| Dates | 18 July 2019 – 21 September 2019 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | 
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout | 
| Champions | Essex Eagles (1st title) | 
| Participants | 18 | 
| Matches | 133 | 
| Most runs | Babar Azam (578) | 
| Most wickets | Ravi Rampaul (23) | 
| Official website | Vitality Blast | 
The 2019 Vitality Blast was the seventeenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales which was run by the ECB, has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal. [1] The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played, slightly later than usual, between July and September. [2] Finals Day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions. [3]
On 7 August 2019, in the match between the Leicestershire Foxes and the Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire's Colin Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs. [4] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match. [5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.755 | 
| 2 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.336 | 
| 3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.022 | 
| 4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0.205 | 
| 5 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0.339 | 
| 6 | Durham | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.049 | 
| 7 | Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −0.543 | 
| 8 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −0.467 | 
| 9 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −0.471 | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.803 | 
| 2 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.242 | 
| 3 | Middlesex | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.216 | 
| 4 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | −0.464 | 
| 5 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.000 | 
| 6 | Somerset | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.448 | 
| 7 | Hampshire | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0.021 | 
| 8 | Surrey | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | −0.246 | 
| 9 | Glamorgan | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | −1.381 | 
The top four teams from each division will qualify for the knockout stage.
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
 Worcestershire Rapids  161/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 133/9 (20 overs)  | 
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 Durham (H) 148/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Northamptonshire Steelbacks  141/9 (20 overs)  | 
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 Yorkshire Vikings  164/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons (H) 166/5 (19.1 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes  115/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Birmingham Bears (H) 117/3 (14.5 overs)  | 
 Lancashire Lightning (H) 189/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Durham  117 (16.4 overs)  | 
 Yorkshire Vikings  255/2 (20 overs)  | v  |  Leicestershire Foxes (H) 201/4 (20 overs)  | 
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks  152/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 155/3 (18.1 overs)  | 
 Birmingham Bears (H) 205/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons  156/9 (20 overs)  | 
 Lancashire Lightning  170/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Yorkshire Vikings (H) 161/9 (20 overs)  | 
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 155/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Birmingham Bears  111/8 (16 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes (H) 158 (20 overs)  | v  |  Durham  161/1 (11.1 overs)  | 
 Worcestershire Rapids  130/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Lancashire Lightning (H) 71/1 (9 overs)  | 
 Derbyshire Falcons (H) 198/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws  171/8 (20 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes  125/3 (11 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 104/6 (11 overs)  | 
 Durham  181/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids (H) 184/1 (12.1 overs)  | 
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 Derbyshire Falcons  156/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids (H) 159/8 (19 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes  142/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Durham (H) 143/2 (14.4 overs)  | 
 Yorkshire Vikings (H) 177/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids  179/5 (17.3 overs)  | 
 Durham (H) 139 (19.5 overs)  | v  |  Lancashire Lightning  140/5 (18.5 overs)  | 
 Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 184/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Birmingham Bears  113 (17.3 overs)  | 
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 180/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons  184/4 (18 overs)  | 
 Lancashire Lightning (H) 151/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws  148/9 (20 overs)  | 
 Birmingham Bears  177/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Yorkshire Vikings (H) 177/4 (20 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes  152 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids (H) 119 (19.2 overs)  | 
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 145/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Durham  124/8 (20 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes (H) 189/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Birmingham Bears  134 (17.4 overs)  | 
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 Leicestershire Foxes (H) 137/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Northamptonshire Steelbacks  16/0 (2.4 overs)  | 
 Richard Levi 12* (10)   | 
 Durham  160/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons (H) 153/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Birmingham Bears (H) 119/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws  86/2 (11 overs)  | 
