| Dates | 17 May – 30 June 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs) |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage andknockout |
| Champions | Hampshire |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches | 77 |
| Most runs | Heino Kuhn (696) |
| Most wickets | Matt Parkinson (18) |
| Official website | ecb.co.uk |
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The2018 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was alimited overs cricket competition that formed part of the2018 domestic cricket season inEngland andWales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and haveList A cricket status. All 18first-class counties competed in the tournament, which ran from the middle of May until the end of June, when the final took place atLord's Cricket Ground.Nottinghamshire were the defending champions of the tournament, having beaten Surrey in 2017 final.[1]
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire Rapids[a] | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.260 |
| 2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws[b] | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.675 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Vikings[b] | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.513 |
| 4 | Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.446 |
| 5 | Derbyshire Falcons | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.552 |
| 6 | Lancashire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.969 |
| 7 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −0.339 |
| 8 | Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.704 |
| 9 | Durham Jets | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.088 |
Leicestershire Foxes 265/7 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 193 (38.2 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 357/8 (50 overs) | v | Warwickshire Bears 300 (45.3 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 318 (49.5 overs) | v | Lancashire 309/9 (50 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 328/4 (50 overs) | v | Durham Jets 186 (40 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 323/6 (50 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 273 (46.3 overs) |
Lancashire 313/7 (50 overs) | v | Durham Jets 122 (31.1 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 339/9 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 290 (46.2 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 247/9 (50 overs) | v | Warwickshire Bears 248/5 (45.4 overs) |
Durham Jets 272/8 (50 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 273/6 (49.4 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 409/7 (50 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 316/9 (50 overs) |
Lancashire 279/8 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 282/8 (49.5 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 350/6 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 346/9 (50 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 211/9 (33 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 206/7 (33 overs) |
Durham Jets 209 (45.2 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 82/4 (15 overs) |
Lancashire 50/1 (8.2 overs) | v | |
v | ||
Leicestershire Foxes 293/9 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 295/1 (46.3 overs) |
Durham Jets 256/7 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 251/9 (50 overs) |
Warwickshire Bears 295/9 (50 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 187 (38.5 overs) |
Lancashire 254/9 (48 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 255/7 (47.5 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 376/4 (50 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 380/4 (47.2 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 189/6 (24 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 192/6 (23.5 overs) |
v | ||
Leicestershire Foxes 172 (49 overs) | v | Lancashire 175/1 (25.5 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 202 (45.1 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 164 (47.2 overs) |
Durham Jets 299/8 (50 overs) | v | Warwickshire Bears 300/5 (48.5 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 265/2 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 214 (46 overs) |
Lancashire 290/8 (50 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 265/8 (50 overs) |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 255 (49.4 overs) | v | Durham Jets 224 (48 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 207 (43.1 overs) | v | Warwickshire Bears 211/1 (37.4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 348/5 (50 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 314 (49.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 379/9 (50 overs) | v | Lancashire 363 (49 overs) |
Durham Jets 240 (48.4 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 243/5 (44.2 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 110 (35 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 115/2 (11.5 overs) |
Warwickshire Bears 292/7 (50 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 296/9 (45.4 overs) |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 241 (47.5 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 245/6 (49 overs) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hampshire[a] | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.327 |
| 2 | Essex Eagles[b] | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.791 |
| 3 | Kent Spitfires[b] | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.010 |
| 4 | Somerset | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.548 |
| 5 | Surrey | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.848 |
| 6 | Middlesex | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.089 |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −0.250 |
| 8 | Sussex Sharks | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.075 |
| 9 | Glamorgan | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.784 |
Kent Spitfires 188 (43.3 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 189/3 (39.5 overs) |
Middlesex 250 (48.3 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 253/4 (42.4 overs) |
Glamorgan 264 (49.3 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 265/2 (48.2 overs) |
