2008 Twenty20 Cup

The 2008 Twenty20 Cup was the sixth running of the tournament, and saw Middlesex Crusaders winning the tournament after a thrilling climax to the final against the reigning champions, the Kent Spitfires. The tournament began on 11 June 2008 before culminating in Finals Day, held at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on 26 July. As always, the eighteen county sides were split into three groups of six, depending on the location of the counties in the United Kingdom.

2008 Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
ChampionsMiddlesex (1st title)
Participants18
Matches played97
Attendance583,642 (6,017 per match)
Most runsJoe Denly
(451 for Kent)
Most wicketsYasir Arafat
(23 for Kent)

Group stage

Tables

Midlands/West/Wales Division
Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Cup Midlands/Wales/West Division
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Warwickshire Bears10611215+0.694
2Northamptonshire Steelbacks10630113+0.431
3Glamorgan Dragons10330410-0.176
4Somerset Sabres1034039+0.313
5Worcestershire Royals1036017-0.488
6Gloucestershire Gladiators1015136-0.931

North Division
Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Cup North Division
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Durham Dynamos10611215+0.984
2Lancashire Lightning10630113+0.921
3Yorkshire Carnegie1105311101-0.312
4Nottinghamshire Outlaws10450191+0.027
5Derbyshire Phantoms1037006-0.421
6Leicestershire Foxes1027015-0.893

1 The match on 27 June between Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire had no points awarded after it was found that Yorkshire had fielded an ineligible player for the match; Yorkshire were also ejected from the competition.

South Division
Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Cup South Division
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Middlesex Crusaders10820016+0.732
2Essex Eagles10631013+0.937
3Kent Spitfires10640012+0.640
4Hampshire Hawks10541011-0.505
5Sussex Sharks1028004-0.876
6Surrey Brown Caps1028004-0.905

Knockout stage
Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Cup knockout stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
M1 Warwickshire Bears 133/8
S3 Kent Spitfires 175/6
S3 Kent Spitfires 173/7
S2 Essex Eagles 159/8
S2 Essex Eagles 192/9
M2 Northants Steelbacks 115/7
S3 Kent Spitfires 184/5
S1 Middlesex Crusaders 187/6
S1 Middlesex Crusaders 176/7
N2 Lancashire Lightning 164/8
S1 Middlesex Crusaders 141/2
N1 Durham Dynamos 138/6
N1 Durham Dynamos 163/8
M3 Glamorgan Dragons 119

Note: The draw for the semi-finals occurred after the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals
7 July 2008
Scorecard
v
Match cancelled without a ball bowled
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Neil Mallender and Tim Robinson

The match at the Riverside was postponed in bizarre circumstances. The ECB received allegations about Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player in their final group game, against the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.[1]

In an original meeting on 10 July, Yorkshire were summoned to Old Trafford and were told that they were to be ejected from the tournament, with Nottinghamshire to be reinstated in the draw.[2] However, Yorkshire appealed and at a second meeting held on 14 July, their appeal was heard and rejected, but this time Glamorgan were placed into the draw on a superior run rate, because Nottinghamshire were not awarded the points for the 27 June game.

7 July 2008
Scorecard
Essex Eagles
192/9 (20 overs)
v
RS Bopara 47 (26)
N Boje 2-29 [4]
N Boje 58* (43)
GR Napier 4-10 [4]
Essex won by 59 runs (D/L)
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: RK Illingworth (Eng) and NJ Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: GR Napier
8 July 2008
Scorecard
Middlesex Crusaders
176/7 (20 overs)
v
Lancashire Lightning
164/8 (20 overs)
DJ Malan 103 (54)
A Flintoff 3-17 [4]
A Flintoff 53 (41)
TJ Murtagh 3-35 [4]
Middlesex won by 12 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: RK Illingworth (Eng) and B Dudleston (Eng)
Player of the match: DJ Malan
9,10 July 2008
Scorecard
Kent Spitfires
175/6 (20 overs)
v
Warwickshire Bears
133/8 (20 overs)
DI Stevens 69 (32)
DL Maddy 1-7 [0.3]
AG Botha 35 (19)
Y Arafat 3-29 [4]
Kent won by 42 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: RJ Bailey (Eng) and JW Lloyds (Eng)
Player of the match: DI Stevens
  • Reserve day used.
22 July 2008
Scorecard
Durham Dynamos
163/8 (20 overs)
v
Glamorgan Dragons
119 (17.4 overs)
WR Smith 51 (38)
JAR Harris 3-41 [4]
JWM Dalrymple 32 (36)
LE Plunkett 3-16 [3]
Durham won by 44 runs
Riverside, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: JW Holder (Eng) and RT Robinson (Eng)

