Twenty20 Cup 2008
The 2008 Twenty20 Cup was the fourth season of the English Twenty20 Championship. The winners were the Middlesex Crusaders , who beat the Kent Spitfires with 3 runs in the final .
Group stage
Midlands / Wales / West Division
- table
| Midlands / Wales / West Division | Sp. | S. | N | U | NO | P | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire Bears | 10 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15th | +0.694 |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 10 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | +0.431 |
| Glamorgan Dragons | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 10 | -0.176 |
| Somerset Sabers | 10 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 9 | +0.313 |
| Worcestershire Royals | 10 | 3 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 7th | -0.488 |
| Gloucestershire Gladiators | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6th | -0.931 |
North Division
- table
| North Division | Sp. | S. | N | U | NO | P | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Dynamos | 10 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15th | +0.984 |
| Lancashire Lightning | 10 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | +0.921 |
| Yorkshire Carnegie | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -0.312 |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 10 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.027 |
| Derbyshire Phantoms | 10 | 3 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 6th | -0.421 |
| Leicestershire Foxes | 10 | 2 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 5 | -0.893 |
South Division
- table
| South Division | Sp. | S. | N | U | NO | P | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex Crusaders | 10 | 8th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.732 |
| Essex Eagles | 10 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | +0.937 |
| Kent Spitfires | 10 | 6th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.640 |
| Hampshire Hawks | 10 | 5 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 11 | -0.505 |
| Sussex Sharks | 10 | 2 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 4th | -0.876 |
| Surrey Brown Caps | 10 | 2 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 4th | -0.905 |
Playoffs
Quarter finals
| July 7th scorecard |
Chester-le-Street |
Durham Dynamos |
- |
Yorkshire Carnegie |
| Game canceled | ||||
The ECB received shortly before the game news that Yorkshire in the final group match against Nottingham with Azeem Rafiq has used an ineligible player and said the quarter-finals from. Yorkshire was disqualified on July 10th. Durham therefore played a quarter-finals against Glamorgan.
| July 7th scorecard |
Chelmsford |
Essex Eagles 192-9 (20) |
- |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 115-7 (18/18) |
| Essex wins with 59 runs ( D / L method ) | ||||
| July 8th scorecard |
London (The Oval) |
Middlesex Crusaders 176-7 (20) |
- |
Lancashire Lightning 164-8 (20) |
| Middlesex wins by 12 runs | ||||
| 9-10. July scorecard |
Hove |
Kent Spitfires 175-6 (20) |
- |
Warwickshire Bears 133-8 (20) |
| Kent wins with 42 runs | ||||
| July 22nd scorecard |
Chester-le-Street |
Durham Dynamos 163-8 (20) |
- |
Middlesex Crusaders 119 (17.4) |
| Durham wins by 44 runs | ||||
Semifinals
| July 26th scorecard |
Southampton |
Kent Spitfires 173-7 (20) |
- |
Essex Eagles 159-8 (20) |
| Kent wins with 14 runs | ||||
| July 26th scorecard |
Southampton |
Durham Dynamos 138-6 (20) |
- |
Glamorgan Dragons 141-2 (15.4) |
| Middlesex wins with 8 wickets | ||||
final
| July 26th scorecard |
Southampton |
Middlesex Crusaders 187-6 (20) |
- |
Kent Spitfires 184-5 (20) |
| Middlesex wins by 3 runs | ||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate
- ↑ Chaos for Yorkshire as quarter-final postponed ( English ) Cricinfo. July 7, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ↑ Yorkshire thrown out of Twenty20 Cup ( English ) Cricinfo. July 10, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2016.