The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the second season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Unicorns, a team of players who did not have first-class contracts.^[1]

The competition consisted of three groups of seven teams, from which the top team from each group, plus the best second-placed team, progressed to the semi-finals.^[1] The groups were allocated randomly.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Derbyshire Falcons Kent Spitfires Middlesex Panthers Netherlands Sussex Sharks Worcestershire Royals Yorkshire Carnegie Derbyshire Falcons Derbyshire 31 runs Middlesex 34 runs Netherlands 13 runs Derbyshire 6 wickets Worcestershire 23 runs (D/L) Derbyshire 6 wickets Kent Spitfires Derbyshire 3 wickets Kent 2 wickets Kent 4 wickets Sussex 19 runs Worcestershire 6 wickets Yorkshire 93 runs Middlesex Panthers Middlesex 7 wickets Kent 8 Wickets Middlesex 1 run Middlesex 7 wickets Middlesex 6 wickets Yorkshire 22 runs Netherlands Match tied Netherlands 40 runs Middlesex 7 wickets Sussex 148 runs Match abandoned Netherlands 4 wickets Sussex Sharks Sussex 8 wickets Kent 14 runs Sussex 9 wickets Sussex 5 wickets Sussex 80 runs Sussex 76 runs Worcestershire Royals Derbyshire 6 wickets Kent 86 runs Middlesex 24 runs Netherlands 2 wickets Sussex 8 wickets Yorkshire 7 wickets Yorkshire Carnegie Derbyshire 52 runs Kent 2 wickets Middlesex 6 wickets Netherlands 2 runs Yorkshire 35 runs Yorkshire 6 wickets

April

May

July

August

Group B

Durham Dynamos Hampshire Royals Leicestershire Foxes Northamptonshire Steelbacks Scottish Saltires Surrey Lions Warwickshire Bears Durham Dynamos Durham 7 wickets Durham 37 runs Northamptonshire 5 wickets Durham 5 wickets Match abandoned Durham 5 wickets Hampshire Royals Durham 81 runs (D/L) Hampshire 53 runs Northamptonshire 7 wickets Hampshire 115 runs Surrey 4 wickets Hampshire 3 runs Leicestershire Foxes Durham 69 runs Match abandoned Leicestershire 5 wickets Leicestershire 32 runs Surrey 141 runs Warwickshire 8 wickets Northamptonshire Steelbacks Durham 8 wickets Hampshire 174 runs Northamptonshire 7 wickets Northamptonshire 4 wickets Surrey 3 wickets Northamptonshire 18 runs Scottish Saltires Durham 80 runs Hampshire 4 runs (D/L) Match abandoned Scotland 12 runs Surrey 48 runs Scotland 4 runs Surrey Lions Durham 36 runs Surrey 36 runs Surrey 17 runs Surrey 12 runs Surrey 7 wickets Surrey 3 wickets Warwickshire Bears Warwickshire 7 wickets Warwickshire 51 runs Warwickshire 9 runs Northamptonshire 5 wickets Warwickshire 6 runs Surrey 130 runs

April

May

July

August

Group C

Essex Eagles Glamorgan Dragons Gloucestershire Gladiators Lancashire Lightning Nottinghamshire Outlaws Somerset Unicorns Essex Eagles Essex 118 runs Essex 7 wickets Essex 7 wickets Somerset 6 wickets Essex 8 wickets Glamorgan Dragons Match abandoned Glamorgan 4 wickets Glamorgan 69 runs Nottinghamshire 21 runs Glamorgan 3 wickets Match abandoned Gloucestershire Gladiators Gloucestershire 4 wickets Gloucestershire 3 wickets Lancashire 4 wickets Nottinghamshire 19 runs Somerset 59 runs (D/L) Gloucestershire 24 runs Lancashire Lightning Essex 6 wickets Glamorgan 29 runs (D/L) Lancashire 6 wickets Lancashire 4 runs (D/L) Match abandoned Lancashire 20 runs Nottinghamshire Outlaws Match abandoned Nottinghamshire 3 wickets Nottinghamshire 41 runs Lancashire 2 runs Somerset 47 runs Nottinghamshire 6 wickets (D/L) Somerset Somerset 40 runs Somerset 10 runs (D/L) Somerset 8 wickets Somerset 7 wickets Nottinghamshire 3 wickets (D/L) Somerset 6 wickets Unicorns Essex 8 wickets Unicorns 8 runs Gloucestershire 6 wickets Lancashire 8 wickets Nottinghamshire 7 wickets Somerset 4 wickets

April

May

July

August

Knockout stage