The Vitality T20 Blast 2025 is all set to begin on May 29, 2025, and will run until September 13, 2025. A total of 18 county teams from across England and Wales will take part, playing 133 matches in 23 different stadiums. You can catch all the live action on Star Sports.
The tournament is split into two groups:
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North Group: Birmingham Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Nottinghamshire Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, and Yorkshire Vikings.
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South Group: Essex Eagles, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, and Sussex Sharks.
Gloucestershire, the 2024 champions, will be looking to defend their title this year.
The group stage will take place from May 29 to July 18, followed by the quarter-finals from September 2 to 5. The tournament will end with the exciting Finals Day on September 13, which will be played at Edgbaston.
This year’s edition, announced by the ECB on January 22, 2025, comes with a fresh twist, 52 double-header days, where men’s and women’s matches will be played on the same day at the same venue. This means fans can enjoy even more cricket across 20 different venues. Each team will play 14 group matches.
Vitality Blast 2025 – Tournament Details
| Series Name | Vitality Blast 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hosting Country | England |
| Start & End Dates | 2025-05-29 to 2025-09-13 |
| Total Matches | 133 |
| Total Teams | 18 |
| Total Venues | 23 |
| Match Format | T20 |
| Official Broadcasters | Star Sports |
2025 Vitality Blast Fixtures
May 2025 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 29 May | Lancashire Lightning v Worcestershire Rapids | Emirates Old Trafford |
| Thu, 29 May | Middlesex v Sussex Sharks | Lord’s |
| Fri, 30 May | Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires | Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol |
| Fri, 30 May | Hampshire Hawks v Essex | Utilita Bowl |
| Fri, 30 May | Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons | Uptonsteel County Ground |
| Fri, 30 May | Notts Outlaws v Bears | Trent Bridge |
| Fri, 30 May | Somerset v Surrey | Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton |
| Fri, 30 May | Yorkshire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Headingley |
| Sat, 31 May | Bears v Durham Cricket | Edgbaston |
| Sat, 31 May | Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws | Emirates Old Trafford |
June 2025 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, 1 June | Durham Cricket v Lancashire Lightning | Seat Unique Riverside |
| Sun, 1 June | Essex v Somerset | Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford |
| Sun, 1 June | Middlesex v Glamorgan | Merchant Taylors’ School |
| Sun, 1 June | Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes | County Ground, Northampton |
| Sun, 1 June | Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire | 1st Central County Ground, Hove |
| Sun, 1 June | Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire | Visit Worcestershire New Road |
| Tue, 3 June | Glamorgan v Surrey | Sophia Gardens |
| Wed, 4 June | Derbyshire Falcons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks | County Ground, Derby |
| Wed, 4 June | Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes | Emirates Old Trafford |
| Thu, 5 June | Middlesex v Kent Spitfires | Lord’s |
| Thu, 5 June | Surrey v Hampshire Hawks | Kia Oval |
| Fri, 6 June | Bears v Yorkshire | Edgbaston |
| Fri, 6 June | Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws | County Ground, Derby |
| Fri, 6 June | Glamorgan v Essex | Sophia Gardens |
| Fri, 6 June | Hampshire Hawks v Gloucestershire | Utilita Bowl |
| Fri, 6 June | Kent Spitfires v Surrey | Spitfire Ground, Canterbury |
| Fri, 6 June | Leicestershire Foxes v Durham Cricket | Uptonsteel County Ground |
| Fri, 6 June | Sussex Sharks v Somerset | 1st Central County Ground, Hove |
