2025 Women's T20 Blast
| Dates | 29 May – 27 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Host(s) |  England Wales |
| Participants | 18 |
| Official website | Vitality Blast |
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 county cricket competition in England and Wales.[1] The tournament will be played from 29 May to 27 July 2025, with eighteen county teams taking part.
The tournament will run alongside the 2025 T20 Blast.
Format
[edit]The 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
[edit]Eight 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 (Nottinghamshire).[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 |
|---|---|
Points table
[edit]League One
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]North Group
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]League Two
[edit]North Group
[edit]South Group
[edit]Finals Day
[edit]League Two
[edit]Semi-final 1
26 June 2025 |
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Semi-final 2
26 June 2025 |
TBD
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Final
26 June 2025 |
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League One
[edit]References
[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.