T20 Blast is back with its 17th season from July 18, 2019, in England and Wales. T20 Blast was first started in 2003, but it had a different name back then. Initially, it was called the Twenty20 Cup. Later depending on the sponsors, it was known by different names. For eg, it was called Friend Provident T20 and Friends Life T20 from 2010 to 2013. Later it was known as Natwest T20 Blast from 2014 to 2017. From 2018, it is known by the name Vitality T20 Blast. Vitality Health is an insurance company in the UK. In this article, we will see the 2019 Vitality T20 Blast Teams, Grounds, Players, Squads, Schedule, and Past Winners.
[Update on 21st Sept 2019: Check the final winner, results, and points table here- 2019 Vitality T20 Blast Knock-Out Results, Points Table, Top Players, Finals Summary]
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T20 Blast 2019 Teams
A total of 18 first-class county teams are participating in this T20 League. These teams are divided into two divisions- North Division and South Division (based on the geographical location of the counties).
All teams in one division will first play matches against each other. Then the top 4 teams from one division will face the top 4 from the other division in the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast. These will be the knockout games. And finally, on Sept 21, we will see the two semi-finals and the final. Yes, all on the same day and the same ground.
Below are the 18 teams divided into two divisions:
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Out of these teams, Leicestershire has won this tournament the most ie three times (2004, 2006, and 2011).
Somerset has played the most number of finals. They played four finals (2005, 2009,2010,2011) but managed to win only one (2005).
Last year, Worcestershire rapids won for the first time, after beating Sussex Sharks in the final. A list of all the past winners is given later in the article.
Star Players in T20 Blast 2019
Only two overseas players are allowed to play in the Playing 11. So there are a limited number of international players but all these players are high-quality players, as you can see below.
Mr. 360 AB de Villiers from South Africa, destructive Glenn Maxwell from Australia, Afghan spin maestros Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan, Australian limited-overs captain Aaron Finch, South African veteran leggie Imran Tahir, game-changing all-rounder James Faulkner, and wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey from Australia, emerging star Nicholas Pooran from West Indies, and Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam and lethal Mohammad Amir are some of the popular overseas players we will see in action in the Vitality T20 Blast 2019.
Grounds for Vitality T20 Blast 2019
Below are the 22 grounds where T20 Blast 2019 matches will take. Below is the list of all the teams and their home grounds for the tournament.
1) Gloucestershire – College Ground, Cheltenham; and County Ground, Bristol
2) Yorkshire Vikings – Headingley, Leeds
3) (Warwickshire)Birmingham Bears – Edgbaston, Birmingham
4) Lancashire Lightning- Old Trafford, Manchester
5) Surrey- Kennington Oval, London
6) Northamptonshire Steelbacks- County Ground, Northampton
7) Somerset – The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
8) Leicestershire Foxes – The Fischer County Ground, Leicester
9) Middlesex- Lord’s, London; Old Deer Park, Richmond; and Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge
10) Kent Spitfires – The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury; and Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham
11) Derbyshire Falcons – County Ground, Derby
12) Sussex Sharks- County Ground, Hove
13) Glamorgan – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
14) (Nottinghamshire) Notts Outlaws – Trentbridge, Nottingham
15) Essex Eagles – The CloudFM County Ground, Chelmsford
16) Worcestershire Rapids – New Road, Worcester
17) Durham Jets – The Riverside, Chester-le-Street, Durham
18) Hampshire – Ageas Bowl, Southampton, and County Ground, Southampton
Vitality T20 Blast 2019 Squads
Squads of Teams in North Division:
1) Derbyshire Falcons Squad 2019:
Billy Godleman, Wayne Madsen, Antonio Palladino, Alex Hughes, Logan van Beek, Luis Reece, Harvey Hosein, Leus du Plooy, Ravi Rampaul, Matt Critchley, Tom Lace, Anuj Dal, Mark Watt, Daryn Smit, Alfie Gleadall, Hamidullah Qadri, Sam Conners, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, James Taylor, Mattie Mckiernan.
2) Durham Jets Squad 2019:
Will Smith, Cameron Bancroft, Graham Clark, Jack Burnham, Michael Richardson, Nathan Rimmington, Cameron Steel, Ryan Pringle, Alex Lees, Gavin Main, Jack Campbell, Chris Rushworth, James Weighell, Josh Coughlin, Matt Salisbury, Mark Wood, Matthew Potts, Ben Stokes, George Harding, Ben Raine, Scott Steel, Ned Eckersley, Liam Trevaskis, Stuart Poynter, Gareth Harte, Ben Whitehead, Brydon Carse, D’Arcy Short.