| Fri, 6 June | Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Visit Worcestershire New Road |
| Sat, 7 June | Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids | Trent Bridge |
| Sun, 8 June | Bears v Derbyshire Falcons | Edgbaston |
| Sun, 8 June | Essex v Middlesex | Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford |
| Sun, 8 June | Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks | Spitfire Ground, Canterbury |
| Sun, 8 June | Lancashire Lightning v Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Emirates Old Trafford |
| Sun, 8 June | Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan | 1st Central County Ground, Hove |
| Sun, 8 June | Yorkshire v Leicestershire Foxes | Headingley |
| Wed, 11 June | Durham Cricket v Derbyshire Falcons | Seat Unique Riverside |
| Wed, 11 June | Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Bears | County Ground, Northampton |
| Wed, 11 June | Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire | Trent Bridge |
| Thu, 12 June | Essex v Glamorgan | Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford |
| Thu, 12 June | Somerset v Middlesex | Cooper Associates County Ground |
| Thu, 12 June | Surrey v Kent Spitfires | Kia Oval |
| Fri, 13 June | Gloucestershire v Somerset | Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol |
| Fri, 13 June | Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex | Utilita Bowl |
| Fri, 13 June | Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Durham Cricket | County Ground, Northampton |
| Fri, 13 June | Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons | Trent Bridge |
| Fri, 13 June | Sussex Sharks v Essex | 1st Central County Ground, Hove |
| Fri, 13 June | Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning | Visit Worcestershire New Road |
| Fri, 13 June | Yorkshire v Bears | Headingley |
| Sat, 14 June | Bears v Notts Outlaws | Edgbaston |
| Sat, 14 June | Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes | County Ground, Derby |
| Sat, 14 June | Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks | Sophia Gardens |
| Sun, 15 June | Gloucestershire v Glamorgan | Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol |
| Sun, 15 June | Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids | Uptonsteel County Ground |
| Sun, 15 June | Somerset v Kent Spitfires | Cooper Associates County Ground |
| Sun, 15 June | Yorkshire v Durham Cricket | York |
| Tue, 17 June | Hampshire Hawks v Surrey | Utilita Bowl |
| Wed, 18 June | Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire | Spitfire Ground, Canterbury |
| Wed, 18 June | Surrey v Sussex Sharks | Kia Oval |
| Wed, 18 June | Worcestershire Rapids v Durham Cricket | Visit Worcestershire New Road |
| Thu, 19 June | Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws | Uptonsteel County Ground |
| Thu, 19 June | Middlesex v Essex | Lord’s |
| Thu, 19 June | Somerset v Hampshire Hawks | Cooper Associates County Ground |
| Fri, 20 June | Bears v Worcestershire Rapids | Edgbaston |
| Fri, 20 June | Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning | County Ground, Derby |
| Fri, 20 June | Durham Cricket v Yorkshire | Seat Unique Riverside |
| Fri, 20 June | Essex v Kent Spitfires | Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford |
| Fri, 20 June | Glamorgan v Somerset | Sophia Gardens |
| Fri, 20 June | Gloucestershire v Hampshire Hawks | Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol |
| Fri, 20 June | Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Notts Outlaws | County Ground, Northampton |
| Fri, 20 June | Surrey v Middlesex | Kia Oval |
July 2025 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, 4 July | Durham Cricket v Notts Outlaws | Seat Unique Riverside |
| Fri, 4 July | Essex v Gloucestershire | Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford |
| Fri, 4 July | Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks | Spitfire Ground, Canterbury |
