| Countries |  England |
|---|---|
| Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Format | Women's Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2025 |
| Number of teams | 8+10 |
The Women's T20 Blast, officially known as the Women's Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, will be a professional women's Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It will serve as the successor to the Charlotte Edwards Cup.
The tournament will be split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League 1 and the second featuring the 10 remaining counties in League 2.
Eight teams from League 1 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 will compete in League 2 in which each county plays eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The teams are divided into the following groups:
| North Group | South Group |
|---|---|
| League 1 | League 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| North Group | South Group | |
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