Dates | 30 May – 27 July 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Host(s) | England Wales |
Champions | League One : Surrey (1st title) League Two: Middlesex (1st title) |
Participants | League One: 8 League Two: 10 |
Matches | League One: 59 League Two: 43 |
Most runs | League One: Suzie Bates (Durham) (439) League Two: Finty Trussler (Middlesex) (316) |
Most wickets | League One: Millie Taylor (Birmingham Bears) (22) League Two: Ria Fackrell (Yorkshire) (16) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2025 Women's T20 Blast (also known as 2025 Women's Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the Women's T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 county cricket competition in England and Wales. [1] The tournament was held from 30 May to 27 July 2025, with eighteen county teams taking part.
The tournament ran alongside the 2025 T20 Blast. In the finals, Surrey defeated Birmingham Bears to become champions of League One while Middlesex defeated Yorkshire to become champions of League Two. [2]
The tournament is split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League One and the second featuring the 10 remaining teams split into two groups in League Two.
Eight teams from League One is competing in the inaugural season: the Birmingham Bears, Durham, Essex Eagles, Hampshire Hawks, Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey and The Blaze (Nottinghamshire). [1] [3] [4] [5] Glamorgan and Yorkshire Vikings will be awarded tier-one status and join the league in 2027, while a further two clubs will be awarded tier-one status in 2029. [6]
The remaining ten teams is competing in League Two in which each county plays eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The top two teams from each group will progress to Finals Day. The teams are divided into the following groups:
North Group | South Group |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Surrey | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 1.256 | Advance to Final |
2 | The Blaze | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 0.749 | Advance to Eliminator |
3 | Birmingham Bears | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0.525 | |
4 | Lancashire Thunder | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | −0.105 | |
5 | Durham | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | −0.523 | |
6 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | −0.336 | |
7 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | −0.296 | |
8 | Somerset | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −1.234 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Yorkshire | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 1.831 | Advance to Finals Day |
2 | Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.001 | |
3 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | −0.899 | |
4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | −0.107 | |
5 | Derbyshire Falcons | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.774 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Middlesex | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0.772 | Advance to Finals Day |
2 | Glamorgan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0.945 | |
3 | Sussex Sharks | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.609 | |
4 | Kent Spitfires | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −1.056 | |
5 | Gloucestershire | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −1.361 |
Hampshire Hawks 215/3 (20 overs) | v | Essex 190/7 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 160/8 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 160/4 (20 overs) |
Somerset 131/6 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 135/2 (15.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 193/6 (20 overs) | v | Durham 151 (19 overs) |
Lancashire Thunder 169/4 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 170/3 (19.1 overs) |
Lancashire Thunder 140/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham 122 (18.4 overs) |
Essex 149/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 84 (14.2 overs) |
Essex 154/4 (14 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 139/8 (14 overs) |
Alice Macleod 44 (24) Millie Taylor 2/27 (2 overs) |
Lancashire Thunder 122/8 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 125/2 (19 overs) |
Surrey 213/4 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 181/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 172/9 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 103/9 (20 overs) |
Essex 104 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 106/3 (14.1 overs) |
Durham 119/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 33/2 (6 overs) |
Lancashire Thunder 85/6 (11 overs) | v | Surrey 62/4 (8 overs) |
v | ||
Lancashire Thunder 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 157/9 (20 overs) |
Ailsa Lister 39 (26) Millie Taylor 2/25 (3 overs) |
Durham 141/5 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 143/1 (12.5 overs) |
Durham 162/5 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 165/3 (18.2 overs) |
The Blaze 169/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 152 (19.5 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 195/2 (20 overs) | v | Essex 153/8 (20 overs) |
Durham 188/5 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 190/3 (19 overs) |
