The 2023 Vitality Blast was the twenty-first edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 20 May to 15 July 2023. It was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship. The Hampshire Hawks were the defending champions, having won their third title during the previous season. On 30 November 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.
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Format
The playing format is the same as the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away.
Teams
The teams are divided into the following groups:
North Group: Birmingham Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northants Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire Vikings , South Group: Essex Eagles, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex Sharks
North Group
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Yorkshire Vikings deducted 4 points on 28 July
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field. , Jafer Chohan (Yorkshire) made his T20 debut.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat. , Josh Hull (Leicestershire Foxes) made his T20 debut.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat. , Michael Finan (Leicestershire Foxes) made his T20 debut.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to field. , Durham were set a revised target of 158 runs from 17 overs.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field. , Haseeb Hameed (Notts Outlaws) made his T20 debut.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to field. , Play was abandoned due to rain.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 15 overs due to rain.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
No toss. , No play was possible due to rain.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field. , Worcestershire Rapids were set a revised target of 113 runs from 11 overs due to rain.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Nottinghamshire Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
T
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Birmingham Bears
14
11
3
0
0
22
0.819
2
Lancashire Lightning
14
8
5
0
1
17
0.427
3
Worcestershire Rapids
14
8
5
1
0
17
0.349
4
Notts Outlaws
14
8
6
0
0
16
−0.222
5
Derbyshire Falcons
14
6
7
1
0
13
0.397
6
Northants Steelbacks
14
6
8
0
0
12
0.274
7
Durham
14
4
7
2
1
11
0.077
8
Yorkshire Vikings
14
6
6
0
2
10
−0.737
9
Leicestershire Foxes
14
2
12
0
0
4
−1.402
20 May 2023 Scorecard
Derbyshire Falcons179/5 (20 overs)
v
Lancashire Lightning183/6 (19.2 overs)
Wayne Madsen 50 (35) Luke Wood 3/31 (4 overs)
Luke Wells 66 (35) Zak Chappell 2/33 (4 overs)
Lancashire Lightning won by 4 wickets. Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Russell Warren and Alex Wharf Player of the match: Luke Wells (Lancashire Lightning)
20 May 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
Birmingham Bears200/6 (20 overs)
v
Yorkshire Vikings166 (19.5 overs)
Sam Hain 83* (45) Matt Revis 2/25 (4 overs)
Dawid Malan 43 (29) Henry Brookes 4/32 (3.5 overs)
Birmingham Bears won by 34 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Mike Burns and Graham Lloyd Player of the match: Sam Hain (Birmingham Bears)
24 May 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
Worcestershire Rapids196/9 (20 overs)
v
Northants Steelbacks181/8 (20 overs)
Adam Hose 61 (40) Tom Taylor 3/42 (4 overs)
Tom Taylor 44* (26) Usama Mir 3/21 (4 overs)
Worcestershire Rapids won by 15 runs County Cricket Ground, Northampton Umpires: Paul Pollard and Russell Warren
25 May 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
Leicestershire Foxes99 (18.5 overs)
v
Lancashire Lightning105/2 (11.3 overs)
Wiaan Mulder 25 (24) Luke Wood 3/11 (4 overs)
Steven Croft 46* (34) Rehan Ahmed 1/26 (3 overs)
Lancashire Lighting won by 8 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Neil Mallender
26 May 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
Leicestershire Foxes166/7 (20 overs)
v
Birmingham Bears167/5 (17.3 overs)
Nick Welch 30 (14) Danny Briggs 3/15 (4 overs)
Sam Hain 65* (43) Callum Parkinson 4/33 (4 overs)
Birmingham Bears won by 5 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: James Middlebrook and Chris Watts
Durham won by 10 wickets County Cricket Ground, Northampton Umpires: David Millns and Surendiran Shanmugam
26 May 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
Derbyshire Falcons178/6 (20 overs)
v
Notts Outlaws182/6 (17 overs)
Wayne Madsen 61 (31) Steven Mullaney 2/37 (3 overs)
Joe Clarke 68 (29) George Scrimshaw 3/52 (4 overs)
Notts Outlaws won by 4 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Neil Pratt and Steve O'Shaughnessy
26 May 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
Yorkshire Vikings175/9 (20 overs)
v
Worcestershire Rapids177/8 (19.5 overs)
Matt Revis 42 (31) Pat Brown 3/28 (4 overs)
Adam Hose 44 (26) David Wiese 3/18 (4 overs)
South Group
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat. , Nathan Fernandes (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field. , Kent Spitfires were set a revised target of 126 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. , Zain-ul-Hassan (Glamorgan) made his T20 debut.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat. , Danial Ibrahim (Sussex Sharks) made his T20 debut.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. , John Turner (Hampshire Hawks) made his T20 debut.
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field. , Shoaib Bashir (Somerset) made his T20 debut.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field. , Brad Currie (Sussex Sharks) made his T20 debut.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field. , Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire) made his T20 debut.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. , Middlesex innings curtailed at 12.3 overs due to rain; DLS par score was 139.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field. , Gloucestershire were set a revised target of 84 runs from 9 overs due to rain.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. , Josh Blake (Surrey) and Andy Gorvin (Glamorgan) both made their T20 debuts.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. , This was the highest runchase in the history of T20 Blast.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. , Glamorgan were set a revised target of 76 runs from 5.3 overs due to rain.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field. , Kent Spitfires were set a revised target of 129 runs from 10 overs due to rain.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat first.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Quarter-finals
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field. , Essex Eagles were set a revised target of 115 from 12 overs due to rain.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
Final
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field. , The match started at 19:05 rather than its scheduled time due to rain.
