The big tournament NatWest T20 Blast 2016 is going on between 18 first class county cricket clubs of England. Total of 133 matches to be played between 18 teams. Two Groups are formed Group North and Group South having 9 teams in each. The top 4 teams from each group will qualify into the knock out round of the tournament. This will be decided by NatWest T20 Blast 2016 Points table. The 4 teams which will have most points among the others on the points table will make to the next round from each group. One more thing which is very crucial which will decide the team standing in the table is the Net run rate. The teams which will have same points, the ranking will be decided as per their NRR, the team with higher NRR will be on the top of the other team having same points.
The tournament has been started from 20th May 2016 and it will last long up to 20th August 2016. Total 133 matches to be played including 126 league matches and the remaining ones are Knock-out matches. International players like Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Chris Gayle, Martin Guptill and many more are participating in the tournament with different sides. The T20 blast 2016 will be full of entertainment for sure. Daily we have matches at different venues of England. 2014 was the inaugural year of the tournament and now this is 3rd season of Tournament.
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Each team will play 14 matches, For each win 2 points will be awarded where no points to losing team. The big will be the difference in the win, higher will be the Net Run rate. So this is how it will be formed.
Here is the Full points table of Natwest T20 2016 Tournament including team standing and their Net run rate of each group :-
Group North :-
Teams | Mat | Won | Lose | Points | NRR | |
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Nottinghamshire | 14 | 8 | 2 | 20 | +0.741 | |
Northamptonshire | 14 | 7 | 5 | 16 | +0.265 | |
Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 7 | 5 | 16 | +0.223 | |
Durham | 14 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -0.050 | |
Lancashire | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +0.200 | |
Birmingham Bears | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -0.215 | |
Derbyshire | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +0.021 | |
Worcestershire | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -0.862 | |
Leicestershire | 14 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -0.180 |
Team Qualified into the Knock out Round from North Group are :-
- Nottinghamshire
- Northamptonshire
- Yorkshire Vikings
- Durham Jets
Group South :-
Teams | Mat | Won | Lose | Points | NRR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gloucestershire | 14 | 10 | 3 | 21 | +0.518 | |
Glamorgan | 14 | 8 | 3 | 19 | +1.005 | |
Middlesex | 14 | 7 | 6 | 15 | +0.395 | |
Essex | 14 | 7 | 6 | 15 | +0.174 | |
Surrey | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +0.153 | |
Sussex | 14 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -0.053 | |
Kent | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -0.643 | |
Hampshire | 14 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -0.691 | |
Somerset | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -0.660 |
Team Qualified into the Knock out Round from South Group are :-
- Gloucestershire
- Glamorgan
- Middlesex
- Essex
Update: The knock out round of the tournament has been over and now on 20th August two Semifinals and the grand finale will be played. Here are the four semifinalist team of the Natwest T20 blast 2016 :-
Nottinghamshire
Northamptonshire
Yorkshire Vikings
Durham Jets
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For better stats and team standings keep visiting this page as we are updating the table after each and every match of T20 Blast 2016.
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