| 2011 Friends Life t20 | |
| Administrator: | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions: | Leicestershire Foxes |
| Count: | 3 |
| Participants: | 18 |
| Matches: | 151 |
| Most Runs: | Andrew McDonald, (Leicestershire Foxes) (584) |
| Most Wickets: | Tim Phillips, (Essex Eagles) (26) |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2010 Friends Provident t20 |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Next Tournament: | 2012 Friends Life t20 |
| Website: | CricInfo |
The 2011 FriendsLife T20 was the ninth edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the FriendsLife T20, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition. The tournament ran from 1 June to 27 August 2011. The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season.
The schedule of the tournament had been widely criticised for being too long and therefore certain games had very few fans. The ECB announced that they retained the same schedule as it generates a lot of revenue for the smaller counties.[1]
The winner and runner-up of the tournament qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 qualifying stage.[2]
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The following table lists the six highest team scores in the season.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254/3 | Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground | |||
| 235/5 | County Ground, Taunton | |||
| 225/2 | County Ground, Chelmsford | |||
| 215/6 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |||
| 213/4 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |||
| 209/5 | Recreation Ground, Bath |
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | 17 | 53.09 | 128.35 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 9 | ||||
| 544 | 16 | 34.00 | 146.63 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 14 | |||
| 522 | 17 | 34.80 | 133.16 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 13 | |||
| 507 | 16 | 39.00 | 162.50 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 19 | ||||
| 485 | 14 | 40.41 | 143.91 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 12 |
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
| Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 52 | 7 | 11 | Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground | ||||
| 61 | 12 | 5 | County Ground, Chelmsford | |||||
| 57 | 13 | 3 | Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham | |||||
| 102 | 54 | 11 | 4 | County Ground, Chelmsford | ||||
| 59 | 9 | 3 | County Ground, Hove |
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 15 | 13.23 | 11.3 | 7.02 | 4/22 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 14.91 | 13.0 | 6.83 | 5/19 | |||
| 23 | 14 | 15.39 | 13.0 | 7.10 | 3/25 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 17.39 | 12.8 | 8.13 | 5/25 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 18.95 | 14.1 | 8.01 | 6/16 |
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.
| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | 6/5 | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | ||||
| 4.0 | 6/16 | County Ground, Chelmsford | ||||
| 3.0 | 5/6 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | ||||
| 4.0 | 5/16 | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | ||||
| 3.1 | 5/17 | County Ground, Hove |