The tournament gets underway on May 25 with a replay of last year’s final as holders Kent Spitfires host Somerset at the St. Lawrence Ground. The squads for the T20 Blast include overseas players from Australia, Afghanistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe, as well as the top performers across England.

More than 100 matches will be played across a 40-day period that will see each T20 side use their Blast squads wisely. Headline overseas acquisitions this year include Rashid Khan (Sussex), Marnus Labuschagne (Glamorgan), Daniel Sams (Essex), Carlos Brathwaite (Birmingham), Chris Lynn (Northants), Kieron Pollard (Surrey), Dwayne Bravo (Worcs) with many, many more stars featuring besides.

T20 Blast squads

Birmingham Bears

Captain: Carlos Brathwaite

Overseas players: Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies) (c), Paul Stirling (Ireland), Nathan McAndrew (Australia)

Domestic players: Will Rhodes, Chris Benjamin, Jacob Bethell, Danny Briggs, Alex Davies, Ethan Brookes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess, George Garrett, Sam Hain, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Adam Hose, Manraj Johal, Matt Lamb, Jake Lintott, Craig Miles, Dan Mousley, Liam Norwell, Dominic Sibley, Chris Woakes, Robert Yates, Olly Stone

Derbyshire Falcons

Captain: Shan Masood

Overseas players: Dustin Melton (Zimbabwe), Shan Masood (Pakistan), Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka)

Domestic players: Billy Godleman, Alex Thomson, Mark Watt, Wayne Madsen, Leus du Plooy, Tom Wood, Harry Came, Alex Hughes, Anuj Dal, Luis Reece, Mattie McKiernan, Alex Thomson, Cam Connors, Michael Cohen, Ban Aitchison, Mark Watt, George Scrimshaw, Nick Potts, Brooke Guest

Durham

Captain: Ashton Turner

Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Ashton Turner (Australia)

Domestic players: Ollie Robinson, Jack Burnham, Jonathan Bushnell, Jack Campbell, Brydon Carse, Graham Clark, Paul Coughlin, Harry Crewshaw, Sean Dickson, Luke Doneathy, George Drissell, Ned Eckersley, Oliver Gibson, Michael Jones, Alex Lees, Tom Mackintosh, Matty Potts, Ben Raine, Chris Rushworth, Matt Salisbury, Ben Stokes, Liam Trevaskis, Mark Wood

Essex Eagles

Captain: Simon Harmer

Overseas: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Daniel Sams (Australia)

Domestic players: Matt Critchley, Nick Browne, Alistair Cook, Robin Das, Feroze Khushi, Dan Lawrence, Josh Rymell, Tom Westley, Will Buttleman, Michael Pepper, Adam Wheater, Ben Allison, Aaron Beard, Sam Cook, Eshun Kalley, Aron Nijjar, Jack Plom, Jamie Porter, Shane Snater, Paul Walter

Glamorgan

Captain: David Lloyd

Overseas players: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Colin Ingram (South Africa), Colin Ingram (South Africa), Michael Neser (Australia)

Domestic players: David Lloyd, Eddie Byrom, James Harris, Sam Northeast, Callum Taylor, Kiran Carlson, Billy Root, Andy Gorvin, Lukas Carey, Ruaidhri Smith, Andrew Slater, Tegid Phillip, James Weighell, Michael Hogan, Prem Sisodiya, James McIlroy, Alex Horton, Chris Cooke, Tom Cullen, Joe Cooke, Timm van der Gugten, Dan Douthwaite

Gloucestershire

Captain: Jack Taylor

Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan), Naseem Shah (Pakistan), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand)

Domestic players: Jack Taylor, Ajeet Dale, Paul van Meekeren, Zak Chappell, James Bracey, Ben Charlesworth, Luke Charlesworth, Ian Cockbain, Chris Bent, Dominic Goodman, Miles Hammond, Ryan Higgins, Benny Howell, Tom Lace, Will Naish, David Payne, Ollie Price, Tom Price, George Scott, Josh Shaw, Ajeet Singh Dale, Tom Smith, Matt Taylor, Graeme van Buuren, Paul van Meekeren, Jared Warner, Ben Wells

Hampshire Hawks

Captain: James Vince

Overseas players: Kyle Abbot (South Africa), Ben McDermott (Australia), Nathan Ellis (Australia)

Domestic players: James Vince, Nick Gubbins, Ross Whiteley, Ben Brown, Toby Albert, Keith Barker, Mason Crane, Scott Currie, Liam Dawson, Aneurin Donald, James Fuller, Ian Holland, Ben McDermott, Lewis McManus, Fletcha Middleton, Felix Organ, Harry Petrie, Tom Prest, John Turner, Joe Weatherley, Brad Wheal, Chris Wood

Kent Spitfires

Captain: Sam Billings

Overseas players: Qais Ahmed (Afghanistan), George Linde (South Africa)

Domestic players: Sam Billings, Matt Quinn, Ben Compton, Adam Rossington, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Harry Podmore, Darren Stevens, Joe Denly, Matt Milnes, Grant Stewart, Alex Blake, James Logan, Tawanda Muyeye, Zak Crawley, Nathan Gilchrist, Jas Singh, Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning, Marcus O’Riordan, Matt Quinn, Hamidullah Qadri

Lancashire Lightning

Captain: Dane Vilas

Overseas players: Tim David (Singapore), Dane Vilas (South Africa)

