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2019 T20 Blast
| Dates | 18 July 2019 – 21 September 2019 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Essex Eagles (1st title) |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches | 133 |
| Most runs | Babar Azam (578) |
| Most wickets | Ravi Rampaul (23) |
| Official website | Vitality Blast |
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]
- ^ "Vitality announced as new title partner for T20 cricket". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Specsavers Championship 2019 fixtures: Surrey start defence against Essex". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "County Championship: Surrey to start 2019 season against Essex". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Part-timer Colin Ackermann takes first-ever T20 seven-for on astounding night". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Colin Ackermann sets T20 record with 7/18". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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