2019 T20 Blast
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The 2019 Vitality Blast was the seventeenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales which was run by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal.[1] 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.[2] Finals Day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions.[3]
Dates | 18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) – 21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Essex Eagles (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | Babar Azam (578) |
Most wickets | Ravi Rampaul (23) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
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On 7 August 2019, in the match between the Leicestershire Foxes and the Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire's Colin Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs.[4] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.[5]