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English T20 Cricket tournament in 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2025 T20 Blast (also known as 2025 Vitality Blast for sponsoing reasons) is the 23rd edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament is taking place from 29 May to 13 September 2025.[1][2] The domestic T20 competition was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship.[3]
Gloucestershire are the defending champions, having won their maiden title during the previous season.[4]
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Format
The playing format is the same as the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away.[2]
Teams
The teams are divided into the following groups:
- North Group: Birmingham Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northants Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire
- South Group: Essex Eagles, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex Sharks
Standings
North Group
Source: BBC SportESPNcricinfo
South Group
Source: BBC SportESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
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In November 2024, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[2]
May
Lancashire Lightning 176/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 169/7 (20 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fateh Singh and Tom Hinley (Worcestershire Rapids) both made their T20 debuts.
Sussex Sharks 202/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 186/7 (20 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires 208/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 204/7 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Aman Rao (Gloucestershire) made his T20 debut.
Hampshire Hawks 230/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 124 (16.2 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons 170/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 171/5 (18.4 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
- Nick Potts (Leicestershire Foxes) made his T20 debut.
Birmingham Bears 226/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 229/3 (19.1 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Kai Smith and Adam Sylvester (Birmingham Bears) both made their T20 debuts.
Surrey 146/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 147/5 (17.5 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
- Thomas Rew (Somerset) and Yousef Majid (Surrey) both made their T20 debuts.
Northants Steelbacks 237/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 224/9 (20 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning 216/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 169 (19.1 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Charlie Barnard (Lancashire Lightning) made his T20 debut.
June
Durham 150/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 151/6 (20 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids 201/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 135/8 (19.3 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected field.
- Yorkshire were set a revised target of 196 runs from 19.3 overs.
Leicestershire Foxes 122 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 123/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks 173 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 93 (13.3 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons 194/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 188/4 (20 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning 145/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 149/5 (20 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Kent Spitfires 172/9 (20 overs) |
v |
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
Surrey 147/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 63/0 (8.2 overs) |
James Vince 33* (28) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire 164/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 168/4 (19 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons 162/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 115/3 (13.4 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Notts Outlaws were set a revised target of 120 runs off 15 overs.
Essex Eagles 183/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 185/4 (19 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire 119 (19.5 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 121/3 (15 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Surrey 193/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 151/9 (20 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes 193/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 187/7 (20 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks 166/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 169/3 (18 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks 190/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 159 (19 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ben Sanderson (Northants Steelbacks) took his maiden five-wicket haul and also took his first hat-trick in T20s.[5][6]
Worcestershire Rapids 206/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 181/7 (20 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears 199/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 141 (17.1 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles 156/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 159/4 (17.3 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks 177/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 182/2 (19 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks 180/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 156/9 (20 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks 195/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 117 (15.2 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire 213/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 107 (16.5 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Durham 168/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 152 (19.3 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks 186/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 174/8 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire 175/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 166/9 (20 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan 220/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 180 (19.5 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire 135/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 137/4 (17.4 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks 63/1 (6 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 75/1 (6 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 6 overs per side due to rain.
- Middlesex were set a revised target of 76 runs from 6 overs due to rain.
Durham 157/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 142/8 (20 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Derbyshire Falcons 199/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 153/9 (20 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles 177/4 (17 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 23/3 (3.1 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
- Noah Thain (Essex Eagles) made his T20 debut.
Worcestershire Rapids 143 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 146/3 (17.3 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears 205/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 173/5 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears 206/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 212/4 (20 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes 196/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 197/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks 199/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 172 (18.5 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan 189/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 149/9 (20 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids 150/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 153/4 (17.1 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Kent Spitfires 228/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 224/6 (20 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire 128 (19 overs) |
v |
Durham 131/4 (18 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to field.
- Matthew Potts (Durham) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[7]
Surrey 193/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 124 (17.5 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires 157/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 160/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey 210/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 162 (19.5 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Durham 155/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 156/4 (17.1 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
- Isaac Mohammed (Worcestershire Rapids) made his T20 debut.
