Vitality Blast 2019 statistical round-up: Babar and Rampaul end as toppers

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