Dates | 30 May – 14 September 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | Gloucestershire (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | Daniel Hughes (Sussex Sharks) (596) |
Most wickets | David Payne (Gloucestershire) (33) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2024 T20 Blast (also known as 2024 Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament ran from 30 May to 14 September 2024. [1] [2] The domestic T20 competition was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship. [3] Somerset were the defending champions, having won their second title during the previous season. [4] [5] On 23 November 2023, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament. [2]
Somerset and Gloucestershire won their home quarter-finals, while Surrey and the Sussex Sharks also secured a place at Finals day with away wins against Durham and Lancashire Lightning respectively, thus producing an all South Group finals for only the second time; the last occurrence being in 2021. In the final, Gloucestershire beat Somerset by 8 wickets to win their first title after an 22-year wait.
The playing format is the same as the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away. [2]
The teams are divided into the following groups:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.308 | Advanced to the Quarter-finals |
2 | Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | −0.151 | |
3 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1.109 | |
4 | Durham | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | −0.325 | |
5 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | −0.119 | |
6 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.112 | |
7 | Yorkshire Vikings | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.035 | |
8 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.192 | |
9 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −1.699 |
Durham 75 (14.3 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 76/1 (8 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 163/5 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 101 (15.4 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 104/2 (11.4 overs) |
Durham 101 (18.1 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 105/4 (16.1 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 151/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 155/3 (14.1 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 154 (19.2 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 157/2 (13.2 overs) |
31 May 2024 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 169/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 172/5 (19.3 overs) |
1 June 2024 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 178/6 (19.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 149 (19.3 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 127 (19.2 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 179/7 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 122/ (17.4 overs) |
2 June 2024 Scorecard |
Yorkshire Vikings 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 157/8 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 154/8 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 134/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 198/6 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 102 (16.4 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 176/8 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 168/6 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham 178/3 (19.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 169/4 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 163/9 (20 overs) |
9 June 2024 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 176/8 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 172/6 (20 overs) |
9 June 2024 Scorecard |
Notts Outlaws 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 155/4 (18.3 overs) |
9 June 2024 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 182/1 (18.1 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Durham 130/8 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 145 (19.5 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 151/6 (18.1 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 193/8 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 123/3 (11 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 162 (18.5 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 137/9 (20 overs) |
14 June 2024 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 141/6 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 100/3 (15 overs) |
15 June 2024 Scorecard |
Durham 58/0 (5 overs) | v | |
Graham Clark 31* (15) |
16 June 2024 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 133/7 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 136/3 (18.5 overs) |
16 June 2024 Scorecard |
Durham 218/3 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 216/8 (20 overs) |
16 June 2024 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 132/7 (20 overs) |
16 June 2024 Scorecard |
Yorkshire Vikings 166 (19.5 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 146/9 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 219/4 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 129/9 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 173/8 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 166/8 (20 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 208/5 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 208/7 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 165/8 (20 overs) |
21 June 2024 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 155/7 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 159/5 (17.5 overs) |
Durham 190/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 168 (19.5 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 175/5 (17 overs) | v | |
Birmingham Bears 214/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 210/5 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 184/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 188/6 (19.2 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Yorkshire Vikings 130/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 131/3 (15 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 181/4 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 182/8 (19.5 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Durham 140 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 141/5 (19.4 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Notts Outlaws 57 (17.2 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 61/1 (5.2 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 184/8 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 168 (19.5 overs) |
Durham 107 (16.4 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 108/3 (16.4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 187/6 (17 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 132 (15.2 overs) |
Durham 160/6 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 130/9 (20 overs) |
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Northants Steelbacks 183/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 186/7 (19.1 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears 198/2 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 154 (19.2 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Durham 90/5 (8 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 91/4 (7.1 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Notts Outlaws 160/6 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 161/5 (19 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 205/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 208/4 (19.3 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 131/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 136/2 (14.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 197/6 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 186/6 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 169/8 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 170/5 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 194/5 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 122 (16.4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 155/8 (20 overs) | v | Durham 159/2 (18.5 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 201/9 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 203/6 (18.1 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 209/9 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Vikings 181/6 (20 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Surrey | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0.777 | Advanced to the Quarter-finals |