Surrey 129 (35.2 overs) | v | Somerset 131/2 (21.3 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 250 (49.3 overs) | v | Hampshire 253/8 (49.2 overs) |
Essex Eagles 287/7 (50 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 289/6 (48.1 overs) |
Middlesex 313/9 (50 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 243 (43.5 overs) |
Somerset 372/7 (50 overs) | v | Glamorgan 289 (46 overs) |
Surrey 262/7 (44 overs) | v | Hampshire 227/6 (32.5 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 341/7 (50 overs) | v | Somerset 266 (42.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 303/6 (50 overs) | v | Hampshire 304/4 (47.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 282/6 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 286/4 (45.4 overs) |
Middlesex 304/6 (50 overs) | v | Glamorgan 302/9 (50 overs) |
Glamorgan 274 (49.3 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 278/6 (48.1 overs) |
Middlesex 288/4 (50 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 214 (43.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 313 (49.3 overs) | v | Somerset 273 (48.1 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 294/9 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 295/4 (45 overs) |
v | ||
Kent Spitfires 296/4 (50 overs) | v | Hampshire 295/5 (50 overs) |
Somerset 283 (48.3 overs) | v | Middlesex 230 (40.1 overs) |
v | ||
Somerset 221/9 (42 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 88/1 (16 overs) |
Glamorgan 200 (48.3 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 201/1 (31.3 overs) |
Middlesex 199/8 (45 overs) | v | Hampshire 200/5 (38.4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 277/8 (50 overs) | v | Glamorgan 281/4 (48.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 384/8 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 164 (30.1 overs) |
Somerset 211 (40.1 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 39/0 (6 overs) |
Chris Dent 29* (27) |
Glamorgan 227 (48.4 overs) | v | Hampshire 229/6 (43.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 322/8 (50 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 323/3 (46.3 overs) |
Middlesex 234 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 238/5 (48.1 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 281/7 (50 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 285/6 (48 overs) |
Essex Eagles 337/7 (50 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 184 (37.5 overs) |
Middlesex 322/3 (50 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 289 (48.3 overs) |
Hampshire 356/9 (50 overs) | v | Somerset 360/7 (50 overs) |
Glamorgan 266/8 (50 overs) | v | Surrey 269/5 (40.4 overs) |
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 atLord's on 30 June 2018, withHampshire defeatingKent Spitfires by 61 runs.
| Play-offs | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Worcestershire Rapids | 306/6 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 255/8 | S3 | Kent Spitfires | 307/8 | |||||||||
| S3 | Kent Spitfires | 257/1 | S1 | Hampshire | 330/7 | |||||||||
| S3 | Kent Spitfires | 269 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Hampshire | 348/9 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Essex Eagles | 234 | N3 | Yorkshire Vikings | 241 | |||||||||
| N3 | Yorkshire Vikings | 259/7 | ||||||||||||
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 255/8 (50 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 257/1 (35.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 234 (49.1 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 259/7 (50 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 306/6 (50 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 307/8 (49.4 overs) |
Hampshire 348/9 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 241 all out (43.4 overs) |
Hampshire 330/7 (50 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 269 (47.1 overs) |
| Score | Team | Opposition | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| 409/7 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Leicestershire Foxes | Grace Road, Leicester |
| 384/8 | Kent Spitfires | Surrey | The Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham |
| 380/4 | Worcestershire Rapids | Leicestershire Foxes | New Road, Worcester |
| Score | Team | Opposition | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | Derbyshire Falcons | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 122 | Durham Jets | Lancashire Lightning | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 129 | Surrey | Somerset | The Oval, London |
| Score | Player | Team | Opposition | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | Callum Ferguson | Worcestershire Rapids | Leicestershire Foxes | New Road, Worcester |
| 171 | James Vince | Hampshire | Yorkshire Vikings | Rose Bowl, Southampton |
| 164 | Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Yorkshire Vikings | Durham Jets | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street |
| BBI | Player | Team | Opposition | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/25 | Darren Stevens | Kent Spitfires | Surrey | The Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham |
| 5/48 | Ravi Rampaul | Derbyshire Falclons | Yorkshire Vikings | County Ground, Derby |
| 5/60 | Shane Snater | Essex Eagles | Somerset | County Ground, Chelmsford |
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heino Kuhn | Kent | 11 | 11 | 696 | 87.00 | 127 | 4 | 1 |
| Varun Chopra | Essex | 9 | 9 | 528 | 66.00 | 160 | 1 | 3 |
| James Vince | Hampshire | 9 | 9 | 527 | 58.55 | 171 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Stirling | Middlesex | 8 | 8 | 515 | 73.57 | 127* | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Godleman | Derbyshire | 8 | 8 | 509 | 72.71 | 137 | 2 | 3 |
| Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Parkinson | Lancashire | 8 | 63.4 | 18 | 18.22 | 5/68 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Stevens | Kent | 11 | 93.1 | 16 | 26.31 | 6/25 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Barnard | Worcestershire | 9 | 75.0 | 16 | 28.87 | 3/64 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Henry | Kent | 11 | 99.1 | 16 | 34.43 | 3/37 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravi Patel | Middlesex | 8 | 77.0 | 15 | 25.20 | 4/58 | 1 | 0 |