2014 t20 Blast

The 2014 NatWest t20 Blast was the first season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition ran from 16 May 2014 until Finals Day at Edgbaston on 23 August, which was won by Birmingham Bears. The competition replaced the Friends Life t20 competition. With attendance figures over 700,000, it was the most attended season of T20 cricket in England since the format began in 2003.[1]

2014 NatWest t20 Blast
Dates16 May 2014 (2014-05-16) – 23 August 2014 (2014-08-23)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
ChampionsBirmingham Bears (1st title)
Participants18
Matches played133
Attendance704,205 (5,295 per match)
Most runsJason Roy, Surrey (677)
Most wicketsJeetan Patel, Birmingham Bears (25)
Official websiteNatWest T20 Blast

Format

The 18 teams were divided into two groups of nine. In the style of a round-robin tournament, each team played six other teams in their group both home and away. The other two teams were faced just once. The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The winner of each group had a home match in the quarter-finals against the fourth team from the other group. The runners-up from each group played at home against the third placed team from the other group. The semi-finals were a free draw from all the qualified teams.[2] Finals Day will be again be held at Edgbaston.[3]

Teams
Team Location Division Home ground Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Birmingham Bears Birmingham North Edgbaston Dougie Brown Jim Troughton Shoaib Malik
Jeetan Patel
Derbyshire Falcons Derby North County Ground Graeme Welch Wayne Madsen Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Marcus North
Durham Jets Chester-le-Street North Riverside Ground Jon Lewis Mark Stoneman John Hastings
Essex Eagles Chelmsford South County Ground Paul Grayson Ryan ten Doeschate Jesse Ryder
Glamorgan Cardiff South Sophia Gardens Toby Radford Jim Allenby Jacques Rudolph
Darren Sammy
Gloucestershire Gladiators Bristol South Nevil Road John Bracewell Michael Klinger Michael Klinger
Hampshire Southampton South Rose Bowl Giles White James Vince Kyle Abbott
Glenn Maxwell
Kent Spitfires Canterbury South St Lawrence Ground Jimmy Adams Robert Key Doug Bollinger
Lancashire Lightning Manchester North Old Trafford Peter Moores Glen Chapple Junaid Khan
Usman Khawaja
Leicestershire Foxes Leicester North Grace Road Phil Whitticase Josh Cobb Ramnaresh Sarwan
Scott Styris
Middlesex Panthers London South Lord's Richard Scott Eoin Morgan Daniel Christian
Chris Rogers
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Northampton North County Ground David Ripley Alex Wakely Richard Levi
Sohail Tanvir
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Nottingham North Trent Bridge Mick Newell James Taylor Peter Siddle
Somerset Taunton South County Ground David Nosworthy Marcus Trescothick Alviro Petersen
Dirk Nannes
Surrey London South The Oval Graham Ford Graeme Smith Graeme Smith
Hashim Amla
Sussex Sharks Hove South County Cricket Ground Mark Robinson Ed Joyce Yasir Arafat
Worcestershire Rapids Worcester North New Road Steve Rhodes Daryl Mitchell Colin Munro
Mitchell McClenaghan
Saeed Ajmal
Sachithra Senanayake
Yorkshire Vikings Leeds North Headingley Jason Gillespie Andrew Gale Aaron Finch
Kane Williamson
2014 NatWest t20 Blast county home grounds

North Division

Table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Lancashire Lightning 14 10 2 0 2 0 22 0.846
2 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 14 9 3 0 2 0 20 0.642
3 Worcestershire Rapids 14 8 4 0 2 0 18 0.480
4 Birmingham Bears 14 7 5 0 2 0 16 0.235
5 Yorkshire Vikings 14 6 5 0 3 0 15 0.588
6 Durham Jets 14 5 7 0 2 0 12 0.106
7 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 14 4 7 0 3 0 11 −0.899
8 Leicestershire Foxes 14 4 9 0 1 0 9 −0.552
9 Derbyshire Falcons 14 1 12 0 1 0 3 −1.406
Source: [4]

