Vitality Blast 2019 statistical round-up after quarterfinals: Babar, Rampaul still on top

Dawid Malan’s failure in the quarterfinal meant that he could not rise above the third position in the list of batsmen with most runs in the 2019 Vitality Blast. Babar Azam, 119 ahead of fifth-placed Sam Hain, still tops the chart. None of the batsmen in the top five will feature in the semi-finals.

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
Sam Hain	Birmingham	459	41.72	118.6

Moeen Ali’s outrageous 60-ball 121 not out, combined with AB de Villiers’ rare failure, meant that the latter conceded the top spot in the averages chart to the former.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Moeen Ali	Worcestershire	312	104.00	175.3
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
Wayne Madsen	Derbyshire	447	49.67	147.0

With a tournament strike rate of 175.3, Moeen also reached the fifth place.

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	312	104.00	175.3

Moeen’s 11 sixes during his onslaught took his tournament tally to 25 – the most in the tournament.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Moeen Ali	Worcestershire	25	178	7.1
Cameron Delport	Essex	24	176	7.3
Eoin Morgan	Middlesex	23	202	8.8
Aaron Finch	Surrey	23	238	10.3
Tom Banton	Somerset	23	340	14.8

Despite all that, Moeen finished 8 behind Cameron Delport’s 129, still the highest score 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’s only wicket helped him break away from Matt Parkinson and secure the top spot in the wickets chart on his own.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Ravi Rampaul	Derbyshire	22	15.09	6.64
Matt Parkinson	Lancashire	21	14.61	7.48
Kyle Abbott	Hampshire	20	17.80	8.18
Harry Gurney	Nottinghamshire	20	18.45	9.22
Imran Tahir	Surrey	19	20.26	8.19
Toby Roland-Jones	Middlesex	19	19.89	8.55
Steven Finn	Middlesex	19	23.84	9.43

However, the excellent Parkinson still retained a place in the top five in the bowling averages chart, one still topped by Adam Lyth.

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
Luke Wood	Nottinghamshire	11	14.54	6.80
Matt Parkinson	Lancashire	21	14.61	7.48

Josh Cobb is still the most economical bowler of the tournament. Matthew Carter arrived at fifth place.

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
Matthew  Carter	Worcestershire	11	22.27	6.44

There has been no change in the list of five best bowling figures of the tournament during the quarterfinals.

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 this time.

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