Eight counties battle it out tonight for the last two places at Twenty20 Cup Finals Day
Following their victories last night, Gloucestershire and Surrey are the first two counties to qualify for Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, having won their respective groups
ECB Media Release
24-Jun-2003
Following their victories last night, Gloucestershire and Surrey are the first two counties to qualify for Twenty20 Cup Finals Day, having won their respective groups.
The winner of the Leicestershire v Derbyshire match tonight at Grace Road will also qualify as the top team in the North Group, and therefore progress to the semi-finals as well.
The final place in the semi-finals will be taken by one of eight teams, who will qualify as the best runner-up.
If Derbyshire beat Leicestershire then Leicestershire (current net run rate 1.06) will also qualify for Finals' Day as best runner-up unless Warwickshire (current net run rate 0.66) beat Northamptonshire at Northampton and overtake Leicestershire on net run rate.
If Leicestershire beat Derbyshire then Warwickshire will be best runner-up if they beat Northamptonshire.
If Leicestershire beat Derbyshire and Northamptonshire beat Warwickshire then the best runner-up will be either:
- Northamptonshire in the Midland/Wales/West Group, or...
- Derbyshire or Yorkshire in the North Group (Yorkshire will overtake Derbyshire if they beat Nottinghamshire at Headingley and Derbyshire lose), or...
- Kent, Sussex or Middlesex in the South Group (if Sussex beat Kent at Hove they will finish 2nd in the Group, if Kent beat Sussex and Middlesex lose to Essex then Kent will finish 2nd, if Kent beat Sussex and Middlesex beat Essex then Middlesex finish 2nd)
The top team from each of the three regional groups qualifies for Finals Day along with the best runner-up.
The first three tie-breakers in order of priority for teams finishing on equal points are:
- most wins
- for teams in the same group, the most points achieved in matches between teams level on points
- higher net run rate calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by the team, the average runs per over scored against that team.
This evening's games commence at 5.30pm at Bristol, Rose Bowl, Old Trafford, Grace Road, Northampton and New Road, at 5.35pm at Headingley and at 7.30pm at Chelmsford and Hove.
The draw for the Semi-finals of the Twenty20 Cup will take place on Thursday 26 June during the interval of the NatWest Series match between England and Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge. The draw will be live on Sky Sports.