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The 2021 Vitality Blast was the ninteenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast,[1] a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales.[2] run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), that was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship deal.[3] The Notts Outlaws were the defending champions.[4]
Dates | 9 June – 18 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Kent Spitfires (2nd title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | Josh Inglis (531) (Leicestershire Foxes) |
Most wickets | Naveen-ul-Haq (26) (Leicestershire Foxes) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
In June 2021, Samit Patel, playing for the Notts Outlaws, became the first English player to do the double in T20 cricket of taking 250 wickets and scoring 5,000 runs.[5][6]
In July 2021, Derbyshire's match against Essex in the 2021 County Championship was abandoned before the start of day two due to a positive COVID-19 case in the squad.[7] As a result, Derbyshire's final two T20 Blast group-stage games, against the Northants Steelbacks and the Yorkshire Vikings, were also cancelled.[8][9] Therefore, the North Group qualifications were decided based on an average points per completed match basis.[10]
Following matches completed on 9 July 2021, the Notts Outlaws were the first team to qualify from the North Group for the quarter-finals.[11] On the same day, they were joined by the Kent Spitfires from the South Group.[12] After the matches completed on 16 July 2021, the Yorkshire Vikings from the North Group had qualified,[13] along with Somerset from the South Group.[14] On 17 July 2021, Lancashire Lightning won the Roses Match against the Yorkshire Vikings to qualify from the North Group.[15] On the final day of group stage matches, the Birmingham Bears from the North Group,[16][17] and the Sussex Sharks and the Hampshire Hawks from the South Group had all qualified for the quarter-finals.[18][19]
In the first quarter-final match, the Sussex Sharks beat the Yorkshire Vikings to become the first team to reach Finals Day.[20] The Hampshire Hawks reached the Finals Day, after they knocked out defending champions the Notts Outlaws in the second quarter-final match.[21] Somerset became the third team to reach Finals Day, after they defeated the Lancashire Lightning in their quarter-final match.[22] In the last quarter-final match, the Kent Spitfires beat the Birmingham Bears to progress to the Finals Day.[23] It was the first time in the tournament's history that all the teams taking part in Finals Day had come from the South Group.[24]
On Finals Day, Somerset beat Hampshire Hawks by two wickets in the first semi-final to advance into the final.[25] In the second semi-final, Kent Spitfires beat the Sussex Sharks by 21 runs to advance.[26] It was the first time that Kent had reached the domestic T20 final since the 2008 tournament.[27] In the final, the Kent Spitfires beat Somerset by 25 runs to win the tournament and their second domestic T20 title.[28]
Each county played seven matches at home, and seven matches away, with the top four counties in each group progressing to the Quarter-finals. The top two ranked counties from each group will host the Quarter-finals, to play against the lower-seeded team in other group.[3]
The teams were placed into the following groups:[3]
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Derbyshire Falcons 168/7 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 171/4 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 152/6 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 152/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 144/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 147/4 (18.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 172/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 156/5 (20 overs) |
Durham 181/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 161/6 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 229/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 211/9 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 209/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 186 (19 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 185/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 153/9 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 132/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 133/2 (17.2 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 160/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 161/7 (19 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 168/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 170/8 (19 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 214/7 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 200/7 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 240/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 222/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 195/5 (20 overs) |
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Durham 182/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 170/3 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 115 (18.5 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 196/5 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 197/3 (18.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 216/6 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 122 (16.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 190/7 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 155 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 151/6 (20 overs) |
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Durham 153/4 (17.4 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 141/8 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 143/5 (18.2 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 152/6 (15 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 150/6 (15 overs) |
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Yorkshire Vikings 174/6 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 135 (19 overs) |
Durham 185/4 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 163/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 172 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 172/4 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 200/2 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 166/7 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 86/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 89/0 (6.2 overs) |
Alex Hales 60* (24) |
Leicestershire Foxes 174/8 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 132 (18.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 191/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 179/5 (20 overs) |
Durham 157/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 158/1 (17.5 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 167/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 170/5 (19.1 overs) |
Durham 178/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 181/2 (19.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 130/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 131/3 (18.2 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 207/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 173 (19.5 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 137/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 137/9 (20 overs) |
Durham 164/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 130 (18.3 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 173/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 166/7 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 224/3 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 142 (19.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 156/7 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 157/3 (19.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 138 (19.5 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 141/5 (18.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 81 (15.5 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 86/0 (8.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 173/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 143 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 159/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 125 (18.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 154 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 156/4 (17.5 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 177/9 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 63 (13.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 180/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 171/8 (20 overs) |
Durham 115/4 (15.1 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 88/2 (8.2 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 167/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 153/8 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 174/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 125 (18 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 142/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 144/2 (15.4 overs) |
Durham 176/9 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 180/4 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 60/3 (7 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 65/0 (3.4 overs) |
Alex Hales 31* (9) |
