The 21st edition of the Vitality Blast will be played from 20th May to 15th July, 2023, with 18 teams participating.

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Points Table

Fixtures

With the English summer calendar as packed as it ever has been, the Ashes inching closer, followed shortly by the Hundred, and the raging debate around the feasibility of the showpiece 100-ball competition, this is an interesting time to be playing the Blast.

The final of Vitality Blast T20 2022 was played at Edgbaston, Birmingham between Lancashire and Hampshire, which the latter won by one run, courtesy of Ben McDermott's heroics. Both teams, once again, are among the favourites to lift the trophy.

As always, the 18 county teams will participate in the Vitality Blast. The teams have been split into the North and South Groups as follows:

North Group

Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire

South Group

Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey and Sussex


The nine teams in both groups will play 14 group matches, seven home and seven away, between May 20 and July 2.

The top four teams will then lock horns in the two semi-finals, followed by the final. The Vitality Blast T20 2023 Finals Day will be held at Edgbaston on July 15.

Squads

Essex - Tom Westley, Nick Browne, Sir Alastair Cook, Samuel Cook, James Porter, Shane Snater, Paul Walter, Matt Critchley, Simon Harmer (South Africa), Doug Bracewell (New Zealand - County Championship, until the end of July), Daniel Sams (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Kent - Oliver Robinson, Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning, Sam Billings, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Marcus O'Riordan, Nathan Gilchrist, Hamidullah Qadri, Matthew Quinn, Tawanda Muyeye, Heino Kuhn, Joe Denly, Fred Klaassen, Grant Stewart, Ben Compton, Matt Quinn, Joey Evison, Michael Hogan, George Linde (South Africa), Arshdeep Singh (India - five County Championship matches June-July), Kane Richardson (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Hampshire - Joe Weatherley, Ian Holland, Liam Dawson, Keith Barker, Bradley Wheal, Mason Crane, Felix Organ, Scott Currie, Nick Gubbins, Ross Whiteley, Ben Brown, Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Benny Howell, Kyle Abbott (South Africa), , Ben McDermott (Australia - Vitality Blast), Nathan Ellis (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Somerset - Tom Lammonby, Tom Abell, George Bartlett, Lewis Goldsworthy, Steven Davies, Josh Davey, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sean Dickson, Shoaib Bashir (Berkshire), Peter Siddle (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, until the end of July), Cameron Bancroft (Australia - County Championship, until May 17), Matt Henry (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast, May 11 until the end of July)

Northamptonshire - Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter, Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib, Adam Rossington, Tom Taylor, Gareth Berg, Simon Kerrigan, Ben Sanderson, David Willey, Lewis McManus, Ollie Sale, Hassan Azad, Sam Whiteman (Australia - County Championship and One-Day Cup, until the end of August), Chris Tremain (Australia - County Championship, three games in April), Lance Morris (Australia - County Championship, three games in May), Chris Lynn (Australia - Vitality Blast), AJ Tye (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Gloucestershire - Chris Dent, Tom Lace, Miles Hammond, Tom Smith, Matt Taylor, Josh Shaw, James Bracey, Goodman, George Scott, Ajeet Dale, Marchant de Lange, Paul van Meekeren, Marcus Harris (Australia), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan)

Warwickshire - Will Rhodes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Sam Hain, Liam Norwell, Robert Yates, Alex Davies, Jacob Bethell, Manraj Johal, Moeen Ali, Ed Barnard, Chris Rushworth, Hassan Ali (Pakistan - until the end of July), Glenn Maxwell (Australia - Vitality Blast)

Surrey - Rory Burns, Jamie Smith, Ollie Pope, Jordan Clark, Reece Topley, Amar Virdi, Jamie Overton, Matt Dunn, Gus Atkinson, Daniel Moriarty, Chris Jordan, Cameron Steel, Dan Worrall, Dom Sibley, Kemar Roach (West Indies - first six rounds of County Championship), Sean Abbott (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, until the end of July), Tom Latham (New Zealand - County Championship, five games across June and July), Sunil Narine (West Indies - Vitality Blast)

Yorkshire - Adam Lyth, Harry Brook, Harry Duke, Dominic Bess, Jordan Thompson, Ben Coad, Jonathan Tattersall, Mathew Pillans, Will Fraine, George Hill, Matthew Fisher, Andrew Gale, Matt Milnes, Ben Mike, Jafer Chohan (South Asian Cricket Academy), Shan Masood (Pakistan), Neil Wagner (New Zealand - first 10 County Championship matches), David Wiese (Namibia - Vitality Blast)

Lancashire - Keaton Jennings, Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon, Liam Livingstone, Steven Croft, Luke Wood, Tom Bailey, Danny Lamb, Phil Salt, James Anderson, Dane Vilas (South Africa), Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand), Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand)

