2015 t20 Blast

The 2015 NatWest t20 Blast was the second season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English and Welsh Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition ran from 15 May 2015 to Finals Day at Edgbaston on 29 August. The competition was won for the first time by Lancashire Lightning, who defeated Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the final.

2015 NatWest t20 Blast
Dates15 May 2015 (2015-05-15) – 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
ChampionsLancashire Lightning
Participants18
Matches played133
Most runsJames Vince, Hampshire (710)
Most wicketsJames Faulkner, Lancashire Lightning (25)
Official websiteNatWest T20 Blast

Format

The 18 teams are divided into two groups of nine. In the style of a round-robin tournament, each team will play six other teams in their group both home and away. The other two teams will be faced just once. The top four teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The winner of each group will have a home match in the quarter-finals against the fourth team from the other group. The runners-up from each group will play at home against the third placed team from the other group. The semi-finals will be a free draw from all the qualified teams.[1] Finals Day will be again be held at Edgbaston.[2]

Teams
Team Location Division Home ground Head Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Birmingham Bears Birmingham North Edgbaston Dougie Brown Varun Chopra Brendon McCullum
Jeetan Patel
Derbyshire Falcons Derby North County Ground Graeme Welch Wayne Madsen Hashim Amla
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Nathan Rimmington
Durham Jets Chester-le-Street North Riverside Ground Jon Lewis Mark Stoneman John Hastings
Essex Eagles Chelmsford South County Ground Paul Grayson Ryan ten Doeschate Jesse Ryder
Shaun Tait
Glamorgan Cardiff South Sophia Gardens Toby Radford Jacques Rudolph Jacques Rudolph
Wayne Parnell
Gloucestershire Bristol South Bristol County Ground Richard Dawson Michael Klinger Michael Klinger
Peter Handscomb
Hampshire Southampton South Rose Bowl Dale Benkenstein James Vince Yasir Arafat
Jackson Bird
Kent Spitfires Canterbury South St Lawrence Ground Jimmy Adams Robert Key
Lancashire Lightning Manchester North Old Trafford Ashley Giles Tom Smith James Faulkner
Peter Siddle
Leicestershire Foxes Leicester North Grace Road Andrew McDonald Mark Cosgrove Grant Elliott
Clint McKay
Mark Cosgrove
Umar Akmal
Middlesex London South Lord's Richard Scott Eoin Morgan Adam Voges
Joe Burns
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Northampton North County Ground David Ripley Alex Wakely Shahid Afridi
Rory Kleinveldt
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Nottingham North Trent Bridge Mick Newell James Taylor Darren Sammy
Vernon Philander
Ben Hilfenhaus
Somerset Taunton South County Ground Matthew Maynard Alfonso Thomas Chris Gayle
Abdur Rehman
Luke Ronchi
Sohail Tanvir
Alfonso Thomas
Surrey London South The Oval Graham Ford Gareth Batty Kumar Sangakkara
Moises Henriques
Wahab Riaz
Sussex Sharks Hove South County Cricket Ground Mark Robinson Luke Wright Steve Magoffin
Mahela Jayawardene
George Bailey
Worcestershire Rapids Worcester North New Road Steve Rhodes Daryl Mitchell Colin Munro
Saeed Ajmal
Sachithra Senanayake
Yorkshire Vikings Leeds North Headingley Jason Gillespie Andrew Gale Aaron Finch
Glenn Maxwell
Cheteshwar Pujara
2015 NatWest t20 Blast county home grounds

North Division

Table
Team
 Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
Birmingham Bears 1410400020+0.200
Worcestershire Rapids 149401019+0.682
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 147502016+0.115
Lancashire Lightning 147601015+0.469
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 147601015+0.018
Durham Jets 145801011-0.149
Leicestershire Foxes 144712011-0.304
Yorkshire Vikings 145810011-0.324
Derbyshire Falcons 144100008–0.662

Source: [3]

