Women's T20 Blast

T20 Blast Women
Tournament logo
CountriesEngland
AdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket Board
FormatWomen's Twenty20
First edition2025
Latest edition2026
Next edition2027
Number of teamsLeague One: 8 (9 from 2026)
League Two: 10 (9 from 2026)
Current championLeague One: The Blaze
League Two: Glamorgan (1st title)
Most successfulLeague One: Surrey, The Blaze (1 title each)
League Two: Glamorgan,
Middlesex (1 title each)

The T20 Blast Women,[1] officially known as the Vitality Blast Women for sponsorship reasons, is a professional women's Twenty20 county cricket competition in England and Wales, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Launched in 2025, it serves as the successor to the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Format

The tournament is split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League 1, and the second featuring the 10 remaining counties in League 2.

Teams

Eight teams from League 1 are competing in the inaugural 2025 season: the Birmingham Bears, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, the Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey, and The Blaze (Nottinghamshire).[2][3][4][5] Yorkshire will be awarded tier-one status and join the league in 2026, then Glamorgan in 2027, while further two teams will be awarded tier-one status in 2029.[6]

The remaining ten teams compete in League 2, in which each county plays eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The teams are divided into the following groups.

North group South group

Divisions

League One League Two
North group South group

Winners

League One

Season Winner Winning Margin Runner-up Venue City Source
2025 Surrey Won by 5 wickets[7] Birmingham Bears The Oval London Scorecard
2026 The Blaze Won by 10 wickets[8] Durham The Oval London Scorecard

League Two

Season Winner Winning Margin Runner-up Venue City Source
2025 Middlesex Won by 10 wickets[9] Yorkshire County Ground Northampton Scorecard
2026 Glamorgan Won by 32 runs[10] Gloucestershire Sophia Gardens Cardiff Scorecard

See also

References

  1. ↑ "England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) - The Official Website of the ECB". www.ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Women's teams to enter 2025 Blast and One-Day Cup". BBC Sport. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Raf (22 June 2024). "Blaze bring the heat to avenge defeats for historic Charlotte Edwards Cup win". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Top women's teams to play Blast, One Day Cup from 2025". ESPNcricinfo. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Women's domestic competitions to be aligned with T20 Blast and One Day Cup". Wisden. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "ECB announces eight counties to host professional women's teams from 2025". BBC Sport. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Surrey beat Bears to become T20 Blast champions". BBC Sport. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "The Blaze thump Durham by 10 wickets to win T20 Blast". BBC Sport. 17 July 2026. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "The best knockouts performance ever? County side cruise women's T20 Blast finals day without losing a wicket". Wisden. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Glamorgan Women win the T20 Blast League Two Final". South Wales Argus. 17 July 2026. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
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