The 2009 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament held between 19 April and 25 July 2009. The competition was won by Hampshire Hawks who beat the Sussex Sharks by 6 wickets at Lord's.
Format The eighteen first-class counties, joined by the Scottish and Irish national teams were divided into four groups. Each team plays each other twice, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage. Group winners gain a home draw for the quarter-final. During the group stage, teams are awarded two points for a win, one point for a tie, abandonment or a no result, with no points awarded for a defeat. Teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by most wins, followed by results between the two teams, net run rate, followed by most wickets taken per balls bowled in matches achieving a result. Teams that were victorious in the quarter-finals then proceeded to the semi-finals and winners from the semi-finals progressed to the final which was held on 25 July, at Lord's.
Fixtures
Group A TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRHampshire Hawks8502111+0.339Nottinghamshire Outlaws8503010+0.420Worcestershire Royals840319+0.289Leicestershire Foxes820426−0.640Ireland810524−0.746
Group B TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRSomerset Sabres8700115+2.001Middlesex Panthers840408+0.137Warwickshire Bears831318+0.468Kent Spitfires831407−0.409Scottish Saltires810702−1.783
Group C TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRGloucestershire Gladiators8502111+0.449Sussex Sharks840319+0.120Yorkshire Carnegie840408+0.150Surrey Brown Caps830506+0.302Durham Dynamos830506−0.633
Group D TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRLancashire Lightning8602012+0.635Essex Eagles8502111+0.413Derbyshire Phantoms830417−0.298Glamorgan Dragons820515−0.779Northamptonshire Steelbacks810435−0.160
Knockout stage
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
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