Results
Birmingham Bears Derbyshire Falcons Durham Jets Lancashire Lightning Leicestershire Foxes Northamptonshire Steelbacks Nottinghamshire Outlaws Worcestershire Rapids Yorkshire Vikings
Birmingham Bears Birmingham Bears
60 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
8 runs 		Leicestershire Foxes
7 wickets		 Birmingham Bears
1 run 		Birmingham Bears
7 wickets 		Birmingham Bears
18 runs 		Birmingham Bears
6 wickets
Derbyshire Falcons Durham Jets
5 runs 		Derbyshire Falcons
5 wickets 		Derbyshire Falcons
17 runs		 Northamptonshire
3 runs (D/L) 		Derbyshire Falcons
34 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
4 wickets 		Derbyshire Falcons
4 wickets
Durham Jets Birmingham Bears
7 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
6 wickets 		Durham Jets
38 runs		 Durham Jets
41 runs (D/L) 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
42 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
3 runs 		Durham Jets
6 runs
Lancashire Lightning Birmingham Bears
1 run 		Lancashire Lightning
67 runs 		Durham Jets
16 runs 		Lancashire Lightning
5 wickets (D/L)		 Nottinghamshire Outlaws
3 wickets 		Worcestershire Rapids
2 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
29 runs
Leicestershire Foxes Birmingham Bears
8 runs 		Leicestershire Foxes
7 wickets 		Leicestershire Foxes
8 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
40 runs 		Abandoned
No result 		Abandoned
No result 		Match tied
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Birmingham Bears
5 wickets 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
6 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
4 runs 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
9 wickets (D/L)		 Worcestershire Rapids
14 runs 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
6 wickets
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Nottinghamshire Outlaws
8 wickets (D/L) 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
2 runs 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
15 runs 		Leicestershire Foxes
6 wickets		 Nottinghamshire Outlaws
7 wickets 		Worcestershire Rapids
20 runs 		Yorkshire Vikings
6 wickets
Worcestershire Rapids Birmingham Bears
5 wickets 		Worcestershire Rapids
8 wickets 		Worcestershire Rapids
5 wickets 		Abandoned
No result 		Worcestershire Rapids
6 wickets		 Northamptonshire Steelbacks
2 runs 		Nottinghamshire Outlaws
11 runs
Yorkshire Vikings Yorkshire Vikings
8 wickets 		Yorkshire Vikings
7 wickets 		Yorkshire Vikings
5 wickets 		Lancashire Lightning
4 wickets 		Northamptonshire Steelbacks
8 wickets (D/L) 		Yorkshire Vikings
40 runs 		Worcestershire Rapids
74 runs
Home team win Away team win Match tied Match abandoned

Fixtures

All times are BST.

May

June

July

South Division

Table
Team
 Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
Kent Spitfires 149401019+0.166
Sussex Sharks 147502016+0.206
Hampshire 148600016−0.120
Essex Eagles 147601015+0.208
Gloucestershire 147700014+0.354
Glamorgan 147700014−0.522
Surrey 145603013-0.145
Somerset 144802010-0.184
Middlesex 14490109+0.030

Source: [4]

Results
Essex Eagles Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Spitfires Middlesex Somerset Surrey Sussex Sharks
Essex Eagles Essex Eagles
16 runs 		Essex Eagles
18 runs 		Essex Eagles
78 runs 		Abandoned
No result		 Essex Eagles
4 wickets 		Somerset
3 wickets 		Surrey
44 runs
Glamorgan Essex Eagles
5 wickets		 Gloucestershire
8 wickets 		Hampshire
21 runs 		Glamorgan
4 runs 		Glamorgan
2 runs (D/L) 		Surrey
19 runs 		Sussex Sharks
10 wickets
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire
34 runs		 Glamorgan
19 runs 		Gloucestershire
5 wickets 		Kent Spitfires
3 wickets		 Gloucestershire
7 wickets 		Somerset
5 wickets 		Sussex Sharks
3 wickets
Hampshire Hampshire
17 runs		 Glamorgan
23 runs 		Kent Spitfires
5 wickets		 Hampshire
19 runs 		Hampshire
6 runs 		Hampshire
29 runs 		Sussex Sharks
7 wickets
Kent Spitfires Kent Spitfires
6 wickets		 Glamorgan
1 run 		Gloucestershire
9 wickets 		Hampshire
6 wickets 		Kent Spitfires
22 runs 		Kent Spitfires
23 runs 		Kent Spitfires
7 runs
Middlesex Middlesex
6 wickets		 Gloucestershire
43 runs 		Hampshire
21 runs 		Middlesex
115 runs		 Somerset
9 wickets 		Middlesex
43 runs 		Sussex Sharks
7 wickets
Somerset Glamorgan
3 runs 		Gloucestershire
8 wickets 		Somerset
8 wickets 		Kent Spitfires
3 runs		 Abandoned
No result 		Abandoned
No result 		Sussex Sharks
5 runs
Surrey Essex Eagles
6 wickets		 Glamorgan
25 runs 		Surrey
4 wickets 		Kent Spitfires
54 runs		 Surrey
8 wickets 		Surrey
38 runs 		Abandoned
No result
Sussex Sharks Essex Eagles
7 wickets		 Sussex Sharks
8 wickets 		Sussex Sharks
6 runs 		Hampshire
4 runs 		Kent Spitfires
7 wickets		 Middlesex
42 runs 		Abandoned
No result
Home team win Away team win Match tied Match abandoned