| Fri, 4 July | Leicestershire Foxes v Bears | Uptonsteel County Ground |
| Fri, 4 July | Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning | County Ground, Northampton |
| Fri, 4 July | Somerset v Glamorgan | Cooper Associates County Ground |
| Fri, 4 July | Yorkshire v Worcestershire Rapids | Headingley |
| Sat, 5 July | Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons | Emirates Old Trafford |
| Sat, 5 July | Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks | 1st Central County Ground, Hove |
| Sun, 6 July | Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire | Chesterfield |
| Sun, 6 July | Durham Cricket v Bears | Seat Unique Riverside |
September 2025 Knockouts
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, 3 September | Quarter-final 1 | TBD |
| Fri, 5 September | Quarter-final 2 | TBD |
| Sat, 6 September | Quarter-final 3 | TBD |
| Sat, 6 September | Quarter-final 4 | TBD |
| Sat, 13 September | Finals Day | Edgbaston |
Vitality Blast 2025 – Squad
Derbyshire (DER) Squad
Harry Came, Luis Reece, Brooke Guest (WK), David Lloyd, Samit Patel (C), Aneurin Donald (WK), Anuj Dal, Harry Moore, Zak Chappell, Sam Conners, Mitchell Wagstaff, Nick Potts, Wayne Madsen, Matthew Lamb, Ross Whiteley, Yusuf Bin Naeem, Alex Thomson, Blair Tickner, Ben Aitchison, Daryn Dupavillon, Pat Brown
Durham (DUR) Squad
Alex Lees, Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, David Bedingham, Oliver George-Robinson (WK), Colin Ackermann, Daniel Hogg, Bas de Leede, Matty Potts, Callum Parkinson, Chemar Holder, Graham Clark, Scott Boland, Scott Borthwick (C), Michael Jones, Neil Wagner, Ashton Turner, Ben Stokes, Ben Raine, Brydon Carse, Mark Wood, Paul Coughlin, Jonathan Bushnell, Oliver Gibson, Brandon Glover, Nathan Sowter, Peter Siddle, George Drissell
Essex (ESS) Squad
Paul Walter, Charles Allison, Tom Westley (C), Jordan Cox (WK), Matt Critchley, Michael Pepper (WK), Noah Thain, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel Cook, Jamie Porter, Dean Elgar, Robin Das, Nick Browne, Luc Benkenstein, Jamal Richards, Mackenzie Jones
Glamorgan (GLA) Squad
William Smale (WK), Kiran Carlson (C), Billy Root, Colin Ingram, Tom Bevan, Sam Northeast, Benjamin Kellaway, Dan Douthwaite, Timm van der Gugten, Andy Gorvin, Jamie McIlroy, Asa Tribe, Eddie Byrom, Henry Hurle (WK), Tom Norton, Alex Horton (WK), Chris Cooke (WK), James Harris, Ben Morris, Mason Crane, Harry Podmore, Chris Sole, Prem Sisodiya, Zain-ul Hassan
Gloucestershire (GLO) Squad
Miles Hammond, Cameron Bancroft (WK), James Bracey (WK), Oliver Price (C), Jack Taylor, Ben Charlesworth, Tom Price, Matt Taylor, Josh Shaw, David Payne, Tom Smith, Chris Dent, Tommy Boorman, Joe Phillips, Archie Bailey, Luke Charlesworth, Ben Wells (WK), Edward Middleton, Beau Webster, Graeme van Buuren, Ajeet Dale, Ahmed Syed, Zafar Gohar, Zaman Akhter, Marchant de Lange, Dominic Goodman
Hampshire (HAM) Squad
Tom Prest, Ali Orr (WK), Shan Masood, Joe Weatherley, Benny Howell, James Fuller, Liam Dawson, Toby Albert (WK), Sonny Baker, Danny Briggs, Chris Wood (C), Fletcha Middleton, Felix Organ, Brad Wheal
Kent (KET) Squad
Tawanda Muyeye, Daniel Bell Drummond, Marcus O’Riordan, Sam Billings (WK/C), Jack Leaning, Joey Evison, Harry Finch (WK), Tom Stewart Rogers, Nathan Gilchrist, Matt Parkinson, Jas Singh, George Garrett, Wes Agar, Zak Crawley, Ekansh Singh, Feroze Khushi, Fred Klaassen, Michael Cohen, Xavier Bartlett, Jaydn Denly, Ben Compton, Grant Stewart, Matthew Quinn, Beyers Swanepoel, Joe Denly, Hamidullah Qadri, Arafat Bhuiyan, Charles Stobo
Lancashire (LAN) Squad
Philip Salt (WK), Luke Wells, Liam Livingstone, Keaton Jennings (C), Matthew Hurst (WK), George Dockrell, Steven Croft, Tom Aspinwall, Tom Hartley, Luke Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Bruce, Harry Singh, Jos Buttler (WK), Josh Bohannon, George Lavelle (WK), George Balderson, Charlie Barnard, Jack Morley, Mitchell Stanley, Chris Green, George Bell, Josh Boyden, Will Williams, Jack Blatherwick, Tom Bailey, James Anderson
