Twenty20 Cup 2013

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The Twenty20 Cup 2013 (referred to as Friends Life t20 for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the English Twenty20 Championship. The winners were the Northamptonshire Steelbacks , who prevailed in the final at Edgbaston Cricket Ground with 102 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis Method against Surrey .

format

The 18 first-class counties were divided into three groups of six teams each according to regional criteria. In this group stage, each team in a group played twice against each other. After this, the group winners, runners-up and the two best thirds in the group qualified for the quarter-finals. The semi-finals were then played on one day together with the final, marketed as Finals Day .

Group stage

Midlands / Wales / West Division

table
Midlands / Wales / West Division Sp. S. N NO P NRR
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 10 7th 3 0 14th   +0.329
Somerset 10 6th 4th 0 12   +0.841
Glam organ 10 5 5 0 10   -0.168
Warwickshire Bears 10 5 5 0 10   -0.410
Worcestershire Royals 10 4th 6th 0 8th   -0.327
Gloucestershire Gladiators 10 3 7th 0 6th   -0.245

North Division

table
North Division Sp. S. N U NO Minus
points 		Table
points 		NRR
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 10 7th 3 0 0 0 14th +1,009
Lancashire Lightning 10 5 3 2 0 0 12 +0.177
Durham Dynamos 10 6th 4th 0 0 0.25 11.75 +0.317
Leicestershire Foxes 10 4th 5 1 0 0 9 +0.417
Derbyshire Falcons 10 4th 6th 0 0 0 8th -0.604
Yorkshire Vikings 10 2 7th 1 0 0 5 -1,223

South Division

table
South Division Sp. S. N NO P NRR
Hampshire Royals 10 8th 1 1 17th   +0.810
Surrey 10 7th 3 0 14th   +0.915
Essex Eagles 10 5 4th 1 11   +0.040
Middlesex Panthers 10 5 5 0 10   -0.194
Kent Spitfires 10 3 7th 0 6th   -0.941
Sussex Sharks 10 1 9 0 2   -0.250

Playoffs

Quarter finals

August 6th
scorecard 		London Somerset
148-6 (20) 		- Surrey
151-7 (19)
Surrey wins by 3 wickets
August 6th
scorecard 		Northampton Northamptonshire Steelbacks
183-4 (20) 		- Durham Dynamos
147-6 (20)
Northamptonshire wins with 36 runs
August 7th
scorecard 		Southampton Hampshire Royals
202-3 (20) 		- Lancashire Lightning
201-4 (20)
Hampshire wins by 1 run
August 8
scorecard 		Nottingham Essex Eagles
187-5 (20) 		- Nottinghamshire Outlaws
140 (17.2)
Essex wins by 47 runs

Semifinals

August 17th
Scorecard 		Birmingham Essex Eagles
168-5 (20) 		- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
171-3 (18.1)
Northamptonshire wins by 7 wickets
August 17th
Scorecard 		Birmingham Hampshire Royals
142-9 (20) 		- Surrey
145-6 (19.2)
Surrey wins by 4 wickets

final

August 17th
Scorecard 		Birmingham Northamptonshire Steelbacks
194-2 (18) 		- Surrey
92 (13.3)
Northamptonshire wins with 102 runs ( D / L method )

statistics

Runs

Most of the runs of the season were scored by the following players:

player team Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Craig Kieswetter Somerset 11 517 64.62 89 0 5
Michael Carberry Hampshire 11 502 55.77 100 1 4th
Cameron White Northamptonshire 13 417 46.33 71 0 4th
Phil Mustard Durham 11 379 34.35 91 0 3
Michael Klinger Gloucestershire 10 366 52.28 108 1 2

Wickets

Most of the season's wickets were scored by the following players:

player team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Mohammad Azharullah Northamptonshire 45.5 27 12.62 4/14 0
Reece Topley Essex 37.0 21st 13.23 4/26 0
David Willey Northamptonshire 42.3 21st 13.33 4/9 0
Yasir Arafat Somerset 41.1 20th 14.60 4/5 0
Jade Dernbach Surrey 44.1 18th 16.44 3/15 0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate
  2. ↑ Friends Life t20, 2013 / Records / Most runs
  3. ↑ Friends Life t20, 2013 / Records / Most wickets