] It was the fourth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), that was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship deal. [3] The Notts Outlaws were the defending champions. [4]
In June 2021, Samit Patel, playing for the Notts Outlaws, became the first English player to do the double in T20 cricket of taking 250 wickets and scoring 5,000 runs. [5] [6]
In July 2021, Derbyshire's match against Essex in the 2021 County Championship was abandoned before the start of day two due to a positive COVID-19 case in the squad. [7] As a result, Derbyshire's final two T20 Blast group-stage games, against the Northants Steelbacks and the Yorkshire Vikings, were also cancelled. [8] [9] Therefore, the North Group qualifications were decided based on an average points per completed match basis. [10]
Following matches completed on 9 July 2021, the Notts Outlaws were the first team to qualify from the North Group for the quarter-finals. [11] On the same day, they were joined by the Kent Spitfires from the South Group. [12] After the matches completed on 16 July 2021, the Yorkshire Vikings from the North Group had qualified, [13] along with Somerset from the South Group. [14] On 17 July 2021, Lancashire Lightning won the Roses Match against the Yorkshire Vikings to qualify from the North Group. [15] On the final day of group stage matches, the Birmingham Bears from the North Group, [16] [17] and the Sussex Sharks and the Hampshire Hawks from the South Group had all qualified for the quarter-finals. [18] [19]
In the first quarter-final match, the Sussex Sharks beat the Yorkshire Vikings to become the first team to reach Finals Day. [20] The Hampshire Hawks reached the Finals Day, after they knocked out defending champions the Notts Outlaws in the second quarter-final match. [21] Somerset became the third team to reach Finals Day, after they defeated the Lancashire Lightning in their quarter-final match. [22] In the last quarter-final match, the Kent Spitfires beat the Birmingham Bears to progress to the Finals Day. [23] It was the first time in the tournament's history that all the teams taking part in Finals Day had come from the South Group. [24]
On Finals Day, Somerset beat Hampshire Hawks by two wickets in the first semi-final to advance into the final. [25] In the second semi-final, Kent Spitfires beat the Sussex Sharks by 21 runs to advance. [26] It was the first time that Kent had reached the domestic T20 final since the 2008 tournament. [27] In the final, the Kent Spitfires beat Somerset by 25 runs to win the tournament and their second domestic T20 title. [28]
Each county played seven matches at home, and seven matches away, with the top four counties in each group progressing to the Quarter-finals. The top two ranked counties from each group will host the Quarter-finals, to play against the lower-seeded team in other group. [3]
The teams were placed into the following groups: [3]
Source: [29]
Source: [29]
Source: [30]
Derbyshire Falcons 168/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 171/4 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 152/6 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 152/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 144/8 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 147/4 (18.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 172/8 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 156/5 (20 overs) |
Durham 181/8 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 161/6 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 229/5 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 211/9 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 209/6 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 186 (19 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 185/7 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 153/9 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 132/4 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 133/2 (17.2 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 160/8 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 161/7 (19 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 168/9 (20 overs) | v | Durham 170/8 (19 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 214/7 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 200/7 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 240/4 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 222/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 195/5 (20 overs) | v | Durham 182/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 170/3 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 115 (18.5 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 196/5 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 197/3 (18.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 216/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 122 (16.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 190/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 155 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 151/6 (20 overs) | v | Durham 153/4 (17.4 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 141/8 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 143/5 (18.2 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 152/6 (15 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 150/6 (15 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 135 (19 overs) |
Durham 185/4 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 163/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 172 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 172/4 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 200/2 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 166/7 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 86/8 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 89/0 (6.2 overs) |
Alex Hales 60* (24) |
Leicestershire Foxes 174/8 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 132 (18.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 191/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 179/5 (20 overs) |
Durham 157/5 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 158/1 (17.5 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 167/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 170/5 (19.1 overs) |
Durham 178/8 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 181/2 (19.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 130/7 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 131/3 (18.2 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 207/3 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 173 (19.5 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 137/9 (20 overs) |
Durham 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 130 (18.3 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 173/6 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 166/7 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 224/3 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 142 (19.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 157/3 (19.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 138 (19.5 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 141/5 (18.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 81 (15.5 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 86/0 (8.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Durham 143 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 159/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 125 (18.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 154 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 156/4 (17.5 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 177/9 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 63 (13.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 180/4 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 171/8 (20 overs) |
Durham 115/4 (15.1 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 88/2 (8.2 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 167/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 153/8 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 125 (18 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 142/8 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 144/2 (15.4 overs) |
Durham 176/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 180/4 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 60/3 (7 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 65/0 (3.4 overs) |
Alex Hales 31* (9) |
Birmingham Bears 169/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 152/6 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 199/5 (20 overs) | v | Durham 193/5 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 173 (19.2 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 177/8 (19.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 128/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 131/6 (19 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 191/5 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 177/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 221/4 (20 overs) | v | Durham 143 (16 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 169/6 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 171/3 (17.5 overs) |
Source: [30]
Somerset 185/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 187/7 (18.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 138/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 175/9 (20 overs) |
Surrey 223/7 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 169/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 177/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 178/5 (17.2 overs) |
Somerset 187/6 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 188/3 (16 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 178/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 162/8 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 142 (19.2 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 154/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 155/1 (16.2 overs) |
Essex Eagles 153/6 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 156/3 (19 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 183/5 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 178/8 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 167/5 (18.2 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 215/6 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 217/7 (19.4 overs) |
Somerset 204/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 157 (18 overs) |
Essex Eagles 128/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 130/3 (14 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 144/7 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 104 (17.4 overs) |
Middlesex 179/5 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 157/5 (18 overs) |
Surrey 53/2 (5 overs) | v | |
Glamorgan 150/9 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 129/9 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 236/3 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 169 (19.2 overs) |
Surrey 118 (16.4 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 119/2 (15.3 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 147/7 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 149/2 (13.4 overs) |
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Surrey 146/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 149/3 (18.4 overs) |
Middlesex 183/2 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 184/8 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 216/2 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 182/8 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 174/7 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 175/5 (19 overs) |
Somerset 172/9 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 165/8 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 162/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 135 (19.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 167/9 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 31/4 (5 overs) |
Glamorgan 170/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 171/3 (17.4 overs) |
Surrey 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 43/1 (4.5 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 168/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 169/0 (15.4 overs) |
Tom Banton 107* (51) |
Glamorgan 153/6 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 152/9 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 153 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 151/4 (18.1 overs) |
Surrey 146/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 126/8 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 103/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 165/2 (19.2 overs) |
Glamorgan 104 (17 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 108/2 (12.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 201/8 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 168 (18.4 overs) |
Somerset 152 (18.1 overs) | v | Middlesex 114/6 (16 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 166/5 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 191/4 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 180/6 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 171/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 161/8 (20 overs) |
Surrey 128/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 129/1 (15.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 100 (16 overs) |
Essex Eagles 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 148/4 (18.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 171/8 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 153 (19.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 177/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 178/3 (18.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 80 (16.3 overs) |
Somerset 181/5 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 107 (17.4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 184/4 (19.2 overs) |
Glamorgan 184/4 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 187/4 (13 overs) |
Middlesex 169/5 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 160/9 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 130/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 134/6 (17.1 overs) |
Somerset 183/7 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 160/6 (20 overs) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1.503 |
| 2 | Yorkshire Vikings [lower-alpha 1] | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.305 |
| 3 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0.205 |
| 4 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.006 |
| 5 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | −0.629 |
| 6 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.019 |
| 7 | Durham | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.228 |
| 8 | Derbyshire Falcons [lower-alpha 2] | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.326 |
| 9 | Northants Steelbacks | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.871 |
advances to Quarter-Finals
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.657 |
| 2 | Somerset | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.371 |
| 3 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0.479 |
| 4 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0.388 |
| 5 | Surrey | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0.332 |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.201 |
| 7 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.468 |
| 8 | Middlesex | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.389 |
| 9 | Glamorgan | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −1.371 |
advances to Quarter-Finals
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Notts Outlaws | 123 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Hampshire Hawks | 125/9 | ||||||||||||
| QF1 | Hampshire Hawks | 150 | ||||||||||||
| QF2 | Somerset | 153/8 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Somerset | 185/3 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 184/9 | ||||||||||||
| SF1 | Somerset | 142/9 | ||||||||||||
| SF2 | Kent Spitfires | 167/7 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Yorkshire Vikings | 177/7 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Sussex Sharks | 178/5 | ||||||||||||
| QF3 | Sussex Sharks | 147 | ||||||||||||
| QF4 | Kent Spitfires | 168/8 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Kent Spitfires | 162/7 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Birmingham Bears | 141 | ||||||||||||
Yorkshire Vikings 177/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 178/5 (19.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 125/9 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 123 (19.4 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 184/9 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 185/3 (18.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 141 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 150 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 153/8 (19.4 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 168/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 147 (19.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 167/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 142/9 (20 overs) |
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