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{{Infobox cricket tournament main |
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| name = NatWest t20 Blast |
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| country = {{Flag|England}}<br/>{{Flag|Wales}} |
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| image = NatWest t20 Blast logo.jpg |
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| size = 200px |
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| administrator = [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] |
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| cricket format = [[Twenty20|T20]] |
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| first = [[2014 NatWest t20 Blast|2014]] |
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| tournament format = [[Group stage]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]] |
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| participants = 18 |
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| champions = [[Nottinghamshire Outlaws]] (1st title) |
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| TV = [[Sky Sports]] |
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| website = [http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/natwest-t20-blast ecb.co.uk] |
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| current = [[2018 Vitality t20 Blast]] |
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}} |
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The '''Vitality Blast''' is a professional Twenty 20 cricket league in England and Wales run by the [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] from 2014. The league consists of the [[County cricket#First-class counties|18 first-class county]] teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each. This setup, which was first announced in November 2013, replaced the [[Friends Life t20]] competition as the main domestic [[Twenty20]] competition in England and Wales.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/county-schedule-2014-announced |title = County schedule for 2014 announced |date = 26 November 2013 |accessdate = 5 May 2014}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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The Vitality Blast is the twenty-over competition featuring county teams from England and Wales. |
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===Twenty20 Cup === |
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The first official Twenty20 Cup matches were played on 13 June 2003, between the English counties in the Natwest t20 blast . The first season of Twenty20 in England was a success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by nine wickets in the final to win the first Twenty20 Cup Final. On 15 July 2004 Middlesex versus Surrey (the first Twenty20 Cup game to be held at [[Lord's]]) attracted a crowd of 26,500, the largest attendance for any county cricket game other than a one-day final since 1953.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} |
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The tournament saw six different winners in its seven years. |
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By the end of the 2009, the ECB had decided to implement a larger competition for the T20 format of the game. The Twenty20 English Premier League was a proposed cricket league to be run by the ECB. The league was to consist of 18 county teams and two overseas teams divided into two divisions of ten teams each. It was rumoured that the two overseas teams were to be a side fielded by [[Allen Stanford]] of the [[West Indies]] and the winners of the [[Indian Premier League]].<ref name="EPL Announcement">{{cite news|title=ECB unveil new Twenty2| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/361423.html | publisher=Cricinfo|date=16 July 2008| accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> After the disgrace of Stanford, this tournament was scrapped. The establishment of the Friends Life t20 contributed to the discontinuation of the [[National League (cricket)|Pro40 League]],<ref name="EPL Announcement"/> and a second Twenty20 League (a revamped version of the outgoing [[Twenty20 Cup]]) to be held in July, August and September, played on Friday evenings.<ref name = "Pro40 Replacement" >{{cite news|title=New-look English T20 agreed | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7510080.stm | publisher=BBC|date=16 July 2008| accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/england/article/?aid=16430 ECB To Replace Pro40 With EPL T20 Competition]</ref> This did not happen, and instead a modified 40 over league, the [[Clydesdale Bank 40]] was implemented. |
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===Friends Provident/FriendsLife t20=== |
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The Friends Provident t20 (renamed the FriendsLife t20 after just one season) was introduced in 2010 (see [[2010 Friends Provident t20]]). The competition initially divided the eighteen counties into North and South groups, before reverting to the previous model of three divisions of six teams. This period of twenty20 cricket in England and Wales saw [[Leicestershire]] and [[Hampshire]] becoming the most successful sides, and in 2013 [[Northamptonshire]] won their first trophy for two decades. |
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===NatWest t20 Blast=== |
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NatWest became the tournament sponsors in 2014, renewing a longstanding relationship the bank has had with the county game. The first year of the tournament saw 700,000 spectators attend the games, the most since the first year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/domestic-t20-crowds-break-700000-barrier |title=Domestic T20 crowds break 700,000 barrier |publisher=ecb.co.uk}}</ref> The tournament was won in 2014 by the [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Birmingham Bears]], Warwickshire's specially-adopted name for the tournament, making it the first time a county trophy had been won by a team using a city name. The current holders of the trophy are [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire Outlaws]]. |
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===Vitality Blast=== |
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Vitality became the tournament sponsors in 2018 after signing a deal |
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To become the title partner for four years. |
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==Current format== |
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There are 18 clubs competing for the t20 title. These clubs are initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from May to July)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/fixtures-results/?c=1399 |title = Fixtures & Results - NatWest T20 Blast 2014 in 2014 |accessdate = 5 May 2014}}</ref> each club plays 6 of the other teams in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. They play the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a tie or if the match is abandoned. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group enter the knockout stage. The winner of each group will have a home match in the quarter-finals against the fourth team from the other group. The runners-up from each group will play at home against the third placed team from the other group. <ref>{{cite web |url = http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/natwest-t20-blast-12766.pdf |title = NatWest T20 Blast |accessdate = 5 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/rules-for-ecb-competitions-12779.pdf |title = Rules for ECB Competitions |accessdate = 5 May 2014}}</ref> |
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==Finals day== |
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The semi-finals and final of the competition are played consecutively on the same day and at the same ground, at the end of the competition. During finals day, there is a mascot derby, which is a race between mascots representing all 18 counties. Finals day is usually held at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.edgbaston.com/1740/behind-the-scenes-at-the-natwest-t20-blast-launch.html |title = Behind the scenes at the NatWest t20 Blast launch |date = 30 April 2014 |accessdate = 5 May 2014}}</ref> |
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==Teams== |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Team |
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! Location |
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! Division |
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! Home ground |
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! Coach |
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! Captain |
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|[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Birmingham Bears]] |
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|[[Birmingham]] |
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|North |
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|[[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jim Troughton]] |
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|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Grant Elliott]] |
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|- |
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|[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire Falcons]] |
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|[[Derby]] |
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|North |
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|[[County Cricket Ground, Derby|County Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John Wright (cricketer)|John Wright]] |
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|{{flagicon|Ireland|cricket}} [[Gary Wilson (cricketer)|Gary Wilson]] |
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|- |
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|[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham Jets]] |
