2015 t20 Blast


The 2015 NatWest t20 Blast was the second season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English and Welsh Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition ran from 15 May 2015 to Finals Day at Edgbaston on 29 August. The competition was won for the first time by Lancashire Lightning, who defeated Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the final.

Format

The 18 teams are divided into two groups of nine. In the style of a round-robin tournament, each team will play six other teams in their group both home and away. The other two teams will be faced just once. The top four teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The winner of each group will have a home match in the quarter-finals against the fourth team from the other group. The runners-up from each group will play at home against the third placed team from the other group. The semi-finals will be a free draw from all the qualified teams. Finals Day will be again be held at Edgbaston.

Teams

North Division

Table

Results

Fixtures

All times are BST.

May

June

July

South Division

Table

Results

Fixtures

All times are BST.

May

June

July

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.
TeamTotalOpponentGround
Birmingham Bears242/2Derbyshire FalconsEdgbaston, Birmingham
Glamorgan240/3SurreyThe Oval, London
Kent Spitfires231/7SurreyThe Oval, London
Lancashire Lightning231/4Yorkshire VikingsOld Trafford, Manchester
Kent Spitfires227/7SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers in the season are included in this table.
PlayerTeamRunsInns100s50s4s6s
James VinceHampshire7101659.19134.46107*158714
Michael KlingerGloucestershire6541281.75142.17126*345421
Sam NortheastKent Spitfires6411449.30152.98114146816
Luke WrightSussex Sharks5641451.27171.95111*135129
Richard LeviNorthamptonshire4851634.64143.4967*036115

Highest scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
PlayerTeamScoreBalls4s6sOpponentGround
Brendon McCullumBirmingham Bears158*641311Derbyshire FalconsEdgbaston, Birmingham
Chris GayleSomerset151*621015Kent SpitfiresCounty Ground, Taunton
Michael KlingerGloucestershire126*6878Essex EaglesCounty Ground, Bristol
Jason RoySurrey122*6586SomersetThe Oval, London
Dawid MalanMiddlesex115*64143Sussex SharksCounty Ground, Hove

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
PlayerTeam
James FaulknerLancashire Lightning251312.6412.16.253/19
Stephen ParryLancashire Lightning251615.6813.66.874/16
Tom SmithGloucestershire231213.1311.27.025/39
Shaun TaitEssex Eagles231419.3413.88.393/28
Usman ArshadDurham Jets221313.2710.07.893/18

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.
PlayerTeamOversFiguresOpponentGround
Kyle AbbottMiddlesex45/14Sussex SharksCounty Ground, Hove
James FranklinMiddlesex45/21Kent SpitfiresLord's, London
Matthew FisherYorkshire Vikings3.25/22Derbyshire FalconsHeadingley, Leeds
David PayneGloucestershire3.35/24MiddlesexOld Deer Park, Richmond
Tom SmithGloucestershire45/39Essex EaglesCounty Ground, Bristol