2008 Friends Provident Trophy
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout |
Champions | Essex (3rd title) |
Participants | 20 |
Matches | 87 |
Most runs | Martin van Jaarsveld(660 for Kent) |
Most wickets | Yasir Arafat(24 for Kent) |
Official website | Friends Provident cricket |
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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 side played the other four teams home and away, with the top two sides from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage.[1] A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board, which instigated the changes, explained that the changes "provides [sic] more local derbies and less travel for players".[1] 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
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | +0.692 |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | +0.017 |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | +0.569 |
Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -0.145 |
Ireland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | -0.862 |
North Division
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Durham Dynamos | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.432 |
Yorkshire Carnegie | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | +0.544 |
Derbyshire Phantoms | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -0.141 |
Lancashire Lightning | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | +0.243 |
Scottish Saltires | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | -1.090 |
South East Division
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kent Spitfires | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | +0.647 |
Essex Eagles | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | +0.310 |
Middlesex Crusaders | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | +0.064 |
Surrey Brown Caps | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -0.627 |
Sussex Sharks | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -0.534 |
South/West Division
Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | +0.705 |
Somerset Sabres | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | +0.307 |
Worcestershire Royals | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -0.121 |
Hampshire Hawks | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -0.431 |
Glamorgan Dragons | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -0.219 |
Knockout stage
Quarter finals
4 June 2008 |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 188 all out (47.2 overs) | v | Durham Dynamos 189 for 9 (49 overs) |
Durham Dynamos won by 1 wicket[2] Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: George Sharp and John Steele Player of the match: Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) |
4 June 2008 |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 201 all out (45.2 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 205 for 4 (44.1 overs) |
Craig White 55 (107) Jon Lewis 2/21 (10) |
Yorkshire Carnegie won by 6 wickets[3] County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Barry Dudleston and Nigel Llong Player of the match: Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) |
4 June 2008 |
Essex Eagles 350 for 5 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 232 all out (41 overs) |
Essex Eagles won by 118 runs[4] Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Rob Bailey and Ian Gould Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Essex) |
4–5 June 2008 |
Kent Spitfires 259 for 5 (50 overs) | v | Somerset Sabres 222 all out (45.5 overs) |
Craig Kieswetter 90 (119) Yasir Arafat 3/23 (8) |
Kent Spitfires won by 37 runs[5] County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Richard Illingworth and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Neil Dexter (Kent) |
- Reserve day used
Semi finals
4 July 2008 |
Kent Spitfires 301 for 4 (50 overs) | v | Durham Dynamos 217 all out (43.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires won by 84 runs[6] Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Richard Kettleborough and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Martin van Jaarsveld (Kent) |
5 July 2008 |
Essex Eagles 285 for 8 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 198 all out (42.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles won by 87 runs[7] County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Peter Hartley and Nigel Llong Player of the match: Graham Napier (Essex) |
Final
16 August 2008 |
Kent Spitfires 214 all out (50 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 215 for 5 (48.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles won by 5 wickets[8] Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: Nigel Llong and George Sharp Player of the match: Grant Flower (Essex) |
References
- ^ a b "Changes to structure of domestic tournaments". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ "Quarter-Final: Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "Quarter-Final: Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "Quarter-Final: Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "Quarter-Final: Kent v Somerset at Beckenham, Jun 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "1st Semi-Final: Durham v Kent at Chester-le-Street, Jul 4, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "2nd Semi-Final: Essex v Yorkshire at Chelmsford, Jul 5, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "Final: Kent v Essex at Lord's, Aug 16, 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
External links
- Official website
- Competition overview Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine from CricketArchive
- Competition overview from Cricinfo
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