The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2018 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and have List A cricket status. All 18 first-class counties competed in the tournament, which ran from the middle of May until the end of June, when the final took place at Lord's Cricket Ground. Nottinghamshire were the defending champions of the tournament, having beaten Surrey in 2017 final.
Format The competition featured two groups of nine teams, based on a rough North–South geographical split. Each team played eight matches during the group stage, playing every other member of their group once, with four matches at home and four away. The group stage took place from the middle of May to the beginning of June, with the group winners progressing straight to the semi-finals and the second and third placed teams in each group playing a play-off against a team from the other group with the winner progressing to one of the semi-final matches. The only change for the 2018 competition from 2017 is the quarter-finals stage is renamed as the play-offs.
North Group South Group Derbyshire Falcons Essex Eagles Durham Jets Glamorgan Lancashire Gloucestershire Leicestershire Foxes Hampshire Northamptonshire Steelbacks Kent Spitfires Nottinghamshire Outlaws Middlesex Warwickshire Bears Somerset Worcestershire Rapids Surrey Yorkshire Vikings Sussex Sharks
North Group
Table
Fixtures
May
June
South Group
Table
Fixtures May
June
Knockout stage The winner of each group progressed straight to the semi-finals with the second and third placed teams playing a play-off match against a team from the other group which made up the play-offs. The winner of each play-off played one of the group winners in the semi-finals. The final took place at Lord's on 30 June 2018, with Hampshire defeating Kent Spitfires by 61 runs.
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Highest score by a team +ScoreTeamOppositionGround409/7Nottinghamshire OutlawsLeicestershire FoxesGrace Road, Leicester384/8Kent SpitfiresSurreyThe Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham380/4Worcestershire RapidsLeicestershire FoxesNew Road, Worcester
Lowest score by a team +ScoreTeamOppositionGround110Derbyshire FalconsNottinghamshire OutlawsTrent Bridge, Nottingham122Durham JetsLancashire LightningOld Trafford, Manchester129SurreySomersetThe Oval, London
Top score by an individual +ScorePlayerTeamOppositionGround192Callum FergusonWorcestershire RapidsLeicestershire FoxesNew Road, Worcester171James VinceHampshireYorkshire VikingsRose Bowl, Southampton164Tom Kohler-CadmoreYorkshire VikingsDurham JetsRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Best bowling figures by an individual +BBIPlayerTeamOppositionGround6/25Darren StevensKent SpitfiresSurreyThe Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham5/48Ravi RampaulDerbyshire FalclonsYorkshire VikingsCounty Ground, Derby5/60Shane SnaterEssex EaglesSomersetCounty Ground, Chelmsford
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sHeino KuhnKent111169687.0012741Varun ChopraEssex9952866.0016013James VinceHampshire9952758.5517122Paul StirlingMiddlesex8851573.57127*31Billy GodlemanDerbyshire8850972.7113723 — Source: Cricinfo
Most wickets Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4w 5wMatt ParkinsonLancashire863.41818.225/6811Darren StevensKent1193.11626.316/2501Ed BarnardWorcestershire975.01628.873/6400Matt HenryKent1199.11634.433/3700Ravi PatelMiddlesex877.01525.204/5810 — Source: Cricinfo
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