3) Lancashire Lightning Squad 2019:
James Anderson, Tom Bailey, Jos Buttler, Stephen Parry, Matt Parkinson, Saqib Mahmood, Liam Livingstone, Steven Croft, Alex Davies, Haseeb Hameed, Toby Lester, Rob Jones, Dane Vilas, Danny Lamb, Brooke Guest, Josh Bohannon, Keaton Jennings, Graham Onions, Liam Hurt, James Faulkner, Richard Gleeson, Joe Burns, Glen Maxwell, George Lavelle, George Balderson, Jack Morley, Tom Hartley
4) Leicestershire Foxes Squad 2019:
Muhammad Abbas, Colin Ackermann, Aadil Ali, Hassan Azad, Mark Cosgrove, Will Davis, Harry Dearden, Neil Dexter, Sam Evans, Gavin Griffiths, Lewis Hill, Paul Horton, Ateeq Javid, Dieter Klein, Arron Lilley, Ben Mike, Callum Parkinson, Harry Swindells, Tom Taylor, Chris Wright
5) Northamptonshire Steelbacks Squad 2019:
Alex Wakely, Josh Cobb, Rob Newton, Nathan Buck, Ben Curran, Brett Hutton, Rob Keogh, Richard Levi, Blessing Muzarabani, Luke Procter, Adam Rossington, Ben Sanderson, Tom Sole, Charlie Thurston, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Graeme White, Jack White, Saif Zaib
6) (Nottinghamshire) Notts Outlaws Squad 2019:
Jake Ball, Jack Blatherwick, Ant Botha, Stuart Broad, Matthew Carter, Zak Chappell, Dan Christian, Joe Clarke, Paul Coughlin, Ben Duckett, Luke Fletcher, Mark Footitt, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Jake Libby, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Samit Patel, Ben Slater, Luke Wood
7) (Warwickshire) Birmingham Bears Squad 2019:
Tim Ambrose, Liam Banks, Ian Bell, Henry Brookes, Sam Hain, Olliver Hannon-Dalby, Adam Hose, Matt Lamb, Alex Mellor, George Panayi, Jeetan Patel, Ed Pollock, Will Rhodes, Dominic Sibley, Olly Stone, Alex Thomson, Chris Woakes
8) Worcestershire Rapids Squad 2019:
Joe Leach, Moeen Ali, Ben Cox, Brett D’Oliveira, Ed Barnard, Tom Fell, Daryl Mitchell, Charlie Morris, Ross Whiteley, George Rhodes, Josh Tongue, Ben Twohig, Olly Westbury, George Scrimshaw. Pat Brown, Alex Milton, Dillon Pennington, Adam Finch, Jack Haynes, Riki Wessels, Josh Dell
9) Yorkshire Vikings Squad 2019:
Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Timothy Bresnan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Ben Coad, Jack Leaning, Adam Lyth, Steven Patterson, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, David Willey, Ben Birkhead, Harry Brook, Karl Carver, Matthew Fisher, William Fraine, Tom Loten, James Logan, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier, Mathew Pillans, Joshua Poysden, Joshua Shaw, Jack Shutt, Matthew Taylor, Jonathan Tattersall, Jordan Thompson, Matthew Waite, Jared Warner
Squads of Teams in South Division:
10) Kent Spitfires Squad 2019:
Sam Billings, Joe Denly, Harry Podmore, Darren Stevens, Heino Kuhn, Ivan Thomas, Mitchell Claydon, Grant Stewart, Alex Brake, Imran Qayyum, Adam Rouse, Zak Crawley, Fred Klaassen, Ollie Robinson, Jordan Cox, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Calum Haggett, Matt Milnes, Sean Dickson, Matt Renshaw, Wiaan Mulder, Adam Milne, Mohammad Nabi, Hardus Viljoen
11) Middlesex Squad 2019:
AB de Villiers, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Martin Anderson, Ethan Bamber, Tim Barber, Jack Davies, AB de Villiers, Stephen Eskinazi, Steven Finn, Nick Gubbins, James Harris, Tom Helm, Max Holden, Tom Lace, Tim Murtagh, Ollie Rayner, Sam Robson, Toby Roland-Jones, George Scott, John Simpson, Nathan Sowter, Paul Stirling, Ross Taylor, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Robbie White
12) Essex Eagles Squad 2019:
Nick Browne, Varun Chopra, Alastair Cook, Feroze Khushi, Dan Lawrence, Tom Westley, Cameron Delport, Ravi Bopara, Matt Coles, Simon Harmer, Ryan ten Doeschate, Michael Pepper, Adam Wheater, Aaron Beard, Sam Cook, Aron Nijjar, Jack Plom, Jamie Porter, Matt Quinn, Peter Siddle, Paul Walter
13) Somerset Squad 2019:
