| Dates | 1 June 2011 – 27 August 2011 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Leicestershire Foxes (3rd title) |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches | 151 |
| Attendance | 668,937 (4,430 per match) |
| Most runs | Andrew McDonald, (Leicestershire Foxes) (584) |
| Most wickets | Tim Phillips, (Essex Eagles) (26) |
| Official website | CricInfo |
The 2011 FriendsLife T20 was the ninth edition of what would later become the T20 Blast, England's premier domestic Twenty20 competition. The tournament ran from 1 June to 27 August 2011. The teams in the tournament remained the same as the previous season.
The ECB opted to retain the enlarged schedule from the previous season, despite criticism that the tournament had become bloated. In a vote, counties, perhaps conscious of financial difficulties incurred during the 2010 season, opted against any kind of reduction.
The final saw Leicestershire Foxes beat Somerset for their third title. Both finalists qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 qualifying stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1.087 |
| 2 | Leicestershire Foxes | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0.541 |
| 3 | Lancashire Lightning | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0.459 |
| 4 | Durham Dynamos | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0.678 |
| 5 | Worcestershire Royals | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −0.089 |
| 6 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −0.548 |
| 7 | Derbyshire Falcons | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | −0.489 |
| 8 | Warwickshire Bears | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | −0.598 |
| 9 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | −0.912 |
2 June Scorecard |
Durham Dynamos 151/3 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears 155/5 (18.1 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 190/5 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 190/6 (20 overs) |
3 June Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 154/7 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals 146/9 (20 overs) |
3 June Scorecard |
Yorkshire Carnegie 161/8 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears 164/5 (17.5 overs) |
3 June Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 184/6 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 146/8 (20 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 135/5 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 139/4 (19 overs) |
5 June Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 173/2 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 175/5 (18.1 overs) |
5 June Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 215/6 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Carnegie 162/8 (20 overs) |
5 June Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 150/8 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears 110 (17.3 overs) |
8 June |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 193/7 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears 165 (20 overs) |
8 June Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 162/5 (19 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 165/6 (18.5 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 124/9 (20 overs) |
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Durham Dynamos 127/1 (16.1 overs) |
Yorkshire Carnegie 152/7 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals 150/7 (20 overs) |
10 June Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 164/8 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 21/0 (2.4 overs) |
Andrew McDonald 11* (5) |
10 June Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 134/9 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals 135/3 (18 overs) |
10 June Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 122/6 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Carnegie 123/8 (19.4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 183/3 (20 overs) |
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Durham Dynamos 178/5 (20 overs) |
11 June Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 173/6 (20 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears 163/7 (20 overs) |
12 June Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 169/5 (20 overs) |
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14 June Scorecard |
Durham Dynamos 187/8 (20 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws 154/8 (20 overs) |
15 June Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 96 (19.5 overs) |
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Warwickshire Bears 97/4 (18.2 overs) |
Worcestershire Royals 121/7 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 106 (19.4 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 213/4 (20 overs) |
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Durham Dynamos 159 (19.3 overs) |
17 June Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 58/1 (5 overs) |
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17 June Scorecard |
Warwickshire Bears 184/6 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals 187/9 (19.1 overs) |
17 June Scorecard |
Yorkshire Carnegie 178/4 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 167 (19.1 overs) |
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18 June Scorecard |
(H) Derbyshire Falcons 160/4 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 161/5 (19.1 overs) |
Martin Guptill 44 (43) Harry Gurney 1-14 (3) |
19 June Scorecard |
(H) Warwickshire Bears 109 (19.2 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 110/0 (12.3 overs) |
Tom Smith 58 (37) |
29 June Scorecard |
(H) Northamptonshire Steelbacks 129/9 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Royals 130/4 (19.3 overs) |
3 July Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 81/8 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning (H) 82/0 (9 overs) |
Stephen Moore 52 (33) Tom Knight 0-4 (1) |
3 July Scorecard |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 130/9 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes (H) 131/4 (17.5 overs) |
9 July Scorecard |
(H) Derbyshire Falcons 133/5 (20 overs) |
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks 135/3 (18.2 overs) |
10 July Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 105/5 (15 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning (H) 106/1 (13.3 overs) |
12 July Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 110/9 (20 overs) |
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Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 107/5 (20 overs) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hampshire Royals[nb1] | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1.093 |
| 2 | Sussex Sharks | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.061 |
| 3 | Kent Spitfires | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | −0.205 |
