2019 T20 Blast

2019 Vitality Blast
Dates18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) – 21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
ChampionsEssex Eagles (1st title)
Participants18
Matches133
Most runsBabar Azam (578)
Most wicketsRavi Rampaul (23)
Official websiteVitality Blast
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The 2019 Vitality Blast was the seventeenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales which was run by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal.[1] The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played, slightly later than usual, between July and September.[2] Finals Day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions.[3]

On 7 August 2019, in the match between the Leicestershire Foxes and the Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire's Colin Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs.[4] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.[5]

  1. ^ "Vitality announced as new title partner for T20 cricket". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Specsavers Championship 2019 fixtures: Surrey start defence against Essex". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "County Championship: Surrey to start 2019 season against Essex". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Part-timer Colin Ackermann takes first-ever T20 seven-for on astounding night". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Colin Ackermann sets T20 record with 7/18". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 August 2019.