T20 Blast
The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003. It is the top-level Twenty20 competition in England and Wales.
The current Vitality Blast logo | |
| Countries | England & Wales |
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| Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2003 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Tournament format | Group stage and knockout |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Current champion | Somerset (2nd title) |
| Most successful | Leicestershire Foxes (3 titles) Hampshire Hawks (3 titles) |
| TV | Sky Sports Fox Cricket (Australia) BeIN Sports 3 EN (MENA). - Sony Sports Network (India) |
| 2024 T20 Blast | |
| Website | ECB Vitality Blast |
| Season | |
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| 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 |
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The competition has been known by a variety of names due to commercial sponsorship. It was known as the Twenty20 Cup from 2003 to 2009, the Friends Provident t20 and Friends Life t20 from 2010 to 2013, and the Natwest t20 Blast from 2014 to 2017. The competition has been sponsored by insurance company Vitality since 2018 and is known as the Vitality Blast.
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