The 2021 Vitality T20 Blast 2021 will start on June 9 with four games scheduled to be held on the opening day of the tournament. Here’s the full T20 Blast 2021 fixtures for the upcoming season.
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The T20 Blast is one of the longest T20 tournaments, running for over two months every year. The 2021 edition will commence from June 9 with the Finals Day scheduled to be held on September 18 at Edgbaston. A total of 133 T20s will be played between 18 counties of England and Wales over the course of the next few months. The league stages have been divided into two divisions – the North Division and the South Division.
The opening day of the T20 Blast 2021 will see four fixtures – Lancashire will play the opener with Derbyshire while Worcestershire take on Nottinghamshire in the second match of the day. Somerset and Sussex will play the first game of the South Group, which will be followed by a match between Kent and Hampshire.
The last league game of the tournament will be held on July 18 with the quarter finals only commencing from August 24 as most players will be involved in The Hundred that is slated to be held from July 21.
Nottinghamshire will enter the T20 Blast as the defending champions after they defeated Surrey in the finals last year. Leicestershire are the most successful team in the history of the tournament, with three titles.
T20 Blast 2021 fixtures:
June
09, Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury
09, Lancashire v Derbyshire, Emirates Old Trafford
09, Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, New Road
09, Somerset v Essex, The Cooper Associates County Ground
10, Yorkshire v Birmingham Bears, Emerald Headingley
10, Lancashire v Leicestershire, Emirates Old Trafford
10, Middlesex v Surrey, Lord’s
10, Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Sophia Gardens
11, Gloucestershire v Sussex, Bristol County Ground
11, Kent v Middlesex, Canterbury
11, Durham v Yorkshire, Emirates Riverside
11, Essex v Hampshire, The Cloudfm County Ground
11, Somerset v Surrey, The Cooper Associates County Ground
11, Northamptonshire v Worcestershire, The County Ground Northampton
11, Nottinghamshire v Birmingham Bears, Trent Bridge
11, Leicestershire v Derbyshire, Uptonsteel County Ground
12, Sussex v Hampshire, The 1st Central County Ground
13, Kent v Gloucestershire, Canterbury
13, Worcestershire v Lancashire, New Road
13, Glamorgan v Essex, Sophia Gardens
13, Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire, The County Ground Northampton
13, Derbyshire v Birmingham Bears, The Incora County Ground
13, Leicestershire v Durham, Uptonsteel County Ground
14, Surrey v Glamorgan, Kia Oval,
15, Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Emerald Headingley
15, Durham v Nottinghamshire, Emirates Riverside
15, Middlesex v Hampshire, TBC
15, Essex v Sussex, The Cloudfm County Ground
15, Somerset v Kent, The Cooper Associates County Ground
15, Northamptonshire v Birmingham Bears, The County Ground Northampton
15, Derbyshire v Lancashire, The Incora County Ground
16, Worcestershire v Yorkshire, New Road
16, Glamorgan v Kent, Sophia Gardens
16, Leicestershire v Birmingham Bears, Uptonsteel County Ground
17, Durham v Lancashire, Emirates Riverside
17, Surrey v Sussex, Kia Oval
17, Middlesex v Gloucestershire, TBC
17, Derbyshire v Northamptonshire, The Incora County Ground
18, Birmingham Bears v Lancashire, Edgbaston
18, Yorkshire v Durham, Emerald Headingley
18, Surrey v Hampshire, Kia Oval
18, Worcestershire v Northamptonshire, New Road
18, Glamorgan v Middlesex, Sophia Gardens
18, Sussex v Somerset, The 1st Central County Ground
18, Essex v Gloucestershire, The Cloudfm County Ground
18, Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Trent Bridge
19, Somerset v Glamorgan, The Cooper Associates County Ground
20, Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol County Ground
20, Kent v Essex, Canterbury
20, Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Emerald Headingley
