2014 NatWest t20 Blast
| Dates | 16 May 2014 – 23 August 2014 |
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Birmingham Bears (1st title) |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches played | 133 |
| Attendance | 704,205 (5,295 per match) |
| Most runs | Jason Roy, Surrey (677) |
| Most wickets | Jeetan Patel, Birmingham Bears (25) |
| Official website | NatWest T20 Blast |
The 2014 NatWest t20 Blast was the first season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition ran from 16 May 2014 until Finals Day at Edgbaston on 23 August, which was won by Birmingham Bears. The competition replaced the Friends Life t20 competition. With attendance figures over 700,000, it was the most attended season of T20 cricket in England since the format began in 2003.
The 18 teams were divided into two groups of nine. In the style of a round-robin tournament, each team played six other teams in their group both home and away. The other two teams were faced just once. The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage: a three-round single-elimination tournament. The winner of each group had a home match in the quarter-finals against the fourth team from the other group. The runner-ups from each group played at home against the third placed team from the other group. The semi-finals were a free draw from all the qualified teams. Finals Day will be again be held at Edgbaston.
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The following table lists the five highest team scores in the season.
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.
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