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2008 Friends Provident Trophy

FieldValue
administratorEngland and Wales Cricket Board
cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
tournament formatGroup stage and Knockout
championsEssex
count3
participants20
matches69 (+18 results)
most runsMartin van Jaarsveld(660 for Kent)
most wicketsYasir Arafat(24 for Kent)
website[Friends Provident cricket](http://www.friendsprovident.com/cricket/)
previous_year2007
previous_tournament2007 Friends Provident Trophy
next_year2009
next_tournament2009 Friends Provident Trophy

The 2008 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 20 April and 16 August 2008. The tournament was won by Essex.

Format

Unlike in 2007, the 18 English counties, Ireland and Scotland were divided into four groups of five, based on geographical location. Each team played the other four teams home and away, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage. A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board, which instigated the changes, explained that the changes "provides more local derbies and less travel for players". The recommendations of the Schofield Report; an investigation into England's 5–0 Ashes defeat, were also cited as a cause for the changes.

Group stage

Midlands Division

TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRR
Leicestershire Foxes85021**11**+0.692
Nottinghamshire Outlaws84022**10**+0.017
Northamptonshire Steelbacks84022**10**+0.569
Warwickshire Bears82042**6**-0.145
Ireland81061**3**-0.862

North Division

TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRR
Durham Dynamos85030**10**+0.432
Yorkshire Carnegie84022**10**+0.544
Derbyshire Phantoms83023**9**-0.141
Lancashire Lightning83032**8**+0.243
Scottish Saltires81061**3**-1.090

South East Division

TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRR
Kent Spitfires85021**11**+0.647
Essex Eagles84031**9**+0.310
Middlesex Crusaders83032**8**+0.064
Surrey Brown Caps83041**7**-0.627
Sussex Sharks81043**5**-0.534

South/West Division

TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRR
Gloucestershire Gladiators84013**11**+0.705
Somerset Sabres83023**9**+0.307
Worcestershire Royals83032**8**-0.121
Hampshire Hawks83041**7**-0.431
Glamorgan Dragons81043**5**-0.219

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

References

References

  1. "Changes to structure of domestic tournaments". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
  2. "Quarter-Final: Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "Quarter-Final: Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "Quarter-Final: Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "Quarter-Final: Kent v Somerset at Beckenham, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "1st Semi-Final: Durham v Kent at Chester-le-Street, Jul 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. "2nd Semi-Final: Essex v Yorkshire at Chelmsford, Jul 5, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "Final: Kent v Essex at Lord's, Aug 16, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.
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