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Twenty20 Cup

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Administrator(s) ECB
Form Twenty20
Timeline 2003 – present
Tournament format(s) Group stages, then knockout
Participants 18
Current champion Kent Spitfires
Most successful Leicestershire Foxes (2 titles)
Most runs Darren Maddy (1,236)
Most wickets Nayan Doshi (53)

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The Twenty20 format, twenty overs for each team, means a game can be completed in under three hours, making it more palatable for children and families than longer matches. Many games also feature additional activities for the spectators in order to provide more entertainment, such as paddling pools, bouncy castles, themed areas, bowling speed-guns, and prizes for catching a 6 ball. On Finals Day, there is also a performance by a major pop act - Atomic Kitten, Liberty X, Girls Aloud and Sugababes have performed on past Finals Days, and Mutya Buena performed on the 2007 Finals Day at Edgbaston. A view of the Twenty20 match between England and Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into moonwalk (bounce house). ... Atomic Kitten is an English girl group from Liverpool composed of Liz Lil McClarnon, Natasha Tash Hamilton, and Jenny Frost - who replaced original member Kerry Katona in January 2001. ... Liberty X (originally called Liberty) was a pop group formed from five contestants from the 2001 UK TV show Popstars. ... Girls Aloud (often known simply as GA) are a Smash Hits Poll Winners, TMF award-winning and BRIT Award-nominated British girl group created on ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. ... The Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning female pop group trio from London, England. ... Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena, (born 21 May 1985 in Kingsbury, London), known professionally as Mutya Buena, is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame as a member of the pop band Sugababes. ... Edgbaston Cricket Ground (sometimes called Edgbaston Stadium) is a cricket venue in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. ...


Most of the standard rules of cricket are retained, but the emphasis is on fast scoring and fast moving cricket. There are limits on fielding positions, and the boundaries are shorter, to encourage aggressive batting. Batsmen get a Free Hit if the bowler bowls a "No Ball" by overstepping the popping crease. There is also a strict 1 minute 30 second time limit on the amount of time a new batsman has to reach the crease, and in the event of the scores being equal at the end of the overs, there is a "bowl-off", similar to a penalty shoot out, except the bowlers have to bowl at unguarded stumps.


Many games are played in twilight, again to enhance family spectator appeal and to allow attendance after work and school. They also feature numerous musical 'stings' for exciting events, such as the dismissal of a batsman, or the hitting of a boundary.

Contents

Competition Format

The first stage involves the eighteen counties being split into three "divisions", based on their location in Britain, each with six counties. These divisions are:


Northern Division

Derbyshire Phantoms
Durham Dynamos
Leicestershire Foxes
Lancashire Lightning
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Yorkshire Phoenix
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire. ... Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. ... Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ...


Southern Division

Essex Eagles
Hampshire Hawks
Kent Spitfires
Middlesex Crusaders
Surrey Brown Caps
Sussex Sharks
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. ... Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hampshire. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex in which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ... Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Leaving the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county...


Mid / West / Wales Division

Glamorgan Dragons
Gloucestershire Gladiators
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Somerset Sabres
Warwickshire Bears
Worcestershire Royals
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (Welsh: ). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is an English domestic first-class cricket club based at County Cricket Ground, Bristol. ... Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ...



Each county plays eight games, four of them at home and four away, during the round robin stages, playing teams in their divisions, three of them twice, once at home and once away from home. Teams receive two points for a win, none for a defeat and one for a tie or a no result if the game can't be completed. This stage takes around three weeks to complete, with teams playing several ties each week. The top two from each division along with the two best third place finishers qualify with for the quarter-finals, with the group winners and best second place team having home ties. The winners of the quarter-finals go through to "Finals Day", a bumper day of Twenty20 when the semi-finals and final of the competition take place on the same day at the same venue, for 2007 it was Edgbaston on August 4.


