Vitality Blast 2019 ends with Essex winning the tournament for the first time by defeating Worcestershire. The last day of the tournament featured two semi-finals and the mega final, which changed the rankings to some extent.
Wayne Madsen’s 17 off 12 could not help his team in the second semi-final but he managed to end at the fifth place of the highest run-scorers list of Vitality Blast 2019. The rest of the rankings remains the same.
Players | Teams | R | Ave | SR |
Babar Azam | Somerset | 578 | 52.54 | 149.4 |
Tom Banton | Somerset | 549 | 42.43 | 161.5 |
Dawid Malan | Middlesex | 490 | 40.83 | 147.6 |
D’Arcy Short | Durham | 483 | 43.90 | 139.6 |
Wayne Madsen | Derbyshire | 464 | 46.40 | 146.8 |
Ravi Bopara’s 27 off 23 in the semi-final against Derbyshire and then an unbeaten 22-ball 26 helped him to replace Madsen in the batting average chart at the fifth position.
Players | Teams | R | Ave | SR |
Moeen Ali | Worcestershire | 365 | 73.00 | 171.4 |
AB de Villiers | Middlesex | 348 | 69.60 | 182.2 |
Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Yorkshire | 438 | 62.14 | 141.2 |
Babar Azam | Somerset | 578 | 52.54 | 149.4 |
Ravi Bopara | Essex | 291 | 48.50 | 162.6 |
Moeen Ali scored 32 off 36 for Worcestershire against Essex in the finale to maintain a strike rate of 171.4.
Players | Teams | R | Ave | SR |
Eddie Byrom | Yorkshire | 185 | 23.12 | 196.8 |
Nicholas Pooran | Yorkshire | 122 | 40.67 | 184.8 |
AB de Villiers | Middlesex | 348 | 69.60 | 182.2 |
Tom Abell | Somerset | 354 | 44.25 | 177.9 |
Moeen Ali | Worcestershire | 365 | 73.00 | 171.4 |
The case is similar to the following table of most sixes where the names are unchanged with five more over boundaries added to Moeen Ali’s name.
Players | Teams | 6s | BF | B/6 |
Moeen Ali | Worcestershire | 30 | 213 | 7.1 |
Cameron Delport | Essex | 24 | 244 | 10.2 |
Eoin Morgan | Middlesex | 23 | 202 | 8.8 |
Aaron Finch | Surrey | 23 | 238 | 10.3 |
Tom Banton | Somerset | 23 | 340 | 14.8 |
Cameron Delport continues to lead the list of the highest scores of the tournament.
Players | Scores | Teams | Against | Date |
Cameron Delport | 129 | Essex | Surrey | Jul 19 |
Moeen Ali | 121* | Worcestershire | Sussex | Sep 6 |
Dawid Malan | 117 | Middlesex | Surrey | Jul 23 |
Babar Azam | 102* | Somerset | Hampshire | Aug 9 |
Aaron Finch | 102* | Surrey | Somerset | Aug 27 |
Michael Klinger | 102* | Gloucestershire | Kent | Aug 29 |
Ravi Rampaul finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker with 23 wickets. Harry Gurney took 2/27 to move up two places and end at the second position followed by Matt Parkinson and Kyle Abbott at the third and fourth positions.
Players | Teams | W | Ave | Econ |
Ravi Rampaul | Derbyshire | 23 | 15.73 | 6.70 |
Harry Gurney | Nottinghamshire | 22 | 18.00 | 9.00 |
Matt Parkinson | Lancashire | 21 | 14.61 | 7.48 |
Kyle Abbott | Hampshire | 20 | 17.80 | 8.18 |
Imran Tahir | Surrey | 19 | ### | 8.19 |
Toby Roland-Jones | Middlesex | 19 | 19.89 | 8.55 |
Steven Finn | Middlesex | 19 | ### | 9.43 |
The top three places in the bowling averages chart are unchanged with Parkinson moving up a place to the fourth.
Players | Teams | W | Ave | Econ |
Adam Lyth | Yorkshire | 12 | 12.25 | 8.16 |
Colin Ackermann | Leicestershire | 12 | 12.41 | 6.04 |
Rob Keogh | Northamptonshire | 10 | 13.00 | 6.50 |
Matt Parkinson | Lancashire | 21 | 14.61 | 7.48 |
Liam Livingstone | Lancashire | 14 | 15.35 | 7.67 |
Daryl Mitchell replaced his teammate Matthew Carter to end as one of the top five most economical bowlers of the tournament.
Players | Teams | W | Ave | Econ |
Josh Cobb | Northamptonshire | 2 | 63.50 | 5.77 |
Colin Ackermann | Leicestershire | 12 | 12.41 | 6.04 |
Scott Steel | Durham | 5 | 19.80 | 6.18 |
Keshav Maharaj | Yorkshire | 2 | 63.00 | 6.30 |
Daryl Mitchell | Worcestershire | 7 | 33.00 | 6.41 |
There has been no change in the list of five best bowling figures of the tournament during the semi-finals and the final match.
Players | Spells | Teams | Against | Date |
Colin Ackermann | 7/18 | Leicestershire | Birmingham | Aug 7 |
Jack Shutt | 5/11 | Yorkshire | Durham | Aug 23 |
Steven Finn | 5/16 | Middlesex | Surrey | Aug 8 |
Benny Howell | 5/18 | Gloucestershire | Glamorgan | Jul 19 |
Imran Qayyum | 5/21 | Kent | Somerset | Jul 20 |
Toby Roland-Jones | 5/21 | Middlesex | Glamorgan | Jul 26 |
Tom Curran, Matty Potts, and Toby Roland-Jones remain the only three ones to take a hat-trick in the Vitality Blast 2019.
Players | Batsmen | Teams | Against | Date |
Tom Curran | David Lloyd, Colin Ingram, Billy Root | Surrey | Glamorgan | Jul 25 |
Matty Potts | Dieter Klein, Callum Parkinson, Chris Wright | Durham | Leicestershire | Jul 26 |
Toby Roland-Jones | Marchant de Lange, Daniel Douthwaite, Andrew Salter | Middlesex | Glamorgan | Jul 26 |