Results
Home \ Away Birmingham Bears Derbyshire Falcons Durham Jets Lancashire Lightning Leicestershire Foxes Northamptonshire Steelbacks Nottinghamshire Outlaws Worcestershire Rapids Yorkshire Vikings
Birmingham Bears Birmingham Bears
6 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Birmingham Bears
52 runs 		Birmingham Bears
8 wickets 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
6 runs 		Birmingham Bears
5 wickets 		Abandoned
No result
Derbyshire Falcons Derbyshire Falcons
3 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
20 runs 		Leicestershire Foxes
5 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
5 wickets 		Worcestershire Rapids
8 runs 		Yorkshire Vikings
59 runs
Durham Jets Durham Jets
8 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
1 run 		Leicestershire Foxes
4 wickets 		Durham Jets
5 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Durham Jets
29 runs 		Yorkshire Vikings
49 runs
Lancashire Lightning Lancashire Lightning
15 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
35 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
27 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
9 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
53 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
12 runs 		Yorkshire Vikings
5 wickets
Leicestershire Foxes Birmingham Bears
25 runs 		Leicestershire Foxes
27 runs 		Leicestershire Foxes
3 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
18 runs 		Abandoned
No result 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
24 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
6 wickets
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Northamptonshire Steelbacks
15 runs 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
4 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
2 wickets 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
22 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
31 runs 		Yorkshire Vikings
16 runs
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Birmingham Bears
18 runs 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
27 runs 		Durham Jets
3 runs 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
33 runs 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
31 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
24 runs 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
22 runs
Worcestershire Rapids Worcestershire Rapids
8 wickets 		Worcestershire Rapids
28 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
5 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
50 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
5 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Abandoned
No result
Yorkshire Vikings Birmingham Bears
5 wickets 		Yorkshire Vikings
8 wickets 		Durham Jets
28 runs 		Abandoned
No result 		Yorkshire Vikings
14 runs 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
3 wickets 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
6 wickets
Home team win Away team win Match tied Match abandoned

May

June

July

South Division

Table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Essex Eagles 14 10 4 0 0 0 20 0.401
2 Surrey 14 9 5 0 0 0 18 0.426
3 Hampshire 14 9 5 0 0 0 18 0.136
4 Glamorgan 14 6 5 1 2 0 15 0.145
5 Somerset 14 6 7 0 1 0 13 −0.107
6 Kent Spitfires 14 6 7 1 0 0 13 −0.229
7 Sussex Sharks 14 6 8 0 0 0 12 −0.022
8 Gloucestershire Gladiators 14 5 7 0 2 2 10 −0.362
9 Middlesex Panthers 14 2 11 0 1 0 5 −0.457
Source: [5]
Deductions
  • Gloucestershire were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2013.[6]

Results
Home \ Away Essex Eagles Glamorgan Gloucestershire Gladiators Hampshire Kent Spitfires Middlesex Panthers Somerset Surrey Sussex Sharks
Essex Eagles Essex Eagles
4 wickets 		Essex Eagles
8 wickets 		Hampshire
5 wickets 		Essex Eagles
63 runs 		Essex Eagles
2 wickets 		Essex Eagles
5 wickets 		Sussex Sharks
7 wickets
Glamorgan Essex Eagles
7 wickets 		Glamorgan
8 wickets 		Hampshire
6 runs 		Match tied Abandoned
No result 		Surrey
17 runs 		Glamorgan
5 wickets
Gloucestershire Gladiators Gloucestershire Gladiators
6 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Gloucestershire Gladiators
3 wickets 		Gloucestershire Gladiators
5 wickets 		Somerset
18 runs 		Surrey
5 runs 		Gloucestershire Gladiators
13 runs
Hampshire Hampshire
8 wickets 		Glamorgan
10 runs 		Hampshire
2 runs 		Hampshire
22 runs 		Middlesex Panthers
50 runs 		Somerset
39 runs 		Hampshire
6 runs
Kent Spitfires Essex Eagles
6 wickets 		Kent Spitfires
21 runs 		Hampshire
47 runs 		Kent Spitfires
16 runs 		Kent Spitfires
40 runs 		Kent Spitfires
21 runs 		Sussex Sharks
35 runs
Middlesex Panthers Essex Eagles
8 wickets 		Glamorgan
6 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Hampshire
47 runs 		Middlesex Panthers
8 wickets 		Surrey
2 wickets 		Sussex Sharks
13 runs
Somerset Essex Eagles
8 wickets 		Glamorgan
7 runs 		Somerset
7 runs 		Somerset
1 run 		Kent Spitfires
42 runs 		Somerset
22 runs 		Surrey
14 runs
Surrey Essex Eagles
5 wickets 		Glamorgan
4 runs 		Surrey
8 wickets 		Surrey
8 wickets 		Surrey
6 wickets 		Surrey
3 wickets 		Surrey
10 wickets
Sussex Sharks Sussex Sharks
5 wickets 		Gloucestershire Gladiators
4 runs 		Hampshire
18 runs 		Kent Spitfires
3 runs 		Sussex Sharks
6 wickets 		Somerset
34 runs 		Sussex Sharks
2 wickets
Home team win Away team win Match tied Match abandoned

