All 18 first-class counties will host at least one women’s and men’s Vitality Blast double header next season after the schedule for a historic 2025 domestic T20 summer was revealed today.
The 2025 season will be the first time all women’s and men’s county teams will play side by side in the Vitality Blast, the original domestic T20 cricket comptition that delivers fast-paced and explosive acti
The draw for the inaugural Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup has been unveiled.
Thirty-seven teams from across the three tiers of the women’s domestic structure will enter the knock-out competition, with the Tier 1 teams entering at Round Three.
The knock-out nature of the Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup will give Counties in Tier 2 and Tier 3 the chance to pull off a giant-killing against ful
Men’s and women’s professional domestic T20 and 50-over competitions will be fully aligned for the first time next season in further steps to fuel the growth and reach of women’s professional cricket.
The move will see men’s and women’s teams competing side by side in the Vitality Blast and the Metro Bank One Day Cup from the 2025 season.
The eight women’s Tier One professional county teams
The partnership will see Vitality continue to be the title sponsor of the Vitality Blast and England Men’s and Women’s Vitality IT20s until December 2026.
Vitality has also extended its sponsorship as the ECB’s Official Wellness Partner across The Hundred and Test cricket.
In addition, Vitality will become the official title sponsor of the Vitality County Championship for the 2024 season.
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The ECB will this week launch a new YouTube programme ‘Friday Night Blast’ to give fans even more opportunity to watch and follow all of the Vitality Blast action as the 18 counties begin the race to Finals Day.
The competition got off to a blistering start with more than 14,000 fans enjoying the first-ever Vitality Blast Off! in warm sunshine at Edgbaston on Saturday and tickets are sellin
LV= Insurance County Championship returns April 6, in the same format as last year – each county will play 14 fixtures. The fixture list for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy has doubled, with 14 50-over fixtures per season for each women’s regional team. Vitality Blast starts with Vitality Blast Off at Edgbaston on May 20, with Finals Day on July 15 once again a sell-out. The Charlotte Edwards Cup
The 2023 Vitality Blast Finals Day will be staged at Edgbaston on Saturday 15 July.
Last season’s final saw one of the competition’s most dramatic finishes ever when Hampshire Hawks defeated Lancashire Lightning by a single run.
The scheduling ensures that Vitality Blast Finals Day is to be staged in the window between the men’s third and fourth LV= Insurance Ashes Tests.
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This year’s Vitality Blast marks the 20th edition of domestic T20 cricket with new branding for the competition unveiled today Champions Kent Spitfires host Somerset on opening night – May 25 The competition will run over seven weeks, with Finals Day at Edgbaston on July 16 already sold out More matches in fan-friendly slots with 99 of the 126 group-stages games to be played on a Thursday, Friday
Universal On-Sale for Vitality Blast tickets opened at 10am today Fans are urged to act fast to buy tickets with this summer’s Vitality Blast starting earlier in May with the first week also set to feature plenty of the fast-selling derbies. Vitality Blast Finals Day has already sold out in record time. 110 of the 126 group games will be played on a Thursday or Friday night, or at the weekend, to
There will be a fresh feel at a familiar venue for Finals Day this weekend, as four captains bid to be the first to lift the new Vitality Blast trophy.
Birmingham’s place as the home of Finals Day was confirmed earlier this year when Edgbaston was named host venue until 2024 – meaning this will be the sixth of at least a 12-year run.
Another capacity crowd of more than 24,000 is guaranteed r
Details below of media opportunities before Vitality Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Representatives of the four teams will be at Edgbaston on Friday, and available for photographs with the new Vitality Blast trophy, and for brief interviews.
Schedule as follows:
Somerset practice 12-2pm. Captain Lewis Gregory available for interview approx. 2-215pm. Further details, Spencer Bi
Details below of media opportunities at each of the four semi-finalists before Vitality Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday September 15.
In addition, three of the four teams will be practising at Edgbaston on Friday September 14, when each of their captains will be available for photographs with the new Vitality Blast trophy, and for brief interviews. (Worcestershire will be practising a
The draw for Vitality Blast Finals Day was made at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton this afternoon, after the quarter final between Somerset and Notts Outlaws had been put back to its reserve day tomorrow (Monday).
Vitality Blast Semi Finals - both matches to be played at Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday September 15 (followed by the final)
Sussex Sharks v Somerset or Notts
Ticket sales are at record-breaking levels ahead of the first matches of the Vitality Blast on Wednesday night
A summary of media opportunities ahead of the Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord's on Saturday June 30, and the Vitality Blast which begins on Wednesday July 4