The 2019 Vitality Blast was the seventeenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales which was run by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal. The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played, slightly later than usual, between July and September. Finals Day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions.
On 7 August 2019, in the match between the Leicestershire Foxes and the Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire's Colin Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs. These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.
Points tables
North Division
South Division
The top four teams from each division will qualify for the knockout stage.
Results
League stage All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
North Group
July
August
South Group
July
August
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Finals Day
Semi-finals
Final
Personnel Team Coach Captain Overseas Player(s)Birmingham Bears Jim Troughton Jeetan Patel Jeetan Patel Ashton Agar Chris GreenDerbyshire Falcons Dominic Cork Billy Godleman Logan van Beek Boyd RankinDurham James Franklin Stuart Poynter Peter Handscomb D'Arcy Short Peter HandscombEssex Eagles Anthony McGrath Simon Harmer Adam Zampa Mohammad AmirGlamorgan Matthew Maynard Colin Ingram Fakhar Zaman Shaun MarshGloucestershire Richard Dawson Michael Klinger Michael Klinger Andrew TyeHampshire Adrian Birrell James Vince Chris Morris Tabraiz ShamsiKent Spitfires Matt Walker Daniel Bell-Drummond Sam Billings Adam Milne Mohammad Nabi Faf du PlessisLancashire Lightning Glen Chapple Dane Vilas Glenn Maxwell James FaulknerLeicestershire Foxes Paul Nixon Colin AckermannNoneMiddlesex Stuart Law Dawid Malan Mujeeb Ur Rahman AB de Villiers Mohammad HafeezNorthamptonshire Steelbacks David Ripley Josh Cobb Faheem Ashraf Dwaine PretoriusNottinghamshire Outlaws Peter Moores Dan Christian Dan Christian Imad WasimSomerset Jason Kerr Lewis Gregory Tom Abell Jerome Taylor Babar AzamSurrey Michael Di Venuto Jade Dernbach Aaron Finch Aaron Finch Imran TahirSussex Sharks Jason Gillespie Luke Wright Alex Carey Rashid Khan Jason BehrendorffWorcestershire Rapids Alex Gidman Moeen Ali Callum Ferguson Martin Guptill Callum Ferguson Hamish RutherfordYorkshire Vikings Andrew Gale Tom Kohler-Cadmore Nicholas Pooran Keshav Maharaj
Statistics
North Group
Highest score by a team: Yorkshire Vikings − 255/2 (20 overs) vs. Leicestershire Foxes (23 July) Top score by an individual: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Yorkshire Vikings) − 96* (54) vs Leicestershire Foxes (23 July) Best bowling figures by an individual: Colin Ackermann (Leicestershire Foxes) − 7/18 (4 overs) vs Birmingham Bears (7 August)
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sD'Arcy ShortDurham121248343.9077*04Sam HainBirmingham Bears121245941.728503Tom Kohler-CadmoreYorkshire Vikings101043562.1496*05Billy GodlemanDerbyshire Falcons121241946.559204Wayne MadsenDerbyshire Falcons121240050.006904 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4w 5wMatt ParkinsonLancashire Lightning1137.42113.384/3010Ravi RampaulDerbyshire Falcons1246.02114.713/1700Harry GurneyNottinghamshire Outlaws1036.01818.055/3001Matthew PottsDurham1239.51719.523/2200Nathan RimmingtonDurham1243.51619.063/1500 Source: ESPNcricinfo
South Group
Highest score by a team: Middlesex − 227/4 (17 overs) vs Somerset (30 August) Top score by an individual: Cameron Delport (Essex Eagles) − 129 (49) vs Surrey (19 July) Best bowling figures by an individual: Steven Finn (Middlesex) − 5/16 (4 overs) vs Surrey (8 August)
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sBabar AzamSomerset131357852.54102*14Tom BantonSomerset131354942.2310014Dawid MalanMiddlesex131348844.3611712James VinceHampshire131240740.7087*04Aaron FinchSurrey131339836.18102*11 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4w 5wKyle AbbottHampshire1343.32017.803/1500Toby Roland-JonesMiddlesex1341.11918.575/2111Imran TahirSurrey1347.01920.264/2510Steven FinnMiddlesex1346.01922.365/1601Hardus ViljoenKent Spitfires1245.21819.723/1500 Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo