2017 T20 Blast Explained
The 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the fifteenth edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the NatWest T20 Blast, a professional domestic T20 competition league in England and Wales run by the ECB. 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. Ahead of the final round of fixtures, 15 teams were still in a position to qualify for the quarter-finals.[1] The finals day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 2 September 2017. Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the competition winners.
Competition format
The 18 competing teams were initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from July to September) each club played six of the other teams in the same division twice, once at a home stadium and once at a home ground of their opponents. They played the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams were 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.[2] [3]
Teams
| Team | Location | Division | Home ground | Coach | Captain | Overseas Player(s) |
|---|
| Birmingham Bears | Birmingham | North | Edgbaston | Jim Troughton |  Grant Elliott | Jeetan Patel, Colin de Grandhomme |
| Derbyshire Falcons | Derby | North | 3aaa County Ground | John Wright |  Gary Wilson | Matt Henry,  Imran Tahir |
| Durham Jets | Chester-le-Street | North | Riverside Ground | Jon Lewis | Paul Coughlin | Tom Latham |
| Essex Eagles | Chelmsford | South | Cloudfm County Ground | Chris Silverwood |  Ryan ten Doeschate |  Mohammad Amir,  Tamim Iqbal, Neil Wagner |
| Glamorgan | Cardiff | South | Sophia Gardens | Robert Croft | Jacques Rudolph | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | Bristol | South | Bristol County Ground | Richard Dawson |  Michael Klinger | Michael Klinger, Cameron Bancroft,  Thisara Perera |
| Hampshire | Southampton | South | Rose Bowl | Craig White | James Vince | George Bailey, Shahid Afridi |
| Kent Spitfires | Canterbury | South | St Lawrence Ground | Matt Walker | Sam Northeast | Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham |
| Lancashire Lightning | Manchester | North | Old Trafford | Glen Chapple | Steven Croft | Junaid Khan, Ryan McLaren |
| Leicestershire Foxes | Leicester | North | Grace Road | Pierre de Bruyn | Clint McKay | Clint McKay, Luke Ronchi |
| Middlesex | London | South | Lord's | Daniel Vettori | Dawid Malan / Brendon McCullum | Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Northampton | North | County Ground | David Ripley | Alex Wakely | Tabraiz Shamsi, Seekuge Prasanna |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Nottingham | North | Trent Bridge | Peter Moores | Dan Christian | Dan Christian, Ish Sodhi |
| Somerset | Taunton | South | Cooper Associates County Ground | Matthew Maynard | Jim Allenby | Corey Anderson, Dean Elgar |
| Surrey | London | South | The Oval | Michael Di Venuto | Gareth Batty | Aaron Finch, Kumar Sangakkara, Moisés Henriques |
| Sussex Sharks | Hove | South | 1st Central County Ground | Mark Davis | Ross Taylor | Ross Taylor |
| Worcestershire Rapids | Worcester | North | New Road | Steve Rhodes | Joe Leach | John Hastings, Mitchell Santner |
| Yorkshire Vikings | Leeds | North | Headingley | Andrew Gale | Gary Ballance / Tim Bresnan | | |
North Group
Table
July
South Group
Table
July
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Finals Day
Final
Notes and References
- Web site: Frantic finish as 15 counties still retain Blast dream . 18 August 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
- Web site: NatWest T20 Blast . 5 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505202229/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/natwest-t20-blast-12766.pdf . 5 May 2014 . dead .
- Web site: Rules for ECB Competitions . 5 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505200400/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/rules-for-ecb-competitions-12779.pdf . 5 May 2014 . dead .