Domestic players: Phil Salt, George Bell, Josh Bohannon, Keaton Jennings, Luke Wells, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, George Balderson, Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler, Jack Blatherwick, Jack Morley, James Anderson, Liam Hurt, Luke Wood, Matt Parkinson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Bailey, Tom Hartley

Leicestershire Foxes

Captain: Colin Ackermann

Overseas players: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan)

Domestic players: Colin Ackermann, Tom Scriven, Roman Walker, Rehan Ahmed, Hasan Azad, Ed Barnes, Sam Bates, Nathan Bowley, Will Davis, Harry Dearden, Alex Evans, Sam Evans, Gavin Griffiths, Lewis Hill, Arron Lilley, Vikai Kelley, Callum Parkinson, Rishi Patel, George Rhodes, Abi Sakande, Tom Scriven, Scott Steel, Harry Swindells, Roman Walker, Nick Welch, Chris Wright

Middlesex

Overseas players: Jason Behrendorff (Australia), Chris Green (Australia)

Domestic players: Mark Stoneman, Daniel O’Driscoll, Martin Andersson, Ethan Bamber, Joe Cracknell, Blake Cullen, Jack Davies, Josh de Caires, Stephen Eskinazi, Toby Greatwood, Max Harris, Tom Helm, Max Holden, Luke Hollman, Ishaan Kaushal, Eoin Morgan, Tim Murtagh, Sam Robson, Toby Roland-Jones, John Simpson, Nathan Sowter, Thilan Walallawita, Robbie White

Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Captain: Josh Cobb

Overseas players: Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Chris Lynn (Australia)

Domestic players: Josh Cobb, Gareth Berg, Nathan Buck, Ben Curran, Emilio Gay, Brandon Glover, Freddie Heldreich, Matthew Kelly, Rob Keogh, Simon Kerrigan, Lewis McManus, Luke Procter, James Sales, Ben Sanderson, Tom Taylor, Charlie Thurston, Richard Vasconcelos, Graeme White, Jack White, Saif Zaib

Nottinghamshire Outlaws

Captain: Dan Christian

Overseas players: Dane Paterson (South Africa), James Pattinson (Australia), Dan Christian (Australia)

Domestic players: Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Sol Budinger, Matthew Carter, Zak Chappell, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Joey Evison, Luke Fletcher, Alex Hales, Haseeb Hameed, Calvin Harrison, James Hayes, Brett Hutton, Lyndon James, Sammy King, Matt Montgomery, Tom Moores. Steven Mullaney, Samit Patel, Liam Patterson-White, Toby Pettman, Dane Shadendorf, Fateh Singh, Ben Slater

Somerset

Captain: Tom Abell

Overseas players: Peter Siddle (Australia), Riley Roussouw (South Africa), Marchant de Lange (South Africa)

Domestic players: Tom Abell, Kasey Aldridge, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, George Bartlett, Jack Brooks, Josh Davey, Steven Davies, Lewis Goldsworthy, Ben Green, Lewis Gregory, James Hildreth, Tom Lammonby, Jack Leach, Ned Leonard, Craig Overton, Matt Renshaw, Ollie Sale, Will Smeed

Surrey

Captain: Chris Jordan

Overseas players: Sunil Narine (West Indies), Kieron Pollard (West Indies)

Domestic players: Chris Jordan, Amar Virdi, Ben Foakes, Ben Geddes, Conor McKerr, Daniel Moriarty, Dan Worrall, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, James Taylor, Jamie Smith, Jason Roy, Jordan Clark, Laurie Evans, Matt Dunn, Nathan Barnwell, Nicholas Kimber, Nico Reifer, Ollie Pope, Rory Burns, Reece Topley, Ryan Patel, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Tom Lawes, Will Jacks

Sussex Sharks

Captain: Ravi Bopara

Overseas players: Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Josh Phillipe (Australia), Tim Seifert (New Zealand)

Domestic players: Ravi Bopara, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Steven Finn, Tom Hinley, Tom Alsop, Tom Haines, Ollie Robinson, George Garton, Jamie Atkins, Will Beer, Jack Carson, Oli Carter, Tom Clark, James Coles, Henry Crocombe, Sean Hunt, Dan Ibrahim, Archie Lenham, Tymal Mills, Ali Orr, Delray Rawlins, Harrison Ward, Luke Wright

Worcestershire Rapids

Captain: Moeen Ali

Overseas players: Colin Munro (New Zealand), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)

Domestic players: Moeen Ali, Matthew Waite, Brett D’Oliviera, Jake Libby, Josh Baker, Jacques Banton, Ed Barnard, Pat Brown, Taylor Cornall, Ben Cox, Josh Dell, Tom Fell, Adam Finish, Ben Gibbon, Jack Haynes, Joe Leach, Charlie Morris, Dillon Pennington, Ed Pollock, Gareth Roderick, Mitchell Stanley, Josh Tongue

Yorkshire Vikings

Captain: David Willey

Overseas players: Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Haris Rauf (Pakistan), Finn Allen (New Zealand)

Domestic players: David Willey, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Balance, Harry Brook, Ben Coad, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Adam Lyth, Steven Patterson, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Dom Bess, Will Fraine, Jack Shutt, Jonathan Tattersall, Jordan Thompson, Matthew Waite, George Hill, Dom Leech, Tom Loten, Josh Sullivan, Will Luxton, James Wharton, Harry Duke, Matthew Revis, Harry Sullivan