Vitality Blast 2019 statistical round-up after league stage: Babar, Banton, Parkinson, Rampaul top charts

Babar Azam’s outstanding stint for Somerset culminated in him finishing at the top of the runs chart after the league phase of the 2019 Vitality Blast. At second spot is his Somerset teammate Tom Banton. They are the only ones to have topped the 500-run mark in the tournament so far.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Babar Azam	Somerset	578	52.54	149.4
Tom Banton	Somerset	549	42.43	161.5
Dawid Malan	Middlesex	488	44.36	151.1
D’Arcy Short	Durham	483	43.90	139.6
Sam Hain	Birmingham	459	41.72	118.6

AB de Villiers’ 84.25 runs – achieved over an aggregate of 337 runs – is the highest average of the tournament so far.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
AB de Villiers	Middlesex	337	84.25	185.2
Moeen Ali	Worcestershire	191	63.67	161.9
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	Yorkshire	438	62.14	141.2
Babar Azam	Somerset	578	52.54	149.4
Wayne Madsen	Derbyshire	400	50.00	149.8

Not only does de Villiers average 84.25, he has also struck at 185, next to only Eddie Byrom’s strike rate of 197.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Eddie Byrom	Yorkshire	185	23.12	196.8
AB de Villiers	Middlesex	337	84.25	185.2
Nicholas Pooran	Yorkshire	122	40.67	184.8
Tom Abell	Somerset	354	44.25	177.9
Cameron Delport	Essex	309	28.09	175.6

Cameron Delport has hit the most sixes so far, one more than Aaron Finch and Banton.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Cameron Delport	Essex	24	176	7.3
Aaron Finch	Surrey	23	238	10.3
Tom Banton	Somerset	23	340	14.8
AB de Villiers	Middlesex	20	182	9.1
Dan Lawrence	Essex	20	213	10.7

Delport’s 129 is the highest score of the tournament as well. He and Dawid Malan are the only ones to have got more than 102 in an innings.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Cameron Delport	129	Essex	Surrey	Jul 19
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

Matt Parkinson and Ravi Rampaul top the wickets chart in the tournament so far. They are one ahead of Kyle Abbott.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Matt Parkinson	Lancashire	21	13.38	7.46
Ravi Rampaul	Derbyshire	21	14.71	6.71
Kyle Abbott	Hampshire	20	17.80	8.18
Toby Roland-Jones	Middlesex	19	18.57	8.57
Imran Tahir	Surrey	19	20.26	8.19
Steven Finn	Middlesex	19	22.36	9.23

Colin Ackermann’s 7/18 has put him at second place in bowling averages, just behind Adam Lyth.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Adam Lyth	Yorkshire	12	12.25	8.16
Colin Ackermann	Leicestershire	12	12.41	6.04
Liam Livingstone	Lancashire	13	12.92	7.00
Rob Keogh	Northamptonshire	10	13.00	6.50
Luke Wood	Nottinghamshire	10	13.30	6.82

Daryl Mitchell and Josh Cobb are the only ones to have conceded fewer runs than balls bowled. Ackermann’s excellent economy rate of 6.04 is third on the list.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Daryl Mitchell	Worcestershire	4	42.50	5.67
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

Ackermann’s 7/18, of course, are the best bowling figures in T20 history, let alone in the tournament.

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

The three hat-tricks of the tournament were achieved across two consecutive nights.

Players	Batsmen	Teams	Against	Date
Tom Curran	David Lloyd Colin Ingram Billy Root	Surrey	Glamorgan	Jul 25
Matty Potts	Dieter Klein C Parkinson Chris Wright	Durham	Leicestershire	Jul 26
Toby Roland-Jones	M de Lange D Douthwaite Andrew Salter	Middlesex	Glamorgan	Jul 26