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2018 T20 Blast
| Column 1 |
|---|
| 4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) – 15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) |
| England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Twenty20 |
| Group stage and knockout |
| Worcestershire Rapids (1st title) |
| 18 |
| 133 |
| 931,455 (7,003 per match) |
| Laurie Evans (614) |
| Pat Brown (31) |
| Vitality Blast |
The 2018 Vitality Blast was the sixteenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It was the first season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal. 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. The final day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 15 September 2018.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the champions going into the tournament having beaten the Birmingham Bears by 22 runs in the 2017 final.
The 18 first-class county cricket clubs are taking part in the competition. Teams are initially split into two divisions on a geographical basis (North and South) for the group stage of the competition, each group having nine teams. During the group stage, which ran from July until the middle of August, each county played 14 matches, playing six of the other teams in their group twice, once home and once away, and the other two teams once. The winners of each match received two points for a win, with one point awarded in the case of a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams are 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.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.595 | |
| 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.556 | |
| 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.683 | |
| 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.073 | |
| 5 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −0.035 | |
| 6 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.033 | |
| 7 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.047 | |
| 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −0.380 | |
| 9 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −1.398 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.786 | |
| 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.627 | |
| 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0.737 | |
| 4 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.381 | |
| 5 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.989 | |
| 6 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.144 | |
| 7 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −1.035 | |
| 8 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −0.824 | |
| 9 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.128 |
| Team | Coach | Captain | Overseas Player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Bears | Jim Troughton | Grant Elliott | Jeetan Patel Colin de Grandhomme |
| Derbyshire Falcons | John Wright | Gary Wilson | Wahab Riaz Lockie Ferguson Henry Nicholls |
| Durham Jets | Jon Lewis | Tom Latham | Tom Latham Imran Tahir |
| Essex Eagles | Anthony McGrath | Ryan ten Doeschate | Neil Wagner Adam Zampa Peter Siddle |
| Glamorgan | Robert Croft | Colin Ingram | Usman Khawaja Shaun Marsh Joe Burns |
| Gloucestershire | Richard Dawson | Michael Klinger | Michael Klinger Andrew Tye Thisara Perera |
| Hampshire | Craig White | James Vince | Colin Munro Mujeeb Ur Rahman Dale Steyn |
| Kent Spitfires | Matt Walker | Sam Billings | Adam Milne Marcus Stoinis Carlos Brathwaite |
| Lancashire Lightning | Glen Chapple | Liam Livingstone | Joe Mennie James Faulkner Zahir Khan |
| Leicestershire Foxes | Paul Nixon | Colin Ackermann | Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Nabi |
| Middlesex | Daniel Vettori | Dawid Malan | Hilton Cartwright Ashton Agar Dwayne Bravo |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | David Ripley | Alex Wakely | Rory Kleinveldt Seekuge Prasanna |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Peter Moores | Dan Christian | Dan Christian Ish Sodhi |
| Somerset | Andy Hurry | Lewis Gregory | Corey Anderson Jerome Taylor |
| Surrey | Michael Di Venuto | Jade Dernbach | Aaron Finch Nic Maddinson |
| Sussex Sharks | Jason Gillespie | Luke Wright | Rashid Khan Tom Bruce |
| Worcestershire Rapids | Kevin Sharp | Moeen Ali | Travis Head Martin Guptill Callum Ferguson Wayne Parnell |
| Yorkshire Vikings | Andrew Gale | Steven Patterson | Kane Williamson |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Evans | Sussex Sharks | 15 | 14 | 614 | 135.84 | 96 | 0 | 7 |
| Aaron Finch | Surrey | 9 | 9 | 589 | 182.35 | 131* | 2 | 3 |
| Ian Bell | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 14 | 580 | 139.09 | 131 | 1 | 4 |
| Source: ESPNCricInfo |
| Player | Team | Mat | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Brown | Worcestershire Rapids | 16 | 31 | 13.35 | 7.64 | 4/21 | 10.4 |
| Matthew Parkinson | Lancashire Lightning | 15 | 25 | 16.60 | 7.32 | 3/19 | 13.6 |
| Jamie Overton | Somerset | 16 | 24 | 22.50 | 10.25 | 5/47 | 13.1 |
| Source: ESPNCricinfo |
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