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The 2011 FriendsLife T20 was the ninth edition of the T20 Blast formerly known as the FriendsLife T20, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition. The tournament ran from 1 June to 27 August 2011. The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season.

2011 Friends Life t20
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
ChampionsLeicestershire Foxes (3rd title)
Participants18
Matches151
Most runsAndrew McDonald, (Leicestershire Foxes) (584)
Most wicketsTim Phillips, (Essex Eagles) (26)
Official websiteCricInfo

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The schedule of the tournament had been widely criticised for being too long and therefore certain games had very few fans. The ECB announced that they retained the same schedule as it generates a lot of revenue for the smaller counties.[1]

The winner and runner-up of the tournament qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 qualifying stage.[2]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 16 11 2 0 3 25 1.087
2 Leicestershire Foxes 16 10 2 0 4 24 0.541
3 Lancashire Lightning 16 9 5 1 1 20 0.459
4 Durham Dynamos 16 6 6 0 4 16 0.678
5 Worcestershire Royals 16 6 7 0 3 15 −0.089
6 Yorkshire Carnegie 16 6 7 0 3 15 −0.548
7 Derbyshire Falcons 16 4 8 1 3 12 −0.489
8 Warwickshire Bears 16 4 10 0 2 10 −0.598
9 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 16 2 11 0 3 7 −0.912
  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and elected to field.
  • Andrew Miller (Warwickshire Bears) and Chris Rushworth (Durham Dynamos) made their T20 debuts.
  • Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jordan Clark and Luke Procter (Lancashire Lightning) made their T20 debuts
  • Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aneesh Kapil (Worcestershire Royals) made his T20 debut.
  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and elected to field.
  • Joe Root (Yorkshire Carnegie) made his T20 debut.
  • Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tom Knight (Derbyshire Falcons) made his T20 debut.
  • Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and elected to field.
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lancashire Lightning innings reduced to 19 overs. Leicestershire Foxes were set a revised target of 165 in 19 overs.
  • Durham Dynamos won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Worcestershire Royals won the toss and elected to field
  • Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to field.
  • Karl Brown (Lancashire Lightning) made his T20 debut.
  • Durham Dynamos won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ross Whiteley (Derbyshire Falcons) made his T20 debut.
  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No toss
  • No play possible due to rain.
  • No toss
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • No toss
  • No play possible due to rain.
  • Durham Dynamos won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Durham Dynamos won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and elected to field.
  • Worcestershire Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Durham Dynamos won the toss and elected to field.
  • Worcestershire Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
  • No toss.
  • No play possible due to rain.
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Hampshire Royals[nb1][a] 16 11 2 0 3 23 1.093
2 Sussex Sharks 16 9 5 0 2 20 0.061
3 Kent Spitfires 16 9 5 0 2 20 −0.205
4 Somerset 16 7 4 1 4 19 0.978
5 Surrey Lions 16 7 6 0 3 17 0.131
6 Essex Eagles 16 7 7 0 2 16 −0.086
7 Glamorgan Dragons 16 5 9 0 2 12 0.045
8 Gloucestershire Gladiators 16 4 11 0 1 9 −0.473
9 Middlesex Panthers 16 2 12 1 1 6 −1.247
  1. ^ The Hampshire Royals began the tournament on minus two points for a poor pitch from last season.[3]
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lewis Gregory (Somerset) made his T20 debut.
  • Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Adam Ball (Kent Spitfires) made his T20 debut.
  • Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hampshire Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Glamorgan Dragons won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Middlesex Panthers were set a revised target of 183 from 18 overs due to rain.
  • Alex Jones and Chris Cooke (Glamorgan Dragons) made their T20 debuts.
  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
  • Middlesex Panthers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
  • Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Glamorgan Dragons won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Middlesex Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ian Cockbain (Gloucestershire Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain
  • Surrey Lions won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Surrey Lions won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sam Billings (Kent Spitfires) made his T20 debut.
  • No toss
  • No play possible due to rain.
  • Surrey Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Zafar Ansari (Surrey Lions) made his T20 debut.
  • Middlesex Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
  • Gloucestershire Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Wahab Riaz (Kent Spitfires) took a hat-trick.
  • Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Middlesex Panthers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kirk Wernars (Sussex Sharks)
  • No toss.
  • No play possible due to rain.
  • No toss.
  • No play possible due to rain.
  • No toss.
  • No play possible due to rain.

