2023 T20 Blast

The 2023 Vitality Blast will be the 2023 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 20 May to 15 July 2023.[1] It will be the sixth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), will be branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship.[2] The Hampshire Hawks are the defending champions, having won their third title during the previous season.[3] On 30 November 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[1]

2023 Vitality Blast
Dates20 May – 15 July 2023
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
Participants18
Official websiteVitality Blast

Format

The playing format is the same as the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away.[4]

Teams

The teams were divided into the following groups:

North Group

South Group

References
  1. "Schedule for 2023 domestic season announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. "Vitality Blast Finals Day 2023 confirmed for 15 July". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. Scott, Ged (16 July 2022). "T20 Blast Finals Day: Hampshire beat Lancashire in double final-ball thriller to win for third time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. Flynn, Connor (1 December 2022). "Vitality Blast 2023: Fixtures, Format and Teams". Seat Unique. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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