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 Birmingham Bears (H) 179/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Lancashire Lightning  164/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Derbyshire Falcons  207/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Yorkshire Vikings (H) 152 (17.1 overs)  | 
 Derbyshire Falcons (H) 181/2 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids  161/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 157/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Lancashire Lightning  160/2 (18.3 overs)  | 
 Worcestershire Rapids  117/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Durham (H) 114/6 (20 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes  149/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons (H) 94 (18.2 overs)  | 
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 Leicestershire Foxes (H) 161/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws  165/3 (18.5 overs)  | 
 Yorkshire Vikings  146/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Durham (H) 132 (19 overs)  | 
 Birmingham Bears (H) 184/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids  188/1 (18.4 overs)  | 
 Northamptonshire Steelbacks  100 (18 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons (H) 101/1 (17.1 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes (H) 124/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons  128/1 (18.3 overs)  | 
 Lancashire Lightning  218/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids (H) 193/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Birmingham Bears (H) 150/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Northamptonshire Steelbacks  153/6 (19.4 overs)  | 
 Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 148/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Yorkshire Vikings  145/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Derbyshire Falcons  162/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Lancashire Lightning (H) 151/9 (20 overs)  | 
 Durham (H) 151/5 (19 overs)  | v  |  Birmingham Bears  153/3 (18.5 overs)  | 
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 Yorkshire Vikings (H) 187/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Northamptonshire Steelbacks  107 (18 overs)  | 
 Yorkshire Vikings  200/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Birmingham Bears (H) 181/5 (20 overs)  | 
 Durham  171/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 124 (17.2 overs)  | 
 Leicestershire Foxes  142/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Lancashire Lightning (H) 143/5 (18.4 overs)  | 
 Worcestershire Rapids  188/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Northamptonshire Steelbacks (H) 189/3 (18.5 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  164/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Middlesex (H) 166/3 (17 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan (H) 180/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Somerset  181/2 (18 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan  96/8 (15.3 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire (H)  | 
 Essex Eagles (H) 226/4 (15 overs)  | v  |  Surrey  174/7 (15 overs)  | 
 Kent Spitfires (H) 165/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Somerset  124 (18.3 overs)  | 
 Hampshire (H) 145/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires  146/8 (19.5 overs)  | 
 Middlesex  209/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey (H) 172/9 (20 overs)  | 
 Sussex Sharks (H) 188/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire  174 (19 overs)  | 
 Middlesex  148/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire (H) 151/8 (19.2 overs)  | 
 Surrey (H) 141 (20 overs)  | v  |  Glamorgan  44 (12.5 overs)  | 
 Somerset (H) 172/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire  174/6 (19.3 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan (H) 136 (19.3 overs)  | v  |  Middlesex  137/2 (17.2 overs)  | 
 Kent Spitfires (H) 175/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Essex Eagles  153/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Sussex Sharks (H) 144/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey  144/8 (20 overs)  | 
 Sussex Sharks  184/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Somerset (H) 171/5 (20 overs)  | 
 Surrey (H) 54/4 (7 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires  55/1 (4 overs)  | 
 Kent Spitfires  204/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Middlesex (H) 176/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles (H) 133 (16.4 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire  134/3 (15.4 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan (H) 172/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire  172/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Surrey  203/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Somerset (H) 207/2 (18.4 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  206/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire (H) 181/5 (20 overs)  | 
 Kent Spitfires  154/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks (H) 158/1 (16 overs)  | 
 Hampshire (H) 128/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Glamorgan  87 (15.3 overs)  | 
 Middlesex (H) 215/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Somerset  180 (17.2 overs)  | 
 Gloucestershire (H) 159/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks  163/7 (19.4 overs)  | 
 Hampshire  135 (19.2 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires (H) 138/6 (19.5 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan  146/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks (H) 150/1 (13.5 overs)  | 
 Kent Spitfires  125/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire (H) 131/5 (18.5 overs)  | 
 Somerset  225/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Essex Eagles (H) 111 (12.5 overs)  | 
 Middlesex (H) 210/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey  146 (18.4 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  30/1 (4 overs)  | v  |  Glamorgan (H)  | 
 Gloucestershire  165/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey (H) 94/2 (12 overs)  | 
 Somerset  202/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire (H) 69/6 (12.1 overs)  | 