| 4 | Somerset | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0.978 |
| 5 | Surrey Lions | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0.131 |
| 6 | Essex Eagles | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | −0.086 |
| 7 | Glamorgan Dragons | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0.045 |
| 8 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 16 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.473 |
| 9 | Middlesex Panthers | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −1.247 |
Somerset 145/7 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Royals 146/3 (18.3 overs) |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 155/8 (20 overs) |
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Surrey Lions 156/2 (16.5 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 173/4 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 141 (19.1 overs) |
3 June Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 163/8 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 166/1 (17 overs) |
Essex Eagles 204/4 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators 82 (13.3 overs) |
Surrey Lions 140/7 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Royals 144/3 (19 overs) |
Glamorgan Dragons 199/4 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers 137 (17.5 overs) |
5 June Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 97/9 (17 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 98/3 (14.3 overs) |
5 June Scorecard |
Somerset 235/5 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers 195/9 (20 overs) |
5 June Scorecard |
Hampshire Royals 78/1 (5 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 58/2 (5 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 168/6 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 151/7 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan Dragons 120/9 (20 overs) |
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Hampshire Royals 121/8 (19.2 overs) |
Middlesex Panthers 150/5 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 155/5 (18 overs) |
10 June Scorecard |
Hampshire Royals 165/4 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire Gladiators 156/6 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan Dragons 167/7 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 163/8 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers 164/5 (19.5 overs) |
11 June Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 168/6 (20 overs) |
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Surrey Lions 122 (19.1 overs) |
Glamorgan Dragons 154/5 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 155/4 (19.4 overs) |
Surrey Lions 154/7 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 111 (17.3 overs) |
14 June Scorecard |
Middlesex Panthers 102 (19.1 overs) |
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Glamorgan Dragons 104/6 (17.1 overs) |
Somerset 90 (17.2 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 91/6 (17.3 overs) |
15 June Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 166 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 167/2 (18.5 overs) |
Somerset 225/2 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 82 (10.3 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 165/8 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers 116 (18.5 overs) |
26 June Scorecard |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 254/3 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers (H) 149/8 (20 overs) |
10 July Scorecard |
(H) Gloucestershire Gladiators 81 (18.3 overs) |
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Glamorgan Dragons 86/0 (14 overs) |
Alviro Petersen 42 (45) |
13 July Scorecard |
(H) Gloucestershire Gladiators 165/4 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex Panthers 140/7 (20 overs) |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) | 169/5 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Somerset | 172/4 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Somerset (D/L; SO) | 94/5 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Hampshire Royals | 138/4 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Durham Dynamos | 99 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Hampshire Royals (H) | 154/6 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Somerset | 127/9 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Leicestershire Foxes | 145/6 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Leicestershire Foxes (H) | 206/7 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Kent Spitfires | 203/3 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Leicestershire Foxes (D/L; SO) | 132/6 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 79/6 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 152/8 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Sussex Sharks (H) | 132/8 | ||||||||||||
Kent Spitfires 203/3 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes (H) 206/7 (19.2 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 169/5 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 172/4 (19.1 overs) |
Hampshire Royals (H) 154/6 (20 overs) |
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Durham Dynamos 99 (18.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 152/8 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks (H) 132/8 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 132/6 (18 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 79/6 (11 overs) |
Hampshire Royals 138/4 (15.5 overs) |
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Somerset 94/6 (10 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 145/6 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 127/9 (20 overs) |
The following table lists the six highest team scores in the season.
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McDonald | Leicestershire Foxes | 584 | 17 | 53.09 | 128.35 | 96* | 0 | 7 | 53 | 9 |
| Alex Hales | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 544 | 16 | 34.00 | 146.63 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 14 |
| Stephen Moore | Lancashire Lightning | 522 | 17 | 34.80 | 133.16 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 13 |
| Marcus Trescothick | Somerset | 507 | 16 | 39.00 | 162.50 | 108* | 1 | 3 | 65 | 19 |
| Azhar Mahmood | Kent Spitfires | 485 | 14 | 40.41 | 143.91 | 106* | 1 | 3 | 50 | 12 |
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Phillips | Essex Eagles | 26 | 15 | 13.23 | 11.3 | 7.02 | 4/22 |
| Danny Briggs | Hampshire Royals | 23 | 16 | 14.91 | 13.0 | 6.83 | 5/19 |
| Harry Gurney | Leicestershire Foxes | 23 | 14 | 15.39 | 13.0 | 7.10 | 3/25 |
| Darren Pattinson | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 23 | 16 | 17.39 | 12.8 | 8.13 | 5/25 |
| Tim Southee | Essex Eagles | 22 | 15 | 18.95 | 14.1 | 8.01 | 6/16 |
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.