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The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2018 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and have List A cricket status. All 18 first-class counties competed in the tournament, which ran from the middle of May until the end of June, when the final took place at Lord's. Nottinghamshire were the defending champions of the tournament, having beaten Surrey in 2017 final.[1]

Format[edit]

The competition featured two groups of nine teams, based on a rough North–South geographical split. Each team played eight matches during the group stage, playing every other member of their group once, with four matches at home and four away.[2] The group stage took place from the middle of May to the beginning of June, with the group winners progressing straight to the semi-finals and the second and third placed teams in each group playing a play-off against a team from the other group with the winner progressing to one of the semi-final matches. The only change for the 2018 competition from 2017 is the quarter-finals stage is renamed as the play-offs.

North Group[edit]

Table[edit]

Source: CricInfo[3]
  •   advanced directly to the semi-finals
  •   advanced to the play-offs


Fixtures[edit]

May[edit]

  • Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Leicestershire Foxes 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.

  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and chose to field.
  • Ed Pollock (Warwickshire) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Warwickshire Bears 0.

  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and chose to bat.
  • William Fraine (Nottinghamshire Outlaws) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Lancashire 0.

  • Yorkshire Vikings win the toss and chose to bat.
  • Matthew Potts (Durham Jets) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Durham Jets 0.

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.

  • Lancashire won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Lancashire 2, Durham Jets 0.

  • Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Northamptonshire Steelbacks 2, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 0.

  • Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Henry Brookes (Warwickshire) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Warwickshire Bears 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.

  • Durham Jets won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Durham Jets 0.

  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.

  • Lancashire won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Lancashire 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.

  • Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and chose to field
  • Patrick Brown (Worcestershire Rapids) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Yorkshire Vikings 0.

  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and chose to field.
  • Rain delays reduced Derbyshire Falcons' and Leicestershire Foxes' innings to 33 overs.
  • Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to field.
  • Rain delays reduced Worcestershire's innings to 15 overs. Worcestershire's target was revised to 92.
  • Gareth Harte (Durham Jets) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Durham Jets 2, Worchestershire Rapids 0.

  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and chose to field.
  • Josh Bohannon (Lancashire) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Lancashire 1, Warwickshire Bears 1.

  • No toss.
  • Match abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.
  • Points: Yorkshire Vikings 1, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 1.

  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.

  • Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Durham Jets 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.

  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Matthew Carter and Jack Blatherwick (Nottinghamshire Outlaws) made their List A debuts.
  • Points: Warwickshire Bears 2, Nottinghamshire Outlaws 0.

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to field.
  • Rain delays reduced the match to 48 overs a side.
  • Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Lancashire 0.

  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.

  • Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and chose to field.
  • Rain delays reduced the match to 24 overs a side.
  • Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.

  • Warwickshire Bears have won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Warwickshire Bears 1, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 1.

  • Lancashire won the toss and chose to field.
  • Rob Jones (Lancashire) made his List A debut.

June[edit]

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.

  • Warwickshire Bears won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Warwickshire Bears 2, Durham Jets 0.

  • Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Callum Brodrick (Derbyshire Falcons) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Derbyshire Falcons 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.

  • Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Lancashire 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.

  • Durham Jets won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Durham Jets 0.

  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Warwickshire Bears 2, Leicestershire Foxes 0.

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.

  • Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Lancashire 0

  • Durham Jets won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Harry Dearden and Harry Swindells (Leicestershire Foxes) both made their List A debuts.
  • Points: Leicestershire Foxes 2, Durham Jets 0.

  • Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Nottinghamshire Outlaws 2, Derbyshire Falcons 0.

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to field.
  • Dillon Pennington (Worcestershire Rapids) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Worcestershire Rapids 2, Warwickshire Bears 0.

  • Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Charlie Thurston (Northamptonshire Steelbacks) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Yorkshire Vikings 2, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 0.

South Group[edit]

Table[edit]

Source: CricInfo[3]
  •   advanced directly to the semi-finals
  •   advanced to the play-offs

Fixtures[edit]

May[edit]

  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Kent Spitfires 0.

  • Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Stephen Eskinazi and Sam Cook (Essex Eagles) made their List A debuts.
  • Points: Essex Eagles 2, Middlesex 0.

  • Glamorgan won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Gloucestershire 2, Glamorgan 0.

  • Somerset won the toss and decided to field.
  • Will Jacks (Surrey) and Tom Banton (Somerset) made their List A debuts.
  • Points: Somerset 2, Surrey 0.

