2008 Friends Provident Trophy

April 2022 England and Wales Cricket Board Limited overs cricket (50 overs) Group stage and Knockout Essex 3 20 69 (+18 results) Martin van Jaarsveld(660 for Kent) Yasir Arafat(24 for Kent) Friends Provident cricket 2007 2007 Friends Provident Trophy 2009 2009 Friends Provident Trophy The 2008 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 20 April and 16 August 2008. The tournament was won by Essex. Format Unlike in 2007, the 18 English counties, Ireland and Scotland were divided into four groups of five, based on geographical location. Each team played the other four teams home and away, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter-final stage.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/310739.html Changes to structure of domestic tournaments ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-18 A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board, which instigated the changes, explained that the changes "provides more local derbies and less travel for players". The recommendations of the Schofield Report; an investigation into England's 5–0 Ashes defeat, were also cited as a cause for the changes. Group stage Midlands Division TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRLeicestershire Foxes8502111+0.692Nottinghamshire Outlaws8402210+0.017Northamptonshire Steelbacks8402210 +0.569Warwickshire Bears820426 -0.145Ireland810613 -0.862 North Division TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRDurham Dynamos8503010+0.432Yorkshire Carnegie8402210+0.544Derbyshire Phantoms830239 -0.141Lancashire Lightning830328 +0.243Scottish Saltires810613 -1.090 South East Division TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRKent Spitfires8502111+0.647Essex Eagles840319+0.310Middlesex Crusaders830328 +0.064Surrey Brown Caps830417 -0.627Sussex Sharks810435 -0.534 South/West Division TeamPldWTLNRPtsNRRGloucestershire Gladiators8401311+0.705Somerset Sabres830239+0.307Worcestershire Royals830328 -0.121Hampshire Hawks830417 -0.431Glamorgan Dragons810435 -0.219 Knockout stage Quarter finals 4 June 2008 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 188 all out (47.2 overs) 189 for 9 (49 overs) Durham Dynamos Samit Patel 114 (113) Callum Thorp 2/20 (9) Michael Di Venuto 70 (86) Samit Patel 3/27 (10) Durham Dynamos won by 1 wickethttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319872.html Quarter-Final: Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 4, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street George Sharp and John Steele Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire) 4 June 2008 Gloucestershire Gladiators 201 all out (45.2 overs) 205 for 4 (44.1 overs) Yorkshire Carnegie Steve Adshead 71 (73) Tim Bresnan 4/31 (10) Craig White 55 (107) Jon Lewis 2/21 (10) Yorkshire Carnegie won by 6 wicketshttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319873.html Quarter-Final: Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 County Ground, Bristol Barry Dudleston and Nigel Llong Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire) 4 June 2008 Essex Eagles 350 for 5 (50 overs) 232 all out (41 overs) Leicestershire Foxes Ravi Bopara 201* (138) Dillon du Preez 2/60 (10) Paul Nixon 62 (64) Ryan ten Doeschate 2/32 (7) Essex Eagles won by 118 runshttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319875.html Quarter-Final: Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, Jun 4, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 Grace Road, Leicester Rob Bailey and Ian Gould Ravi Bopara (Essex) 4–5 June 2008 Kent Spitfires 259 for 5 (50 overs) 222 all out (45.5 overs) Somerset Sabres Neil Dexter 101* (113) Ben Phillips 2/55 (10) Craig Kieswetter 90 (119) Yasir Arafat 3/23 (8) Kent Spitfires won by 37 runshttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319874.html Quarter-Final: Kent v Somerset at Beckenham, Jun 4, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 County Ground, Beckenham Richard Illingworth and Neil Mallender Neil Dexter (Kent) Reserve day used Semi finals 4 July 2008 Kent Spitfires 301 for 4 (50 overs) 217 all out (43.1 overs) Durham Dynamos Martin van Jaarsveld 122* (93)Joe Denly 102 (125) Steve Harmison 4/47 (10) Dale Benkenstein 79* (89) James Tredwell 3/37 (10) Kent Spitfires won by 84 runshttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319876.html 1st Semi-Final: Durham v Kent at Chester-le-Street, Jul 4, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Richard Kettleborough and Neil Mallender Martin van Jaarsveld (Kent) 5 July 2008 Essex Eagles 285 for 8 (50 overs) 198 all out (42.5 overs) Yorkshire Carnegie Alistair Cook 95 (127) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2/41 (10) Andrew Gale 64 (84) Ryan ten Doeschate 3/30 (7) Essex Eagles won by 87 runshttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319877.html 2nd Semi-Final: Essex v Yorkshire at Chelmsford, Jul 5, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080715181955/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319877.html 15 July 2008 live County Ground, Chelmsford Peter Hartley and Nigel Llong Graham Napier (Essex) Final 16 August 2008 Kent Spitfires 214 all out (50 overs) 215 for 5 (48.5 overs) Essex Eagles Ryan McLaren 63 (71) David Masters 2/34 (10) Grant Flower 70* (97) Robbie Joseph 3/40 (10) Essex Eagles won by 5 wicketshttp://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319878.html Final: Kent v Essex at Lord's, Aug 16, 2008 ESPNcricinfo 2008-08-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080819192056/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319878.html 19 August 2008 live Lord's Cricket Ground, London Nigel Llong and George Sharp Grant Flower (Essex) References External links http://www.friendsprovident.com/cricket/ Competition overview https://web.archive.org/web/20121020202353/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/2008_ENG_Friends_Provident_Trophy_2008.html 20 October 2012 from CricketArchive Competition overview from Cricinfo Category:Friends Provident Trophy seasons Friends Provident Trophy, 2008