The 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2019 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. The tournament was won by Somerset, their first win in the tournament since 2001. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and had List A cricket status. All eighteen first-class counties competed in the tournament, which due to the 2019 Cricket World Cup being hosted in England took place at the beginning of the English cricket season starting on 17 April 2019, with the final taking place just over a month later at Lord's on 25 May 2019. Hampshire were the defending champions.
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 April to the end, taking place earlier than usual due to the 2019 Cricket World Cup taking place in England and Wales. The group winners progressed straight to the semi-finals and the second and third placed teams in each group played a play-off against a team from the other group with the winner progressing to one of the semi-final matches.
North Group South Group Derbyshire Essex Durham Glamorgan Lancashire Gloucestershire Leicestershire Hampshire Northamptonshire Kent Nottinghamshire Middlesex Warwickshire Somerset Worcestershire Surrey Yorkshire Sussex
North Group Teams Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)DerbyshireCounty Ground, Derby— Dave Houghton Billy Godleman Logan van Beek DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-StreetRoseworth Terrace, Gosforth James Franklin Cameron Bancroft Cameron BancroftLancashireOld Trafford, Manchester— Glen Chapple Dane Vilas Glenn Maxwell Jake LehmannLeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester— Paul Nixon Paul Horton Mohammad AbbasNorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton— David Ripley Alex Wakely Jason HolderNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, NottinghamGorse Lane, Grantham Peter Moores Steven Mullaney James PattinsonWarwickshireEdgbaston, Birmingham— Jim Troughton Jeetan Patel Jeetan PatelWorcestershireNew Road, Worcester— Alex Gidman Brett D'Oliveira Hamish Rutherford Callum FergusonYorkshireHeadingley, Leeds— Andrew Gale Steven Patterson—
Table
Results April
May
South Group Teams Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)EssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford— Anthony McGrath Ryan ten Doeschate Peter Siddle GlamorganSophia Gardens, Cardiff— Matthew Maynard Chris Cooke Marnus LabuschagneGloucestershireCounty Ground, Bristol— Richard Dawson Chris Dent Daniel WorrallHampshireRose Bowl, Southampton— Adrian Birrell James Vince Aiden MarkramKentSt Lawrence Ground, CanterburyCounty Ground, Beckenham Matt Walker Sam Billings Matt RenshawMiddlesexLord's, LondonBrunton Memorial Ground, Radlett Stuart Law Dawid Malan Ross TaylorSomersetCounty Ground, Taunton— Jason Kerr Tom Abell Azhar AliSurreyThe Oval, London— Michael Di Venuto Rory Burns Dean ElgarSussexCounty Ground, HoveThe Saffrons, Eastbourne Jason Gillespie Ben Brown Mir Hamza
Table
Results April
May
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 25 May 2019.
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Highest score by a team +ScoreTeamOppositionGround433/7 (50 overs)NottinghamshireLeicestershireTrent Bridge, Nottingham417/7 (50 overs)NottinghamshireLancashireTrent Bridge, Nottingham406/9 (50 overs)LancashireNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham — Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Lowest score by a team +ScoreTeamOppositionGround80 (37 overs)LeicestershireLancashireOld Trafford, Manchester88 (24 overs)SurreyGloucestershireCounty Ground, Bristol94 (27 overs)KentSomersetCounty Ground, Taunton — Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Top score by an individual +ScorePlayerTeamOppositionGround190James VinceHampshireGloucestershireRose Bowl, Southampton171David WieseSussexHampshireRose Bowl, Southampton166Dane VilasLancashireNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham166Luke WrightSussexMiddlesexLord's, London166Max HoldenMiddlesexKentSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury — Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Best bowling figures by an individual +BBIPlayerTeamOppositionGround6/37Saqib MahmoodLancashireNorthamptonshireOld Trafford, Manchester6/62Nathan SowterMiddlesexEssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford5/14Saqib MahmoodLancashireLeicestershireOld Trafford, Manchester — Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sBilly GodlemanDerbyshire8852174.4211631Steven CroftLancashire10951673.7111013James VinceHampshire7750972.7119013Aiden MarkramHampshire8846658.2513013James HildrethSomerset111145745.709304 — Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Most wickets Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4w 5wSaqib MahmoodLancashire1095.32818.506/3712Nathan SowterMiddlesex989.22520.846/6231Wayne ParnellWorcestershire973.42218.865/2402Craig OvertonSomerset1183.02020.105/1801Kyle AbbottHampshire1081.52023.553/3600 — Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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