The 2009 Friends Provident Trophy was an
English county cricket tournament held between 19 April and 25 July 2009.
The competition was won by
Hampshire Hawks who beat the
Sussex Sharks
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The cl ...
by 6 wickets at
Lord's.
Format
The eighteen
first-class counties, joined by the
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
and
Irish national teams were divided into four groups. Each team plays each other twice, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage. Group winners gain a home draw for the quarter-final.
During the group stage, teams are awarded two points for a win, one point for a
tie
Tie has two principal meanings:
* Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports
* Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders
Tie or TIE may also refer to:
Engineering and technology
* Ti ...
,
abandonment or a
no result, with no points awarded for a defeat.
Teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by most wins, followed by results between the two teams,
net run rate
Net run rate (NRR) is a statistical method used in analysing teamwork and/or performance in cricket. It is the most commonly used method of ranking teams with equal points in limited overs league competitions, similar to goal difference in fo ...
, followed by most wickets taken per balls bowled in matches achieving a result.
Teams that were victorious in the quarter-finals then proceeded to the semi-finals and winners from the semi-finals progressed to the final which was held on 25 July, at
Lord's.
Fixtures
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter finals
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Semi finals
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Final
References
External links
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Friends Provident Trophy seasons
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