2010 Twenty20 Cup
| Dates | 2 June 2010 – 13 August 2010 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 151 | 
| Most runs | 668 – Jimmy Adams (Hampshire) | 
| Most wickets | 33 – Alfonso Thomas (Somerset) | 
The 2010 Friends Provident t20 tournament was the eighth edition of what would later become the T20 Blast, England's premier domestic Twenty20 cricket competition.
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. Group members played each other twice, with the top four teams from each group progressing to the quarter-final knockout stage. The change in format meant a rise in the number of matches played, from 97 to 151.
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.
Teams
Team summaries
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: 
Results
|  2 June     Scorecard | 
| Derbyshire Falcons 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 154/8 (20 overs) | 
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
|  3 June     Scorecard | 
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks 147/5 (20 overs) | v | Warwickshire Bears 151/2 (14.1 overs) | 
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jack Brooks and Vishal Tripathi (Northamptonshire Steelbacks) made their T20 debuts.
|  3 June     Scorecard | 
| Derbyshire Falcons 222/5 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 157 (17.5 overs) | 
- Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to field.
- Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire Carnegie) made his T20 debut.
|  4 June     Scorecard | 
| Worcestershire Royals 208/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 187/7 (20 overs) | 
- Worcestershire Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jack Shantry, Imran Arif and James Cameron (Worcestershire Royals) made their T20 debuts.
|  4 June     Scorecard | 
| Lancashire Lightning 179/4 (20 overs) | v | Durham Dynamos 156/8 (20 overs) | 
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ben Stokes (Durham Dynamos) and Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire Lightning) made their T20 debuts.
|  6 June     Scorecard | 
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- Worcestershire Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- No play possible due to rain.
| Leicestershire Foxes 149/8 (18 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 137/9 (18 overs) | 
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
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: 
Results
| Sussex Sharks 155/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 103 (17.1 overs) | 
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
| Essex Eagles 167/9 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 170/4 (18.4 overs) | 
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
- Alex Blake (Kent Spitfires) and Michael Comber (Essex Eagles) made their T20 debuts.
| Sussex Sharks 146/6 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex Crusaders 118/6 (20 overs) | 
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
| Kent Spitfires 114/9 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Royals 117/5 (19.4 overs) | 
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chris Wood, Danny Briggs (Hampshire Royals) and Matt Coles (Kent Spitfires) made their T20 debuts.
| Gloucestershire Gladiators 148/6 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan Dragons 151/4 (19.1 overs) | 
- Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
|  8 June     Scorecard | 
| Surrey Lions 97 (18.1 overs) | v | Gloucestershire Gladiators 98/0 (9.5 overs) | 
| William Porterfield 47* (31)  | 
- Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
| Hampshire Royals 114/9 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan Dragons 115/3 (19.2 overs) | 
- Hampshire Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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
| Warwickshire Bears 153/5 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Royals 154/5 (19.5 overs) | 
- Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws 141/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 128/7 (20 overs) | 
- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks 112/6 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 115/3 (17 overs) | 
- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.
| Lancashire Lightning 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 184/2 (19.1 overs) | 
- Essex won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
| Essex Eagles 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Royals 157/4 (19.2 overs) | 
- Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
| Somerset 182/5 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 117/4 (13 overs) | 
- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
Final
| Somerset 173/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Royals 173/5 (20 overs) | 
- Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
Players statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Runs | Highest Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Adams | Hampshire Royals | 668 | 101* | ||||||
| Marcus Trescothick | Somerset | 572 | 83 | ||||||
| Mark Cosgrove | Glamorgan Dragons | 562 | 89 | ||||||
| Tom Smith | Lancashire Lightning | 543 | 92* | ||||||
| David Hussey | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 524 | 81* | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | Essex Eagles | 473 | 105* | ||||||
| James Franklin | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 470 | 90 | ||||||
| Sean Ervine | Hampshire Royals | 470 | 74 | ||||||
| Alex Hales | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 466 | 83 | ||||||
| Samit Patel | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 459 | 63 | ||||||
| James Hildreth | Somerset | 459 | 77* | ||||||
| Source: Cricinfo[2] | |||||||||
Most sixes

| Player | Team | Sixes | Strike rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieron Pollard | Somerset | 29 | 175.24 | ||||||
| Scott Styris | Essex Eagles | 24 | 161.98 | ||||||
| Ross Taylor | Durham Dynamos | 23 | 173.07 | ||||||
| Marcus Trescothick | Somerset | 22 | 157.14 | ||||||
| Tom Maynard | Glamorgan Dragons | 20 | 150.19 | ||||||
| Ryan ten Doeschate | Essex Eagles | 19 | 177.24 | ||||||
| David Hussey | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 19 | 142.00 | ||||||
| Matt Prior | Sussex Sharks | 18 | 169.08 | ||||||
| Darren Maddy | Warwickshire Bears | 18 | 132.55 | ||||||
| Jimmy Adams | Hampshire Royals | 17 | 132.27 | ||||||
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | |||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Wickets | Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Thomas | Somerset | 33 | 13.93 | ||||||
| Danny Briggs | Hampshire Royals | 31 | 14.35 | ||||||
| Kieron Pollard | Somerset | 29 | 15.10 | ||||||
| Stephen Parry | Lancashire Lightning | 26 | 16.42 | ||||||
| Adil Rashid | Yorkshire Carnegie | 26 | 16.46 | ||||||
| Chris Tremlett | Surrey Lions | 24 | 17.12 | ||||||
| Chaminda Vaas | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 23 | 15.82 | ||||||
| Sajid Mahmood | Lancashire Lightning | 23 | 18.69 | ||||||
| Robert Croft | Glamorgan Dragons | 22 | 15.59 | ||||||
| Keith Barker | Warwickshire Bears | 21 | 16.66 | ||||||
| Source: Cricinfo[4] | |||||||||
References
- ^ Friends Provident t20 – format Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, www.ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ "Friends Provident t20, 2010 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Friends Provident t20, 2010 / Records / Most sixes". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Friends Provident t20, 2010 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2010.