# 2017 T20 Blast

The 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the fifteenth edition of the 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. 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.

## Results and standings
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.484 |
| 2 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.457 |
| 3 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.230 |
| 4 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.133 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1.127 |
| 6 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −0.630 |
| 7 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0.174 |
| 8 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −0.713 |
| 9 | Durham Jets | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | −1.206 |
* ↑ Durham were given a four-point deduction after accepting a financial aid package.

### July
## South Group
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Glamorgan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0.045 |
| 2 | Surrey | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −0.130 |
| 3 | Hampshire | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.021 |
| 4 | Somerset | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.491 |
| 5 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.423 |
| 6 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | −0.158 |
| 7 | Middlesex | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.221 |
| 8 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.204 |
| 9 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −0.648 |

### July
## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Glamorgan | 126/1 | | | | |
| Leicestershire Foxes | 123 | | | | |
| Leicestershire Foxes | 123 | Glamorgan | 164 | | |
| | | Birmingham Bears | 175/9 | | |
| Surrey | 204/5 | Birmingham Bears | 175/9 | | |
| Birmingham Bears | 207/4 | | | | |
| Birmingham Bears | 207/4 | | | Birmingham Bears | 168/8 |
| | | | | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 190/4 |
| Hampshire | 249/8 | | | | | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 190/4 |
| Derbyshire Falcons | 148 | | | | |
| Derbyshire Falcons | 148 | Hampshire | 146 | | |
| | | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 169/7 | | |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 152/5 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 169/7 | | |
| Somerset | 151/6 | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* Quarter-final 1 22 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard
| Hampshire 249/8 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 148 (19.5 overs) |
| Shahid Afridi 101 (43) Matt Critchley 3/32 (3 overs) | | Ben Cotton 30* (21) Kyle Abbott 3/25 (3.5 overs) |
* Hampshire won by 101 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Alex Wharf and Michael Gough Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Hampshire)
* Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
* Quarter-final 2 23 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard
| Leicestershire Foxes 123 (19.2 overs) | v | Glamorgan 126/1 (13.4 overs) |
| Luke Ronchi 28 (18) Craig Meschede 3/17 (4 overs) | | Colin Ingram 70* (43) Clint McKay 1/17 (3 overs) |
* Glamorgan won by 9 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rob Bailey and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Glamorgan)
* Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
* Quarter-final 3 24 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard
| Somerset 151/6 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 152/5 (18.3 overs) |
| Steven Davies 59 (41) Jake Ball 2/21 (4 overs) | | Samit Patel 45 (28) Lewis Gregory 1/20 (3.3 overs) |
* Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 5 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: David Millns and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
* Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
* Quarter-final 4 25 August 2017 (D/N) Scorecard
| Surrey 204/5 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 207/4 (19.2 overs) |
| Jason Roy 74 (38) Aaron Thomason 2/26 (3 overs) | | Grant Elliott 59* (37) Rikki Clarke 2/56 (3.2 overs) |
* Birmingham Bears won by 6 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Martin Saggers and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Grant Elliott (Birmingham Bears)
* Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.

## Finals Day
### Semi-finals

* Semi-final 1 2 September 2017 Scorecard
| Birmingham Bears 175/9 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 164 (19.4 overs) |
| Ed Pollock 50 (27) Craig Meschede 2/24 (4 overs) | | Jacques Rudolph 65 (39) Olly Stone 3/29 (4 overs) |
* Birmingham Bears won by 11 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Alex Wharf and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Ed Pollock (Birmingham Bears)
* Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
* Semi-final 2 2 September 2017 Scorecard
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws 169/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 146 (18.4 overs) |
| Riki Wessels 48 (27) Chris Wood 2/17 (2 overs) | | James Vince 56 (32) Harry Gurney 3/19 (3 overs) |
* Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 23 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Michael Gough and Rob Bailey Player of the match: Steven Mullaney (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
* Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Final 2 September 2017 (D/N) Scorecard
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws 190/4 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 168/8 (20 overs) |
| Brendan Taylor 65 (49) Chris Woakes 3/29 (4 overs) | | Sam Hain 72 (44) Harry Gurney 4/17 (4 overs) |
* Nottinghamshire Outlaws won by 22 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Alex Wharf and Michael Gough Player of the match: Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
* Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.

## Personnel

| Team | Coach | Captain | Overseas Player(s) |
| Birmingham Bears | Jim Troughton | Grant Elliott | Jeetan Patel, Colin de Grandhomme |
| Derbyshire Falcons | John Wright | Gary Wilson | Matt Henry, Imran Tahir |
| Durham Jets | Jon Lewis | Paul Coughlin | Tom Latham |
| Essex Eagles | Chris Silverwood | Ryan ten Doeschate | Mohammad Amir, Tamim Iqbal, Neil Wagner |
| Glamorgan | Robert Croft | Jacques Rudolph | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | Richard Dawson | Michael Klinger | Michael Klinger, Cameron Bancroft, Thisara Perera |
| Hampshire | Craig White | James Vince | George Bailey, Shahid Afridi |
| Kent Spitfires | Matt Walker | Sam Northeast | Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham |
| Lancashire Lightning | Glen Chapple | Steven Croft | Junaid Khan, Ryan McLaren |
| Leicestershire Foxes | Pierre de Bruyn | Clint McKay | Clint McKay, Luke Ronchi |
| Middlesex | Daniel Vettori | Dawid Malan / Brendon McCullum | Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | David Ripley | Alex Wakely | Tabraiz Shamsi, Seekuge Prasanna |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Peter Moores | Dan Christian | Dan Christian, Ish Sodhi |
| Somerset | Matthew Maynard | Jim Allenby | Corey Anderson, Dean Elgar |
| Surrey | Michael Di Venuto | Gareth Batty | Aaron Finch, Kumar Sangakkara, Moisés Henriques |
| Sussex Sharks | Mark Davis | Ross Taylor | Ross Taylor |
| Worcestershire Rapids | Steve Rhodes | Joe Leach | John Hastings, Mitchell Santner |
| Yorkshire Vikings | Andrew Gale | Gary Ballance / Tim Bresnan | Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Sarfraz Ahmed |