Glamorgan - David Lloyd, Billy Root, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Daniel Douthwaite, Michael Neser, Andrew Salter, Timm van der Gugten, Eddie Byrom, James Harris, Sam Northeast, Colin Ingram (South Africa), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Michael Neser (Australia), Harry Podmore (Kent), Zain-ul-Hassan (South Asian Cricket Academy)

Durham - Alex Lees, Cameron Bancroft, Scott Borthwick, Jack Burnham, Ben Raine, Paul Coughlin, Liam Trevaskis, David Bedingham (South Africa), Ollie Robinson, Nathan Sowter, Brandon Glover, Bas de Leede, Matthew Kuhnemann (Australia), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa - Vitality Blast)

Worcestershire - Jake Libby, Jack Haynes, Brett D'Oliveira, Riki Wessels, Ben Cox, Joe Leach, Josh Tongue, Dillon Pennington, Ed Barnard, Taylor Cornall, Ben Gibbon, Ed Pollock, Adam Hose, Matthew Waite, Azhar Ali (Pakistan), Michael Bracewell (New Zealand - Vitality Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)

Leicestershire - Samuel Evans, Colin Ackermann, Lewis Hill, Rishi Patel, Harry Swindells, Chris Wright, Edward Barnes, Gavin Griffiths, Callum Parkinson, Harry Dearden, Roman Walker, Tom Scriven, Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Peter Handscomb (Australia - County Championship, April and May), Ajinkya Rahane (India - County Championship and One-Day Cup, June onwards), Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast), Sol Budinger, Matt Salisbury

Derbyshire - Billy Godleman, Brooke Guest, Wayne Madsen, Leus du Plooy, Ben Aitchison, Samuel Conners, Dustin Melton, Anuj Dal, Alex Thomson, Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka), Haider Ali (Pakistan), Zak Chappell, Matthew Lamb, Mark Watt

Middlesex - Sam Robson, Jack Davies, Robbie White, Martin Andersson, Blake Cullen, John Simpson, Ethan Bamber, Tim Murtagh, James Harris, Thilan Walallawita, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Mark Stoneman, Pieter Malan (South Africa), Ryan Higgins

Sussex - Tom Haines, Stiaan van Zyl, Tom Clark, Delray Rawlins, Ollie Robinson, George Garton, Jack Carson, JP Sarro, Jamie Atkins, Sean Hunt, Alastair Orr, Henry Crocombe, Will Beer, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Steven Finn, Tom Alsop, Steve Smith (Australia - three County Championship games in May), Cheteshwar Pujara (India), Shadab Khan (Pakistan - Vitality Blast), Nathan McAndrew (Australia - April to July, County Championship and Vitality Blast)

Nottinghamshire - Ben Slater, Haseeb Hameed, Ben Duckett, Joe Clarke, Lyndon James, Steven Mullaney, Tom Moores, Liam Patterson-White, Luke Fletcher, Olly Stone, Tom Loten, Dane Paterson (South Africa), Colin Munro (New Zealand - Vitality Blast), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan - Vitality Blast)

 

 Fixtures

NORTH GROUP

May 20: Birmingham Bears v Yorkshire Vikings (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
May 20: Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
May 24: Northants Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
May 25: Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (Old Trafford, Manchester)
May 26: Leicestershire Foxes v Birmingham Bears (Grace Road, Leicester)
May 26: Northants Steelbacks v Durham (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
May 26: Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
May 26: Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire Vikings (New Road, Worcester)
May 27: Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (Old Trafford, Manchester)
May 28: Yorkshire Vikings v Durham (Headingley, Leeds)
May 29: Birmingham Bears v Lancashire Lightning (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
May 29: Derbyshire Falcons v Northants Steelbacks (County Cricket Ground, Derby)
May 29: Durham v Notts Outlaws (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
May 29: Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes (New Road, Worcester)
May 30: Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire Vikings (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
May 31: Northants Steelbacks v Birmingham Bears (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
June 1: Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Grace Road, Leicester)
June 1: Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning (Headingley, Leeds)
June 2: Derbyshire Falcons v Birmingham Bears (County Cricket Ground, Derby)
June 2: Durham v Lancashire Lightning (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
June 2: Northants Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
June 2: Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
June 3: Birmingham Bears v Notts Outlaws (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
June 4: Durham v Leicestershire Foxes (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
June 4: Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
June 4: Worcestershire Rapids v Northants Steelbacks (New Road, Worcester)
June 4: Yorkshire Vikings v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley, Leeds)
June 6: Durham v Northants Steelbacks (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
June 6: Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings (Grace Road, Leicester)
June 7: Birmingham Bears v Derbyshire Falcons (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
June 7: Lancashire Lightning v Worcestershire Rapids (Stanley Park, Blackpool)
June 8: Notts Outlaws v Durham (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
June 9: Birmingham Bears v Northants Steelbacks (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
June 9: Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (County Cricket Ground, Derby)
June 9: Leicestershire Foxes v Durham (Grace Road, Leicester)
June 9: Yorkshire Vikings v Worcestershire Rapids (Headingley, Leeds)
June 16: Durham v Derbyshire Falcons (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
June 16: Northants Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
June 16: Worcestershire Rapids v Birmingham Bears (New Road, Worcester)
June 16: Yorkshire Vikings v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley, Leeds)
June 18: Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire Vikings (Queen’s Park, Chesterfield)
June 18: Lancashire Lightning v Durham (Old Trafford, Manchester)
June 18: Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Grace Road, Leicester)
June 18: Northants Steelbacks v Notts Outlaws (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
June 20: Durham v Birmingham Bears (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
June 20: Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (Grace Road, Leicester)
June 20: Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning (New Road, Worcester)
June 20: Yorkshire Vikings v Northants Steelbacks (Headingley, Leeds)
June 21: Northants Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (County Cricket Ground, Northampton)
June 22: Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (New Road, Worcester)
June 22: Yorkshire Vikings v Birmingham Bears (Headingley, Leeds)
June 23: Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
June 23: Durham v Yorkshire Vikings (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street)
June 23: Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (Old Trafford, Manchester)
June 23: Leicestershire Foxes v Northants Steelbacks (Grace Road, Leicester)
June 30: Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (County Cricket Ground, Derby)
June 30: Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings (Old Trafford, Manchester)
June 30: Notts Outlaws v Birmingham Bears (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
June 30: Worcestershire Rapids v Durham (New Road, Worcester)
July 2: Birmingham Bears v Durham (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
July 2: Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (County Cricket Ground, Derby)
July 2: Lancashire Lightning v Northants Steelbacks (Old Trafford, Manchester)
July 2: Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)

