The 2013 Twenty20 Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the Friends Life t20) was the fourth season of the Friends Life t20 Twenty20 English cricket competition. The competition ran from 26 June to 17 August 2013. The teams and format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Northamptonshire Steelbacks were champions, defeating Surrey in the final to win their first limited overs trophy since 1992.[1]
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Northamptonshire Steelbacks (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 97 |
Most runs | Craig Kieswetter, Somerset (517) |
Most wickets | Azharullah, Northamptonshire (27) |
Official website | friendslife.co.uk/t20 |
The 18 teams were divided into three groups of six and each group played a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams from each group and the top two third-placed teams qualified for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The top team from each group and the best second-placed team then played in a different quarter-final at their home ground. A free draw determined the placement of the remaining four teams and the semi-final and final match-ups.[2]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.329 |
2 | Somerset | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.841 |
3 | Glamorgan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.168 |
4 | Warwickshire Bears | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.410 |
5 | Worcestershire Royals | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.327 |
6 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.245 |
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28 June
Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
124/4 (12 overs) |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators
83/9 (12 overs) |
30 June
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)
184/5 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals
136 (20 overs) |
5 July
Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
161/2 (20 overs) |
v
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Warwickshire Bears
134/8 (20 overs) |
7 July
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators
119/9 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals (H)
120/5 (15 overs) |
14 July
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)
96 (18.4 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears
97/4 (17.1 overs) |
16 July
Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
206/3 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators (H)
189/6 (20 overs) |
20 July
Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
111 (19.2 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears (H)
115/7 (19.3 overs) |
21 July
Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
137/6 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals (H)
132/6 (20 overs) |
24 July
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators
145/7 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears (H)
149/3 (17.4 overs) |
26 July
Scorecard |
Worcestershire Royals
146/8 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears (H)
149/2 (17.3 overs) |
30 July
Scorecard |
Worcestershire Royals
182/6 (20 overs) |
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
145/6 (20 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.009 |
2 | Lancashire Lightning | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.177 |
3 | Durham Dynamos† | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.75 | 0.317 |
4 | Leicestershire Foxes | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.417 |
5 | Derbyshire Falcons | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.604 |
6 | Yorkshire Vikings | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −1.223 |
†Durham were deducted 0.25 points for a breach of team salary payments in 2012.
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28 June
Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes
183/8 (20 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
184/3 (17.4 overs) |
1 July
Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning (H)
155/6 (20 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws
159/6 (17.4 overs) |
5 July
Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons (H)
115/9 (20 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws
116/4 (17.3 overs) |
12 July
Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
158/6 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes (H)
161/3 (17.4 overs) |
21 July
Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
155/8 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Carnegie (H)
130/6 (20 overs) |
26 July
Scorecard |
Yorkshire Carnegie
132/7 (20 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
133/4 (16.1 overs) |
28 July
Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
194/6 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning
134 (16.5 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Hampshire Royals | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.810 |
2 | Surrey | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.915 |
3 | Essex Eagles | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.040 |
4 | Middlesex Panthers | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.194 |
5 | Kent Spitfires | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.941 |
6 | Sussex Sharks | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.520 |
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7 July
Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires
140/6 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers (H)
