2025 Women's T20 County Cup

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2025 Vitality Women's T20 County Cup
Administrator England and Wales Cricket Board
Format Twenty20
Tournament formatGroup stage and knockout
Number of teams37
HostFlag of England.svg  England
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales

The 2025 Women's T20 County Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Vitality Women's T20 County Cup, will be the inaugural season of the Women's T20 County Cup, a professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. [1] [2] [3] [4] The tournament will run from 5 to 26 May 2025 and will feature 37 teams, drawn mainly from the historic counties of England. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Teams

The tournament will consists of 37 teams that will compete in the tournament that are organised into 3 tier groups. The teams are divided as follows: [8] [9] [10] [11]

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3

Fixtures

In November 2024, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament. [1] [12]


Round One

Match 1
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 2
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 3
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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TBD

Match 4
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
v

Match 5
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
v
TBD

Match 6
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 7
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 8
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 9
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
v

Match 10
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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TBD

Match 11
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 12
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
v

Match 13
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 14
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 15
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 16
5 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Round Two

Match 17
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 18
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 19
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 20
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 21
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 22
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 23
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 24
10 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Round Three

Match 25
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Match 26
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Match 24
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Match 27
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Match 19
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Winner of Match 18

Match 28
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Match 21
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Match 29
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Match 17
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Match 30
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Match 23
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Match 31
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Match 20
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Winner of Match 22

Match 32
17 May 2025
[ Scorecard]
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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
R3(1)  
R3(8)  
QF1 
QF4 
R3(2)  
R3(5)  
SF1 
SF2 
R3(3)  
R3(4)  
QF2 
QF3 
R3(6)  
R3(7)  

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 1
24 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
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TBD

Quarter-final 2
24 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
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TBD

Quarter-final 3
24 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Quarter-final 4
24 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Finals Day

Semi-final 1
26 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
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TBD

Semi-final 2
26 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
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TBD

Final
26 May 2025
Scorecard
TBD
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TBD

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