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T20 Blast 2026

Aidan11

Aidan11

Striker
Fixtures for the new season due to be released this month.

Teams playing 12 games this season instead of 14 in the groups which seems a bit pointless but here we are.

Durham reached the QF last season before choking. Hopefully they can get to finals day this season.

I didnt title the thread as Vitality Blast as I'm not sure if they are still the sponsors for next season.
 

Ive found the link i was looking for which explains the revamp.

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"They will additionally play one home game against a county from outside their group and one away game against a side from another group."

This is the part i can't get my head around. How are they deciding who plays who? Is it a random draw? Seem a bit odd.
 
Waiting for all fixtures to come out to decide what membership I'll be taking out. Shifts at work changing from Jan so will need to figure out what'll work best. At least the cricket fixtures don't get moved for TV :lol:
 
Aidan11 said:
Teams playing 12 games this season instead of 14 in the groups which seems a bit pointless but here we are.
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Bowlers potentially bowling eight fewer overs and fielding for about three hours less. Wonder if they are having their wages reduced pro rata. I'm sure that will help relieve their mental and physical unwellness.
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Bowlers potentially bowling eight fewer overs and fielding for about three hours less. Wonder if they are having their wages reduced pro rata. I'm sure that will help relieve their mental and physical unwellness.
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Now that the counties have an extra £20m to play with, they should offer the players more money to play more games. I bet they'd take it as well.
 
Black_Cats1879 said:
Can’t leave well enough alone. It’s like they’re trying to make what used to be “the most popular format” unwatchable
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Constant tinkering with every format by 'those who know best' at ECB. Surely if they have to alter the formats all the time, then surely that means they have made a series of incorrect decisions and are unfit for purpose. In the event of an Ashes disaster, watch the outcry for a 'red ball reset'.
 

Fixtures:
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*denotes double-header with Vitality Blast Women's game

Friday 22 May​

*Derbyshire Falcons v Durham (Central Co-op County Ground, Derby)
*Essex v Sussex Sharks (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford)
*Gloucestershire v Warwickshire Bears (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)
*Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Uptonsteel Grace Road)
*Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Lord’s)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Glamorgan (County Ground, Northampton)
*Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire (Trent Bridge)
*Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
*Surrey v Lancashire Lightning (Kia Oval)

Saturday 23 May​

*Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens)

Sunday 24 May​

*Durham v Leicestershire Foxes (Banks Homes Riverside)
*Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s)
*Warwickshire Bears v Somerset (EdgBLASTon)
*Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Visit Worcestershire New Road)
*Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley)

Monday 25 May​

*Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
*Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (Emirates Old Trafford)

Tuesday 26 May​

*Hampshire Hawks v Essex (Utilita Bowl)

Wednesday 27 May​

Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Uptonsteel Grace Road)

Friday 29 May​

Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (Central Co-op County Ground, Derby)
*Durham v Yorkshire (Banks Homes Riverside)
Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens)
*Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Utilita Bowl)
Kent Spitfires v Essex (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
*Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Northampton)
Worcestershire Rapids v Warwickshire Bears (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Saturday 30 May​

Sussex Sharks v Middlesex (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Sunday 31 May​

*Essex v Derbyshire Falcons (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford)
Middlesex v Hampshire Hawks (Merchant Taylors’ School)
*Notts Outlaws v Durham (Trent Bridge)
*Surrey v Kent Spitfires (Kia Oval)
Warwickshire Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (EdgBLASTon)
Yorkshire v Gloucestershire (Headingley)

Tuesday 2 June​

Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (Utilita Bowl)

Wednesday 3 June​

Surrey v Middlesex (Kia Oval)

Thursday 4 June​

Somerset v Glamorgan (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Friday 5 June​

*Gloucestershire v Somerset (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)
*Notts Outlaws v Warwickshire Bears (Trent Bridge)
*Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (Kia Oval)
*Sussex Sharks v Leicestershire Foxes (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Worcestershire Rapids v Glamorgan (Visit Worcestershire New Road)
*Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning (Headingley)

Saturday 6 June​

Durham v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Banks Homes Riverside)

Sunday 7 June​

*Gloucestershire v Worcestershire Rapids (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)
Lancashire Lightning v Glamorgan (Blackpool)
*Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire (Uptonsteel Grace Road)
*Middlesex v Essex (Merchant Taylors' School)
*Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Trent Bridge)
*Somerset v Warwickshire Bears (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Tuesday 9 June​

*Durham v Lancashire Lightning (Banks Homes Riverside)
Essex v Kent Spitfires (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (County Ground, Northampton)

Friday 26 June​

Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens)
*Hampshire Hawks v Yorkshire (Utilita Bowl)
Kent Spitfires v Notts Outlaws (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning (Uptonsteel Grace Road)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Essex (County Ground, Northampton)
*Somerset v Gloucestershire (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
Sussex Sharks v Surrey (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
*Warwickshire Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (EdgBLASTon)

Sunday 28 June​

Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire (Chesterfield)
*Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
*Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (Uptonsteel Grace Road)
Middlesex v Durham (Richmond)
*Worcestershire Rapids v Somerset (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Wednesday 1 July​

Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (Central Co-op County Ground, Derby)
Essex v Surrey (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford)
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)
*Warwickshire Bears v Sussex Sharks (EdgBLASTon)

Friday 3 July​

*Glamorgan v Warwickshire Bears (Sophia Gardens)
*Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Trent Bridge)
*Sussex Sharks v Essex (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Worcestershire Rapids v Kent Spitfires (Visit Worcestershire New Road)
*Yorkshire v Durham (Headingley)

Saturday 4 July​

Gloucestershire v Surrey (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

Sunday 5 July​

*Durham v Notts Outlaws (Banks Homes Riverside)
*Essex v Middlesex (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford)
*Glamorgan v Worcestershire Rapids (Sophia Gardens)
*Hampshire Hawks v Kent Spitfires (Utilita Bowl)
*Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset (County Ground, Northampton)
*Warwickshire Bears v Gloucestershire (EdgBLASTon)
Yorkshire v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley)

Monday 6 July​

Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (Emirates Old Trafford)

Wednesday 8 July​

Derbyshire Falcons v Somerset (Central Co-op County Ground, Derby)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Sophia Gardens)
*Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (Utilita Bowl)
Leicestershire Foxes v Durham (Uptonsteel Grace Road)
*Surrey v Sussex Sharks (Kia Oval)

Friday 10 July​

*Durham v Derbyshire Falcons (Banks Homes Riverside)
Essex v Hampshire Hawks (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford)
Kent Spitfires v Surrey (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
*Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (Merchant Taylors’ School)
*Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Trent Bridge)
Somerset v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
*Warwickshire Bears v Glamorgan (EdgBLASTon)
Worcestershire Rapids v Gloucestershire (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Sunday 12 July​

Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (Central Co-op County Ground, Derby)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)
Kent Spitfires v Middlesex (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
*Lancashire Lightning v Durham (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Warwickshire Bears (County Ground, Northampton)
*Somerset v Worcestershire Rapids (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
* Surrey v Essex (Kia Oval)
Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
*Yorkshire v Notts Outlaws (Headingley)

Wednesday 15 July​

Vitality Blast quarter-finals

Saturday 18 July​

Vitality Blast semi-final 1
Vitality Blast semi-final 2
Vitality Blast Final (all EdgBLASTon)
 
they were doing so well.... but a bloody tuesday for the lasses to play Yorksghire and the Men play lancs seems like a missed opportunity not to have it on a friday or a weekend
 
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