NATWEST T20 BLAST QUARTER-FINALS

FIXTURES, TABLES, STATS AND HIGHLIGHTS AHEAD OF THIS WEEK'S QUARTERS

Quarter-final fixtures

Notts Outlaws v Essex Eagles, Trent Bridge (Monday 8th, 18:30)

Notts have now reached the final eight six times in the last seven seasons where they have had a home tie on every occasion.

This is the fifth successive year the Eagles have reached the quarter-finals, with their only last eight victory in that time coming against the Outlaws in 2013.

Two of the competition's leading six hitters - Notts' Dan Christian and Essex's Ashar Zaidi - will be on display. The Trent Bridge crowd need to be vigilant while either man is on strike.

 

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Middlesex, The County Ground (Tuesday 9th, 18:30)

This is the first time the two sides have met in T20 cricket. The Steelbacks have been victorious in three of their last four quarter-final matches while the London-based team have not reached this stage of the competition since 2008.

Richard Gleeson's (Northants) economy rate of 6.1 is the best of any player who has bowled 10 or more overs.

 

Gloucestershire v Durham Jets, Bristol (Wednesday 10th, 18:30)

Another first-time meeting sees Durham travel to Bristol to take on Gloucestershire who boast the tournament's two leading run-scorers in Michael Klinger and Ian Cockbain.

Klinger scored 654 runs at 81.75 in last year's competition - seocnd only to Hampshire's James Vince (710) - he currently leads the way with 530 runs to his name.

 

Glamorgan v Yorkshire Vikings, The SWALEC (Thursday 11th, 18:30)

Amazingly three of the four quarter-finals are seeing teams face eachother for the very first time - the Vikings have never come up against the Welsh team in T20 cricket.

Colin Ingram's runs helped Glamorgan finished second in the south group, the South African has hit 29 sixes in the competition, more than anybody else.

 

 

Statistics

Most Runs	Most Sixes
Michael Klinger (Gloucestershire) 530 runs	Colin Ingram (Glamorgan) 29 sixes
Ian Cockbain (Gloucestershire) 499 runs	Dan Christian (Notts) 23 sixes
Jason Roy (Surrey) 495 runs	Ashar Zaidi (Essex) 22 sixes
Ian Bell (Bears) 489 runs	Ross Taylor (Sussex) 17 sixes
Colin Ingram (Glamorgan) 486 runs	Ian Bell (Bears) 16 sixes
Most Wickets	Most Dot Balls
Benny Howell (Gloucestershire) 23 wickets	Rikki Clarke (Bears) 128 dots (51.4%)
Graham Napier (Essex) 20 wickets	Clint McKay (Foxes) 120 dots (47.2%)
Joe Leach (Rapids) 20 wickets	Benny Howell (Gloucestershire) 115 dots (36.8%)
Liam Dawson (Hampshire) 19 wickets	Matthew Quinn (Essex) 110 dots (35.2%)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) 18 wickets	Richard Gleeson (Northants) 110 dots (54.7%)

Final Tables

North

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Notts Outlaws	14	8	2	0	4	0.74	20
Northants Steelbacks	14	7	5	0	2	0.27	16
Yorkshire Vikings	14	7	5	0	2	0.22	16
Durham Jets	14	6	6	0	2	-0.05	14
Lancashire Lightning	14	6	7	0	1	0.20	13
Birmingham Bears	14	6	7	0	1	-0.22	13
Derbyshire Falcons	14	5	7	0	2	0.02	12
Worcestershire Rapids	14	5	7	0	2	-0.86	12
Leicestershire Foxes	14	4	8	0	2	-0.18	10

 

South 

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Gloucestershire	14	10	3	0	1	0.52	21
Glamorgan	14	8	3	0	3	1.01	19
Middlesex	14	7	6	0	1	0.40	15
Essex Eagles	14	7	6	0	1	0.17	15
Surrey	14	7	7	0	0	0.15	14
Sussex Sharks	14	5	6	0	3	-0.05	13
Kent Spitfires	14	6	8	0	0	-0.64	12
Hampshire	14	4	8	0	2	-0.69	10
Somerset	14	3	10	0	1	-0.66	7