Leicestershire (LEI) Squad
Sol Budinger, Ian Holland, Lewis Hill (WK/C), Ajinkya Rahane, Peter Handscomb (WK), Louis Kimber, Ben Cox (WK), Liam Trevaskis, Tom Scriven, Chris Wright, Roman Walker, Paul Stirling, Harry Swindells (WK), Rishi Patel, Sam Wood, Sam Evans, Jimmy Neesham, Ben Mike, Rehan Ahmed, Scott Currie, Alex Green, Matthew Salisbury, Josh Hull, Wiaan Mulder
Middlesex (MID) Squad
Joe Cracknell (WK), Sam Robson, Nathan Fernandes, Mark Stoneman (C), Jack Davies (WK), Martin Andersson, Luke Hollman, Josh de Caires, Henry Brookes, Ishaan Kaushal, Noah Cornwell, Leus du Plooy, Max Holden, Robbie White (WK), Stephen Eskinazi, Ryan Higgins, Thilan Walallawita, Tom Helm, Blake Cullen, Toby Roland-Jones, Ethan Bamber
Northamptonshire (NOR) Squad
Ricardo Vasconcelos (WK), George Bartlett, Justin Broad, Saif Zaib, David Willey (C), Ashton Agar, Lewis McManus (WK), Gus Miller, Ben Sanderson, Freddie Heldreich, Jack White, Krish Patel, George Gowler, George Weldon, Emilio Gay, Ravi Bopara, Matthew Breetzke, Rob Keogh, Sikandar Raza, Luke Procter, James Sales, George Scrimshaw, Alex Russell, Raphael Weatherall, Michael Finan
Nottinghamshire (NOT) Squad
Matthew Montgomery, Sam King, Tom Moores (WK), Liam Patterson-White, Jack Haynes, Lyndon James, Calvin Harrison, Dillon Pennington, Freddie McCann, Rob Lord, Conor McKerr, Haseeb Hameed (C), Ben Martindale, Ben Slater, Farhan Ahmed, Joe Clarke (WK), Dane Schadendorf (WK), Brett Hutton, James Hayes, Josh Tongue, Olly Stone
Somerset (SOM) Squad
James Rew (WK), Tom Abell, Sean Dickson, Fin Hill, Lewis Goldsworthy, Archie Vaughan, Josh Davey, Jack Leach, Alfie Ogborne, Ben Green, Shoaib Bashir, Will Smeed, Tom Lammonby, Andrew Umeed, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (WK), Joshua Thomas, Kasey Aldridge, Lewis Gregory (C), Jake Ball, Craig Overton, JT Langridge
Surrey (SUR) Squad
Rory Burns (C), Dominic Sibley, Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith (WK), Ryan Patel, Dan Lawrence, Ben Foakes (WK), Jordan Clark, Matthew Fisher, James Taylor, Kemar Roach, Seb Stuart-Reckling, Will Jacks, Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Josh Blake (WK), Jamie Overton, Laurie Evans, Tom Curran, Ollie Sykes, Thomas Lawes, Chris Jordan, Tommy Ealham, Cameron Steel, Yousef Majid, Daniel Worrall, Gus Atkinson, Nathan Smith, Reece Topley, Matt Dunn, Nathan Barnwell
Sussex (SUS) Squad
Harrison Ward, Daniel Hughes, Tom Clark, James Coles, John Simpson (WK), Tom Alsop, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Jack Carson, Ollie Robinson, Tymal Mills (C), Bradley Currie, Henry Rogers, Charlie Tear (WK), Zach Lion-Cachet, Oliver Carter (WK), Danial Ibrahim, Bertie Foreman, Nathan McAndrew, Jofra Archer, Tom Haines, Henry Crocombe, Ari Karvelas, Archie Lenham, Danny Lamb, Jack Campbell, Sean Hunt
Warwickshire (WAS) Squad
Sam Hain, Robert Yates, Alex Davies (WK/C), Hamza Shaikh, Kai Smith (WK), Ed Barnard, Michael Booth, Dan Mousley, Tazeem Ali, Jacob Lintott, Craig Miles, Theo Wylie, Zen Malik, Ethan Bamber, Che Simmons, Chris Rushworth, George Garton, Richard Gleeson, Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Worcestershire (WOR) Squad
Gareth Roderick (WK), Jake Libby, Kashif Ali-II, Matthew Waite, Adam Hose, Brett D’Oliveira (C), Ethan Brookes, Logan van Beek, Tom Taylor, Joe Leach, Amar Virdi, Nathan Smith, Olly Cox, Rehaan Edavalath, James Hartshorn, Yadvinder Singh, Ed Pollock, Rob Jones, Jason Holder, Joshua Cobb, Ben Ladd-Gibbon, Josh Baker, Henry Cullen (WK), Adam Finch, Harry Darley
Yorkshire (YOR) Squad
Finlay Bean, James Wharton, Harry Duke (WK), Yash Vagadia, Dominic Bess, Matthew Revis, George Hill, Daniel Moriarty, Alex Wade, Jordan Thompson, Jack White, William Luxton, Adam Lyth, Jonathan Tattersall (WK), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Noah Kelly, Jawad Akhtar, Matt Milnes, Ben Coad, Benjamin Cliff, Jafer Chohan
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