# 2016 T20 Blast

The 2016 NatWest T20 Blast was the fourteenth edition of the T20 Blast, the domestic T20 competition 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 May and August. The final took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 20 August 2016.

## Competition format

18 teams competed for the T20 title. 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 May to July) each club plays 6 of the other teams in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. They play the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a tie or if the match is abandoned. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group enter the knockout stage.

## North Division
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.741 |
| 2 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.265 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.223 |
| 4 | Durham Jets | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −0.050 |
| 5 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.200 |
| 6 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | −0.215 |
| 7 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.021 |
| 8 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.862 |
| 9 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −0.180 |

### Results

| | Birmingham Bears | Derbyshire Falcons | Durham Jets | Lancashire Lightning | Leicestershire Foxes | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Worcestershire Rapids | Yorkshire Vikings |
| Birmingham Bears | | | Birmingham Bears 9 wickets | Birmingham Bears 18 runs (D/L) | | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 8 wickets (D/L) | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 6 wickets | Worcestershire Rapids 5 wickets | Abandoned No result |
| Derbyshire Falcons | Birmingham Bears 4 wickets | | | Derbyshire Falcons 6 wickets | Derbyshire Falcons 4 wickets | Abandoned No result | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 7 wickets | Derbyshire Falcons 29 runs | Yorkshire Vikings 1 run |
| Durham Jets | | | | Lancashire Lightning 4 runs | Durham Jets 5 wickets | Durham Jets 6 wickets | Durham Jets 66 runs | Abandoned No result | Durham Jets 6 runs (D/L) |
| Lancashire Lightning | | Derbyshire Falcons 9 wickets | Durham Jets 6 wickets | | Lancashire Lightning 9 wickets (D/L) | Abandoned No result | | Lancashire Lightning 96 runs | Lancashire Lightning 26 runs |
| Leicestershire Foxes | Birmingham Bears 8 wickets | Leicestershire Foxes 9 wickets | Leicestershire Foxes 6 wickets | Leicestershire Foxes 9 runs | | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 5 wickets (D/L) | Abandoned No result | Abandoned No result | |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 74 runs | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 3 wickets | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 26 runs | | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 6 wickets | | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 6 wickets | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 7 wickets | Yorkshire Vikings 14 runs |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Birmingham Bears 6 wickets | Abandoned No result | Abandoned No result | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2 wickets | | | | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 9 wickets | Yorkshire Vikings 3 wickets |
| Worcestershire Rapids | Worcestershire Rapids 5 wickets | Derbyshire Falcons 7 wickets | Worcestershire Rapids 38 runs | Lancashire Lightning 7 wickets | | Worcestershire Rapids 3 wickets | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 4 wickets | | Worcestershire Rapids 7 wickets |
| Yorkshire Vikings | Yorkshire Vikings 2 runs | Yorkshire Vikings 1 run (D/L) | Yorkshire Vikings 20 runs | Yorkshire Vikings 5 runs | Leicestershire Foxes 54 runs | Yorkshire Vikings 75 runs | Abandoned No result | | |
| Home team win | Away team win | Match tied | Match abandoned |

## South Division
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0.518 |
| 2 | Glamorgan | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1.005 |
| 3 | Middlesex | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.395 |
| 4 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.174 |
| 5 | Surrey | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.153 |
| 6 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −0.053 |
| 7 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.643 |
| 8 | Hampshire | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −0.691 |
| 9 | Somerset | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −0.660 |

