2010 Twenty20 Cup
Cricket tournament
The Rose Bowl, under floodlights for the final
The 2010 Friends Provident t20 tournament was the eighth edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the Friends Provident T20 , a Twenty20 cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties . The competition ran from 1 June 2010 until the finals day at The Rose Bowl on 14 August 2010.[ 1] The eighteen counties were split into two regions, North and South, with the top four teams from each group progressing to the quarter-final knockout stage. The competition was won by Hampshire Royals , who beat Essex Eagles in the semi-finals, and Somerset in the final, by virtue of losing fewer wickets in a tied match .
Pre-season
In May, before the Twenty20 season began, the England cricket team were crowned world Twenty20 champions at the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 competition in the West Indies. England player Kevin Pietersen was named player of the tournament. National interest in the Twenty20 format of the sport was very high as the old Twenty20 Cup competition was replaced by the new Friends Provident t20 cricket league competition.
Teams
Team summaries
Team
Location
Stadium
Stadium capacity
Head coach
Captain
Derbyshire Falcons
Derby
County Ground, Derby
9,500
John Morris
Durham Dynamos
Chester-le-Street
Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground
19,000
Geoff Cook
Phil Mustard
Essex Eagles
Chelmsford
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
6,500
Paul Grayson
James Foster
Glamorgan Dragons
Cardiff
SWALEC Stadium
16,000
Matthew Mott
Alviro Petersen
Gloucestershire Gladiators
Bristol
Nevil Road
16,000
Alex Gidman
James Franklin
Hampshire Royals
West End
The Rose Bowl
25,000
Giles White
Dominic Cork
Kent Spitfires
Canterbury
St Lawrence Ground
15,000
Paul Farbrace
Rob Key
Lancashire Lightning
Manchester
Old Trafford
19,000
Peter Moores
Glen Chapple
Leicestershire Foxes
Leicester
Grace Road
12,000
Tim Boon
Matthew Hoggard
Middlesex Panthers
London
Lord's
28,000
Richard Scott
Neil Dexter
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Northampton
County Cricket Ground, Northampton
6,500
David Capel
Andrew Hall
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Nottingham
Trent Bridge
17,500
Mick Newell
David Hussey
Somerset
Taunton
Taunton
6,500
Andy Hurry
Marcus Trescothick
Surrey Lions
London
The Oval
23,000
Chris Adams
Rory Hamilton-Brown
Sussex Sharks
Hove
Hove
7,000
Mark Robinson
Michael Yardy
Warwickshire Bears
Birmingham
Edgbaston
25,000
Ashley Giles
Ian Bell
Worcestershire Royals
Worcester
New Road
4,500
Steve Rhodes
Daryl Mitchell
Yorkshire Carnegie
Leeds
Headingley
17,500
Martyn Moxon
Andrew Gale
Group stage
North Group
Fixtures
June
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Jack Brooks and Vishal Tripathi (Northamptonshire Steelbacks) made their T20 debuts.
Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to field.
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire Carnegie) made his T20 debut.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Ben Stokes (Durham Dynamos) and Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire Lightning) made their T20 debuts.
Worcestershire Royals won the toss and elected to field.
No play possible due to rain.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
South Group
Fixtures
June
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Alex Blake (Kent Spitfires) and Michael Comber (Essex Eagles) made their T20 debuts.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Essex won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
Players statistics
Most runs
Most sixes
Kieron Pollard scored the most sixes in the competition.
Most wickets
References
See also
Seasons
Twenty20 Cup Friends Life T20 NatWest t20 Blast Vitality Blast
Finals Teams
North Division South Division