2010 Twenty20 Cup

The 2010 Friends Provident t20 tournament was the inaugural Friends Provident t20 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.

2010 Friends Provident t20

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Hampshire Royals (1st title)
Participants	18
Matches played	151
Most runs	668 – Jimmy Adams (Hampshire)
Most wickets	33 – Alfonso Thomas (Somerset)

The Rose Bowl, under floodlights for the final

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	Robert 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Warwickshire Bears	16	11	4	0	1	23	0.403
2	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	16	10	4	2	0	22	0.640
3	Lancashire Lightning	16	9	6	0	1	19	0.479
4	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	16	7	6	3	0	17	−0.160
5	Derbyshire Falcons	16	6	8	0	2	14	−0.151
6	Yorkshire Carnegie	16	6	9	1	0	13	−0.121
7	Leicestershire Foxes	16	6	9	0	1	13	−0.234
8	Durham Dynamos	16	4	8	0	4	12	−0.296
9	Worcestershire Royals	16	5	10	0	1	11	−0.653

Source:

Visitor team → DERBY DURHM LANCS LEI NOTTS NTHNT YORKS WARKS WORCS Home team ↓ Derbyshire Falcons 5 wickets 16 runs 6 wickets 43 runs 6 wickets 3 wickets 6 wickets Durham Dynamos No result 23 runs 71 runs 11 runs 7 wickets 6 wickets 5 wickets No result Lancashire Lightning 7 runs 50 runs 14 runs 9 wickets (D/L) 69 runs 5 wickets 5 wickets 46 runs Leicestershire Foxes 11 runs No result 6 wickets 7 wickets 10 runs 9 wickets 8 runs 3 wickets Nottinghamshire Outlaws 5 wickets 4 wickets 26 runs 23 runs (D/L) Match tied 7 wickets 32 runs 6 wickets Northamptonshire Steelbacks 9 runs 30 runs 11 runs 12 runs Match tied Match tied 6 wickets 21 runs Yorkshire Carnegie 65 runs 9 wickets 17 runs 6 runs 7 wickets 14 runs (D/L) 34 runs 104 runs Warwickshire Bears 6 wickets 15 runs No result 32 runs 5 wickets 8 wickets 14 runs 9 runs Worcestershire Royals 8 wickets 3 runs 7 runs 6 wickets 6 wickets 9 wickets 21 runs 9 wickets Home team won Away team won Match abandoned

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Somerset	16	11	5	0	0	22	0.418
2	Essex Eagles	16	10	6	0	0	20	0.395
3	Sussex Sharks	16	9	7	0	0	18	0.606
4	Hampshire Royals	16	8	8	0	0	16	0.385
5	Surrey Lions	16	8	8	0	0	16	0.183
6	Middlesex Crusaders	16	8	8	0	0	16	0.018
7	Kent Spitfires	16	7	9	0	0	14	−0.163
8	Glamorgan Dragons	16	6	10	0	0	12	−0.979
9	Gloucestershire Gladiators	16	5	11	0	0	10	−0.943

Source:

Visitor team → ESSEX GLAM GLOUC HANTS KENT MIDDX SOM SURR SSSX Home team ↓ Essex Eagles 7 wickets 7 wickets 3 wickets 6 wickets 11 runs 6 wickets 6 wickets 17 runs Glamorgan Dragons 9 wickets 6 wickets 7 wickets 14 runs (D/L) 7 wickets 7 wickets (D/L) 10 runs 3 wickets Gloucestershire Gladiators 66 runs 8 wickets 7 wickets 36 runs 4 runs 6 wickets 6 wickets 7 wickets Hampshire Royals 9 wickets 54 runs 28 runs 5 wickets 8 wickets 7 runs 10 runs 45 runs Kent Spitfires 4 wickets 6 wickets 12 runs 45 runs 6 wickets 84 runs 38 runs 4 wickets Middlesex Crusaders 5 runs 84 runs 6 wickets 6 wickets 13 runs 5 wickets 9 wickets 28 runs Somerset 10 runs 6 wickets 6 wickets 6 wickets 59 runs 79 runs 21 runs 7 wickets Surrey Lions 9 runs 5 wickets 10 wickets 11 runs 15 runs (D/L) 7 wickets 39 runs 39 runs Sussex Sharks 5 wickets 53 runs 8 runs 9 wickets 27 runs 5 wickets 52 runs 8 wickets Home team won Away team won Match abandoned

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	26 July – Birmingham
	Warwickshire Bears	153/5 (20 ov)
					14 August – Southampton
	Hampshire Royals	154/5 (19.5 ov)
					Hampshire Royals	157/4 (19.2 ov)
	27 July – Chelmsford
					Essex Eagles	156/7 (20 ov)
	Lancashire Lightning	183/6 (20 ov)
									14 August – Southampton
	Essex Eagles	184/2 (19.1 ov)
									Hampshire Royals	173/5 (20 ov)
	26 July – Nottingham
									Somerset	173/6 (20 ov)
	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	141/9 (20 ov)
					14 August – Southampton
	Sussex Sharks	128/7 (20 ov)
					Nottinghamshire Outlaws	117/4 (13 ov)
	27 July – Taunton
					Somerset (D/L)	182/5 (20 ov)
	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	112/6 (20 ov)
	Somerset	115/3 (17 ov)

Quarter-finals

26 July 16:40 Scorecard

Warwickshire Bears 153/5 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire Royals 154/5 (19.5 overs)
Darren Maddy 44 (41) Danny Briggs 3/29 (4 overs)		James Vince 66* (61) Steffan Piolet 2/32 (4 overs)

Hampshire won by 5 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: James Vince (Hants)

• Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.