  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Hampshire 2, Sussex Sharks 0.

  • Essex Eagles won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Gloucestershire 2, Essex Eagles 0.

  • Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Kent Spitfires 0.

  • Glamorgan won the toss and chose to field.
  • James Hildreth (Somerset) scored a career-best total of 159.
  • Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0.

  • Surrey won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Rain delays reduced Surrey's innings to 44 overs and Hampshire's innings to 34 overs; Hampshire's target was revised to 227.
  • Points: Hampshire 2, Surrey 0.

  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Sussex Sharks 2, Somerset 0.

  • Hampshire won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Hampshire 2, Essex Eagles 0.

  • Surrey won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Surrey 2, Gloucestershire 0.

  • Glamorgan won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Glamorgan 0.

  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Glamorgan 0.

  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Sussex Sharks 0.

  • Somerset won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Essex Eagles 2, Somerset 0.

  • No toss.
  • Match abandoned without toss due to rain.
  • Points: Gloucestershire 1, Hampshire 1.

  • Surrey won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Surrey 2, Essex Eagles 0.

  • No toss.
  • Match abandoned without toss due to wet outfield.
  • Points: Gloucestershire 1, Sussex Sharks 1.

  • Hampshire won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Hampshire 0.

  • Middlesex won the toss and chose to field.
  • Wet outfield reduced the match to 49 overs a side.
  • Points: Somerset 2, Middlesex 0.

  • Sussex Sharks won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Surrey 1, Sussex 1.

  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and chose to field.
  • Wet outfield reduced Somerset's and Kent Spitfires' innings to 42 and 16 overs respectively.
  • Ben Green (Somerset) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Somerset 0.

  • Essex Eagles won the toss and chose to field.
  • Connor Brown (Glamorgan) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Essex Eagles 2, Glamorgan 0.

  • Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Wet outfield reduced Somerset's and Middlesex' innings to 45 overs.
  • Points: Hampshire 2, Middlesex 0.

June[edit]

  • Glamorgan won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Glamorgan 2, Sussex Sharks 0

  • Surrey won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Surrey 0.

  • Gloucestershire won the toss and chose to field.
  • Rain led to Gloucestershire innings being incomplete at 6 overs.
  • Points: Somerset 2, Gloucestershire 0.

  • Hampshire won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Hampshire 2, Glamorgan 0.

  • Gloucestershire won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Kent Spitfires 2, Gloucestershire 0.

  • Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Surrey 2, Middlesex 0.

  • Essex Eagles won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Essex Eagles 2, Sussex Sharks 0.

  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Essex Eagles 2, Kent Spitfires 0.

  • Gloucestershire won the toss and chose to field.
  • George Drissell (Gloucestershire) made his List A debut.
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Gloucestershire 0.

  • Hampshire won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Points: Somerset 2, Hampshire 0.

  • Surrey won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Surrey 2, Glamorgan 0.

Knockout stage[edit]

The winner of each group progressed straight to the semi-finals with the second and third placed teams playing a play-off match against a team from the other group which made up the play-offs. The winner of each play-off played one of the group winners in the semi-finals. The final took place at Lord's on 30 June 2018, with Hampshire defeating Kent Spitfires by 61 runs.

Play-offs[edit]

  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and chose to field.

  • Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and chose to bat.

Semi-finals[edit]

  • Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and chose to bat.

  • Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and chose to field.

Final[edit]

  • Kent Spitfires won the toss and chose to field.
  • Hampshire's 330/7 was the highest total scored in any domestic One Day Final at Lord's.[citation needed]

Statistics[edit]

Highest score by a team[edit]

Lowest score by a team[edit]

Top score by an individual[edit]

Best bowling figures by an individual[edit]

Most runs[edit]

As of 30 June 2018 — Source: ESPN Cricinfo[4]

Most wickets[edit]

As of 30 June 2018 — Source: ESPN Cricinfo[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Williams, Adam (1 July 2017). "One-Day Cup final: Alex Hales breaks Lord's record as Nottinghamshire beat Surrey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ Wilson, Andy (26 November 2016). "One-Day Cup takes centre stage". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Royal London One-Day Cup Table - 2018, CricInfo.
  4. ^ "MOST RUNS - ROYAL LONDON ONE-DAY CUP, 2018". ESPN Cricinfo.
  5. ^ "MOST WICKETS - ROYAL LONDON ONE-DAY CUP, 2018". ESPN Cricinfo.