Having waited fifteen days to play their quarter-final, Durham progressed to Finals Day after a 44-run win at the Riverside. Having been put into bat, the visitors took three early wickets, removing dangermen Phil Mustard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Paul Collingwood, with the score only on 26. After Michael Di Venuto fell, Durham looked to be in some trouble. However, a fifth wicket partnership of 53 between Will Smith and captain Dale Benkenstein pushed the score up. Smith made 51 as Durham set a target of 164, for Glamorgan to chase. It could've been somewhat lower had it not been for virtuoso innings by Gareth Breese, smashing 20 off just 9 balls, and Liam Plunkett who hit 12* off 3. James Harris took 3 wickets, but accounted for around a quarter of the runs conceded.

The Glamorgan reply could not have gotten off to a worse start, losing opener Richard Grant very first ball. David Hemp soon followed, becoming Plunkett's second victim, with only seven runs on the board. Glamorgan were always struggling with the run-rate, with most of the top-order recording strike rates of below 100. Only four players made it to double figures, with Jamie Dalrymple top scoring with 32, and had stern support from wicket-keeper Mark Wallace, who fired 26 off sixteen deliveries. However, Glamorgan fell a long way short with Plunkett, the pick of the Durham attack, taking 3-16 off three overs.

Finals Day
Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Cup Finals Day
Semi-finals
26 July 2008
Scorecard
Kent Spitfires
173/7 (20 overs)
v
Essex Eagles
159/8 (20 overs)
Joe Denly 36 (27)
Ravinder Bopara 3/36 (4)
Mark Pettini 54 (47)
Yasir Arafat 2/22 (4)
Kent won by 14 runs
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jeremy Lloyds
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood
26 July 2008
Scorecard
Durham Dynamos
138/6 (20 overs)
v
Middlesex Crusaders
141/2 (15.4 overs)
Middlesex won by 8 wickets
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Richard Illingworth and Neil Mallender
Player of the match: Tyron Henderson
Final
26 July 2008
Scorecard
Middlesex Crusaders
187/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent Spitfires
184/5 (20 overs)
Owais Shah 75 (35)
Yasir Arafat 2/20 (4)
Robert Key 52 (30)
Shaun Udal 1/21 (4)
Middlesex won by 3 runs
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Neil Mallender and Jeremy Lloyds
Player of the match: Owais Shah

Statistics

Runs
Player Team Matches Inns NO Runs Balls HS S/Rate 100s 50s Average
Joe DenlyKent Spitfires1313045137991118.990534.69
Anthony McGrathYorkshire Carnegie99239229672*132.430456.00
Murray GoodwinSussex Sharks1010234527379*126.370343.13
Robert KeyKent Spitfires1313034525852133.720126.53
Michael CarberryHampshire Hawks1010133426858124.620437.11
Graham NapierEssex Eagles12111326167152*195.201032.60
Michael LumbHampshire Hawks1010031520963150.710231.50
Marcus TrescothickSomerset Sabres880306185107165.401138.25
Dawid MalanMiddlesex Crusaders12105306220103139.091161.20
Phil MustardDurham Dynamos1111030322461135.260127.54

Wickets
Player Team Matches Overs Runs Wickets Best Econ S/Rate 4/inns 5+/inns Average
Yasir ArafatKent Spitfires1344341234/177.7511.482014.82
Tyron HendersonMiddlesex Crusaders1247349214/297.4213.431016.61
Andrew HallNorthamptonshire Steelbacks934.1271206/217.9310.250213.55
Danish KaneriaEssex Eagles1245.1276204/226.1113.551013.80
Tim MurtaghMiddlesex Crusaders1350400203/158.0015.000020.00
Johann LouwNorthamptonshire Steelbacks1139325173/188.3313.760019.12
James TredwellKent Spitfires1341264163/96.4315.380016.50
Graham NapierEssex Eagles1240.1282164/107.0215.061017.62
Ian SalisburyWarwickshire Bears1032175153/145.4712.800011.67
Abdul RazzaqSurrey Brown Caps932232154/177.2512.801015.47

See also

References
  1. "Twenty20 quarter-final postponed". Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  2. Yorkshire thrown out of Twenty20
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