2008 Twenty20 Cup

Group stage

Midlands/West/Wales Division

Results

GM Andrew 2-20 [4] |-

AJ Hall 6-21 [3.4] }}

CR Woakes 4-21 [3.5] |-

ML Turner 2-33 [4] }}

MA Hardinges 1-18 [4] |-

J Louw 3-18 [3] }}

J Louw 2-28 [4]

WD Rudge 2-26 [3.2] }}

DS Harrison 2-30 [4]

ML Turner 2-31 [3] }}

IDK Salisbury 2-24 [4]

AG Botha 3-15 [4]

JF Brown 1-28 [4] }}

K Ali 3-30 [4] GA Hick; 63 (47), 64 mins - 5 x 4's, 2 x 6's

AC Thomas 4-27 [4] }}

AJ Hall 2-36 [4]

Match reduced to 17 overs a team. |-

RE Watkins 2-20 [2] }}

DKH Mitchell 2-19 [4]

IDK Salisbury 3-18 [4] }}

RE Watkins 2-30 [4]

AJ Hall 5-29 [4] }}

K Ali 4-44 [4]

AC Thomas 2-17 [2.4] }}

CS Martin 3-33 [4]

AJ Harris 2-35 [4] }}

ID Fisher 3-20 [4]

RE Watkins 1-12 [2] }}

TD Groenewald 3-40 [4]

ID Blackwell 2-34 [4] }}

CD Whelan 2-24 [3]

N Boje 2-29 [4] }}

MA Hardinges 4-30 [4]

DKH Mitchell 4-11 [3] }}

J Louw 3-24 [4]

RA White 5* (7)

IDK Salisbury 3-14 [4]

J Louw 2-21 [4] }}

RE Watkins 2-21 [3]

K Ali 1-16 [4] }}

North Division

1 The match on 27 June at the Riverside between Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire had no points awarded after it was found that Yorkshire had fielded an ineligible player. The ECB received allegations about Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player in their final group game. In an original meeting on 10 July, Yorkshire were summoned to Old Trafford and were told that they were to be thrown out of the tournament, with Nottinghamshire to be reinstated in the draw. However, Yorkshire appealed and at a second meeting held on 14 July, their appeal was heard and rejected, but this time Glamorgan were placed into the draw on a superior run rate. This was because Nottinghamshire were not awarded the points to the 27 June game.

Results

CE Shreck 2-20 [3]

Match reduced to 15 overs a team. |-

RM Pyrah 3-28 [3] }}

SM Pollock 2-23 [4]

RS Ferley 3-17 [4] }}

R Clarke 2-32 [4]

C White 1-0 [0.1] }}

J Allenby 5-21 [3]

SJ Marshall 4-21 [4] }}

GG Wagg 3-23 [4]

SR Patel 3-22 [4] }}

SG Borthwick 3-23 [3]

KW Hogg 2-31 [4] }}

AU Rashid 2-28 [4]

MN Malik 1-17 [4] }}

RM Pyrah 3-20 [4]

SR Patel 2-21 [4]

D du Preez 2-31 [4] }}

DJ Pattinson 3-18 [4]

R Clarke 1-18 [2.3] }}

GR Breese 3-17 [4]

DT Rowe 1-26 [2] }}

SJ Marshall 3-11 [3]

TT Bresnan 2-12 [4] }}

WW Hinds 2-14 [4]

SJ Cliff 1-24 [4] }}

SJ Marshall 3-27 [4]

AR Adams 2-28 [4] }}

SJ Harmison 4-38 [4]

RM Pyrah 4-20 [4] }}

G Chapple 2-23 [4]

WW Hinds 1-36 [4] }}

RM Pyrah 3-32 [4] Yorkshire innings reduced to 10 overs due to rain.

SJ Harmison 2-7 [2] }}

CE Shreck 4-22 [4] MN Malik 4-16 [4] }}

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GR Breese 2-15 [3] Match reduced to 18 overs due to bad light.

KJ Dean 2-22 [3] }}

MA Ealham 3-21 [4]

F du Plessis 2-16 [3] }}

A Flintoff 4-12 [2]

Match reduced to 10 overs due to rain and bad light.

LE Plunkett 1-3 [0.4] }}

JL Clare 2-20 [4]

J Allenby 5-27 [4] }}

AU Rashid 4-24 [4]

RS Ferley 1-33 [4] }} Due to Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player, the match was awarded to Nottinghamshire on 10 July. The result was changed back to a Yorkshire win, but with no points awarded on 14 July.

South Division

Results

A Razzaq 2-32 [4]

R McLaren 3-28 [4] }}

M Hayward 2-29 [3]

RJ Hamilton-Brown 2-17 [3] }}

Y Arafat 4-38 [4]

GA Lamb 2-25 [4] }}

DP Nannes 4-28 [4]

RN ten Doeschate 1-14 [3] }}

MNW Spriegel 2-16 [4]

DR Smith 3-14 [4] }}

SJ Cook 2-21 [4]

LA Dawson 1-14 [2] }}

DP Nannes 2-14 [4]

A Razzaq 3-30 [4] }}

D Kaneria 2-18 [4]

RJ Kirtley 1-33 [3] }}

JC Tredwell 2-25 [4]

GW Flower 3-21 [2] }}

IJ Harvey 2-20 [4]

S Mushtaq 3-24 [4] }}

MH Yardy 3-24 [4]

DP Nannes 3-19 [4] }}

S Mushtaq 3-40 [4]

RN ten Doeschate 4-24 [4] }}

CJ Liddle 4-15 [3.2]

H Riazuddin 1-26 [2] }}

ST Finn 2-6 [1]

Match reduced to 8 overs a team.

