The 2025 Women's T20 Blast (also known as 2025 Women's Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons) will be the inaugural season of the Women's T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league that will be played in England.[1] The tournament will begin from 29 May to 27 July 2025 with local teams taking part.
Dates | 29 May – 27 July 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Host(s) | ![]() ![]() |
Participants | 18 |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
The tournament will run alongside the 2025 T20 Blast.
Format
editThe tournament will be split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League One and the second featuring the 10 remaining teams split into two groups in League Two.
Teams
editEight teams from League One will compete in the inaugural season: the Birmingham Bears, Durham, Essex Eagles, Hampshire Hawks, Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey and The Blaze.[1][2][3][4] Glamorgan and Yorkshire Vikings 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 Two in which each county plays eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The top two teams from each group will progress to Finals Day. The teams are divided into the following groups:
North Group | South Group |
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Points table
editLeague One
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Birmingham Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
2 | Durham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
3 | Essex Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
4 | Hampshire Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Lancashire Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | Somerset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
7 | Surrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
8 | The Blaze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
League Two
editNorth Group
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Derbyshire Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to Finals Day |
2 | Leicestershire Foxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | Northants Steelbacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | Worcestershire Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | Yorkshire Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
South Group
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Glamorgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to Finals Day |
2 | Gloucestershire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | Kent Spitfires | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | Middlesex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | Sussex Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
League One
editLeague Two
editNorth Group
editSouth Group
editFinals Day
editLeague Two
editSemi-final 1
26 June 2025 |
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Semi-final 2
26 June 2025 |
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Final
26 June 2025 |
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League One
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Women's teams to enter 2025 Blast and One-Day Cup". BBC Sport. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Nicholson, Raf (22 June 2024). "Blaze bring the heat to avenge defeats for historic Charlotte Edwards Cup win". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Top women's teams to play Blast, One Day Cup from 2025". ESPNcricinfo. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Women's domestic competitions to be aligned with T20 Blast and One Day Cup". Wisden. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "ECB announces eight counties to host professional women's teams from 2025". BBC Sport. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.