 Middlesex  127/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks (H) 130/6 (16.2 overs)  | 
 Somerset (H) 206/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires  151 (18.4 overs)  | 
 Gloucestershire  168/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Middlesex (H) 156/3 (18.1 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan (H) 152/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey  155/3 (19 overs)  | 
 Hampshire  139/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire (H) 144/3 (17.5 overs)  | 
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 Surrey (H) 163/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks  137/8 (20 overs)  | 
 Middlesex (H) 128 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire  131/3 (14.5 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  168/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks (H) 159/9 (20 overs)  | 
 Gloucestershire (H) 189/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Somerset  164 (19.3 overs)  | 
 Surrey  171/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires (H) 170/3 (20 overs)  | 
 Middlesex (H) 171/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks  172/2 (16 overs)  | 
 Somerset (H) 177/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Glamorgan  152 (20 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  139/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire (H) 139/6 (20 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan (H) 174/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Sussex Sharks  176/3 (16.5 overs)  | 
 Somerset (H) 157/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey  158/4 (16.3 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  186/4 (20 overs)  | v  |  Surrey (H) 167 (19.5 overs)  | 
 Middlesex  153/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire (H) 155/2 (18.3 overs)  | 
 Gloucestershire  180/3 (20 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires (H) 175/8 (20 overs)  | 
 Glamorgan (H) 216/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Hampshire  188/8 (20 overs)  | 
 Somerset (H) 226/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Middlesex  227/4 (17 overs)  | 
 Sussex Sharks (H) 163/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Gloucestershire  168/7 (20 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles (H) 189/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Kent Spitfires  179 (20 overs)  | 
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Lancashire Lightning | 159/5 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Essex Eagles | 165/4 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Essex Eagles | 160/5 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 126 | ||||||||||||
| S2 | Gloucestershire | 135/7 | ||||||||||||
| N3 | Derbyshire Falcons | 137/3 | ||||||||||||
| S4 | Essex Eagles | 148/6 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 145/9 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 165/0 | ||||||||||||
| S3 | Middlesex | 160/8 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 146/5 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 147/9 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Sussex Sharks | 184/6 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 187/2 | ||||||||||||
 Lancashire Lightning (H) 159/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Essex Eagles  165/4 (19.2 overs)  | 
 Middlesex  160/8 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H) 165/0 (16.2 overs)  | 
 Alex Hales 83* (47)   | 
 Sussex Sharks (H) 184/6 (20 overs)  | v  |  Worcestershire Rapids  187/2 (17.4 overs)  | 
 Gloucestershire (H) 135/7 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons  137/3 (17.1 overs)  | 
 Worcestershire Rapids  147/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Nottinghamshire Outlaws  146/5 (20 overs)  | 
 Essex Eagles  160/5 (20 overs)  | v  |  Derbyshire Falcons  126 (18.4 overs)  | 
 Worcestershire Rapids  145/9 (20 overs)  | v  |  Essex Eagles  148/6 (20 overs)  | 
As of 31 August 2019 [update]
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Arcy Short | Durham | 12 | 12 | 483 | 43.90 | 77* | 0 | 4 | 
| Sam Hain | Birmingham Bears | 12 | 12 | 459 | 41.72 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Yorkshire Vikings | 10 | 10 | 435 | 62.14 | 96* | 0 | 5 | 
| Billy Godleman | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 12 | 419 | 46.55 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 
| Wayne Madsen | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 12 | 400 | 50.00 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 
Source: ESPNcricinfo [16]
| Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Parkinson | Lancashire Lightning | 11 | 37.4 | 21 | 13.38 | 4/30 | 1 | 0 | 
| Ravi Rampaul | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 46.0 | 21 | 14.71 | 3/17 | 0 | 0 | 
| Harry Gurney | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 10 | 36.0 | 18 | 18.05 | 5/30 | 0 | 1 | 
| Matthew Potts | Durham | 12 | 39.5 | 17 | 19.52 | 3/22 | 0 | 0 | 
| Nathan Rimmington | Durham | 12 | 43.5 | 16 | 19.06 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 | 
Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]
As of 31 August 2019 [update]
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babar Azam | Somerset | 13 | 13 | 578 | 52.54 | 102* | 1 | 4 | 
| Tom Banton | Somerset | 13 | 13 | 549 | 42.23 | 100 | 1 | 4 | 
| Dawid Malan | Middlesex | 13 | 13 | 488 | 44.36 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 
| James Vince | Hampshire | 13 | 12 | 407 | 40.70 | 87* | 0 | 4 | 
| Aaron Finch | Surrey | 13 | 13 | 398 | 36.18 | 102* | 1 | 1 | 
Source: ESPNcricinfo [16]
| Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Abbott | Hampshire | 13 | 43.3 | 20 | 17.80 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 | 
| Toby Roland-Jones | Middlesex | 13 | 41.1 | 19 | 18.57 | 5/21 | 1 | 1 | 
| Imran Tahir | Surrey | 13 | 47.0 | 19 | 20.26 | 4/25 | 1 | 0 | 
| Steven Finn | Middlesex | 13 | 46.0 | 19 | 22.36 | 5/16 | 0 | 1 | 
| Hardus Viljoen | Kent Spitfires | 12 | 45.2 | 18 | 19.72 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 | 
Source: ESPNcricinfo [17]