142/1 (15.4 overs) |
Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
M2 | Somerset | 148/6 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Surrey (H) | 151/7 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Surrey | 145/6 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Hampshire Royals | 142/9 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Hampshire Royals (H) | 202/3 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Lancashire Lightning | 201/4 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Surrey | 92 | ||||||||||||
M1 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 194/2 | ||||||||||||
M1 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) | 183/4 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Durham Dynamos | 147/6 | ||||||||||||
M1 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 171/3 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Essex Eagles | 168/5 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Essex Eagles | 187/6 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) | 140 |
6 August
16:00 Scorecard |
Somerset
148/6 (20 overs) |
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Surrey (H)
151/7 (19 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H)
183/4 (20 overs) |
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Durham Dynamos
147/6 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Royals (H)
202/3 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning
201/4 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles
187/6(17.2 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)
140 (20 overs) |
17 August
11:00 Scorecard |
Essex Eagles
168/5 (20 overs) |
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks
171/3 (18.1 overs) |
17 August
14:30 Scorecard |
Hampshire Royals
142/9 (20 overs) |
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Surrey
145/6 (19.2 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
194/2 (18/18 overs) |
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Surrey
92 (13.3/18 overs) |
The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.[3]
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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Durham | 215/6 | Yorkshire | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street |
Northamptonshire | 206/3 | Gloucestershire | College Ground, Cheltenham |
Sussex | 202/3 | Middlesex | Lord's Cricket Ground, London |
Hampshire | 202/3 | Lancashire | Rose Bowl, Southampton |
Lancashire | 201/4 | Hampshire | Rose Bowl, Southampton |
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.[4]
Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
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Craig Kieswetter | Somerset | 517 | 11 | 64.62 | 137.13 | 89* | 0 | 5 | 46 | 19 |
Michael Carberry | Hampshire | 502 | 11 | 55.77 | 142.61 | 100* | 1 | 4 | 59 | 16 |
Cameron White | Northamptonshire | 417 | 13 | 46.33 | 125.60 | 71* | 0 | 4 | 29 | 18 |
Phil Mustard | Durham | 379 | 11 | 34.35 | 123.45 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 11 |
Michael Klinger | Gloucestershire | 366 | 10 | 52.28 | 129.32 | 108* | 1 | 2 | 33 | 11 |
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.[5]
Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground |
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Richard Levi | Northamptonshire | 110* | 62 | 15 | 4 | Gloucestershire | College Ground, Cheltenham |
Michael Klinger | Gloucestershire | 108* | 64 | 9 | 5 | Worcestershire | County Ground, Bristol |
Michael Carberry | Hampshire | 100* | 66 | 11 | 3 | Lancashire | Rose Bowl, Southampton |
Michael Lumb | Nottinghamshire | 96 | 52 | 14 | 3 | Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street |
Steven Davies | Surrey | 95* | 70 | 12 | 1 | Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury |
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.[6]
Player | Team | Wkts | Inns | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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Azharullah | Northamptonshire | 27 | 12 | 12.62 | 10.1 | 7.44 | 4/14 |
Reece Topley | Essex | 21 | 11 | 13.23 | 10.5 | 7.51 | 4/26 |
David Willey | Northamptonshire | 21 | 12 | 13.33 | 12.1 | 6.58 | 4/9 |
Yasir Arafat | Somerset | 20 | 11 | 14.60 | 12.3 | 7.90 | 4/5 |
Jade Dernbach | Surrey | 18 | 12 | 16.44 | 14.7 | 6.70 | 3/15 |
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.[7]
Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
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Graham Wagg | Glamorgan | 3.0 | 5/14 | Worcestershire | New Road, Worcester |
Jack Brooks | Yorkshire | 4.0 | 5/21 | Leicestershire | Headingley, Leeds |
Graeme White | Nottinghamshire | 4.0 | 5/22 | Lancashire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
Mitchell McClenaghan | Lancashire | 4.0 | 5/29 | Nottinghamshire | Old Trafford, Manchester |
Moeen Ali | Worcestershire | 4.0 | 5/34 | Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton |
Sky Sports showed many games during 2013, after showing them throughout the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. S4C also offers some coverage with a few Glamorgan matches available with Welsh commentary.
Country | TV Broadcaster(s) | Notes |
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United Kingdom | Sky Sports | Official Broadcasters of the tournament. |
Pakistan | Pakistan Television Corporation | Broadcast on PTV Sports. |
India | ESPN Star Sports | Broadcast on STAR Cricket. |
Wales | S4C | Broadcast in Welsh commentary. |
Australia | Fox Sports Pty Limited | Broadcast on Fox Sports |