Check out the schedule for the Vitality Blast men’s competition in 2025, which starts on Thursday 29 May and ends on 13 September.
The Blast-Off weekend will kick off a new look at the competition, with 10 double headers and all eight counties of the Vitality Blast women’s competition. Rivals Week will also continue in the men’s competition with the oldest county rivalry taking center stage.
Each men’s county team plays 14 group phase matches against the counties in their respective groups. The top four teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals, with the winners then advancing to Finals Day.
Northern Group: Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire Vikings.
Southern Group: Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Sussex Sharks, Surrey.
Full 2025 schedule
* indicates a double header with a women’s game
Thursday 29 May
Lancashire Lightning v Worcestershire Rapids (Emirates Old Trafford)
*Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (Lord’s)
Friday May 30th
Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires (Unique Seat Stadium, Bristol)
*Hampshire Hawks v Essex (Utility Bowl)
Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Uptonsteel County Ground)
* Notts Outlaws v Bears (Trent Bridge)
* Somerset v Surrey (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
Yorkshire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Headingley)
Saturday May 31st
* Bears v Durham Cricket (Edgbaston)
*Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (Emirates Old Trafford)
Sunday June 1st
*Durham Cricket v Lancashire Lightning (Seat Unique Riverside)
*Essex v Somerset (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
*Middlesex v Glamorgan (Merchant Taylors School)
*Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes (County Ground, Northampton)
*Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
Tuesday June 3rd
Glamorgan v Surrey (Sophia Gardens)
Wednesday June 4th
Derbyshire Falcons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (County Ground, Derby)
Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (Emirates Old Trafford)
Thursday, June 5
Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Lord’s)
*Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (Kia Oval)
Friday, June 6
* Bears v Yorkshire (Edgbaston)
*Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (County Ground, Derby)
Glamorgan v Essex (Sophia Gardens)
Hampshire Hawks v Gloucestershire (Utility Bowl)
Kent Spitfires v Surrey (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Leicestershire Foxes v Durham Cricket (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Sussex Sharks v Somerset (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
Saturday June 7th
*Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids (Trent Bridge)
Sunday June 8th
* Bears v Derbyshire Falcons (Edgbaston)
Essex v Middlesex (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire Lightning v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Emirates Old Trafford)
*Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
*Yorkshire v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley)
Wednesday June 11th
* Durham Cricket v Derbyshire Falcons (Seat Unique Riverside)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Bears (County Ground, Northampton)
Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire (Trent Bridge)
Thursday, June 12
* Essex v Glamorgan (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
Somerset v Middlesex (Cooper Associates County Ground)
Surrey v Kent Spitfires (Kia Oval)
Friday, June 13
Gloucestershire v Somerset (Unique Seat Stadium, Bristol)
Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (Utility Bowl)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Durham Cricket (County Ground, Northampton)
Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Trent Bridge)
Sussex Sharks v Essex (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
Yorkshire v Bears (Headingley)
Saturday June 14th
Bears v Notts Outlaws (Edgbaston)
Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (Edgbaston)
Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks (Sophia Gardens)
Sunday June 15th
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Unique Seat Stadium, Bristol)
* Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Uptonsteel County Ground)
* Somerset v Kent Spitfires (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
Yorkshire v Durham Cricket (York)
Tuesday June 17th
*Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Utility Bowl)
Wednesday June 18th
Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
*Surrey v Sussex Sharks (Kia Oval)
Worcestershire Rapids v Durham Cricket (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
Thursday 19 June
Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Essex (Lord’s)
* Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
Friday, June 20
* Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (Edgbaston)
Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (County Ground, Derby)
* Durham Cricket v Yorkshire (Seat Unique Riverside)
Essex v Kent Spitfires (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens)
Gloucestershire v Hampshire Hawks (Unique Seat Stadium, Bristol)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Notts Outlaws (County Ground, Northampton)
Surrey v Middlesex (Kia Oval)
Friday 4th of July
*Durham Cricket v Notts Outlaws (Seat Unique Riverside)
Essex v Gloucestershire (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Leicestershire Foxes v Bears (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning (County Ground, Northampton)
Somerset v Glamorgan (Cooper Associates County Ground)
Yorkshire v Worcestershire Rapids (Headingley)
Saturday July 5th
*Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (Emirates Old Trafford)
*Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Sunday 6 July
Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire (Chesterfield)
Durham Cricket v Bears (Seat Unique Riverside)
Glamorgan v Kent Spitfires (Sophia Gardens)
Gloucestershire v Middlesex (Unique Seat Stadium, Bristol)
*Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (Utility Bowl)
*Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (County Ground, Northampton)
*Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Trent Bridge)
*Surrey v Essex (Kia Oval)
Tuesday July 8th
* Somerset v Essex (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)
Wednesday 9 July
* Bears v Lancashire Lightning (Edgbaston)
Gloucestershire v Surrey (Unique Seat Stadium, Bristol)
Middlesex v Hampshire (Merchant Taylors School)
Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Thursday, July 10
Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (County Ground, Derby)
Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan (Utility Bowl)
Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Saturday, July 11
Essex v Sussex Sharks (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
Kent Spitfires v Somerset (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Merchant Taylors School)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (County Ground, Northampton)
*Notts Outlaws v Durham Cricket (Trent Bridge)
Surrey v Glamorgan (Kia Oval)
Worcestershire Rapids v Bears (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
Sunday 13 July
Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Edgbaston)
*Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens)
*Kent v Middlesex (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
*Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (Utility Bowl)
*Lancashire Lightning v Durham Cricket (Emirates Old Trafford)
*Surrey v Somerset (Kia Oval)
*Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
*Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley)
Tuesday July 15th
*Durham Cricket v Leicestershire Foxes (Seat Unique Riverside)
Wednesday July 16th
Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s)
Thursday 17 July
Essex v Hampshire Hawks (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)
Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (Cheltenham College)
Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (Visiting Worcestershire New Road)
Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning (Headingley)
Friday, July 18
* Derbyshire Falcons v Bears (County Ground, Derby)
Durham Cricket v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Seat Unique Riverside)
*Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens)
Kent v Essex (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
* Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Trent Bridge)
Somerset v Gloucestershire (Cooper Associates County Ground)
Sussex Sharks v Surrey (1st Central County Ground, Hove)
Wednesday, September 3
Quarter final 1
Friday, September 5
Quarter final 2
Saturday 6 September
Quarter final 3
Quarter final 4
Saturday 13 September
Men’s Vitality Blast Final Day (Edgbaston)
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