| 2003 Twenty20 Cup | |||
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board | ||
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | ||
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout | ||
| Champions | Surrey Lions (1st title) | ||
| Participants | 18 | ||
| Most runs | Brad Hodge (301 for Leicestershire)[1] |
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| Most wickets | Adam Hollioake (16 for Surrey)[2] |
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The 2003 Twenty20 Cup was the inaugural Twenty20 Cup competition for English and Welsh county clubs. The finals day took place on 19 July at Trent Bridge, and was won by the Surrey Lions.
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Following drops in attendances at county cricket matches, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) first suggested playing a new reduced form of cricket in 1998. The first-class cricket counties and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) did not approve the idea, which was then shelved. However, attendances continued to drop, and in 2001 the ECB brought the idea up once more, and invested £200,000 in market research. This research suggested that two-thirds of the population claimed to either hate cricket, or have no interest in it, and that cricket grounds had the intimidating feel of private members' clubs. Half of the study group indicated that they would be able to tolerate a shorter match played on weekday evenings. This research was taken back to the first-class counties and the MCC, and the formation of a new, short form of cricket was approved 11–7, with the MCC abstaining.
The format, in which team batted and bowled for 20 overs with a 15 minute break between innings, was decided upon, and the ECB then began marketing the concept with special offers and newspaper adverts.[3] In addition to the shorter format, the competition also included off-field entertainment, including live bands, replay screens, barbecue zones and karaoke machines. Each of these were introduced to attract a wider range of spectators, particularly families and younger people.[4]
The 18 first-class counties were split into three regional groups of six teams, which were retained from the Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] The three group-winners and the best runner-up progressed to Finals Day on Saturday 19 July. Each team then played each other team in the group once, the 45 group matches took place over 12 days.[4] On Finals Day, both semi-finals and the final were all played on the same day, with the first match starting at 10:45, and the final not due to finish until 22:00 that evening. In a break from tradition, the finals were not held at Lord's – who had their application for a concert licence turned down by Westminster City Council. Instead, the event was hosted by Nottinghamshire, at their Trent Bridge ground.[3]
All standard laws of the game as laid down by the Marylebone Cricket Club applied with the following significant differences:[5]
Sky Sports broadcast eight group matches and the entirety of Finals Day live. Channel 4 broadcast one live group match, and showed highlights of the final. They also covered the event in their weekly sports programme. The BBC provided radio coverage of group matches via regional and local stations, and the Twenty20 final was given live coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live, while both semi-finals were covered on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.[4]
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | N/R | Pts | Net R/R |
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| Gloucestershire Gladiators | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +2.187 |
| Warwickshire Bears | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.072 |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.245 |
| Worcestershire Royals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.459 |
| Glamorgan Dragons | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.098 |
| Somerset Sabres | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.411 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | N/R | Pts | Net R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire Foxes | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.860 |
| Derbyshire Phantoms | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.604 |
| Yorkshire Phoenix | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.457 |
| Lancashire Lightning | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.125 |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.882 |
| Durham Dynamos | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.020 |