v

Kent (H)
153/4 (18.1 overs)

(H) Kent
153/8 (20 overs)

v

Essex
156/2 (17.5 overs)

v

Kent (H)
144/8 (20 overs)

Kent
181/9 (20 overs)

v

Surrey (H)
166 (19.2 overs)

Kent
183/3 (20 overs)

v

Essex (H)
168/9 (20 overs)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
N1 Nottinghamshire (H) 169/5
S4 Somerset 172/4
S4 Somerset (D/L; Super Over) 94/5
S1 Hampshire 138/4
N4 Durham 99
S1 Hampshire (H) 154/6
S4 Somerset 127/9
N2 Leicestershire 145/6
N2 Leicestershire (H) 206/7
S3 Kent 203/3
N2 Leicestershire (D/L; Super Over) 132/6
N3 Lancashire 79/6
N3 Lancashire 152/8
S2 Sussex (H) 132/8
  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hampshire Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain originally reduced the match to 18 overs per side.
  • "Rain further reduced Lancashire's innings to 11 overs with a revised target of 80."
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced Hampshire's innings to 15.5 overs and revised Somerset's target to 95 runs from 10 overs.
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field.

The following table lists the six highest team scores in the season.

Team Total Opponent Ground
Gloucestershire Gladiators 254/3 Middlesex Panthers Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground
Somerset 235/5 Middlesex Panthers County Ground, Taunton
Somerset 225/2 Essex Eagles County Ground, Chelmsford
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 215/6 Yorkshire Carnegie Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 213/4 Durham Dynamos Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Essex Eagles 209/5 Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s
Andrew McDonald Leicestershire Foxes 584 17 53.09 128.35 96* 0 7 53 9
Alex Hales Nottinghamshire Outlaws 544 16 34.00 146.63 78 0 5 65 14
Stephen Moore Lancashire Lightning 522 17 34.80 133.16 76 0 4 53 13
Marcus Trescothick Somerset 507 16 39.00 162.50 108* 1 3 65 19
Azhar Mahmood Kent Spitfires 485 14 40.41 143.91 106* 1 3 50 12

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Kevin O'Brien Gloucestershire Gladiators 119 52 7 11 Middlesex Panthers Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground
Marcus Trescothick Somerset 108* 61 12 5 Essex Eagles County Ground, Chelmsford
Azhar Mahmood Kent Spitfires 106* 57 13 3 Gloucestershire Gladiators Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham
Hamish Marshall Gloucestershire Gladiators 102 54 11 4 Middlesex Panthers County Ground, Chelmsford
Murray Goodwin Sussex Sharks 100* 59 9 3 Surrey Lions County Ground, Hove

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Tim Phillips Essex Eagles 26 15 13.23 11.3 7.02 4/22
Danny Briggs Hampshire Royals 23 16 14.91 13.0 6.83 5/19
Harry Gurney Leicestershire Foxes 23 14 15.39 13.0 7.10 3/25
Darren Pattinson Nottinghamshire Outlaws 23 16 17.39 12.8 8.13 5/25
Tim Southee Essex Eagles 22 15 18.95 14.1 8.01 6/16

Best bowling figures

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This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Arul Suppiah Somerset 3.4 6/5 Glamorgan Dragons Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Tim Southee Essex Eagles 4.0 6/16 Glamorgan Dragons County Ground, Chelmsford
Paul Collingwood Durham Dynamos 3.0 5/6 Northamptonshire Steelbacks Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Rich Pyrah Yorkshire Carnegie 4.0 5/16 Dynamos North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough
Naved-ul-Hasan Sussex Sharks 3.1 5/17 Essex Eagles County Ground, Hove
  1. ^ "ECB retain Twenty20 schedule".
  2. ^ "Six-team qualifier for Champions League". CricInfo. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Lumb guides Hampshire to opening win". CricInfo. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.