2015 NatWest t20 Blast

2015 NatWest t20 Blast
Dates	15 May 2015 (2015-05-15) – 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Participants	18
Matches played	133
Official website	NatWest T20 Blast

The 2015 NatWest t20 Blast is the second season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition will run from 15 May 2015 until Finals Day at Edgbaston on 29 August.

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 runner-ups 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	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
Durham Jets	Chester-le-Street	North	Riverside Ground	Jon Lewis	Mark Stoneman	John Hastings
Essex Eagles	Chelmsford	South	County Ground	Paul Grayson	James Foster
Glamorgan	Cardiff	South	Sophia Gardens	Toby Radford	Jacques Rudolph	Jacques Rudolph
Gloucestershire Gladiators	Bristol	South	Nevil Road	Richard Dawson	Michael Klinger	Michael Klinger
Hampshire	Southampton	South	Rose Bowl	Dale Benkenstein	James Adams	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
Leicestershire Foxes	Leicester	North	Grace Road	Andrew McDonald	Mark Cosgrove	Grant Elliott Clint McKay
Middlesex Panthers	London	South	Lord's	Richard Scott	Eoin Morgan	Adam Voges
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Northampton	North	County Ground	David Ripley	Alex Wakely
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	Nottingham	North	Trent Bridge	Mick Newell	James Taylor	Vernon Philander Brendan Taylor
Somerset	Taunton	South	County Ground	Matthew Maynard	Alfonso Thomas	Corey Anderson Chris Gayle Abdur Rehman Sohail Tanvir
Surrey	London	South	The Oval	Graham Ford	Gareth Batty
Sussex Sharks	Hove	South	County Cricket Ground	Mark Robinson	Luke Wright	Steve Magoffin
Worcestershire Rapids	Worcester	North	New Road	Steve Rhodes	Daryl Mitchell
Yorkshire Vikings	Leeds	North	Headingley Carnegie	Jason Gillespie	Andrew Gale

North Division

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Birmingham Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Derbyshire Falcons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Durham Jets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Lancashire Lightning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Leicestershire Foxes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Worcestershire Rapids	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Yorkshire Vikings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000

Source: ^[3]

Results

Fixtures

May

15 May	Durham Jets (H)	v	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

South Division

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Essex Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Glamorgan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Gloucestershire Gladiators	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Kent Spitfires	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Middlesex Panthers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Somerset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Surrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000
Sussex Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0.000

Source: ^[4]

Results

Fixtures

May

15 May	Gloucestershire (H)	v	Middlesex	County Ground, Bristol

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Quarter-finals

12 August		v

13 August		v

14 August		v

15 August		v

Semi-finals

29 August		v
11:00

29 August		v
14:30

Final

29 August		v
18:45

Statistics

Highest team totals

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

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground

Most runs

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

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s	4s	6s

Highest scores

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

Player	Team	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground

Most wickets

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

Player	Team	Wkts	Inns	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground

See also

• 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup
• 2015 County Championship

References

External links

• Tournament Site – Cricinfo

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