The Vitality T20 Blast 2023 is all set to get underway from Saturday, May 20 with a double-header that pits Birmingham Bears against Yorkshire Vikings and Derbyshire Falcons against Lancashire Lightning.
Organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Vitality T20 Blast - the premier domestic Twenty20 tournament in England - is the oldest national competition on the globe.
A total of 18 county-based teams will be a part of the upcoming season of the competition and these sides have been split into two groups of nine teams each.
The North Group features teams like Birmingham Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northants Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, and Yorkshire Vikings.
The South Group, on the other hand, comprises Essex Eagles, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, and Sussex Sharks.
The nine county-based teams from both groups will play 14 games - seven at home and seven away - from May 20 to July 2.
At the end of the group stage, the top two teams from both groups will compete in the semi-finals for a spot in the final. Both semi-finals and the final are slated to take place on July 15.
The upcoming season of T20 Blast is the 21st edition of the tournament. Hampshire Hawks is the defending champion as well as the most successful team in the tournament with three titles alongside Leicestershire Lightning, who also won the title thrice.
A total of 133 matches will be played over the course of the tournament, including the semi-finals and final.
Where to watch Vitality T20 Blast 2023 live in India?
Live streaming of Vitality T20 Blast 2023 will be available on the FanCode app and website.
Live telecast of the Vitality T20 Blast 2023 in India will be available on Sony Sports Network’s TV channels.
Vitality T20 Blast 2023 schedule, venues and live India match times
All timings as per Indian Standard Time (IST)
North Group fixtures
May 20
Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (Edgbaston, Birmingham) 7:00 PM
Birmingham Bears v Yorkshire Vikings (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 11:00 PM
May 24
Northants Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 11:00 PM
May 25
Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (Old Trafford, Manchester), 5:00 PM
May 26
Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire Vikings (New Road, Worcester), 10:00 PM
Leicestershire Foxes v Birmingham Bears (Grace Road, Leicester), 11:00 PM
Northants Steelbacks v Durham (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 11:00 PM
Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 11:00 PM
May 27
Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (Old Trafford, Manchester), 11:00 PM
May 28
Yorkshire Vikings v Durham (Headingley, Leeds), 4:00 PM
May 29
Birmingham Bears v Lancashire Lightning (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 7:00 PM
Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes (New Road, Worcester), 7:00 PM
Derbyshire Falcons v Northants Steelbacks (County Cricket Ground, Derby), 7:30 PM
Durham v Notts Outlaws (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 7:30 PM
May 30
Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire Vikings (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 11:00 PM
May 31
Northants Steelbacks v Birmingham Bears (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 11:00 PM
June 1
Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Grace Road, Leicester), 11:00 PM
Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning (Headingley, Leeds), 11:30 PM
June 2
Derbyshire Falcons v Birmingham Bears (County Cricket Ground, Derby), 11:00 PM
Durham v Lancashire Lightning (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 11:00 PM
Northants Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 11:00 PM
Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 11:00 PM
June 3
Birmingham Bears v Notts Outlaws (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 11:00 PM
June 4
Yorkshire Vikings v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley, Leeds), 4:00 PM
Durham v Leicestershire Foxes (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 7:00 PM
Worcestershire Rapids v Northants Steelbacks (New Road, Worcester), 7:00 PM
Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 7:30 PM
June 6
Durham v Northants Steelbacks (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 11:00 PM
Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings (Grace Road, Leicester), 11:00 PM
June 7
Lancashire Lightning v Worcestershire Rapids (Stanley Park, Blackpool), 10:00 PM
Birmingham Bears v Derbyshire Falcons (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 11:00 PM
June 8
Notts Outlaws v Durham (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 11:00 PM
June 9
Birmingham Bears v Northants Steelbacks (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 11:00 PM
Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (County Cricket Ground, Derby), 11:00 PM
Leicestershire Foxes v Durham (Grace Road, Leicester), 11:00 PM
Yorkshire Vikings v Worcestershire Rapids (Headingley, Leeds), 11:00 PM
June 16
Worcestershire Rapids v Birmingham Bears (New Road, Worcester), 10:00 PM
Durham v Derbyshire Falcons (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 11:00 PM
Northants Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 11:00 PM
Yorkshire Vikings v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley, Leeds), 11:00 PM
June 18
Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire Vikings (Queen’s Park, Chesterfield), 7:00 PM
Lancashire Lightning v Durham (Old Trafford, Manchester), 7:00 PM
Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Grace Road, Leicester), 7:00 PM
Northants Steelbacks v Notts Outlaws (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 7:00 PM
June 20
Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning (New Road, Worcester), 10:00 PM
Durham v Birmingham Bears (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 11:00 PM
Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (Grace Road, Leicester), 11:00 PM
Yorkshire Vikings v Northants Steelbacks (Headingley, Leeds), 11:00 PM
June 21
