The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the second season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Unicorns, a team of players who did not have first-class contracts.
The competition consisted of three groups of seven teams, from which the top team from each group, plus the best second-placed team, progressed to the semi-finals. The groups were allocated randomly.
Fixtures and results
Group stage
Group A
DerbyshireFalconsKentSpitfiresMiddlesexPanthersNetherlandsSussexSharksWorcestershireRoyalsYorkshireCarnegie DerbyshireFalcons
KentSpitfires
MiddlesexPanthers
Netherlands
SussexSharks
WorcestershireRoyals
YorkshireCarnegie
April
May
July
August
Group B DurhamDynamosHampshireRoyalsLeicestershireFoxesNorthamptonshireSteelbacksScottishSaltiresSurreyLionsWarwickshireBears DurhamDynamos
HampshireRoyals
LeicestershireFoxes
NorthamptonshireSteelbacks
ScottishSaltires
Surrey Lions
WarwickshireBears
April
May
July
August
Group C EssexEaglesGlamorganDragonsGloucestershireGladiatorsLancashireLightningNottinghamshireOutlawsSomersetUnicorns EssexEagles
GlamorganDragons
GloucestershireGladiators
LancashireLightning
NottinghamshireOutlaws
Somerset
Unicorns
April
May
July
August
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Highest team totals The following table lists the six highest team scores in the season. Team Total Opponent Ground Sussex Sharks 399/4 Worcestershire Royals Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Glamorgan Dragons 328/4 Lancashire Lightning Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea Durham Dynamos 325/9 Surrey Lions Kennington Oval, London Worcestershire Royals 319 Sussex Sharks Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Surrey Lions 311/7 Hampshire Hawks Whitgift School, Croydon Hampshire Royals 307/6 Northamptonshire Steelbacks County Ground, Northampton
Most runs 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 Chris Nash Sussex Sharks 649 11 72.11 108.52 124* 2 5 Ed Joyce Sussex Sharks 583 13 53.00 102.64 120 2 2 Jason Roy Surrey Lions 574 12 47.83 110.81 131 2 4 Gareth Rees Glamorgan Dragons 567 12 56.70 93.10 110* 2 4 Alviro Petersen Glamorgan Dragons 547 12 54.70 98.20 144 1 2
Highest scores This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings. Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground Moeen Ali Worcestershire Royals 158 92 20 7 Sussex Sharks Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Ben Stokes Durham Dynamos 150* 113 9 7 Warwickshire Bears Edgbaston, Birmingham Alviro Petersen Glamorgan Dragons 144 89 9 10 Lancashire Lightning Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea Phil Mustard Durham Dynamos 139* 93 13 7 Northamptonshire Steelbacks County Ground, Northampton Sean Ervine Hampshire Royals 136 106 14 3 Leicestershire Foxes The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Most wickets The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Shane Mott Netherlands 21 9 15.95 19.9 4.80 4/29 Adil Rashid Yorkshire Carnegie 21 11 20.33 22.8 5.33 3/30 Mitchell Claydon Durham Dynamos 21 12 21.28 22.4 5.69 3/16 Chris Liddle Sussex Sharks 20 11 17.20 19.2 5.37 5/18 Jade Dernbach Surrey Lions 19 8 15.47 18.2 5.08 4/7
Best bowling figures This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season. Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground Chris Liddle Sussex Sharks 8.0 5/18 Netherlands VRA Ground, Amstelveen Andrew Hall Northamptonshire Steelbacks 7.1 5/22 Leicestershire Foxes County Ground, Northampton Tim Phillips Essex Eagles 8.0 5/28 Unicorns Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds Steven Finn Middlesex Panthers 8.0 5/33 Derbyshire Falcons Lord's, London Paul Franks Nottinghamshire Outlaws 6.5 5/43 Gloucestershire Gladiators Trent Bridge, Nottingham
See also ECB 40
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