Tom Abell, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Tom Banton, George Bartlett, Dom Bess, Jack Brooks, Eddie Byrom, Josh Davey, Steven Davies, Nathan Gilchrist, Ben Green, Lewis Gregory, Tim Groenewald, James Hildreth, Tom Lammonby, Jack Leach, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Tim Rouse, Ollie Sale, Jerome Taylor, Peter Trego, Marcus Trescothick, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Max Waller
14) Gloucestershire Squad 2019:
Chris Dent, Michael Klinger, James Bracey, Ben Charlesworth, Ian Cockbain, George Drissell, Miles Hammond, George Hankins, Ryan Higgins, Benny Howell, Chris Liddle, David Payne, Gareth Roderick, Tom Smith, Will Tavare, Jack Taylor, Matt Taylor, Chadd Sayers, Andrew Tye, Graeme van Buuren, Stuart Whittingham
15) Hampshire Squad 2019:
Kyle Abbott, Tom Alsop, Keith Barker, Gareth Berg, Harry Came, Mason Crane, Liam Dawson, Aneurin Donald, Fidel Edwards, James Fuller, Ian Holland, Lewis McManus, Chris Morris, Sam Northeast, Felix Organ, Rilee Rossouw, Oli Soames, Ryan Stevenson, Brad Taylor, James Vince, Joe Weatherley, Brad Wheal, Chris Wood
16) Sussex Sharks Squad 2019:
Harry Finch, Delray Rawlins, Luke Wright, Tom Haines, Phil Salt, Luke Wells, Laurie Evans, Stiaan van Zyl, Aneesh Kapil, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Aaron Thomason, David Weise, Michael Burgess, Ben Brown, Alex Carey, Rashid Khan, Reece Topley, Tymal Mills, Abidine Sakande, George Garton, Will Beer, Danny Briggs, Will Sheffield, Mir Hamza
17) Glamorgan Squad 2019:
David Lloyd, Chris Cooke, Marchant de Lange, Jeremy Lawlor, Charlie Hemphrey, Ruaidhri Smith, Andrew Slator, Prem Sisodiya, Tom Cullen, Billy Root, Connon Brown, Graham Wagg, Owen Morgan, Craig Meschede, Lukas Carey, Kieran Bull, Jack Murphy, Timm van der Gugten, Michael Hogan, Nick Selman, Colin Ingram, Kiran Carlson, Marnus Labuschagne, Jamie McIlroy, Kazi Szymanski, Callum Taylor, Roman Walker, Dan Douthwaite
18) Surrey Squad 2019:
Rory Burns, Jade Dernbach, Gus Atkinson, Gareth Batty, Scott Borthwick, Rikki Clarke, Jordan Clark, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Matt Dunn, Dean Elgar, Aaron Finch, Ben Foakes, Arun Harinath, Will Jacks, Conor Mckerr, Stuart Meaker, Morne Morkel, Ryan Patel, Liam Plunkett, Ollie Pope, Jason Roy, Jamie Smith, Mark Stoneman, Freddie van den Bergh, Amar Virdi
Vitality T20 Blast 2019 Complete Schedule
Vitality T20 Blast 2019 is scheduled from July 18, 2019, to September 21, 2019.
In the group stage, each team will play a total of 14 matches. Twice against 6 teams in its own division (home and away) and once against the remaining two teams in the division.
At the end of the group stage, the top 4 teams from the North division will play against the top 4 teams from the South division. These matches will be the knock-out quarter-finals. The team that loses will end its campaign in the T20 Blast.
The four winners of the quarter-finals will then play semi-finals on Sept 21, 2019. And later on the same day, the two winning teams will play the final. Sept 21 is no doubt a big day for all the T20 cricket fans. Both semi-finals and finals will take place on the same ground (Edgbaston Ground in Birmingham).
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All Past Winners (2003-2018)
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So we saw the 2019 Vitality T20 Blast Teams, Players, Grounds, Squads, Schedule, and Past Winners. These two months of T20 Blast cricket action in England is a great way for the English cricket fans to continue their World Cup celebrations. And for fans around the globe, it is a wonderful fast-paced entertainment treat. So which team(s) are you supporting in this season of Vitality T20 Blast? Let us know in the comments section.
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Related Reading:
- Vitality T20 Blast 2020 Points Table and Match Results
- Vitality T20 Blast 2020 All Teams & Full Squads
- 2019 Vitality T20 Blast Knock-Out Results, Points Table, Top Players, Finals Summary
- Vitality T20 Blast 2020 Full Match Schedule & Past Winners
- 2019 Vitality T20 Blast Teams, Players, Squads, Schedule, Past Winners
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