Somerset 132/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 133/6 (19.4 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 178/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 165/7 (20 overs) |
Meg Austin 51 (38) Daisy Gibb 3/25 (4 overs) | Georgia Adams 32 (31) Millie Taylor 2/19 (3 overs) |
Essex 148/7 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 150/5 (18.3 overs) |
Somerset 138/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham 139/6 (18.1 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 155/4 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 156/5 (20 overs) |
Essex 150/3 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 154/8 (19.5 overs) |
Surrey 171/9 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 118 (17.3 overs) |
Lancashire Thunder 150/9 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 153/5 (18.2 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 169/6 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 164/6 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 172/6 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 147/8 (20 overs) |
Tammy Beaumont 44 (29) Em Arlott 3/33 (4 overs) |
Durham 154/4 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 148/7 (20 overs) |
The Blaze 188/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 151 (18.1 overs) |
Essex 47/7 (8 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 55/2 (6 overs) |
Somerset 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 154/2 (19.4 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 123/7 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 124/3 (18.3 overs) |
Durham 16/1 (4.1 overs) | v | |
Surrey 159/5 (20 overs) | v | Essex 93/5 (10 overs) |
Essex 155/5 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 156/6 (19.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 139 (19.3 overs) | v | Surrey 140/6 (19.4 overs) |
Emma Jones 46 (39) Millie Taylor 2/29 (4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 175/2 (19 overs) |
Hampshire 103/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham 104/5 (15.2 overs) |
Surrey 132/9 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 122/5 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 127/9 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire Hawks 149/6 (20 overs) |
Davina Perrin 70 (48) Bex Tyson 3/27 (4 overs) |
Lancashire Thunder 148/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham 149/8 (19.2 overs) |
Surrey 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 107 (17.3 overs) |
v | ||
Essex 107 (18.2 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 108/6 (19.5 overs) |
The Blaze 138 (20 overs) | v | |
Georgia Elwiss 35 (34) Olivia Barnes 3/12 (4 overs) |
Essex 164/3 (20 overs) | v | Durham 155/8 (20 overs) |
Suzie Bates 45 (39) Madeline Penna 2/26 (4 overs) Sophia Smale 2/26 (4 overs) Abtaha Maqsood 2/26 (4 overs) |
The Blaze 164/5 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 137/4 (20 overs) |
Somerset 114/6 (17 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 114/7 (17 overs) |
Surrey 204/5 (20 overs) | v | Birmingham Bears 179/9 (20 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 123/8 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 115/5 (20 overs) |
Gemma Marriott 28 (22) Francesca Sweet 3/10 (3 overs) | Francesca Sweet 37 (25) Lenny Sims 1/15 (4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 104/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 105/2 (12.4 overs) |
Georgie Boyce 42 (25) Francesca Clarke 1/18 (2.4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 53 (13.2 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 57/3 (17.1 overs) |
Bryony Gillgrass 14 (17) Rhiannon Knowling-Davies 3/2 (2 overs) | Megan Pittman 19 (29) Phoebe Brett 1/7 (4 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 134/8 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 119/7 (20 overs) |
Michaela Kirk 27 (25) Flora Bertwistle 3/11 (4 overs) | Clare Boycott 48 (45) Amelia Kemp 3/29 (4 overs) |
Yorkshire 127 (19.5 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 101 (19.4 overs) |
Georgie Boyce 46 (38) D'nica Roff 2/17 (3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 120/7 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 121/3 (18 overs) |
Poppy Davies 20 (19) Lucy Weston 4/20 (4 overs) | Francesca Sweet 67* (53) Flora Bertwistle 2/27 (4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 118/8 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 101/9 (20 overs) |
Jessica Couser 31 (29) Mabel Reid 3/11 (3 overs) | Abby Butcher 47 (45) Maria Andrews 5/17 (4 overs) |
Yorkshire 163/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 104 (16 overs) |
Jessica Couser 42 (26) Claudie Cooper 2/15 (3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 153/6 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 85 (17.3 overs) |
Francesca Sweet 35 (38) Amelia Kemp 2/19 (4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 104/8 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 105/3 (15.1 overs) |
Lauren Winfield-Hill 33 (25) Flora Bertwistle 1/14 (4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 187/6 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 158 (19.1 overs) |
Ruby Davis 69 (46) Maria Andrews 2/35 (4 overs) | Jessica Couser 65 (42) Bryony Gillgrass 5/19 (4 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 150/9 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 151/5 (18 overs) |
