The 2014 English cricket season began on 1 April with a round of university matches, continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches on 23 September.
 Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2014 County Championship, the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2014 NatWest t20 Blast.
 The Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast were newly created competitions as from the 2014 season, replacing the Clydesdale Bank 40 and the Friends Life t20.
The Friends Life t20 (previously known as the Friends Provident t20) was a Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales run by the ECB from 2010 to 2013.
 The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into three divisions of six teams each.
 This plan, announced by the ECB in February 2009, replaced a more ambitious English cricket league project which would have included two overseas teams.
 The proposal was substantially modified following the credit crunch, and the change in circumstances of Allen Stanford himself .
 Friends Provident were announced as sponsors of the competition, having previously sponsored the 50-over competition.
The NatWest T20 Blast is a professional Twenty 20 cricket league in England and Wales run by the ECB from 2014.
 The league consists of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each.
 This setup, which was first announced in November 2013, replaced the Friends Life t20 competition as the main domestic Twenty20 competition in England and Wales.
The English Twenty20 cricket champions are the winners of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Twenty20 competition for first-class cricket counties, most recently the Friends Life t20, although from 2014 this has been replaced with the NatWest t20 Blast.
 The competition culminates with 'Finals Day': a single day on which both semi-finals and the final are contested at the same ground.
 Northamptonshire are the current champions, claiming their second title in the 2016 season.
The 2013 Friends Life t20 was the fourth season of the Friends Life t20 Twenty20 English cricket competition.
 The competition ran from 26 June to 17 August 2013.
 The teams and format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season.
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks were champions, defeating Surrey in the final to win their first limited overs trophy since 1992.
The 2012 Friends Life t20 was the third season of the Friends Life t20, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition.
 The competition ran from 12 June to 25 August 2012.
 The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season.
Friends Provident was an organisation offering life insurance based in the United Kingdom.
 It was founded as a mutual Friendly Society for Quakers, although it was demutualised in 2001 and became a publicly listed company, no longer linked with the Religious Society of Friends.
 On 29 March 2011 Friends Provident changed its trading name to Friends Life, although its registered name remains as Friends Provident.
In 2011, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group A of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20.
 Kent also hosted a Twenty20 match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring Indians, and a three-day first-class MCC Universities match against Loughborough MCCU, also at the St Lawrence Ground.
 It was the second and final season in charge for Director of Cricket Paul Farbrace.
 The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006.
 Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz joined Kent as their overseas player in June, and another fast bowler, South African Charl Langeveldt, signed as Kent's second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 competition only.
The 2014 NatWest t20 Blast was the first season of the NatWest 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.
The 2011 Friends Life t20 was the second season of the Friends Life t20, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition.
 The season ran from 1 June to 27 August 2011.
 The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season.

Question: The organisation that was announced as sponsors of the Friends Life t20 competition was based in what country?
Answer: United Kingdom