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Dates | 20 May – 15 July 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Somerset (2nd title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | James Vince (670) ( Hampshire Hawks) |
Most wickets | Matt Henry (31) ( Somerset) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2023 Vitality Blast was the twenty-first edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 20 May to 15 July 2023. [1] It was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship. [2] The Hampshire Hawks were the defending champions, having won their third title during the previous season. [3] On 30 November 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament. [1]
Somerset and the Hampshire Hawks won their home quarter-finals, while the Essex Eagles and Surrey also secured a place at Finals day with away wins against the Birmingham Bears and Lancashire Lightning respectively, thus producing an all South Group finals for only the second time; the last occurrence being in 2021. In the final, Somerset beat the Essex Eagles by 14 runs to win their second title after an 18-year wait. [4] Somerset won 15 of their 17 fixtures in the 2023 Vitality Blast, setting a new domestic T20 competition record for the number of wins in a season.
The playing format is the same as the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away. [5]
The teams are divided into the following groups: [6] [7]
20 May 2023
Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons
179/5 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning
183/6 (19.2 overs) |
Birmingham Bears
200/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
166 (19.5 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids
196/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
181/8 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes
99 (18.5 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
105/2 (11.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes
166/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
167/5 (17.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks
137 (20 overs) |
v
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Durham
141/0 (13.2 overs) |
Graham Clark 102
* (49)
|
Derbyshire Falcons
178/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
182/6 (17 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings
175/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
177/8 (19.5 overs) |
27 May 2023
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Lancashire Lightning
208/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
186/5 (20 overs) |
28 May 2023
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Durham
217/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
189/7 (20 overs) |
29 May 2023
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Lancashire Lightning
98 (14.5 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
99/3 (14.2 overs) |
29 May 2023
Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons
151/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
152/4 (18 overs) |
29 May 2023
Scorecard |
Durham
168/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
171/5 (19.2 overs) |
29 May 2023
Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids
183/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
150/9 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings
182/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
174/4 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears
202/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
181/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons
189/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire Foxes
187/5 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings
195/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lancashire Lightning
180/8 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons
174/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
157/9 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning
152/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Durham
153/4 (18.2 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes
164/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
168/2 (18.5 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids
226/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
170 (18.2 overs) |
Notts Outlaws
214/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
203/9 (20 overs) |
4 June 2023
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Durham
168/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
169/3 (18 overs) |
4 June 2023
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Lancashire Lightning
145 (18.3 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
149/5 (18.5 overs) |
4 June 2023
Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids
178/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
180/4 (19.4 overs) |
4 June 2023
Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons
166/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
170/3 (18.2 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks
161/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Durham
162/6 (18.5 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings
156/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
126 (19.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears
203/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
207/4 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids
177/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
181/6 (19.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears
137 (18.5 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
107/9 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons
142/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
143/7 (18.4 overs) |
Durham
172/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
174/4 (17.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings
224/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Worcestershire Rapids
198/6 (20 overs) |
Durham
178 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
178/5 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning
204/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
169/9 (20 overs) |
16 June 2023
Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears
196/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
175/6 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes
195/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
197/2 (18.1 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons
212/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
68 (11.2 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning
195/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Durham
150/3 (17 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes
112 (18.2 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
113/4 (16.2 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Northants Steelbacks
177/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
99 (14.3 overs) |
Durham
146/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
149/8 (19.3 overs) |
Notts Outlaws
165/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire Foxes
143/8 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning
164/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
165/3 (17.4 overs) |
20 June 2023
Scorecard |
Northants Steelbacks
180/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
102 (15.2 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks
156/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
160/4 (19.1 overs) |
Notts Outlaws
139/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
140/5 (18.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears
180/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire Vikings
176/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears
228/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
175/9 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings
49/1 (8.1 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
177/4 (15 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
150/7 (15 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks
210/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
118 (16.4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons
231/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
160 (18.1 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
168 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
172/8 (19.1 overs) |
30 June 2023
Scorecard |
Durham
216/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
112/3 (11 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears
141 (19.5 overs) |
v
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Durham
133/9 (20 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids
222/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
194 (19.4 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Northants Steelbacks
138/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
139/4 (16.4 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Notts Outlaws
168/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
164/8 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire
113 (16.3 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