Birmingham Bears 169/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 152/6 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 199/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 193/5 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 173 (19.2 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 177/8 (19.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 128/7 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 131/6 (19 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 191/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 177/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 221/4 (20 overs) |
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Durham 143 (16 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 169/6 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 171/3 (17.5 overs) |
Source: [30]
Somerset 185/7 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 187/7 (18.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 176/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 138/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 179/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 175/9 (20 overs) |
Surrey 223/7 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 169/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 177/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 178/5 (17.2 overs) |
Somerset 187/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 188/3 (16 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 178/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 162/8 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 155/6 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 142 (19.2 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 154/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 155/1 (16.2 overs) |
Essex Eagles 153/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 156/3 (19 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 183/5 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 178/8 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan 166/8 (20 overs) |
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Surrey 167/5 (18.2 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 215/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 217/7 (19.4 overs) |
Somerset 204/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 157 (18 overs) |
Essex Eagles 128/8 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 130/3 (14 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 144/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 104 (17.4 overs) |
Middlesex 179/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 157/5 (18 overs) |
Surrey 53/2 (5 overs) |
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Glamorgan 150/9 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 129/9 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 236/3 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 169 (19.2 overs) |
Surrey 118 (16.4 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 119/2 (15.3 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 147/7 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 149/2 (13.4 overs) |
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Surrey 146/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 149/3 (18.4 overs) |
Middlesex 183/2 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 184/8 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 216/2 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 182/8 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 174/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 175/5 (19 overs) |
Somerset 172/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 165/8 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 162/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 135 (19.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 167/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 31/4 (5 overs) |
Glamorgan 170/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 171/3 (17.4 overs) |
Surrey 175/7 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 43/1 (4.5 overs) |
v |
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Kent Spitfires 168/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 169/0 (15.4 overs) |
Tom Banton 107* (51) |
Glamorgan 153/6 (20 overs) |
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Surrey 152/9 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 153 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 151/4 (18.1 overs) |
Surrey 146/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 126/8 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 166/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 103/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 161/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 165/2 (19.2 overs) |
Glamorgan 104 (17 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 108/2 (12.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 201/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 168 (18.4 overs) |
Somerset 152 (18.1 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 114/6 (16 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 176/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 166/5 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 191/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 180/6 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 171/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 161/8 (20 overs) |
Surrey 128/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 129/1 (15.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 175/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 100 (16 overs) |
Essex Eagles 146/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 148/4 (18.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 171/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 153 (19.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 177/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 178/3 (18.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 157/8 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 80 (16.3 overs) |
Somerset 181/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 107 (17.4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 183/6 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 184/4 (19.2 overs) |
Glamorgan 184/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 187/4 (13 overs) |
Middlesex 169/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 160/9 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 130/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 134/6 (17.1 overs) |
Somerset 183/7 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 160/6 (20 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1.503 |
2 | Yorkshire Vikings[lower-alpha 1] | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.305 |
3 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0.205 |
4 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.006 |
5 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | −0.629 |
6 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.019 |
7 | Durham | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.228 |
8 | Derbyshire Falcons[lower-alpha 2] | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.326 |
9 | Northants Steelbacks | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.871 |
advances to Quarter-Finals
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.657 |
2 | Somerset | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.371 |
3 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0.479 |
4 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0.388 |
5 | Surrey | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0.332 |
6 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.201 |
7 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.468 |
8 | Middlesex | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.389 |
9 | Glamorgan | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −1.371 |
advances to Quarter-Finals
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
N1 | Notts Outlaws | 123 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Hampshire Hawks | 125/9 | ||||||||||||
QF1 | Hampshire Hawks | 150 | ||||||||||||
QF2 | Somerset | 153/8 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Somerset | 185/3 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 184/9 | ||||||||||||
SF1 | Somerset | 142/9 | ||||||||||||
SF2 | Kent Spitfires | 167/7 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Yorkshire Vikings | 177/7 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Sussex Sharks | 178/5 | ||||||||||||
QF3 | Sussex Sharks | 147 | ||||||||||||
QF4 | Kent Spitfires | 168/8 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Kent Spitfires | 162/7 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Birmingham Bears | 141 |
Yorkshire Vikings 177/7 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 178/5 (19.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 125/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 123 (19.4 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 184/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 185/3 (18.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 162/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 141 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 150 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 153/8 (19.4 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 168/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 147 (19.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 167/7 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 142/9 (20 overs) |
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