The T20 Blast, England’s domestic Twenty20 competition, will resume with the 2022 edition that begins on May 25 – here’s the complete schedule, list of match fixtures, start times, and venues for the tournament.
The T20 Blast, the first official T20 competition when it began in 2003, has been called the Vitality Blast since 2018 for sponsorship reasons. This year will be the 20th anniversary of the tournament. Kent Spitfires won the 2021 edition.
This year’s Blast will run over a seven-week window (May 25 to July 16), which will be followed by the One Day Cup. The quarterfinals will be held from 6-9 July, with the finals day scheduled a week after that.
T20 Blast 2022 schedule: Full list of fixtures
Day-by-day fixtures are below. Match timings for all games can be found here.
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Kent Spitfires v Somerset (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Yorkshire Vikings v Worcestershire Rapids (Headingley)
Thursday 26 May 2022
Birmingham Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Edgbaston)
Leicestershire Foxes v Durham (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Radlett)
Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (The 1st Central County Ground)
Friday 27 May 2022
Derbyshire Falcons v Birmingham Bears (Incora County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (Bristol County Ground)
Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (Ageas Bowl)
Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Durham (County Ground, Northampton)
Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids (Trent Bridge)
Surrey v Glamorgan (Kia Oval)
Saturday 28 May 2022
Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Sunday 29 May 2022
Birmingham Bears v Durham (Edgbaston) – double header with Central Sparks v SE Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Lancashire Lightning v Worcestershire Rapids (Emirates Old Trafford)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (Radlett)
Notts Outlaws v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Trent Bridge) – double header with Loughborough Lightning v Southern Vipers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Somerset v Essex Eagles (The Cooper Associates County Ground) – double header with Western Storm v Sunrisers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (The 1st Central County Ground)
Yorkshire Vikings v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley) – double header with Northern Diamonds v NW Thunder in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Monday 30 May 2022
Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (Ageas Bowl)
Tuesday 31 May 2022
Essex Eagles v Hampshire Hawks (The Cloud County Ground)
Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Trent Bridge)
Surrey v Gloucestershire (Kia Oval)
Yorkshire Vikings v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley)
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Durham v Worcestershire Rapids (Riverside) – double header with Northern Diamonds v Loughborough Lightning in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires (Bristol County Ground) – double header with Western Storm v SE Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (Emirates Old Trafford) – double header with NW Thunder v Southern Vipers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes (County Ground, Northampton) – double header with Sunrisers v Central Sparks in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Somerset v Sussex Sharks (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Thursday 2 June 2022
Birmingham Bears v Leicestershire Foxes (Edgbaston)
Glamorgan v Essex Eagles (Sophia Gardens)
Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (Kia Oval)
Friday 3 June 2022
Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (Incora County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Essex Eagles (Bristol County Ground)
Kent Spitfires v Surrey (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire Lightning v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Emirates Old Trafford) – double header with NW Thunder v Loughborough Lightning in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Somerset v Glamorgan (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Sussex Sharks v Middlesex (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire Rapids v Birmingham Bears (New Road)
Yorkshire Vikings v Durham (Headingley)
Saturday 4 June 2022
Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (Ageas Bowl) – double header with Southern Vipers v Northern Diamonds in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Sunday 5 June 2022
Birmingham Bears v Notts Outlaws (Edgbaston)
Durham v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Riverside)
Glamorgan v Surrey (Sophia Gardens)
Kent Spitfires v Middlesex (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes (New Road) – double header with Central Sparks v Western Storm in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
Monday 6 June 2022
Yorkshire Vikings v Notts Outlaws (Headingley)
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Essex Eagles v Kent Spitfires (The Cloud County Ground)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens)
Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Hampshire Hawks (Radlett)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (County Ground, Northampton)
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Durham v Birmingham Bears (Riverside)
Surrey v Sussex Sharks (Kia Oval)
Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning (Headingley)
Thursday 9 June 2022
Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (Incora County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Somerset (Bristol County Ground)
Hampshire Hawks v Essex Eagles (Ageas Bowl)
Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (County Ground, Northampton)
Friday 10 June 2022
Birmingham Bears v Yorkshire Vikings (Edgbaston)
Durham v Lancashire Lightning (Riverside)
Essex Eagles v Middlesex (The Cloud County Ground)
Glamorgan v Hampshire Hawks (Sophia Gardens)
Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Somerset v Kent Spitfires (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire Rapids v Derbyshire Falcons (New Road)
Friday 17 June 2022
Durham v Yorkshire Vikings (Riverside)
Essex Eagles v Sussex Sharks (The Cloud County Ground)
Hampshire Hawks v Kent Spitfires (Ageas Bowl)
Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning (County Ground, Northampton)
Notts Outlaws v Birmingham Bears (Trent Bridge)
Somerset v Gloucestershire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Surrey v Middlesex (Kia Oval)
Saturday 18 June 2022
Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire Vikings (Chesterfield)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Bristol County Ground)
Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (New Road)
Sunday 19 June 2022
Birmingham Bears v Derbyshire Falcons (Edgbaston)
Durham v Leicestershire Foxes (Riverside)
Essex Eagles v Somerset (The Cloud County Ground)
Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks (Sophia Gardens)
Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Ageas Bowl)
Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (TBC)
Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Lord’s)
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Derbyshire Falcons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Incora County Ground)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens)
Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Trent Bridge)
Surrey v Somerset (Kia Oval)
Wednesday 22 June 2022
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Birmingham Bears (County Ground, Northampton)
Thursday 23 June 2022
Lancashire Lightning v Durham (TBC)
Middlesex v Essex Eagles (Lord’s)
Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Trent Bridge)
Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Sussex Sharks v Surrey (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire Vikings (New Road)
Friday 24 June 2022
Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (Edgbaston)
Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (Incora County Ground)
Durham v Notts Outlaws (Riverside)
Essex Eagles v Surrey (The Cloud County Ground)
Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens)
Gloucestershire v Hampshire Hawks (Bristol County Ground)
Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Yorkshire Vikings (County Ground, Northampton)
Friday 1 July 2022
Hampshire Hawks v Gloucestershire (Ageas Bowl)
Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Somerset (Lord’s)
Notts Outlaws v Durham (Trent Bridge)
Surrey v Kent Spitfires (Kia Oval)
Sussex Sharks v Essex Eagles (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning (New Road)
Yorkshire Vikings v Birmingham Bears (Headingley)
Saturday 2 July 2022
Essex Eagles v Glamorgan (The Cloud County Ground)
Sunday 3 July 2022
Derbyshire Falcons v Durham (Incora County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Middlesex (Bristol County Ground)
Kent Spitfires v Glamorgan (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire Lightning v Birmingham Bears (Emirates Old Trafford)
Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Somerset v Surrey (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (New Road)
T20 Blast schedule: Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Quarter-final 1 (Venue TBC)
Friday 8 July 2022
Quarter-final 2 (Venue TBC)
Quarter-final 3 (Venue TBC)
Saturday 9 July 2022
Quarter-final 4 (Venue TBC)
Saturday 16 July – Blast Finals Day
Semi-final 1 (Edgbaston)
Semi-final 2 (Edgbaston)
Vitality Blast final (Edgbaston)