2 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.607 | |
3 | Somerset | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.497 | |
4 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.503 | |
5 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.201 | |
6 | Glamorgan | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.592 | |
7 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | −0.556 | |
8 | Middlesex | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 9 | −1.487 | |
9 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.486 |
Essex Eagles 141/9 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 142/5 (17 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 162/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 163/5 (19.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 205/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 107 (14.1 overs) |
Essex Eagles 193/6 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 197/6 (19.1 overs) |
Gloucestershire 167/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 168/7 (20 overs) |
2 June 2024 Scorecard |
Middlesex 203/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 207/6 (17.4 overs) |
2 June 2024 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 183/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 158/6 (20 overs) |
2 June 2024 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 166/7 (19.5 overs) |
2 June 2024 Scorecard |
Surrey 163 (19 overs) | v | Somerset 106 (15.4 overs) |
Glamorgan 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 168/8 (18.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 124 (18.2 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 128/5 (16.5 overs) |
Somerset 197/6 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 198/6 (19.2 overs) |
9 June 2024 Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 208/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 160/8 (20 overs) |
9 June 2024 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 173/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 178/6 (19.2 overs) |
9 June 2024 Scorecard |
Somerset 241/5 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 178 (19.3 overs) |
Essex Eagles 129/4 (12.4 overs) | v | Middlesex 63/2 (6 overs) |
Essex Eagles 178/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 181/2 (15.4 overs) |
Middlesex 113/8 (16.5 overs) | v | |
Somerset 55/6 (5 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 46/5 (5 overs) |
Surrey 184/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 130 (18.1 overs) |
16 June 2024 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 125 (19.5 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 127/1 (11.4 overs) |
16 June 2024 Scorecard |
Somerset 193/8 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 85 (13.2 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 170/2 (16.5 overs) |
Glamorgan 140/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 142/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 201/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 170/7 (20 overs) |
Somerset 188/4 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 190/5 (18.4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 184/8 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 177/3 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 157/5 (15 overs) |
5 July 2024 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 150 (19.2 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 29/2 (5 overs) |
Glamorgan 235/6 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 190/8 (18 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 182/8 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 156 (18.5 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Somerset 194/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 196/5 (19.5 overs) |
7 July 2024 Scorecard |
Surrey 103/5 (10 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 81/3 (8 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 200/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 178 (19.1 overs) |
Essex Eagles 187/3 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 165/5 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 181/8 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 152 (19.5 overs) |
Glamorgan 88/9 (10 overs) | v | Middlesex 89/4 (9.3 overs) |
Gloucestershire 176/9 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 177/5 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 203/4 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 115 (16.2 overs) |
Surrey 182/5 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 183/4 (19 overs) |
13 July 2024 Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 207/2 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 211/5 (18.3 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Surrey 189/9 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 176/8 (20 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 206/6 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 85 (15.5 overs) |
14 July 2024 Scorecard |
Hampshire Hawks 157/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 158/1 (18 overs) |
Glamorgan 145/6 (13 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 132/5 (13 overs) |
Gloucestershire 179/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 169/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 158/9 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 162/4 (17.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 183 (19.5 overs) | v | Surrey 188/5 (19.1 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 181/5 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 174/7 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 159/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 161/1 (16.2 overs) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
S1 | Surrey | 164/5 (18 overs) | ||||||||||||
N4 | Durham | 162/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
QF1 | Surrey | 153/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
QF3 | Somerset | 159/4 (18.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
N2 | Northants Steelbacks | 198/5 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
S3 | Somerset | 215/3 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
SF1 | Somerset | 124 (19.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
SF2 | Gloucestershire | 129/2 (15 overs) | ||||||||||||
N1 | Birmingham Bears | 124/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
S4 | Gloucestershire | 138 (19.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
QF4 | Gloucestershire | 109/2 (13.4 overs) | ||||||||||||
QF2 | Sussex Sharks | 106 (18.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
S2 | Sussex Sharks | 118/2 (14.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
N3 | Lancashire Lightning | 114 (15.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 114 (15.3 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 118/2 (14.1 overs) |
Somerset 215/3 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 198/5 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 138 (19.2 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 124/9 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 106 (18.1 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 109/2 (13.4 overs) |
Somerset 124 (19.4 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 129/2 (15 overs) |
Player | Runs | Team | Inns | HS |
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596 | Daniel Hughes | Sussex Sharks | 16 | 96* |
569 | Sam Hain | Birmingham Bears | 13 | 98* |
535 | Michael Pepper | Essex Eagles | 13 | 120* |
534 | Cameron Bancroft | Gloucestershire | 17 | 94 |
515 | Tom Banton | Somerset | 14 | 79* |
Source: ESPNcricinfo |
Wkts | Player | Team | Inn |
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33 | David Payne | Gloucestershire | 17 |
29 | Danny Briggs | Birmingham Bears | 15 |
Matthew Taylor | Gloucestershire | 16 | |
24 | Tymal Mills | Sussex Sharks | 14 |
23 | Luke Hollman | Middlesex | 11 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo |
Teams | Scores | Opponent | Result | Venue |
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Glamorgan | 243/4 (20 overs) | Somerset | Won | Cardiff |
Somerset | 241/5 (20 overs) | Hampshire Hawks | Won | Taunton |
Glamorgan | 235/6 (20 overs) | Sussex Sharks | Won | Hove |
Birmingham Bears | 219/4 (20 overs) | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | Won | Birmingham |
Durham | 218/3 (20 overs) | Lancashire Lightning | Won | Chester-le-Street |
Source: ESPNcricinfo |