2016 One-Day Cup Explained

2016 Royal London One-Day Cup
Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Limited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament Format:Group stage and knockout
Champions:Warwickshire Bears
Participants:18
Most Runs:Sam Hain (540)
Most Wickets:Matt Coles (24)
Previous Year:2015
Previous Tournament:2015 Royal London One-Day Cup
Next Year:2017
Next Tournament:2017 Royal London One-Day Cup
Website:ecb.co.uk

The 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2016 domestic cricket season in England and Wales.[1] [2] Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and have List A status. All eighteen First-class counties competed in the tournament. Defending champions Gloucestershire went out in the group stage, as Warwickshire Bears beat Surrey in the final.

Format

The competition featured two groups of nine teams, with the top four teams from each group progressing to the quarter-finals.[1] The groups for the 2016 season were based on a geographical split, with a North and South group.

North Group South Group
Derbyshire FalconsEssex Eagles
DurhamGlamorgan
Lancashire LightningGloucestershire
Leicestershire FoxesHampshire
Northamptonshire SteelbacksKent Spitfires
Nottinghamshire OutlawsMiddlesex
Warwickshire BearsSomerset
WorcestershireSurrey
Yorkshire VikingsSussex Sharks

Group stage

North Group

Table

Fixtures

South Group

Table

Fixtures

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal London One-Day Cup . England and Wales Cricket Board . 7 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Fixtures. Espncricinfo. 7 June 2016.