May

June

July

Knockout stage
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                     
  Lancashire Lightning (H) 137/8
Glamorgan 136/7
Birmingham Bears 194/4  
Surrey 178/7  
Worcestershire Rapids 141/9
  Surrey (H) 144/7
    Birmingham Bears 181/5
  Lancashire Lightning 177/8
  Birmingham Bears 197/2
Essex Eagles (H) 178/5
Lancashire Lightning 160/5
Hampshire 101  
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 197/2
  Hampshire 198/5

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.[7]

Team Total Opponent Ground
Lancashire Lightning 229/4 Worcestershire Rapids New Road, Worcester
Sussex Sharks 226/3 Essex Eagles County Ground
Lancashire Lightning 225/7 Derbyshire Falcons Old Trafford, Manchester
Essex Eagles 225/3 Sussex Sharks County Ground
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 220/4 Leicestershire Foxes Grace Road, Leicester

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.[8]

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s
Jason Roy Surrey 677 15 48.35 157.07 81* 0 9 77 27
Luke Wright Sussex Sharks 601 14 50.08 162.43 153* 2 3 56 28
Jim Allenby Glamorgan 548 13 45.66 137.68 105 1 4 63 14
Jacques Rudolph Glamorgan 543 13 60.33 123.40 75* 0 6 61 2
Tom Westley Essex Eagles 538 14 44.83 149.86 109* 2 1 59 16

Highest scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.[9]

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Luke Wright Sussex Sharks 153* 66 12 11 Essex Eagles County Ground
Daniel Christian Middlesex Panthers 129571210 Kent Spitfires St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Luke Wright Sussex Sharks 116* 66 13 4 Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Tom Westley Essex Eagles 109* 58 12 5 Sussex Sharks County Ground
Jim Allenby Glamorgan 105 63 14 3 Middlesex Panthers Old Deer Park, Richmond

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.[10]

Player Team Wkts Inns Ave S/R Econ BBI
Jeetan Patel Birmingham Bears 25 15 12.96 12.7 6.11 4/19
Dirk Nannes Somerset 24 13 15.54 11.6 8.02 5/31
Michael Hogan Glamorgan 21 13 19.52 14.5 8.03 3/30
Danny Briggs Hampshire 21 15 20.71 16.8 7.37 4/28
Kabir Ali Lancashire Lightning 20 11 14.95 11.7 7.66 3/19

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.[11]

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Anthony Ireland Leicestershire Foxes 3.5 5/22 Derbyshire Falcons Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Jesse Ryder Essex Eagles 3.5 5/27 Kent Spitfires Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
Daryl Mitchell Worcestershire Rapids 4.0 5/28 Northamptonshire Steelbacks County Ground, Northampton
Dirk Nannes Somerset 3.55/31 Sussex Sharks Arundel Castle, Arundel
Richard Jones Leicestershire Foxes 4.05/34 Lancashire Lightning Old Trafford, Manchester

See also

References
  1. "Domestic T20 crowds break 700,000 barrier". ecb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. "NatWest T20 Blast" (PDF). ECB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. "County schedule for 2014 announced". ECB. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. "Cricket Tables". ECB.
  5. "NatWest T20 Blast 2014 - Table". ECB.
  6. "Steve Snell: Twenty20 on a Friday night should be a real blast". The Bristol Post. Local World. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. "Highest totals". cricinfo.
  8. "Most runs". cricinfo.
  9. "High scores". cricinfo.
  10. "Most wickets". cricinfo.
  11. "Best bowling figures in an innings". cricinfo.
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