Notts Outlaws 156 (19.3 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 160/6 (17.4 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex 161 (19.5 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 160/6 (20 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Naavya Sharma (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Somerset 209/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 129/7 (20 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids 134 (18.4 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 135/9 (19.3 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning 243/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 163 (17.2 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires 219/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 172 (19 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks 124/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 130/8 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Notts Outlaws 164/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 140 (19.2 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
July
Durham 231/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 182 (15.4 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Kasey Aldridge (Durham) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[8]
Gloucestershire 184/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 171 (19.3 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks 195/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 161 (19.4 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
- Danny Lamb (Sussex Sharks) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[9]
Leicestershire Foxes 154 (19.3 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 158/4 (18.2 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks 177 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 181/5 (19.3 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire Lightning) took his first hat-trick in T20s.[10]
Glamorgan 176/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 174/9 (20 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
- Ned Leonard (Glamorgan) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[11]
Yorkshire 233/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 192 (19.1 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
- Will O'Rourke (Yorkshire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[12][13]
Lancashire Lightning 178/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 136/6 (20 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks 196/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 134 (16.5 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire 200/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 201/3 (17.2 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Durham 182/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 174/8 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan 118/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 122/4 (11.4 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire 204/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 195/7 (20 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks 178/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 179/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks 152/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 153/4 (16.4 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes 188/2 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 189/9 (19.5 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Surrey 141/6 (12 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 145/6 (12 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
Somerset 225/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 130 (14.1 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Charlie Bennett (Essex Eagles) made his T20 debut.
Birmingham Bears 203/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 167 (18.1 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey 193/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 165/9 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex 187/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 188/7 (19.4 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks 148 (19.5 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 151/8 (19.3 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids 174/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 162/6 (20 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Hampshire Hawks 208/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 113 (18.5 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks 171/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 173/4 (16.1 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
- Joshua Thomas (Leicestershire Foxes) made his T20 debut.
Sussex Sharks 145 (18.2 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 148/4 (16.1 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Kent Spitfires 137/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 138/5 (18.3 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire 236/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 217/7 (20 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Middlesex 189/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 166/7 (20 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sebastian Morgan (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Northants Steelbacks 237/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 224/6 (20 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan 222/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 224/4 (19.1 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dan Lawrence (Surrey) scored his maiden century in T20s.[14][15]
Birmingham Bears 176 (19.5 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 153 (19.3 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks 240/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 176 (20 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Gloucestershire 175/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 135 (18.1 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected bat.
Sussex Sharks 167/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 171/4 (17.2 overs) |
- Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
Middlesex 160/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 165/3 (18.1 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Durham 155/7 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 156/7 (18.4 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes 173/6 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 176/4 (17.5 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire 151/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 157/2 (16.4 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
- Ben Aitchison (Yorkshire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[16]
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Hampshire Hawks 220/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 222/6 (19.2 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Jordan Cox (Essex Eagles) scored his first century in T20s.[17]
Gloucestershire 185/5 (20 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 189/6 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids 206/7 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 161 (18.2 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire Rapids) made his T20 debut.
Lancashire Lightning 174 (19.5 overs) |
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Yorkshire 153 (19.1 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected bat.
- Jos Buttler (Lancashire Lightning) scored his 13,000th run in T20s.[18][19]
Birmingham Bears 233/5 (20 overs) |
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Derbyshire Falcons 106 (15.1 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks 203/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 204/1 (16.3 overs) |
Glamorgan 184/9 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 132 (18.5 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
- James Feldman (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Essex Eagles 172/6 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 173/3 (17.2 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning 126 (20 overs) |
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Notts Outlaws 127/6 (15.2 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Seecharan (Notts Outlaws) made his T20 debut.
- Farhan Ahmed (Lancashire Lightning) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[21]
Somerset 164/7 (20 overs) |
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Gloucestershire 148/8 (20 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tommy Boorman (Gloucestershire) made his T20 debut.
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Knock-out stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Surrey | |||||||||||||
| N4 | Northants Steelbacks | |||||||||||||
| QF1 | ||||||||||||||
| QF4 | ||||||||||||||
| N2 | Durham | |||||||||||||
| S3 | Hampshire Hawks | |||||||||||||
| SF1 | ||||||||||||||
| SF2 | ||||||||||||||
| N1 | Lancashire Lightning | |||||||||||||
| S4 | Kent Spitfires | |||||||||||||
| QF2 | ||||||||||||||
| QF3 | ||||||||||||||
| S2 | Somerset | |||||||||||||
| N3 | Birmingham Bears | |||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
Final
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