116/3 (13.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
74 (16.1 overs) |
v
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Somerset
75/2 (9.3 overs) |
Surrey
199/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
126 (14.5 overs) |
Gloucestershire
161/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
162/8 (19.1 overs) |
26 May 2023 (
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Middlesex
171 (19.5 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
172/2 (17.5 overs) |
Surrey
223/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
182/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
183/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
184/5 (19.3 overs) |
28 May 2023
Scorecard |
Surrey
148 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
149/5 (19.5 overs) |
29 May 2023
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire
181/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
179/6 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire
195/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
196/7 (19.1 overs) |
Somerset
154 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
112 (15 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
156/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Surrey
157/4 (18.5 overs) |
31 May 2023
Scorecard |
Glamorgan
238/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
209/5 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles
163/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
138 (18.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
214/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
96 (14.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires
189/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
191/3 (17 overs) |
Surrey
124/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
127/8 (19.1 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
144 (18.5 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
145/0 (14.5 overs) |
James Vince 71
* (39)
|
4 June 2023
Scorecard |
Middlesex
139/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
140/3 (18.2 overs) |
4 June 2023
Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires
173/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Surrey
174/5 (20 overs) |
4 June 2023
Scorecard |
Somerset
150 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
139 (19.1 overs) |
4 June 2023
Scorecard |
Glamorgan
219/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
187/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
147 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
149/5 (14.5 overs) |
6 June 2023
Scorecard |
Hampshire Hawks
164/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
159/7 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
178/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
173/6 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires
150/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Essex Eagles
155/6 (18.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
181/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
177/5 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles
226/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
175 (18.3 overs) |
Somerset
231/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
151 (19 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
177/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
180/4 (19.3 overs) |
Surrey
258/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
134 (14.5 overs) |
Glamorgan
175/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
177/6 (16 overs) |
Kent Spitfires
228/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
215/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
183/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hampshire Hawks
177/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire
137 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
138/3 (17 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Glamorgan
183/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
151/8 (20 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Essex Eagles
237/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
116/2 (12.3 overs) |
18 June 2023
Scorecard |
Surrey
124 (19.2 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
125/1 (14.2 overs) |
Essex Eagles
186 (19.2 overs) |
v
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Somerset
187/3 (16.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
158/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
85/2 (8.1 overs) |
Surrey
238/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
157/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
169/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
172/4 (18.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles
184 (19.5 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
190/3 (18.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire
140 (19.2 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
141/3 (13.2 overs) |
Surrey
252/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
254/3 (19.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
182/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
162/8 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles
209/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
212/6 (19.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires
228/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
173 (19 overs) |
Gloucestershire
186/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
187/6 (19.3 overs) |
Essex Eagles
225/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
226/8 (19.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
97/2 (9.2 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
54/1 (5.3 overs) |
Sussex Sharks
228/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
117/4 (10 overs) |
1 July 2023
Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks
160/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
165/5 (16.5 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Middlesex
200/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
151 (15.3 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire
105 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
107/2 (14.3 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Somerset
221/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
206/7 (20 overs) |
2 July 2023
Scorecard |
Surrey
195/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
199/7 (20 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.819 |
2 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.427 |
3 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.349 |
4 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | −0.222 |
5 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.397 |
6 | Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.274 |
7 | Durham | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0.077 |
8 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | −0.737 |
9 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.402 |
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Somerset | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.460 |
2 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.820 |
3 | Surrey | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.192 |
4 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.088 |
5 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.287 |
6 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.871 |
7 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 |
8 | Glamorgan | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −1.060 |
9 | Middlesex | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.932 |
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
S1 | Somerset | 158/5 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Notts Outlaws | 157/6 | ||||||||||||
QF 3 | Somerset | 142/7 | ||||||||||||
QF 2 | Surrey | 118 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Lancashire Lightning | 174/6 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Surrey | 187/5 | ||||||||||||
SF 2 | Somerset | 145 | ||||||||||||
SF 1 | Essex Eagles | 131 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Birmingham Bears | 167/7 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Essex Eagles | 171/8 | ||||||||||||
QF 1 | Essex Eagles | 115/5 ( DLS) | ||||||||||||
QF 4 | Hampshire Hawks | 170/7 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Hampshire Hawks | 102/5 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Worcestershire Rapids | 100 |
Birmingham Bears
167/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
171/8 (19.5 overs) |
Surrey
187/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
174/6 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws
157/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
158/5 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids
100 (17.5 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
102/5 (15.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks
170/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
115/5 (11.3 overs) |
Somerset
142/7 (19 overs) |
v
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Surrey
118 (16.5 overs) |
Somerset
145 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
131 (18.3 overs) |