2017 T20 Blast
Dates | 7 July 2017 | – 2 September 2017
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Nottinghamshire Outlaws |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Attendance | 883,000 (6,639 per match) |
Most runs | Joe Denly (567) |
Most wickets | Clint McKay (23) |
Official website | NatWest T20 Blast |
The 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the 2017 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It was the fourth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the ECB, has been branded as the NatWest T20 Blast. The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played between July and September. Ahead of the final round of fixtures, 15 teams were still in a position to qualify for the quarter-finals.[1] The finals day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 2 September 2017. Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the competition winners.
Competition format
The 18 competing teams were initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from July to September) each club played six of the other teams in the same division twice, once at a home stadium and once at a home ground of their opponents. They played the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams were ranked within their groups by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group entered the knockout stage of the competition.[2][3]
Teams
North Group
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.484 |
2 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.457 |
3 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.230 |
4 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.133 |
5 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1.127 |
6 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −0.630 |
7 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0.174 |
8 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −0.713 |
9 | Durham Jets | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3[a] | −1.206 |
Notes:
- ^ Durham were given a four-point deduction after accepting a financial aid package.
Fixtures
July
7 July
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Worcestershire Rapids (H)
152/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
153/2 (19 overs) |
Birmingham Bears won by 8 wickets
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New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Neil Bainton and Nigel Cowley Player of the match: Ian Bell (Birmingham Bears) | |||||
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7 July
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Yorkshire Vikings (H)
227/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws
179/8 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings won by 48 runs
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Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Neil Mallender and Steve O'Shaugnessy Player of the match: Adam Lyth (Yorkshire Vikings) | |||||
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7 July
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Lancashire Lightning
192/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Durham Jets (H)
140/7 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning won by 52 runs
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Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Russell Warren and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Lancashire Lightning) | |||||
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7 July
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
179/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
180/3 (19.1 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons won by 7 wickets
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County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Luis Reece (Derbyshire Falcons) | |||||
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8 July
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Derbyshire Falcons (H)
165/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
162/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons won by 3 runs
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Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Umpires: Peter Hartley and Stephen Gale Player of the match: Wayne Madsen (Derbyshire Falcons | |||||
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8 July
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws
158/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears (H)
159/4 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets
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Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Jeff Evans and Mike Burns Player of the match: Jeetan Patel (Birmingham Bears) | |||||
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9 July
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Lancashire Lightning (H)
173/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
178/7 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes won by 3 wickets
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Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool
Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Richard Illingworth Player of the match: Colin Ackermann (Leicestershire Foxes) | |||||
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9 July
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Durham Jets (H)
161/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks
162/4 (19.2 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 6 wickets
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Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Neil Mallender and Nick Cook Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire Steelbacks) | |||||
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11 July
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v
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Match abandoned
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South Group
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Glamorgan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0.045 |
2 | Surrey | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −0.130 |
3 | Hampshire | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.021 |
4 | Somerset | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.491 |
5 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.423 |
6 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | −0.158 |
7 | Middlesex | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.221 |
8 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.204 |
9 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −0.648 |
Fixtures
July
7 July
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Gloucestershire (H)
182/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
182/9 (20 overs) |
Match tied
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College Ground, Cheltenham
Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Ian Blackwell Player of the match: Ryan Higgins (Middlesex) | |||||
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7 July
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Hampshire
167/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan (H)
145/9 (20 overs) |
Hampshire won by 22 runs
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Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Russell Evans and Tom Lungley Player of the match: Lewis McManus (Hampshire) | |||||
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7 July
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Surrey
188/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles (H)
186/6 (20 overs) |
Surrey won by 2 runs
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County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: David Millns and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Tom Curran (Surrey) | |||||
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9 July
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Glamorgan
198/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks (H)
180/6 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan won by 18 runs
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Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel
Umpires: Billy Taylor and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Glamorgan) | |||||
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9 July
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Surrey (H)
181/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
177/9 (20 overs) |
Surrey won by 4 runs
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9 July
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Essex Eagles
166/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires (H)
169/3 (18.3 overs) |
Kent Spitfires won by 7 wickets
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County Ground, Kent
Umpires: Alex Wharf and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent Spitfires) | |||||
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12 July
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Hampshire
188/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks (H)
169/7 (20 overs) |
Hampshire won by 19 runs
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County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Kyle Abbott (Hampshire) | |||||
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13 July
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Kent Spitfires
152/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire (H)
156/4 (19.1 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
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College Ground, Cheltenham
Umpires: Russell Evans and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Benny Howell (Gloucestershire) | |||||
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
Glamorgan | 126/1 | ||||||||||
Leicestershire Foxes | 123 | ||||||||||
Glamorgan | 164 | ||||||||||
Birmingham Bears | 175/9 | ||||||||||
Surrey | 204/5 | ||||||||||
Birmingham Bears | 207/4 | ||||||||||
Birmingham Bears | 168/8 | ||||||||||
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 190/4 | ||||||||||
Hampshire | 249/8 | ||||||||||
Derbyshire Falcons | 148 | ||||||||||
Hampshire | 146 | ||||||||||
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 169/7 | ||||||||||
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 152/5 | ||||||||||
Somerset | 151/6 |
Quarter-finals
Hampshire
249/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
148 (19.5 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes
123 (19.2 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
126/1 (13.4 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Somerset
151/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws
152/5 (18.3 overs) |
- Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey
204/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
207/4 (19.2 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Finals Day
Semi-finals
Birmingham Bears
175/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
164 (19.4 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
169/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Hampshire
146 (18.4 overs) |
- Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
190/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
168/8 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "Frantic finish as 15 counties still retain Blast dream". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "NatWest T20 Blast" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Rules for ECB Competitions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ a b "NatWest T20 Blast Tables". BBC Sport. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.