The 2019 Vitality Blast is the 2019 season of the

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, a professional

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league that was played in England and Wales. It was the second season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal. The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played, slightly later than usual, between July and September. Finals Day took place at

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on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions. On 7 August 2019, in the match between the

Leicestershire Foxes Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the coun ...

and the Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire's

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took seven wickets for eighteen runs. These were the best bowling figures in a

match.

Teams

Points tables

North Division

South Division

The top four teams from each division will qualify for the knockout stage.

Fixtures

League stage

All times are in

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( UTC+01:00)

North Group

July

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South Group

July

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August

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-Finals

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Finals Day

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Final

Statistics

North Group

* Highest score by a team:

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− 255/2 (20 overs) vs.

(23 July) * Top score by an individual:

Tom Kohler-Cadmore Tom Kohler-Cadmore (born 19 August 1994) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Yorkshire. He is a right-handed batsman who also bowls right-arm off spin. Biography Having come through the Yorkshire age-group system, Kohler-Cadmore ...

(

) − 96 * (54) vs

(23 July) * Best bowling figures by an individual:

(

) − 7/18 (4 overs) vs Birmingham Bears (7 August)

Most runs

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Source: ESPNcricinfo

South Group

* Highest score by a team:

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− 227/4 (17 overs) vs

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(30 August) * Top score by an individual:

Cameron Delport Cameron Scott Delport (born 12 May 1989) is a British-South African professional cricketer who plays in Twenty20 league tournaments. He was educated at Westville High School. He is a left-hand opening batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. ...

(

Essex Eagles Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex. Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 when ...

) − 129 (49) vs Surrey (19 July) * Best bowling figures by an individual:

Steven Finn Steven Thomas Finn (born 4 April 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who also bats right-handed. At the age of 16, he became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest-ever debutant in first-class cricket. He made his E ...

(

) − 5/16 (4 overs) vs Surrey (8 August)

Most runs

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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