### Results

| | Essex Eagles | Glamorgan | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Kent Spitfires | Middlesex | Somerset | Surrey | Sussex Sharks |
| Essex Eagles | | Abandoned No result | Gloucestershire 8 wickets | Essex Eagles 5 wickets | Essex Eagles 50 runs | Middlesex 17 runs | | Surrey 8 runs | Sussex Sharks 24 runs |
| Glamorgan | Essex Eagles 7 wickets | | Gloucestershire 9 wickets | Glamorgan 5 wickets | Glamorgan 55 runs (D/L) | | Glamorgan 7 wickets | Glamorgan 9 wickets | Glamorgan 46 runs |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire 30 runs | Glamorgan 6 wickets | | | Kent Spitfires 3 runs | Gloucestershire 4 wickets | Gloucestershire 4 wickets | Gloucestershire 6 wickets | Sussex Sharks 1 run (D/L) |
| Hampshire | Essex Eagles 3 runs | Hampshire 25 runs | Abandoned No result | | Hampshire 9 runs | Middlesex 43 runs | Hampshire 83 runs | | Abandoned No result |
| Kent Spitfires | Essex Eagles 33 runs | | Gloucestershire 7 wickets | Kent Spitfires 8 runs | | Middlesex 40 runs | Kent Spitfires 8 wickets | Kent Spitfires 8 wickets | Kent Spitfires 10 runs |
| Middlesex | Essex Eagles 5 wickets | Glammorgan 9 wickets | Gloucestershire 4 wickets | Middlesex 69 runs | | | Middlesex 4 runs | Middlesex 5 wickets | Abandoned No result |
| Somerset | Somerset 7 wickets | Abandoned No result | Gloucestershire 7 wickets | Somerset 6 wickets | Kent Spitfires 12 runs | Middlesex 5 wickets | | Somerset 8 wickets | |
| Surrey | Essex Eagles 8 wickets | Glamorgan 8 wickets | | Surrey 80 runs | Surrey 37 runs | Surrey 29 runs | Surrey 15 runs | | Surrey 6 wickets |
| Sussex Sharks | | Abandoned No result | Gloucestershire 11 runs | Hampshire 1 run | Sussex Sharks 4 wickets | Sussex Sharks 7 wickets | Sussex Sharks 48 runs | Surrey 23 runs | |
| Home team win | Away team win | Match tied | Match abandoned |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Nottinghamshire | 162/7 | | | | |
| Essex | 123/10 | | | | |
| Essex | 123/10 | Nottinghamshire | 153/9 | | |
| | | Northamptonshire | 161/8 | | |
| Northamptonshire | 135/3 | Northamptonshire | 161/8 | | |
| Middlesex | 132/7 | | | | |
| Middlesex | 132/7 | | | Northamptonshire | 155/6 |
| | | | | Durham | 153/8 |
| Glamorgan | 90/10 | | | | | Durham | 153/8 |
| Yorkshire | 180/8 | | | | |
| Yorkshire | 180/8 | Durham | 156/6 | | |
| | | Yorkshire | 149/9 | | |
| Gloucestershire | 161/10 | Yorkshire | 149/9 | | |
| Durham | 180/5 | | | | |

## Personnel

| Team | Coach | Captain |
| Birmingham Bears | Dougie Brown | Ian Bell |
| Derbyshire Falcons | Graeme Welch | Wes Durston |
| Durham Jets | Jon Lewis | Mark Stoneman |
| Essex Eagles | Chris Silverwood | Ravi Bopara |
| Glamorgan | Robert Croft | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | Richard Dawson | Michael Klinger |
| Hampshire | Dale Benkenstein | James Vince |
| Kent Spitfires | Jimmy Adams | Sam Northeast |
| Lancashire Lightning | Ashley Giles | Steven Croft |
| Leicestershire Foxes | Andrew McDonald | Mark Pettini |
| Middlesex | Richard Scott | Dawid Malan |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | David Ripley | Alex Wakely |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Mick Newell | Dan Christian |
| Somerset | Matthew Maynard | Jim Allenby |
| Surrey | Michael Di Venuto | Gareth Batty |
| Sussex Sharks | Mark Davis | Luke Wright |
| Worcestershire Rapids | Steve Rhodes | Daryl Mitchell |
| Yorkshire Vikings | Jason Gillespie | Alex Lees |