Fixtures

All times are BST.

May

June

July

Knockout stage
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                     
  Sussex Sharks (H) 165/7 (20 ov)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 166/6 (16 ov)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 153/5 (18 ov)  
Birmingham Bears 131/6 (20 ov)  
Birmingham Bears (H) 189/5 (20 ov)
  Essex Eagles 165/6 (20 ov)
    Lancashire Lightning 166/7 (20.0 ov)
  Northamptonshire Steelbacks 153/6 (20.0 ov)
  Worcestershire Rapids (H) 58/2 (8.1 ov)
Hampshire (D/L) 196/4 (20 ov)
Hampshire 115 (19.5 ov)
Lancashire Lightning 119/4 (18.5 ov)  
Kent Spitfires (H) 142 (20 ov)
  Lancashire Lightning 142/6 (20 ov)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.[5]

Team Total Opponent Ground
Birmingham Bears 242/2 Derbyshire Falcons Edgbaston, Birmingham
Glamorgan 240/3 Surrey The Oval, London
Kent Spitfires 231/7 Surrey The Oval, London
Lancashire Lightning 231/4 Yorkshire Vikings Old Trafford, Manchester
Kent Spitfires 227/7 Somerset County Ground, Taunton

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.[6]

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s
James Vince Hampshire 710 16 59.19 134.46 107* 1 5 87 14
Michael Klinger Gloucestershire 654 12 81.75 142.17 126* 3 4 54 21
Sam Northeast Kent Spitfires 641 14 49.30 152.98 114 1 4 68 16
Luke Wright Sussex Sharks 564 14 51.27 171.95 111* 1 3 51 29
Richard Levi Northamptonshire 485 16 34.64 143.49 67* 0 3 61 15

Highest scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.[7]

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Brendon McCullum Birmingham Bears 158* 64 13 11 Derbyshire Falcons Edgbaston, Birmingham
Chris Gayle Somerset 151* 62 10 15 Kent Spitfires County Ground, Taunton
Michael Klinger Gloucestershire 126* 68 7 8 Essex Eagles County Ground, Bristol
Jason Roy Surrey 122* 65 8 6 Somerset The Oval, London
Dawid Malan Middlesex 115* 64 14 3 Sussex Sharks County Ground, Hove

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.[8]

Player Team Wkts Inns Ave S/R Econ BBI
James Faulkner Lancashire Lightning 25 13 12.64 12.1 6.25 3/19
Stephen Parry Lancashire Lightning 25 16 15.68 13.6 6.87 4/16
Tom Smith Gloucestershire 23 12 13.13 11.2 7.02 5/39
Shaun Tait Essex Eagles 23 14 19.34 13.8 8.39 3/28
Usman Arshad Durham Jets 22 13 13.27 10.0 7.89 3/18

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.[9]

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Kyle Abbott Middlesex 4 5/14 Sussex Sharks County Ground, Hove
James Franklin Middlesex 4 5/21 Kent Spitfires Lord's, London
Matthew Fisher Yorkshire Vikings 3.2 5/22 Derbyshire Falcons Headingley, Leeds
David Payne Gloucestershire 3.3 5/24 Middlesex Old Deer Park, Richmond
Tom Smith Gloucestershire 4 5/39 Essex Eagles County Ground, Bristol
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See also

References
  1. "NatWest T20 Blast" (PDF). ECB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. "Fixtures & Results - Natwest T20 Blast 2015". ECB. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - North Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. "NatWest T20 Blast 2015 - South Table". ECB. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. "Highest totals". cricinfo.
  6. "Most runs". cricinfo.
  7. "High scores". cricinfo.
  8. "Most wickets". cricinfo.
  9. "Best bowling figures in an innings". cricinfo.
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