SOUTH GROUP

May 24: Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
May 24: Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Taunton)
May 25: Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s, London)
May 26: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (County Ground, Bristol)
May 26: Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
May 26: Surrey v Kent Spitfires (The Oval, London)
May 26: Sussex Sharks v Somerset (County Ground, Hove)
May 28: Somerset v Glamorgan (County Ground, Taunton)
May 28: Surrey v Sussex Sharks (The Oval, London)
May 29: Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood)
May 30: Essex Eagles v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Chelmsford)
May 30: Kent Spitfires v Somerset (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
May 31: Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
May 31: Middlesex v Glamorgan (Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood)
June 1: Sussex Sharks v Essex Eagles (County Ground, Hove)
June 2: Essex Eagles v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Chelmsford)
June 2: Glamorgan v Kent Spitfires (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
June 2: Gloucestershire v Surrey Cricket (County Ground, Bristol)
June 2: Somerset v Middlesex (County Ground, Taunton)
June 3: Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
June 4: Gloucestershire v Middlesex (County Ground, Bristol)
June 4: Kent Spitfires v Surrey Cricket (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
June 4: Somerset v Essex Eagles (County Ground, Taunton)
June 4: Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (County Ground, Hove)
June 6: Essex Eagles v Sussex Sharks (County Ground, Chelmsford)
June 6: Middlesex v Hampshire Hawks (Radlett Cricket Club, Radlett)
June 7: Glamorgan v Surrey (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
June 7: Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
June 7: Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
June 8: Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (Lord’s, London)
June 9: Glamorgan v Essex Eagles (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
June 9: Gloucestershire v Somerset (County Ground, Bristol)
June 9: Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
June 9: Sussex Sharks v Surrey (County Ground, Hove)
June 16: Essex Eagles v Glamorgan (County Ground, Chelmsford)
June 16: Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Lord’s, London)
June 16: Somerset v Surrey (County Ground, Taunton)
June 16: Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Hove)
June 17: Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Bristol)
June 18: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
June 18: Middlesex v Essex Eagles (Lord’s, London)
June 18: Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (The Oval, London)
June 19: Essex Eagles v Somerset (County Ground, Chelmsford)
June 20: Gloucestershire v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Bristol)
June 20: Surrey v Glamorgan (The Oval, London)
June 20: Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Hove)
June 21: Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
June 22: Essex Eagles v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Chelmsford)
June 22: Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (County Ground, Bristol)
June 22: Surrey v Middlesex (The Oval, London)
June 23: Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
June 23: Hampshire Hawks v Essex Eagles (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
June 23: Kent Spitfires v Middlesex (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
June 23: Somerset v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Taunton)
June 30: Essex Eagles v Middlesex (County Ground, Chelmsford)
June 30: Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
June 30: Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
June 30: Surrey v Somerset (The Oval, London)
July 1: Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Hove)
July 2: Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
July 2: Hampshire Hawks v Gloucestershire (Rose Bowl, Southampton)
July 2: Somerset v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Taunton)
July 2: Surrey v Essex Eagles (The Oval, London)

FINALS DAY

July 15: Semi-final 1 (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
July 15: Semi-final 2 (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
July 15: Final (Edgbaston, Birmingham)

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