Vitality Blast 2026: Schedule, Teams, Squads, Updates & Highlights

May 22, 2026 - Jul 18, 2026 · Format：T20 · Matches 115 · Teams 18

The Vitality Blast returns for its 26th season with a bold new format. Three groups of six counties – North, South, and Central & West – will battle through 12 group-stage matches each, starting May 22. Somerset enter as defending champions after beating Hampshire in the 2025 final.

The top two from each group plus the two best third-placed teams progress to the quarter-finals on July 15. The showpiece Finals Day – featuring two semi-finals and a final – caps the tournament at Edgbaston on Saturday, July 18.

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BATTING

Most Runs

Highest Scores

Best Batting Average

Best Batting Strike Rate

Most Hundreds

Most Fifties

Most Fours

Most Sixes

BOWLING

Most Wickets

Best Bowling Average

Best Bowling

Best Bowling Strike Rate

Best Economy

Most 5 Wickets Haul

Most 4 Wickets Haul

Most runs conceded

Maidens

TEAM

Total Runs

Most Hundreds

Most Fifties

Total Wickets

Highest Score

Lowest Score

Total Match Win

Largest Win (R)

Smallest Win (R)

Largest Win (W)

Smallest Win (W)

Stats

Player	Matches	Inns	Runs	Avg	Sr	4s	6s
Beau Webster Warwickshire	6	6	288	48.00	146.19	26	14
George Munsey Nottinghamshire	6	6	251	50.20	145.09	25	10
Jonny Bairstow Yorkshire	6	6	250	50.00	154.32	28	10
Chris Lynn Northamptonshire	6	6	245	49.00	175.00	26	14
Martin Andersson Derbyshire	6	6	237	59.25	160.14	24	9
Liam Livingstone Lancashire	4	4	225	75.00	206.42	16	18
Sam Billings Kent	6	6	224	56.00	173.64	20	10
Kiran Carlson Glamorgan	6	6	221	36.83	200.91	23	13
Charlie Allison Essex	4	4	220	110.00	151.72	18	13
Aneurin Donald Derbyshire	6	6	202	33.67	232.18	21	15
Matthew Montgomery Derbyshire	6	6	202	50.50	169.75	25	6
Tom Banton Somerset	6	6	199	33.17	177.68	24	10
Nick Kelly Leicestershire	6	6	193	38.60	125.32	16	6
James Rew Somerset	4	4	190	63.33	158.33	15	6
Ashton Turner Leicestershire	6	6	181	36.20	184.69	15	9
Daniel Hughes Sussex	6	6	181	36.20	128.37	25	3
D Arcy Short Gloucestershire	6	6	176	29.33	160.00	20	9
Jack Haynes Nottinghamshire	6	6	175	29.17	150.86	16	6
Michael-Kyle Pepper Essex	6	6	174	29.00	147.46	18	8
Paul Walter Essex	6	6	174	34.80	146.22	26	3
David Willey Northamptonshire	6	6	171	34.20	154.05	18	8
Sam Curran Surrey	6	6	168	42.00	142.37	15	8
Tristan Stubbs Hampshire	5	4	166	83.00	150.91	8	10
James Wharton Yorkshire	6	6	162	32.40	133.88	15	7
Hilton Cartwright Hampshire	6	6	161	80.50	203.80	13	11
Sikandar Raza Worcestershire	6	6	161	40.25	141.23	15	5
Alex Lees Durham	6	6	160	26.67	163.27	19	5
Adam Lyth Yorkshire	6	6	157	26.17	178.41	19	7
Luc Benkenstein Essex	6	5	157	31.40	137.72	12	9
Joe Weatherley Hampshire	6	6	156	31.20	140.54	17	4
Max Holden Middlesex	6	6	154	25.67	135.09	16	6
Ross Whiteley Derbyshire	6	6	153	30.60	175.86	15	8
Lewis Gregory Somerset	6	4	152	50.67	170.79	5	12
Ben Charlesworth Gloucestershire	6	6	150	37.50	137.61	11	7
Tom Moores Nottinghamshire	6	6	149	29.80	171.26	9	11
Justin Broad Northamptonshire	6	6	149	37.25	143.27	10	6
Robert Yates Warwickshire	6	6	148	24.67	135.78	16	5
Sean Dickson Glamorgan	6	6	144	28.80	145.45	16	7
Jason Roy Surrey	6	6	143	23.83	138.83	17	6
Zak Crawley Kent	6	6	141	28.20	146.88	11	7
John Simpson Sussex	6	6	138	23.00	166.27	11	9
Liam Dawson Hampshire	6	4	138	46.00	153.33	11	5
Graham Clark Durham	6	6	136	27.20	167.90	13	8
Dan Lawrence Surrey	6	5	136	34.00	151.11	8	6
Ben Cox Leicestershire	6	6	135	33.75	142.11	15	2
Caleb Jewell Derbyshire	6	6	132	26.40	133.33	16	3
William Smale Glamorgan	6	6	131	21.83	125.96	12	5
Adam Rossington Middlesex	6	6	130	21.67	130.00	15	6
Jack Taylor Gloucestershire	6	6	130	26.00	130.00	14	4
Nathan McSweeney Northamptonshire	5	5	127	25.40	124.51	10	4