Women's T20 Blast

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Women's T20 Blast
2025 Vitality Blast.jpg
CountriesEngland
Administrator England and Wales Cricket Board
Format Women's Twenty20
First edition 2025
Number of teamsLeague One: 8
League Two: 10
Current championLeague One: Surrey (1st title)
League Two: Middlesex (1st title)

The T20 Blast Women, [1] officially known as the Vitality Blast Women for sponsorship reasons, is a professional women's Twenty20 county cricket competition in England and Wales, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Launched in 2025, it serves as the successor to the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Contents

Format

The tournament is split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League 1 and the second featuring the 10 remaining counties in League 2.

Teams

Eight teams from League 1 are competing in the inaugural 2025 season: the Birmingham Bears, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, the Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey, and The Blaze (Nottinghamshire). [2] [3] [4] [5] 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. [6]

The remaining ten teams 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 GroupSouth Group

Divisions

League OneLeague Two
North GroupSouth Group

Winners

League One

SeasonWinnerWinning MarginRunner-upVenueCitySource
2025 Surrey Won by 5 wickets Birmingham Bears The Oval London Scorecard

League Two

SeasonWinnerWinning MarginRunner-upVenueCitySource
2025 Middlesex Won by 10 wickets Yorkshire County Ground Northampton Scorecard

See also

References

  1. ↑ "England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) - The Official Website of the ECB". www.ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Women's teams to enter 2025 Blast and One-Day Cup". BBC Sport . 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Raf (22 June 2024). "Blaze bring the heat to avenge defeats for historic Charlotte Edwards Cup win". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Top women's teams to play Blast, One Day Cup from 2025". ESPNcricinfo . 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Women's domestic competitions to be aligned with T20 Blast and One Day Cup". Wisden . 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "ECB announces eight counties to host professional women's teams from 2025". BBC Sport . 18 April 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.


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