Maddie Ward 34 (30) Ella Phillips 4/34 (4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 117/8 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 119/7 (19.4 overs) |
Ella Porter 38* (51) Emma Thatcher 2/16 (4 overs) |
v | ||
Leicestershire Foxes 55 (13.5 overs) | v | Worcestershire Rapids 56/1 (10.5 overs) |
Yorkshire 167/4 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 114/4 (20 overs) |
Gemma Marriott 41 (46) Ria Fackrell 2/19 (4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 132/7 (20 overs) | v | Northants Steelbacks 133/5 (19.3 overs) |
Ella Porter 34 (25) Anisha Patel 3/19 (4 overs) | Gemma Marriott 54 (56) Francesca Clarke 2/24 (4 overs) |
Yorkshire 142/6 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 130/8 (20 overs) |
Georgie Boyce 47 (38) Emma Thatcher 3/27 (4 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 125/5 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire Falcons 109/8 (20 overs) |
Lucy Weston 50* (36) Maria Andrews 1/17 (4 overs) | Ella Porter 41 (54) Ellie Phillips 3/29 (4 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 109 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 93/4 (12.5 overs) |
Ruby Davis 29 (34) Olivia Thomas 2/10 (3 overs) | Erin Thomas 35 (27) Bryony Gillgrass 2/16 (2.5 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 102/7 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 103/2 (15.2 overs) |
Izzy Collis 29 (27) Anaya Patel 4/18 (4 overs) | Riva Pindoria 50* (48) Talitha Stanley 1/11 (2 overs) |
Glamorgan 77 (17.2 overs) | v | Middlesex 79/6 (19.5 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 148/2 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 121/4 (20 overs) |
Rachel King 68* (54) Caitlin Belcher 1/15 (2 overs) |
Middlesex 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 122/6 (20 overs) |
Saskia Horley 63 (45) Alice Grant 3/21 (4 overs) | Tilly Callaghan 44 (44) Lauren Turner 2/21 (3 overs) |
Glamorgan 133/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 128/9 (20 overs) |
Bethan Gammon 42 (24) Anna Buckle 2/19 (3 overs) | Bethan Gammon 42 (24) Anna Buckle 2/19 (3 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 182/5 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 147/6 (20 overs) |
Amy Gordon 55 (32) Melissa Story 1/14 (3 overs) | Bea Willis 56* (59) Zeena Bilal 2/21 (4 overs) |
Glamorgan 171/4 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 141/9 (20 overs) |
Saskia Horley 46 (36) Poppy Tulloch 3/18 (4 overs) |
Middlesex 201/1 (20 overs0 | v | Gloucestershire 161 (19.3 overs) |
Finty Trussler 90 (59) | Melissa Story 45 (30) Anisha Dissanyake 2/23 (3 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 95/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 98/3 (10.3 overs) |
Coco Streets 23 (23) Jasmine Westley 3/12 (3 overs) | Rachel King 50 (28) Megan Belt 2/22 (2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 123/9 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 91 (17.5 overs) |
Prarthana Reddy 45 (40) Zeena Bilal 2/16 (3 overs) | Isobel Kirby 14 (19) Liv Daniels 3/19 (3 overs) |
Glamorgan 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 118/8 (20 overs) |
Rachel King 35 (28) Nicole Reid 3/12 (4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 114/8 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 115/4 (16.3 overs) |
Prathana Reddy 39 (51) Poppy Tulloch 3/22 (3 overs) | Bea Ellis 25 (33) Alice Bird 2/17 (3 overs) |
Middlesex 167/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex Sharks 152/7 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 114/5 (20 overs) | v | Glamorgan 117/1 (13.4 overs) |
Bea Willis 28 (30) Anna-Mae Shearn 2/27 (4 overs) |
Middlesex 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 122/8 (20 overs) |
Gayatri Gole 61 (37) Ella Darlington 1/18 (3 overs) | Grace Poole 39 (42) Saskia Horley 2/28 (4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 187/6 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 122 (19 overs) |
Rachel King 48 (23) Liv Daniels 2/23 (4 overs) | Meg Ahearne 31* (26) Talitha Stanley 3/28 (4 overs) |
Glamorgan 132/5 (20 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 133/4 (20 overs) |
Coco Streets 41* (31) Poppy Tulloch 2/24 (3 overs) |
Middlesex 147/5 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 146/6 (20 overs) |
Saskia Horley 45 (27) Alice Hill 2/26 (4 overs) | Georgie Cant 51 (34) Rachana Cambampaty 1/17 (4 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 75/4 (10 overs) | v | Kent Spitfires 65/6 (10 overs) |
Isabelle Collis 30 (26) Isabella James 2/7 (2 overs) | Megan Sturge 21 (18) Jasmine Westley 2/10 (2 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 140/7 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 109/0 (10.4 overs) |
Scarlett Hughes 47 (37) Hannah Davis 3/17 (4 overs) | Finty Trussler 52* (30) |
Glamorgan 124/9 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 130/3 (17.3 overs) |
Georgie Boyce 38 (37) Poppy Tulloch 2/29 (3 overs) |
Yorkshire 101/9 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 103/0 (13.1 overs) |
Maddie Ward 39 (35) Rachana Cambampaty 3/30 (4 overs) | Finty Trussler 52* (45) |
The group stage winners progress directly to the final, while the 2nd and 3rd-place finishers compete in the semi-final. [7]
Birmingham Bears 163/8 (20 overs) | v | The Blaze 143 (19.1 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 153/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 154/5 (16.4 overs) |