Final Results

Year Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2003
Surrey Lions
119 for 1 (10.5 overs)
Surrey won by 9 wickets [1] Warwickshire Bears
115 (18.1 overs)
2004
Leicestershire Foxes
169 for 3 (19.1 overs)
Leicestershire won by 7 wickets [2] Surrey Lions
168 for 6 (20 overs)
2005
Details
Somerset Sabres
118 for 3 (14.1 overs)
Somerset won by 7 wickets [3]
Match reduced to 16 overs per innings due to rain
Lancashire Lightning
114 for 8 (16 overs)
2006
Leicestershire Foxes
177 for 2 (20 overs)
Leicestershire won by 4 runs [4] Nottinghamshire Outlaws
173 for 8 (20 overs)
2007
Details
Kent Spitfires
147 for 6 (19.3 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets [5] Gloucestershire Gladiators
146 for 8 (20 overs)

Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ... Twenty20 cricket is played over 20 overs according to normal limited-over rules, the one exception being the rule for timed out, where the time by which an incoming batsman must be at the crease ready to receive his first ball is reduced to 90 seconds after the outgoing batsman... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire. ... The Twenty20 Cup 2007 is the fifth edition of the tournament which began on June 22nd. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is an English domestic first-class cricket club based at County Cricket Ground, Bristol. ...

Centuries in the Twenty20 Cup

Rank Score (deliveries) Player Team Year

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141* (70)
116* (53)
116* (57)
116* (65)
112 (43)
111* (59)
111 (60)
110 (49)
109 (55)
108* (59)
105 (45)
105 (56)
103 (45)
102* (65)
101 (58)
100* (50)
100 (55)
100 (55)
100* (61)

Cameron White
Cameron White
Ian Thomas
Graeme Hick
Andrew Symonds
Lance Klusener
Darren Maddy
Graeme Hick
Ian Harvey
Ian Harvey
Ben Smith
Graeme Smith
Luke Wright
Murray Goodwin
Stuart Law
Ian Harvey
Mal Loye
Hamish Marshall
Ronnie Irani
Cameron Leon White (b. ... Cameron Leon White (b. ... Ian James Thomas (born 9 May 1979, Newport, Monmouthshire) is a Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan as a left-handed opening batsman from 1999 to 2005. ... Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a former England cricketer. ... Andrew Symonds (born 9 June 1975, Birmingham, England) is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage who moved to Australia with his parents, after they adopted him, when he was one year old. ... Lance Klusener (born on September 4, 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. ... Darren Lee Maddy (born 23 May 1974, Leicester)[1] is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Leicestershire. ... Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a former England cricketer. ... Ian Joseph Harvey was born in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia on 10 July 1972. ... Ian Joseph Harvey was born in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia on 10 July 1972. ... Benjamin Francis Smith (born 3 April 1972 in Corby, Northamptonshire) is an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. ... Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981 in Johannesburg) is a cricketer who became the youngest ever player to captain the South African cricket team at the age of 22 years when he was selected to take over from Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup. ... Luke Wright (born March 7, 1985) is an English cricketer. ... Murray William Goodwin (b. ... Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968 in Herston, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer, although he now has British citizenship and has settled in England. ... Ian Joseph Harvey was born in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia on 10 July 1972. ... Malachy Bernard Loye, most commonly known as Mal Loye, (born 27 September 1972, Northampton), is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler. ... Hamish John Hamilton Marshall (born 15 February 1979, Auckland) is a New Zealand cricketer. ... Ronald Charles Ronnie Irani (born 26 October 1971 in Leigh, Lancashire) is an British Asian cricketer of Parsi descent. ...

Somerset Sabres
Somerset Sabres
Glamorgan Dragons
Worcestershire Royals
Kent Spitfires
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Leicestershire Foxes
Worcestershire Royals
Yorkshire Phoenix
Yorkshire Phoenix
Worcestershire Royals
Somerset Sabres
Sussex Sharks
Sussex Sharks
Lancashire Lightning
Gloucestershire Gladiators
Lancashire Lightning
Gloucestershire Gladiators
Essex Eagles
Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (Welsh: ). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Leaving the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county... Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Leaving the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county... Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is an English domestic first-class cricket club based at County Cricket Ground, Bristol. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. ... Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is an English domestic first-class cricket club based at County Cricket Ground, Bristol. ... Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. ...

2006
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2004
2007
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2006
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

The table below lists domestic sports leagues from around the world by total attendances for the last completed season. ...

External links

  • ECB site
  • cricket20

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