Northants Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (County Cricket Ground, Northampton), 11:00 PM
June 22
Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (New Road, Worcester), 10:00 PM
Yorkshire Vikings v Birmingham Bears (Headingley, Leeds), 11:00 PM
June 23
Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 11:00 PM
Durham v Yorkshire Vikings (Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street), 11:00 PM
Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (Old Trafford, Manchester), 11:00 PM
Leicestershire Foxes v Northants Steelbacks (Grace Road, Leicester), 11:00 PM
June 30
Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (County Cricket Ground, Derby), 11:00 PM
Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings (Old Trafford, Manchester), 11:00 PM
Notts Outlaws v Birmingham Bears (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 11:00 PM
Worcestershire Rapids v Durham (New Road, Worcester), 11:00 PM
July 2
Birmingham Bears v Durham (Edgbaston, Birmingham), 7:00 PM
Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (County Cricket Ground, Derby), 7:00 PM
Lancashire Lightning v Northants Steelbacks (Old Trafford, Manchester), 7:00 PM
Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Trent Bridge, Nottingham), 7:00 PM
South Group fixtures
May 24
Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 11:00 PM
Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Taunton), 11:30 PM
May 25
Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s, London), 11:00 PM
May 26
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (County Ground, Bristol), 11:00 PM
Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (Rose Bowl, Southampton), 11:30 PM
Surrey v Kent Spitfires (The Oval, London), 11:00 PM
Sussex Sharks v Somerset (County Ground, Hove), 11:30 PM
May 28
Somerset v Glamorgan (County Ground, Taunton), 11:00 PM
Surrey v Sussex Sharks (The Oval, London), 7:00 PM
May 29
Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood), 7:00 PM
May 30
Essex Eagles v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Chelmsford), 10:30 PM
Kent Spitfires v Somerset (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 11:00 PM
May 31
Middlesex v Glamorgan (Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood), 9:00 PM
Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Rose Bowl, Southampton), 10:30 PM
June 1
Sussex Sharks v Essex Eagles (County Ground, Hove), 11:00 PM
June 2
Essex Eagles v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Chelmsford), 11:00 PM
Glamorgan v Kent Spitfires (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 11:00 PM
Gloucestershire v Surrey (County Ground, Bristol), 11:00 PM
Somerset v Middlesex (County Ground, Taunton), 11:00 PM
June 3
Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (Rose Bowl, Southampton), 11:00 PM
June 4
Gloucestershire v Middlesex (County Ground, Bristol), 7:00 PM
Kent Spitfires v Surrey Cricket (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 7:00 PM
Somerset v Essex Eagles (County Ground, Taunton), 7:00 PM
Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (County Ground, Hove), 7:00 PM
June 6
Middlesex v Hampshire Hawks (Radlett Cricket Club, Radlett), 10:00 PM
Essex Eagles v Sussex Sharks (County Ground, Chelmsford), 11:00 PM
June 7
Glamorgan v Surrey (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 11:00 PM
Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (Rose Bowl, Southampton), 11:00 PM
Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 11:00 PM
June 8
Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (Lord’s, London), 11:00 PM
June 9
Glamorgan v Essex Eagles (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 11:00 PM
Gloucestershire v Somerset (County Ground, Bristol), 11:00 PM
Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 11:00 PM
Sussex Sharks v Surrey (County Ground, Hove), 11:00 PM
June 16
Essex Eagles v Glamorgan (County Ground, Chelmsford), 11:00 PM
Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Lord’s, London), 11:00 PM
Somerset v Surrey (County Ground, Taunton), 11:00 PM
Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Hove), 11:00 PM
June 17
Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Bristol), 11:00 PM
June 18
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 7:00 PM
Middlesex v Essex Eagles (Lord’s, London), 7:00 PM
Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (The Oval, London), 7:00 PM
June 19
Essex Eagles v Somerset (County Ground, Chelmsford), 7:00 PM
June 20
Gloucestershire v Hampshire Hawks (County Ground, Bristol), 11:00 PM
Surrey v Glamorgan (The Oval, London), 11:00 PM
Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Hove), 11:00 PM
June 21
Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 11:00 PM
June 22
Essex Eagles v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Chelmsford), 11:00 PM
Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (County Ground, Bristol), 11:00 PM
Surrey v Middlesex (The Oval, London), 11:00 PM
June 23
Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 11:00 PM
Hampshire Hawks v Essex Eagles (Rose Bowl, Southampton), 11:00 PM
Kent Spitfires v Middlesex (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 11:00 PM
Somerset v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Taunton), 11:30 PM
June 30
Essex Eagles v Middlesex (County Ground, Chelmsford), 10:00 PM
Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan (Rose Bowl, Southampton), 11:00 PM
Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury), 11:00 PM
Surrey v Somerset (The Oval, London), 11:00 PM
July 1
Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Hove), 7:00 PM
July 2
Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff), 7:00 PM
Hampshire Hawks v Gloucestershire (Rose Bowl, Southampton) , 7:00 PM
Surrey v Essex Eagles (The Oval, London), 7:00 PM
Somerset v Kent Spitfires (County Ground, Taunton), 11:00 PM
July 15
Semi-final 1 (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
Semi-final 2 (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
Final (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
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