2016 NatWest t20 Blast

2015 NatWest t20 Blast
Dates 20 May 2016 (2016-05-20) – 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Group stage and knockout
Participants 18
Official website NatWest T20 Blast

The 2016 NatWest T20 Blast is a forthcoming Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. It will be the third season that the domestic T20 competition, run by the ECB, will be branded as the NatWest t20 Blast. The league will consist of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played between May and August. The final will take place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 20 August 2016.

Competition format

18 teams will compete for the T20 title. Teams are initially split into 2 divisions (North and South), each containing 9 teams, for the group stage of the competition. During the group stage (from May to July) each club plays 6 of the other teams in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. They play the other two teams only once, for a total of 14 games each. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a tie or if the match is abandoned. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then net run rate. At the end of the group stage, the top four teams from each group enter the knockout stage.[1][2]

Teams

Team Location Division Home ground Coach Captain
Birmingham Bears Birmingham North Edgbaston Scotland Dougie Brown England Ian Bell
Derbyshire Falcons Derby North County Ground England Graeme Welch England Wes Durston
Durham Jets Chester-le-Street North Riverside Ground England Jon Lewis England Mark Stoneman
Essex Eagles Chelmsford South County Ground England Chris Silverwood England Ravi Bopara
Glamorgan Cardiff South SWALEC Stadium Wales Robert Croft South Africa Jacques Rudolph
Gloucestershire Bristol South Bristol County Ground England Richard Dawson Australia Michael Klinger
Hampshire Southampton South Rose Bowl South Africa Dale Benkenstein England James Vince
Kent Spitfires Canterbury South St Lawrence Ground West Indies Cricket Board Jimmy Adams England Sam Northeast
Lancashire Lightning Manchester North Old Trafford England Ashley Giles England Steven Croft
Leicestershire Foxes Leicester North Grace Road Australia Andrew McDonald England Mark Pettini
Middlesex London South Lord's England Richard Scott England Dawid Malan
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Northampton North County Ground England David Ripley England Alex Wakely
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Nottingham North Trent Bridge England Mick Newell Australia Dan Christian
Somerset Taunton South County Ground England Matthew Maynard Australia Jim Allenby
Surrey London South The Oval Australia Michael Di Venuto England Gareth Batty
Sussex Sharks Hove South County Cricket Ground South Africa Mark Davis England Luke Wright
Worcestershire Rapids Worcester North New Road England Steve Rhodes England Daryl Mitchell
Yorkshire Vikings Leeds North Headingley Carnegie Australia Jason Gillespie England Alex Lees

Media coverage

Sky Sports will televise a number of group matches during the season, as well as all the knockout matches.

References

  1. ↑ "NatWest T20 Blast" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rules for ECB Competitions" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2014.

External links

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