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|[[Chester-le-Street]] |
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|North |
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|[[Riverside Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jonathan Lewis (cricketer)|Jon Lewis]] |
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|''TBA'' |
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|- |
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|[[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex Eagles]] |
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|[[Chelmsford]] |
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|South |
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|[[County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford|County Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Anthony McGrath]] |
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|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ryan ten Doeschate]] |
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|- |
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|[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] |
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|[[Cardiff]] |
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|South |
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|[[SWALEC Stadium]] |
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|{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Robert Croft]] |
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|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Colin Ingram]] |
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|- |
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|[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] |
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|[[Bristol]] |
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|South |
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|[[Bristol County Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Richard Dawson]] |
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|''TBA'' |
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|- |
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|[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] |
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|[[Southampton]] |
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|South |
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|[[Rose Bowl (cricket ground)|Ageas Bowl]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Craig White]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[James Vince]] |
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|- |
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|[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent Spitfires]] |
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|[[Canterbury]] |
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|South |
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|[[St Lawrence Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Matthew Walker (English cricketer)|Matt Walker]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Sam Billings]] |
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|- |
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|[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire Lightning]] |
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|[[Manchester]] |
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|North |
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|[[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Glen Chapple]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Liam Livingstone]] |
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|- |
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|[[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire Foxes]] |
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|[[Leicester]] |
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|North |
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|[[Grace Road]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Nixon]] |
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|''TBA'' |
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|[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] |
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|[[London]] |
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|South |
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|[[Lord's]] |
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|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Daniel Vettori]] |
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|''TBA'' |
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|- |
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|[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire Steelbacks]] |
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|[[Northampton]] |
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|North |
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|[[County Cricket Ground, Northampton|County Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[David Ripley]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Alex Wakely]] |
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|[[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire Outlaws]] |
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|[[Nottingham]] |
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|North |
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|[[Trent Bridge]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Moores (cricketer)|Peter Moores]] |
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|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Daniel Christian|Dan Christian]] |
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|[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] |
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|[[Taunton]] |
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|South |
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|[[County Ground, Taunton|County Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jason Kerr]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Lewis Gregory]] |
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|- |
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|[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] |
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|[[London]] |
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|South |
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|[[The Oval]] |
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|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Di Venuto]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jade Dernbach]] |
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|- |
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|[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex Sharks]] |
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|[[Hove]] |
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|South |
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|[[County Cricket Ground, Hove|County Cricket Ground]] |
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|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Gillespie]] |
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|''TBA'' |
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|- |
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|[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire Rapids]] |
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|[[Worcester]] |
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|North |
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|[[New Road, Worcester|New Road]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Sharp (cricketer)|Kevin Sharp]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Joe Leach]] |
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|[[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire Vikings]] |
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|[[Leeds]] |
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|North |
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|[[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Andrew Gale]] |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Ballance]] |
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|} |
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==Results== |
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{{See also|List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales}} |
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{{Twenty20 results to now}} |
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===Most successful teams=== |
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[[Leicestershire Foxes]] - 3 wins<br> |
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[[Hampshire Royals]] - 2 wins<br> |
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[[Northamptonshire Steelbacks]] - 2 wins |
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==References== |
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{{reflist|30em}} |
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{{Cricket in England}} |
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{{Domestic Twenty20 cricket in England}} |
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{{Twenty20 leagues}} |
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[[Category:Sports leagues established in 2014]] |
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[[Category:English domestic cricket competitions]] |
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[[Category:Twenty20 cricket leagues]] |
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[[Category:NatWest t20 Blast|*]] |
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[[Category:2014 establishments in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2014]] |
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