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Twenty20 Cup: North Zone

Jun 2009 (annual)

Twenty20 has brought a new generation of fans to English cricket, and the Twenty20 Cup is expected to fill grounds across the country this summer.

To the horror of some, the bite-size format is the most successful innovation in the domestic game for years. A constant diet of crowd-pleasing boundaries, tumbling wickets and frenzied running is accompanied by musical soundbites and raucous support.

The 2008 competition begins in a group format in June. In July, quarter finals are followed by a Finals Day at the Rose Bowl.

North Zone group:

Durham Dynamos (@Riverside Ground): v Derbyshire Phantoms 11 June; v Nottinghamshire Outlaws 18 June; v Leicestershire Foxes 20 June; v Yorkshire Phoenix 24 June; v Lancashire Lightning 27 June.

Lancashire Lightning (@Old Trafford): v Leicestershire Foxes 15 June; v Durham Dynamos 17 June; v Yorkshire Phoenix 20 June; v Derbyshire Phantoms 23 June; v Nottinghamshire Outlaws 25 June.

Yorkshire Phoenix (@Headingley): v Derbyshire Phantoms 12 June; v Nottinghamshire Outlaws 13 June; v Lancashire Lightning 18 June; v Durham Dynamos 22 June; v Leicestershire Foxes 26 June.

Derbyshire Phantoms (@County Ground): v Lancashire Lightning 13 June; v Nottinghamshire Outlaws 20 June; v Leicestershire Foxes 22 June; v Durham Dynamos 25 June; (@Chesterfield) v Yorkshire Phoenix 15 June.

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (@Trent Bridge): v Durham Dynamos 14 June; v Derbyshire Phantoms 16 June; v Leicestershire Foxes 19 June; v Lancashire Lightning 22 June; v Yorkshire Phoenix 27 June.

Leicestershire Foxes (@Grace Road): v Lancashire Lightning 11 June; v Durham Dynamos 13 June; v Yorkshire Phoenix 17 June; v Nottinghamshire Outlaws 24 June; v Derbyshire Phantoms 27 June.

For further details, please visit the Twenty20 Cup website.

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