Vitality Blast 2020: All you need to know – Match Schedule, Fixtures and Teams

The Vitality Blast has been regionalised into the same three groups used in the Bob Willis Trophy with each county set to play 10 group-stage matches behind closed doors. The quarter-finals will all be played on Thursday 1 October.

BBC Radio will cover every match of the Vitality Blast while all 18 First-Class Counties have been scheduled to play in front of the Sky cameras during the group stage.

Vitality Blast matches that are not televised by Sky may be available via the First-Class Counties' live streaming services across their digital channels.

Emerald Headingley (North Group), Edgbaston (Central Group) and the Kia Oval (South Group) will host eight of the 10 Sky televised group-stage matches, which will include neutral double-headers at each of those venues.

The Ageas Bowl and Emirates Old Trafford, which have hosted men’s England internationals this summer, will also stage televised derby matches. One quarter-final and Finals Day will also be televised by Sky.

All white-ball knockout matches, including the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final and Vitality Blast Finals Day have been assigned reserve days.

 

Vitality Blast Groups

North: Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Notts Outlaws, Yorkshire Vikings

Central: Birmingham Bears, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Northants Steelbacks, Somerset, Worcestershire Rapids

South: Essex Eagles, Hampshire, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex Sharks

Sky TV Matches

Emerald Headingley: 27 August - Yorkshire Vikings v Notts Outlaws; Double-header, 31 August - Leicestershire Foxes v Durham, Derbyshire v Lancashire Lightning

Edgbaston: 2 September – Birmingham Bears v Gloucestershire; Double-header, 3 September – Worcestershire Rapids v Somerset, Northants Steelbacks v Glamorgan

The Kia Oval: Double-header, 5 September – Essex Eagles v Kent Spitfires, Surrey v Middlesex

The Ageas Bowl: 10 September - Hampshire v Sussex Sharks

Emirates Old Trafford: 17 Sept - Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings

Live Cricket Streaming 

Vitality Blast matches that are not televised by Sky may be available via the First-Class Counties' live streaming services across their digital channels. A full break down of how to follow will be available on ecb.co.uk

Fixtures Schedule

 

Thursday August 27th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Durham Cricket vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Glamorgan vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff

18:35 local    17:35 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

 

Friday August 28th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

 

Saturday August 29th 2020

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Durham Cricket vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 Lord's Cricket Ground, London

 

Sunday August 30th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Glamorgan vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Steelbacks vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Surrey CCC vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald

Headingley, Leeds

 

Monday August 31st 2020

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

18:00 local    17:00 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

 

Tuesday September 1st 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

18:15 local    17:15 GMT Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 Lord's Cricket Ground, London

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Somerset CCC vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

 

Wednesday September 2nd 2020

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 TBC

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

18:35 local    17:35 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

 

Thursday September 3rd 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

18:15 local    17:15 GMT Middlesex vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 Lord's Cricket Ground, London

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Surrey CCC vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London

 

Friday September 4th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol

14:30 local    13:30 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Aigburth, Liverpool

18:00 local    17:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Durham Cricket vs Yorkshire VikingsVitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Somerset CCC vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

 

Saturday September 5th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London

18:35 local    17:35 GMT Surrey CCC vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London

 

Thursday September 10th 2020

18:35 local    17:35 GMT Hampshire vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

 

Friday September 11th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford

14:30 local    13:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton

18:00 local    17:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Durham Cricket vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Somerset CCC vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

 

Saturday September 12th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Middlesex vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 Lord's Cricket Ground, London

Sunday September 13th 2020

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Durham Cricket vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Glamorgan vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Somerset CCC vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

 

Monday September 14th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Hampshire vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

18:15 local    17:15 GMT Middlesex vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Lord's Cricket Ground, London

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

 

Tuesday September 15th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton

 

 

Wednesday September 16th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Hampshire vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Glamorgan vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

 

Thursday September 17th 2020

18:00 local    17:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

18:35 local    17:35 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

 

Friday September 18th 2020

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Hampshire vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

14:00 local    13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

17:00 local    16:00 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

17:00 local    16:00 GMT Somerset CCC vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff

18:30 local    17:30 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Sunday September 20th 2020

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Hampshire vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Leicestershire FoxesVitality Blast 2020 Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Durham CricketVitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Surrey CCC vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London

13:00 local    12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester

 

Thursday October 1st 2020

18:30 local    17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 1, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC

18:30 local    17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 2, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC

18:30 local    17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 3, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC

18:30 local    17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 4, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC

 

Saturday October 3rd 2020

11:00 local    10:00 GMT TBC vs TBC Semi Final 1, Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

14:30 local    13:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Semi Final 2, Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

18:45 local    17:45 GMT TBC vs TBC Final, Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham

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