The 2017 NatWest T20 Blast was the fifteenth edition of the T20 Blast, a professional domestic T20 competition league in England and Wales run by the ECB. The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played between July and September. Ahead of the final round of fixtures, 15 teams were still in a position to qualify for the quarter-finals. The finals day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 2 September 2017. Nottinghamshire Outlaws were the competition winners.
Competition format The 18 competing teams were initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from July to September) each club played six of the other teams in the same division twice, once at a home stadium and once at a home ground of their opponents. They played the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a tie or if a match was abandoned. Teams were ranked within their groups by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group entered the knockout stage of the competition.
Results and standings Table
Results
July
South Group Table
Results
July
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Finals Day
Semi-finals
Final
Personnel Team Coach Captain Overseas Player(s)Birmingham Bears Jim Troughton Grant Elliott Jeetan Patel, Colin de GrandhommeDerbyshire Falcons John Wright Gary Wilson Matt Henry, Imran TahirDurham Jets Jon Lewis Paul Coughlin Tom LathamEssex Eagles Chris Silverwood Ryan ten Doeschate Mohammad Amir, Tamim Iqbal, Neil WagnerGlamorgan Robert Croft Jacques Rudolph Jacques RudolphGloucestershire Richard Dawson Michael Klinger Michael Klinger, Cameron Bancroft, Thisara PereraHampshire Craig White James Vince George Bailey, Shahid AfridiKent Spitfires Matt Walker Sam Northeast Adam Milne, Jimmy NeeshamLancashire Lightning Glen Chapple Steven Croft Junaid Khan, Ryan McLarenLeicestershire Foxes Pierre de Bruyn Clint McKay Clint McKay, Luke RonchiMiddlesex Daniel Vettori Dawid Malan / Brendon McCullum Brendon McCullum, Tim SoutheeNorthamptonshire Steelbacks David Ripley Alex Wakely Tabraiz Shamsi, Seekuge PrasannaNottinghamshire Outlaws Peter Moores Dan Christian Dan Christian, Ish SodhiSomerset Matthew Maynard Jim Allenby Corey Anderson, Dean ElgarSurrey Michael Di Venuto Gareth Batty Aaron Finch, Kumar Sangakkara, Moisés HenriquesSussex Sharks Mark Davis Ross Taylor Ross TaylorWorcestershire Rapids Steve Rhodes Joe Leach John Hastings, Mitchell SantnerYorkshire Vikings Andrew Gale Gary Ballance / Tim Bresnan Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Sarfraz Ahmed
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