The inaugural Twenty20 match was contested between Hampshire Hawks and Sussex Sharks at The Rose Bowl on 13 June 2003.[6] The match attracted a sell-out crowd and was screened live on Sky Sports. Hampshire "came out of the blocks firing", according to Cricinfo's Vic Isaacs, scoring 66 runs in the opening 7 overs.[6] A steady fall of wickets thereafter resulted in the Hawks scoring 153 all out. Hampshire's Wasim Akram and Alan Mullally then bowled economically, and despite a half-century by Sussex's Tim Ambrose, Hampshire won by 5 runs.[7] In the division's other opening-night match, Surrey Lion's James Ormond took the first five-wicket haul in the Twenty20 Cup to help restrict Middlesex Crusaders to 155, which Surrey then passed with four balls remaining to secure the win.[8]
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | N/R | Pts | Net R/R |
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| Surrey Lions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.068 |
| Sussex Sharks | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.617 |
| Kent Spitfires | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.250 |
| Middlesex Crusaders | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.196 |
| Essex Eagles | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.811 |
| Hampshire Hawks | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.321 |
| 19 July 2003 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 162/7 (20 overs) |
v | Warwickshire Bears 166/3 (19.2 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: John Holder and George Sharp Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Leics) |
| Brad Hodge 66 (50) Waqar Younis 3/21 (4 overs) |
Trevor Penney 43 (30) Virender Sehwag 1/17 (4 overs) |
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| 19 July 2003 Scorecard |
Surrey Lions 147/9 (20 overs) |
v | Gloucestershire Gladiators 142/6 (20 overs) |
Surrey won by 5 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Barry Dudleston and George Sharp Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Surrey) |
| IanWard 49 (48) Mark Hardinges 3/37 (4 overs) |
Alex Gidman 61 (49) Azhar Mahmood 3/28 (4 overs) |
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| 19 July 2003 Scorecard |
Warwickshire Bears 115 (18.1 overs) |
v | Surrey Lions 119/1 (10.5 overs) |
Surrey won by 9 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Barry Dudleston and John Holder Player of the match: James Ormond (Surrey) |
| Trevor Penney 33 (21) James Ormond 4/11 (4 overs) |
Ally Brown 55* (34) Graham Wagg 1/20 (1 overs) |
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| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike rate | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hussey | Northamptonshire | 5 | 5 | 279 | 69.75 | 122.36 | 88 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Di Venuto | Derbyshire | 5 | 5 | 198 | 66.00 | 122.22 | 67 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Harvey | Gloucestershire | 6 | 6 | 248 | 62.00 | 171.03 | 100* | 1 | 1 |
| Simon Katich | Hampshire | 5 | 5 | 179 | 59.66 | 111.87 | 59* | 0 | 2 |
| Stephen Moore | Worcestershire | 5 | 5 | 116 | 58.00 | 118.36 | 39* | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Flower | Essex | 5 | 5 | 266 | 53.20 | 147.77 | 83 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Hodge | Leicestershire | 6 | 6 | 301 | 50.16 | 138.07 | 97 | 0 | 3 |
| Matthew Maynard | Glamorgan | 5 | 5 | 242 | 48.40 | 151.25 | 72 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Knight | Warwickshire | 7 | 7 | 275 | 45.83 | 130.33 | 89 | 0 | 3 |
| Robin Martin-Jenkins | Sussex | 5 | 5 | 133 | 44.33 | 134.34 | 56* | 0 | 1 |
| Qualification: 100 runs. Source: Cricinfo[9] | |||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
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| Virender Sehwag | Leicestershire | 6 | 14.0 | 7 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 3/14 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ormond | Surrey | 5 | 20.0 | 11 | 10.09 | 5.55 | 5/26 | 1 | 1 |
| Azhar Mahmood | Surrey | 5 | 18.5 | 12 | 10.25 | 6.53 | 4/20 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominic Hewson | Derbyshire | 5 | 19.0 | 10 | 10.90 | 5.73 | 4/18 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Brown | Northamptonshire | 5 | 17.5 | 11 | 11.09 | 6.84 | 5/27 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Chapple | Lancashire | 5 | 19.0 | 9 | 11.22 | 5.31 | 2/13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Noffke | Middlesex | 3 | 12.0 | 8 | 12.12 | 8.08 | 3/22 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Martin | Lancashire | 4 | 15.0 | 7 | 12.14 | 5.66 | 3/20 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Hollioake | Surrey | 7 | 25.1 | 16 | 12.31 | 7.82 | 5/21 | 1 | 1 |
| Simon Cook | Middlesex | 5 | 18.2 | 9 | 13.77 | 6.76 | 3/14 | 0 | 0 |
| Qualification: 10 overs. Source: Cricinfo[10] | |||||||||
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