2025 Women's T20 Blast

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2025 Women's T20 Blast
Dates28 May – 27 July 2025
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Host(s)Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Participants18
Official website Vitality Blast

The 2025 Women's T20 Blast (also known as 2025 Women's Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons) will be the inaugural season of the Women's T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league that will be played in England. [1] The tournament will begin from 28 May to 27 July 2025 with local teams taking part.

Contents

The tournament will run alongside the 2025 T20 Blast.

Format

The tournament will be 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.

Teams

Eight teams from League One will compete in the inaugural season: the Birmingham Bears, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, the Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey, and The Blaze. [1] [2] [3] [4] Glamorgan and Yorkshire 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. [5]

The remaining ten teams from League Two will also compete in the inaugural season. 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:

Points table

League One

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Birmingham Bears 00000Advance to Finals Day
2 Durham 00000
3 Essex 00000
4 Hampshire 00000
5 Lancashire Thunder 00000
6 Somerset 00000
7 Surrey 00000
8 The Blaze 00000
First match(es) will be played: 29 May 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]

League Two

North Group

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Derbyshire Falcons 00000Advance to Finals Day
2 Leicestershire Foxes 00000
3 Northants Steelbacks 00000
4 Worcestershire Rapids 00000
5 Yorkshire 00000
First match(es) will be played: 29 May 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]

South Group

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Glamorgan 00000Advance to Finals Day
2 Gloucestershire 00000
3 Kent Spitfires 00000
4 Middlesex 00000
5 Sussex Sharks 00000
First match(es) will be played: 29 May 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]

League One

League Two

North Group

South Group

Finals Day

League Two

Semi-final 1
26 June 2025
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Semi-final 2
26 June 2025
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Final
26 June 2025
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League One

Semi-final
27 June 2025
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Final
27 June 2025
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