2014 T20 Blast
Cricket tournament
The 2014 NatWest T20 Blast was the twelfth edition of the 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]
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] Edgbaston .[ 3]
North Division
Table
Results
Home team win
Away team win
Match tied
Match abandoned
Fixtures
May
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Durham Jets won by 29 runs
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 3 wickets
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
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Leicestershire Foxes won by 27 runs
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 33 runs
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Shown live on Sky Sports
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Lancashire Lightning won by 12 runs
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 24 runs
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 2 wickets (D/L method )
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Lancashire Lightning won by 1 run
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wickets
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Yorkshire Vikings won by 8 wickets
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Durham Jets won by 3 runs
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Lancashire Lightning won by 15 runs
June
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Birmingham Bears won by 25 runs
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 6 wickets
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Yorkshire Vikings won by 5 wickets
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Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 5 wickets
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 5 wickets
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Birmingham Bears won by 18 runs
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Lancashire Lightning won by 9 runs
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Yorkshire Vikings won by 16 runs
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 8 runs
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Birmingham Bears won by 8 wickets
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 24 runs
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Leicestershire Foxes won by 4 wickets
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 8 wickets
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 27 runs
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Lancashire Lightning won by 53 runs
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Match abandoned
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Match abandoned
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Derbyshire Falcons won by 3 wickets
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 22 runs
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Durham Jets won by 8 wickets
July
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Yorkshire Vikings won by 14 runs
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Durham Jets won by 28 runs
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 15 runs
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Leicestershire Foxes won by 5 wickets
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Lancashire Lightning won by 50 runs
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 6 runs
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Yorkshire Vikings won by 49 runs
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Lancashire Lightning won by 18 runs
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 4 wickets
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Birmingham Bears won by 5 wickets
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Yorkshire Vikings won by 59 runs
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Leicestershire Foxes won by 3 wickets
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Birmingham Bears won by 5 wickets
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Lancashire Lightning won by 35 runs
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 31 runs
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 31 runs
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 22 runs
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Lancashire Lightning won by 27 runs
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Durham Jets won by 5 wickets
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Birmingham Bears won by 52 runs
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Worcestershire Rapids won by 28 runs
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 6 wickets
South Division
Table
Deductions Gloucestershire were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2013.[ 6]
Results
Home team win
Away team win
Match tied
Match abandoned
Fixtures
May
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Somerset won by 18 runs
Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
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Glamorgan won by 10 runs
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
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Sussex Sharks won by 2 wickets
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
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Essex Eagles won by 8 wickets
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Shown live on Sky Sports
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Sussex Sharks won by 13 runs
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Surrey won by 14 runs
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Gloucestershire Gladiators won by 5 wickets
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Hampshire won by 18 runs
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Hampshire won by 47 runs
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Glamorgan won by 5 wickets
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Hampshire won by 8 wickets
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Surrey won by 6 wickets
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Kent Spitfires won by 21 runs
June
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Hampshire won by 22 runs
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Glamorgan won by 7 runs
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Essex Eagles won by 5 wickets
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Kent Spitfires won by 16 runs
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Gloucestershire won by 4 runs
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Essex Eagles won by 6 wickets
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Somerset won by 1 run
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Surrey won by 10 wickets
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Essex Eagles won by 8 wickets
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Somerset won by 34 runs
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Middlesex Panthers won by 8 wickets
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Surrey won by 17 runs
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Essex Eagles won by 2 wickets
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Hampshire won by 2 runs
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Sussex Sharks won by 35 runs
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Hampshire won by 6 runs
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Gloucestershire Gladiators won by 3 wickets
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Surrey won by 8 wickets
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Sussex Sharks won by 6 wickets
July
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Surrey won by 8 wickets
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Glamorgan won by 6 wickets
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Gloucestershire Gladiators won by 13 runs
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Essex Eagles won by 5 wickets
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Hampshire won by 47 runs
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Somerset won by 39 runs
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Somerset won by 7 runs
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Glamorgan won by 4 runs
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Middlesex Panthers won by 50 runs
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Kent Spitfires won by 3 runs
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Essex Eagles won by 63 runs
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Sussex Sharks won by 5 wickets
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Surrey won by 3 wickets
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Surrey won by 5 runs
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Essex Eagles won by 7 wickets
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Hampshire won by 6 runs
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Gloucestershire Gladiators won by 6 wickets
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Hampshire won by 5 wickets
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Surrey won by 2 wickets
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Sussex Sharks won by 7 wickets
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Glamorgan won by 8 wickets
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Kent Spitfires won by 21 runs
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Somerset won by 22 runs
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Lancashire Lightning won by 1 run
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field
Match postponed due to rain until 2 August (at 14:00)
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Surrey won by 3 wickets
Surrey won the toss and elected to field
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Birmingham Bears won by 19 runs
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field
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Hampshire won by 5 wickets
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat
Semifinals
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Birmingham Bears won by 16 runs
Surrey won the toss and elected to field
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Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
Lancashire innings reduced to 19 overs due to rain
Hampshire innings reduced to 16 overs due to rain
Final
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Birmingham Bears won by 4 runs
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat
Personnel
Statistics
Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.[ 7]
Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.[ 8]
Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.[ 9]
Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.[ 10]
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.[ 11]
See also
References
External links
Seasons
Twenty20 Cup Friends Life T20 NatWest t20 Blast Vitality Blast
Finals Teams
North Division South Division
