Dates | 29 May – 13 September 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | England Wales |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2025 T20 Blast (also known as 2025 Vitality Blast for sponsoring reasons) is the 23rd edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament is taking place from 29 May to 13 September 2025. [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]
Gloucestershire are the defending champions, having won their maiden title during the previous season. [4]
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 | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Lancashire Lightning | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0.386 | Advance to the Quarter-finals |
2 | Durham | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 0.676 | |
3 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0.671 | |
4 | Northants Steelbacks | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0.068 | |
5 | Worcestershire Rapids | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0.219 | |
6 | Notts Outlaws | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | −0.492 | |
7 | Leicestershire Foxes | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | −0.205 | |
8 | Yorkshire | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 20 | −0.390 | |
9 | Derbyshire Falcons | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 16 | −0.944 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Surrey | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1.249 | Advance to the Quarter-finals |
2 | Somerset | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.788 | |
3 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0.961 | |
4 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | −0.266 | |
5 | Glamorgan | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | −0.090 | |
6 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.121 | |
7 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | −0.635 | |
8 | Middlesex | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | −0.799 | |
9 | Essex | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 14 | −1.447 |
In November 2024, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament. [2]
Lancashire Lightning 176/8 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 169/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 202/4 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 186/7 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 208/3 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 204/7 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 230/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 124 (16.2 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 170/6 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 171/5 (18.4 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 226/5 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 229/3 (19.1 overs) |
Surrey 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 147/5 (17.5 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 237/4 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 224/9 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 216/3 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 169 (19.1 overs) |
Durham 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 151/6 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 201/5 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 135/8 (19.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 122 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 123/5 (19.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 173 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 93 (13.3 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 194/6 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 188/4 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 145/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 149/5 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 172/9 (20 overs) | v | |
Surrey 147/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 63/0 (8.2 overs) |
James Vince 33* (28) |
Yorkshire 164/7 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 168/4 (19 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 162/9 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 115/3 (13.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles 183/8 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 185/4 (19 overs) |
Gloucestershire 119 (19.5 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 121/3 (15 overs) |
Surrey 193/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 151/9 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 193/8 (20 overs) | v | Durham 187/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 169/3 (18 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 190/5 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 159 (19 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 206/5 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 181/7 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 199/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 141 (17.1 overs) |
Essex Eagles 156/9 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 159/4 (17.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 177/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 182/2 (19 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 180/6 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 156/9 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 195/4 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 117 (15.2 overs) |
Yorkshire 213/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 107 (16.5 overs) |
Durham 168/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 152 (19.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 174/8 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire 175/8 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 166/9 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan 220/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 180 (19.5 overs) |
Gloucestershire 135/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 137/4 (17.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 63/1 (6 overs) | v | Middlesex 75/1 (6 overs) |
Durham 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 142/8 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 199/5 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 153/9 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 177/4 (17 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 23/3 (3.1 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 143 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 146/3 (17.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 205/8 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 173/5 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 206/7 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 212/4 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 196/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 197/3 (18.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 199/7 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 172 (18.5 overs) |
Glamorgan 189/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 149/9 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 150/8 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 153/4 (17.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 228/5 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 224/6 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire 128 (19 overs) | v | Durham 131/4 (18 overs) |
Surrey 193/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 124 (17.5 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 157/9 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 160/3 (18.2 overs) |
Surrey 210/6 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 162 (19.5 overs) |
Durham 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 156/4 (17.1 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 156 (19.3 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 160/6 (17.4 overs) |
Middlesex 161 (19.5 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 160/6 (20 overs) |
Somerset 209/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 129/7 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 134 (18.4 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 135/9 (19.3 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 243/7 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 163 (17.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 219/3 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 172 (19 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 124/9 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 130/8 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 140 (19.2 overs) |
Durham 231/5 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 182 (15.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 184/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 171 (19.3 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 195/9 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 161 (19.4 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 154 (19.3 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 158/4 (18.2 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 177 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 181/5 (19.3 overs) |
Glamorgan 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 174/9 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire 233/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 192 (19.1 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 136/6 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 196/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 134 (16.5 overs) |
Yorkshire 200/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 201/3 (17.2 overs) |
Durham 182/7 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 174/8 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan 118/9 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 122/4 (11.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 204/5 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 195/7 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 178/3 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 179/6 (19.5 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 152/9 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 153/4 (16.4 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 188/2 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 189/9 (19.5 overs) |
Surrey 141/6 (12 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 145/6 (12 overs) |
Somerset 225/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 130 (14.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 203/9 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 167 (18.1 overs) |
Surrey 193/7 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 165/9 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 187/8 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 188/7 (19.4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 148 (19.5 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 151/8 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 162/6 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 208/4 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 113 (18.5 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 171/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 173/4 (16.1 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 145 (18.2 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 148/4 (16.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 137/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 138/5 (18.3 overs) |
Yorkshire 236/6 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 217/7 (20 overs) |
Middlesex 189/5 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 166/7 (20 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 237/4 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 224/6 (20 overs) |
Glamorgan 222/6 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 224/4 (19.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 176 (19.5 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 153 (19.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 240/6 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 176 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 135 (18.1 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 167/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 171/4 (17.2 overs) |
Middlesex 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 165/3 (18.1 overs) |
Durham 155/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 156/7 (18.4 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 173/6 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 176/4 (17.5 overs) |
Yorkshire 151/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 157/2 (16.4 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 220/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 222/6 (19.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 185/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 189/6 (20 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 206/7 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 161 (18.2 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 174 (19.5 overs) | v | Yorkshire 153 (19.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 233/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 106 (15.1 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Durham 204/1 (16.3 overs) |
Glamorgan 184/9 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 132 (18.5 overs) |
Essex Eagles 172/6 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 173/3 (17.2 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 126 (20 overs) | v | Notts Outlaws 127/6 (15.2 overs) |
Somerset 164/7 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 148/8 (20 overs) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
S1 | Surrey | |||||||||||||
N4 | Northants Steelbacks | |||||||||||||
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N2 | Durham | |||||||||||||
S3 | Hampshire Hawks | |||||||||||||
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N1 | Lancashire Lightning | |||||||||||||
S4 | Kent Spitfires | |||||||||||||
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S2 | Somerset | |||||||||||||
N3 | Birmingham Bears |
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