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26 July 19:25 Scorecard

Nottinghamshire Outlaws 141/9 (20 overs)	v	Sussex Sharks 128/7 (20 overs)
Matt Wood 36 (42) Yasir Arafat 4/34 (4 overs)		Murray Goodwin 28 (42) Darren Pattinson 3/17 (3 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 13 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Richard Illingworth and Jeremy Lloyds Player of the match: Steven Mullaney (Notts)

• Sussex won the toss and elected to field.

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27 July 16:50 Scorecard

Northamptonshire Steelbacks 112/6 (20 overs)	v	Somerset 115/3 (17 overs)
Stephen Peters 40* (50) Mark Turner 1/8 (2 overs)		Craig Kieswetter 33 (30) James Middlebrook 2/30 (4 overs)

Somerset won by 7 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Peter Hartley and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Murali Kartik and Arul Suppiah (Somst)

• Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.

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27 July 19:40 Scorecard

Lancashire Lightning 183/6 (20 overs)	v	Essex Eagles 184/2 (19.1 overs)
Tom Smith 35 (46) Chris Wright 4/25 (4 overs)		Mark Pettini 81 (79) Sajid Mahmood 1/29 (4 overs)

Essex won by 8 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Jeff Evans and Nigel Llong Player of the match: Mark Pettini and Matt Walker (Essex)

• Essex won the toss and elected to field.

Semi-finals

14 August 11:40 Scorecard

Essex Eagles 156/7 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire Royals 157/4 (19.2 overs)
Mark Pettini 55 (43) Danny Briggs 3/29 (4 overs)		Abdul Razzaq 44 (31) Ravi Bopara 1/27 (4 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets The Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Rob Bailey and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Danny Briggs (Hants)

• Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.

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14 August 16:00 Scorecard

Somerset 182/5 (20 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire Outlaws 117/4 (13 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 60 (28) Graeme Swann 2/24 (4 overs)		Samit Patel 39 (26) Alfonso Thomas 2/23 (3 overs)

Somerset won by 3 runs (D/L method) The Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Richard Illingworth and Nigel Llong Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Somst)

• Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.

Final

14 August 19:25 (D/N) Scorecard

Somerset 173/6 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire Royals 173/5 (20 overs)
Craig Kieswetter 71 (59) Dominic Cork 2/24 (4 overs)		Neil McKenzie 52 (39) Ben Phillips 2/44 (4 overs)

Scores level; Hampshire won by losing fewer wickets The Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Rob Bailey and Richard Illingworth Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (Hants)

• Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.

Players statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Runs	Highest Score
Jimmy Adams	Hampshire	668	101*
Marcus Trescothick	Somerset	572	83
Mark Cosgrove	Glamorgan	562	89
Tom Smith	Lancashire	543	92*
David Hussey	Nottinghamshire	524	81*
Ravi Bopara	Essex	473	105*
James Franklin	Gloucestershire	470	90
Sean Ervine	Hampshire	470	74
Alex Hales	Nottinghamshire	466	83
Samit Patel	Nottinghamshire	459	63
James Hildreth	Somerset	459	77*
Source: Cricinfo[2]

Most sixes

Kieron Pollard scored the most sixes in the competition.

Player	Team	Sixes	Strike rate
Kieron Pollard	Somerset	29	175.24
Scott Styris	Essex	24	161.98
Ross Taylor	Durham	23	173.07
Marcus Trescothick	Somerset	22	157.14
Tom Maynard	Glamorgan	20	150.19
Ryan ten Doeschate	Essex	19	177.24
David Hussey	Nottinghamshire	19	142.00
Matt Prior	Sussex	18	169.08
Darren Maddy	Warwickshire	18	132.55
Jimmy Adams	Hampshire	17	132.27
Source: Cricinfo[3]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Wickets	Average
Alfonso Thomas	Somerset	33	13.93
Danny Briggs	Hampshire	31	14.35
Kieron Pollard	Somerset	29	15.10
Stephen Parry	Lancashire	26	16.42
Adil Rashid	Yorkshire	26	16.46
Chris Tremlett	Surrey	24	17.12
Chaminda Vaas	Northamptonshire	23	15.82
Sajid Mahmood	Lancashire	23	18.69
Robert Croft	Glamorgan	22	15.59
Keith Barker	Warwickshire	21	16.66
Source: Cricinfo[4]

References

1. Friends Provident t20 – format Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, www.ecb.co.uk. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
2. "Friends Provident t20, 2010 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
3. "Friends Provident t20, 2010 / Records / Most sixes". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
4. "Friends Provident t20, 2010 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

See also

• Twenty20 Cup
• 2009 Twenty20 Cup