Vitality T20 Blast 2020 Full Schedule: Keeping in line with the trend of cricket-comebacks, England’s premier T20 tournament, the Vitality Blast T20, is all set to resume from 27 August. However, under the ‘new-normal’ protocols, the league will experiment with several, interesting novel dynamics; in an attempt to maintain as much social-distancing as possible.
Each of the 18-counties will feature in across the three groups, North, South, and Central- based on their graphical-locations. This comes as a departure from the incumbent, 9-team-a-group, North and South division system, and follows a similar regionalization pattern to the teams in the Bob Willis Trophy.
Arguably the most prominent caveat about the 2020 T20 Blast, is that not every match will receive television coverage. Sure, every match will take place behind-closed-door stadiums; but it wouldn’t be practical to broadcast each of the 45, group-stage matches live. Broadcasters Sky Sports will live-cast 10 matches, featuring each of the 18-teams at least once. Headingley and Edgebaston will host three televised-games, Oval gets two, while Rose Bowl and Old Trafford get a single-game each. The non-televised games should get radio-coverage from local broadcasters. The official England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) website will release more information in the coming days.
Additionally, every knockout match (also-televised, venues undecided as-of-now) has been allocated reserve-days. It’s interesting to note that the English government expects the restraint on the mass-gathering situation to improve by that time, which could potentially see crowds making a comeback to the stadium. Not confirmed yet, but remains to be seen. Here’s the whole T20 Blast itinerary:
Groups
North: Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Notts Outlaws, Yorkshire Vikings
Central: Birmingham Bears, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Northants Steelbacks, Somerset, Worcestershire Rapids
South: Essex Eagles, Hampshire, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex Sharks
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Games available on Sky Sports TV broadcast (Sony Sports Network in India)
Emerald Headingley: 27 August – Yorkshire Vikings v Notts Outlaws; Double-header, 31 August – Leicestershire Foxes v Durham, Derbyshire v Lancashire Lightning
Edgbaston: 2 September – Birmingham Bears v Gloucestershire; Double-header, 3 September – Worcestershire Rapids v Somerset, Northants Steelbacks v Glamorgan
The Kia Oval: Double-header, 5 September – Essex Eagles v Kent Spitfires, Surrey v Middlesex
The Ageas Bowl: 10 September – Hampshire v Sussex Sharks
Emirates Old Trafford: 17 Sept – Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings
Vitality T20 Blast 2020 Full Schedule
Thursday, August 27th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Durham Cricket vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Glamorgan vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff
18:35 local 17:35 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
Friday August 28th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
Saturday, August 29th 2020
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Durham Cricket vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
Sunday, August 30th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Glamorgan vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Steelbacks vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Surrey CCC vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald
Headingley, Leeds
Monday August 31st 2020
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
18:00 local 17:00 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
Tuesday September 1st 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury
18:15 local 17:15 GMT Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Somerset CCC vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Wednesday September 2nd 2020
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 TBC
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
18:35 local 17:35 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thursday September 3rd 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
18:15 local 17:15 GMT Middlesex vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Surrey CCC vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London
Friday September 4th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol
14:30 local 13:30 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Aigburth, Liverpool
18:00 local 17:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Durham Cricket vs Yorkshire VikingsVitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Somerset CCC vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Saturday September 5th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London
18:35 local 17:35 GMTSurrey CCC vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London
Thursday September 10th 2020
18:35 local 17:35 GMT Hampshire vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Friday September 11th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
14:30 local 13:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton
18:00 local 17:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Durham Cricket vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Somerset CCC vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Saturday September 12th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Middlesex vs Hampshire Vitality Blast 2020 Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
Sunday September 13th 2020
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Durham Cricket vs Leicestershire Foxes Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Glamorgan vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Somerset CCC vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Monday September 14th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Hampshire vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
18:15 local 17:15 GMT Middlesex vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
Tuesday September 15th, 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Birmingham Bears Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Steelbacks vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 The County Ground, Northampton
Wednesday September 16th, 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Hampshire vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Glamorgan vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Yorkshire Vikings vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
Thursday September 17th 2020
18:00 local 17:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Derbyshire Falcons Vitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
18:35 local 17:35 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
Friday September 18th 2020
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Hampshire vs Surrey CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Kent Spitfires vs Essex Eagles Vitality Blast 2020 The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury
14:00 local 13:00 GMT Sussex Sharks vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
17:00 local 16:00 GMT Leicestershire Foxes vs Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast 2020 The Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester
17:00 local 16:00 GMT Somerset CCC vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire Vitality Blast 2020 Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff
18:30 local 17:30 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket Vitality Blast 2020 Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
Sunday September 20th 2020
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Birmingham Bears vs Steelbacks Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Derbyshire Falcons vs Yorkshire Vikings Vitality Blast 2020 Emerald Headingley, Leeds
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Essex Eagles vs Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast 2020 The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Gloucestershire vs Somerset CCC Vitality Blast 2020 The Bristol County Ground, Bristol
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Hampshire vs Middlesex Vitality Blast 2020 The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Lancashire Lightning vs Leicestershire FoxesVitality Blast 2020 Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Notts Outlaws vs Durham CricketVitality Blast 2020 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Surrey CCC vs Kent Spitfires Vitality Blast 2020 The Kia Oval, London
13:00 local 12:00 GMT Worcestershire Rapids vs Glamorgan Vitality Blast 2020 Blackfinch New Road, Worcester
Thursday October 1st 2020
18:30 local 17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 1, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC
18:30 local 17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 2, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC
18:30 local 17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 3, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC
18:30 local 17:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Quarter Final 4, Vitality Blast 2020 TBC
Saturday October 3rd 2020
11:00 local 10:00 GMT TBC vs TBC Semi Final 1, Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
14:30 local 13:30 GMT TBC vs TBC Semi Final 2, Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham
18:45 local 17:45 GMT TBC vs TBC Final, Vitality Blast 2020 Edgbaston, Birmingham