T20 Cricket format is a very much interesting one when it comes to comparison with the One Day Internationals and Test Cricket. This format provides you a quality cricket along with entertainment in 20 overs per side.
Many fans thought Pakistan started the T20 competition or league ahead of any other cricket-playing nation. It is a wrong perception because this particular segment of T20 cricket began from the home of cricket.
Yes, England and Wales Cricket Board initiated the first T20 domestic league named the Twenty20 Cup back in 2003. This same tournament is now known as the T20 Blast.
It was the first professional Twenty20 league in the world. It is the top-level Twenty20 competition in England and Wales.
A bit of history about the Oldest T20 Cricket League in the world:
From 2003 to 2009 it was known as the Twenty20 Cup
From 2010 to 2013 it was known as the Friends Provident T20 and Friends Life T20.
From 2014 to 2017 the tournament was named the Natwest T20 Blast
From 2018 onwards, it is called Vitality T20 Blast.
Surrey Lions defeated the Warwickshire Bears by nine wickets in the final to win the first Twenty20 Cup Final in 2003 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
The current Champions of the tournament are Hampshire Hawks
The most Successful teams are Leicestershire Foxes and Hampshire Hawks (3 titles each).
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