JC Tredwell 3-9 [2] }}

D Kaneria 2-30 [4]

JC Tredwell 3-17 [4] }}

TJ Murtagh 3-15 [4]

AD Mascarenhas 3-12 [4] }}

CJ Liddle 2-31 [4]

JW Dernbach 3-32 [4] }}

BV Taylor 2-18 [3]

A Razzaq 1-25 [3] }}

RSC Martin-Jenkins 1-17 [4]

JD Middlebrook 3-13 [3] }}

A Mahmood 3-27 [4]

T Henderson 4-29 [4] }}

GA Napier 2-35 [4]

CT Tremlett 2-27 [4] }}

R McLaren 2-26 [4]

A Razzaq 4-17 [4] }}

ST Finn 3-22 [4]

WAT Beer 2-32 [4] }}

CT Tremlett 4-25 [3.4]

D Kaneria 4-22 [3.3] }}

T Henderson 3-22 [4]

A Razzaq 1-20 [3] }}

CJ Liddle 4-28 [4]

Y Arafat 3-12 [2] }}

Knockout stage

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| RD1-seed1=M1 | RD1-team1=Warwickshire Bears | RD1-score1=133/8 | RD1-seed2=S3 | RD1-team2=Kent Spitfires | RD1-score2=175/6

| RD1-seed3=S2 | RD1-team3=Essex Eagles | RD1-score3=192/9 | RD1-seed4=M2 | RD1-team4=Northants Steelbacks | RD1-score4=115/7

| RD1-seed5=S1 | RD1-team5=Middlesex Crusaders | RD1-score5=176/7 | RD1-seed6=N2 | RD1-team6=Lancashire Lightning | RD1-score6=164/8

| RD1-seed7=N1 | RD1-team7=Durham Dynamos | RD1-score7=163/8 | RD1-seed8=M3 | RD1-team8=Glamorgan Dragons | RD1-score8=119

| RD2-seed1=S3 | RD2-team1=Kent Spitfires | RD2-score1=173/7 | RD2-seed2=S2 | RD2-team2=Essex Eagles | RD2-score2=159/8

| RD2-seed3=S1 | RD2-team3=Middlesex Crusaders | RD2-score3=141/2 | RD2-seed4=N1 | RD2-team4=Durham Dynamos | RD2-score4=138/6

| RD3-seed1=S3 | RD3-team1=Kent Spitfires | RD3-score1=184/5 | RD3-seed2=S1 | RD3-team2=Middlesex Crusaders | RD3-score2=187/6 Note: The draw for the semi-finals occurred after the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The match at the Riverside was postponed in bizarre circumstances. The ECB received allegations about Yorkshire fielding an ineligible player in their final group game, against the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.

In an original meeting on 10 July, Yorkshire were summoned to Old Trafford and were told that they were to be ejected from the tournament, with Nottinghamshire to be reinstated in the draw. However, Yorkshire appealed and at a second meeting held on 14 July, their appeal was heard and rejected, but this time Glamorgan were placed into the draw on a superior run rate, because Nottinghamshire were not awarded the points for the 27 June game.

Having waited fifteen days to play their quarter-final, Durham progressed to Finals Day after a 44-run win at the Riverside. Having been put into bat, the visitors took three early wickets, removing dangermen Phil Mustard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Paul Collingwood, with the score only on 26. After Michael Di Venuto fell, Durham looked to be in some trouble. However, a fifth wicket partnership of 53 between Will Smith and captain Dale Benkenstein pushed the score up. Smith made 51 as Durham set a target of 164, for Glamorgan to chase. It could have been somewhat lower had it not been for virtuoso innings by Gareth Breese, smashing 20 off just 9 balls, and Liam Plunkett who hit 12* off 3. James Harris took 3 wickets, but accounted for around a quarter of the runs conceded.

The Glamorgan reply could not have gotten off to a worse start, losing opener Richard Grant very first ball. David Hemp soon followed, becoming Plunkett's second victim, with only seven runs on the board. Glamorgan were always struggling with the run-rate, with most of the top-order recording strike rates of below 100. Only four players made it to double figures, with Jamie Dalrymple top scoring with 32, and had stern support from wicket-keeper Mark Wallace, who fired 26 off sixteen deliveries. However, Glamorgan fell a long way short with Plunkett, the pick of the Durham attack, taking 3-16 off three overs.

Finals Day

;Semi-finals

;Final

Statistics

Runs

Wickets

References

References

1. "Twenty20 quarter-final postponed".
2. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/7500761.stm Yorkshire thrown out of Twenty20]
3. "Twenty20 quarter-final postponed".
4. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/7500761.stm Yorkshire thrown out of Twenty20]
5. "1st Semi-Final: Essex v Kent at Southampton - Jul 26, 2008". Cricinfo.
6. "2nd Semi-Final: Durham v Middlesex at Southampton, Jul 26, 2008". Cricinfo.
7. "Final: Middlesex v Kent at Southampton - Jul 26, 2008". Cricinfo.