20, Durham v Birmingham Bears, Emirates Riverside
20, Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Emirates Old Trafford
20, Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, The County Ground Northampton
21, Surrey v Essex, Kia Oval
22, Gloucestershire v Kent, Bristol County Ground
22, Sussex v Glamorgan, The 1st Central County Ground
22, Derbyshire v Leicestershire, The Incora County Ground
22, Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire, Trent Bridge
23, Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Emerald Headingley
23, Durham v Northamptonshire, Emirates Riverside
23, Surrey v Somerset, Kia Oval
24, Birmingham Bears v Derbyshire, Edgbaston
24, Middlesex v Essex, Lord’s
24, Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Bristol County Ground
25, Surrey v Middlesex, Kia Oval
25, Worcestershire v Durham, New Road
25, Sussex v Gloucestershire, The 1st Central County Ground
25, Essex v Kent, The Cloudfm County Ground
25, Somerset v Hampshire, The Cooper Associates County Ground
25, Northamptonshire v Lancashire, The County Ground Northampton
25, Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire, The Incora County Ground
25, Leicestershire v Yorkshire, Uptonsteel County Ground
26, Birmingham Bears v Durham, Edgbaston
26, Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, Emerald Headingley
26, Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Trent Bridge
27, Worcestershire v Leicestershire, New Road
27, Middlesex v Glamorgan, TBC
27, Sussex v Surrey, The 1st Central County Ground
28, Hampshire v Middlesex, Ageas Bowl
28, Kent v Somerset, Canterbury
29, Glamorgan v Surrey, Sophia Gardens
29, Sussex Kent, The 1st Central County Ground
29, Essex v Somerset, The Cloudfm County Ground
29, Leicestershire v Northamptonshire, Uptonsteel County Ground
30, Hampshire v Surrey, Ageas Bowl
30, Birmingham Bears v Yorkshire, Edgbaston
30, Northamptonshire v Durham, The County Ground Northampton
July
01, Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bristol County Ground
01, Lancashire v Worcestershire, Emirates Old Trafford
01, Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s
01, Essex v Glamorgan, The Cloudfm County Ground
01, Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Trent Bridge
02, Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Ageas Bowl,
02, Kent v Surrey, Canterbury
02, Birmingham Bears v Nottinghamshire, Edgbaston
02, Yorkshire v Lancashire, Emerald Headingley
02, Durham v Leicestershire, Emirates Riverside
02, Glamorgan v Sussex, Sophia Gardens
02, Somerset v Middlesex, The Cooper Associates County Ground
02, Derbyshire v Worcestershire, The Incora County Ground
09, Hampshire v Somerset, Ageas Bowl
09, Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Cheltenham
09, Lancashire v Northamptonshire, Emirates Old Trafford
09, Durham v Derbyshire, Emirates Riverside
09, Surrey v Kent, Kia Oval,
09, Worcestershire v Birmingham Bears, New Road
09, Sussex v Essex, The 1st Central County Ground
09, Nottinghamshire b Yorkshire, Trent Bridge
16, Hampshire v Essex, Ageas Bowl
16, Hampshire v Sussex, Ageas Bowl
16, Gloucestershire v Surrey, Cheltenham
16, Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire, Edgbaston
16, Lancashire v Durham, Emirates Old Trafford
16, Middlesex v Kent, Lord’s
16, Glamorgan v Somerset, Sophia Gardens
16, Northamptonshire v Derbyshire, The County Ground Northampton
16, Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire, Uptonsteel County Ground
17, Lancashire v Yorkshire, Emirates Old Trafford
18, Hampshire v Glamorgan, Ageas Bowl
18, Kent v Sussex, Canterbury
18, Derbyshire v Yorkshire, Chesterfield
18, Birmingham Bears v Northamptonshire, Edgbaston
18, Essex v Middlesex, The Cloudfm County Ground
18, Somerset v Gloucestershire, The Cooper Associates County Ground
18, Nottinghamshire v Durham, Trent Bridge
18, Leicestershire v Worcestershire, Uptonsteel County Ground
August
24, QF
25, QF
26, QF
27, QF
September (Finals Day at Edgbaston)
18, SF
18, SF
18, Final