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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.[1] It was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship.[2] The Hampshire Hawks were the defending champions, having won their third title during the previous season.[3] On 30 November 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[1]
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Dates | 20 May – 15 July 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Somerset (2nd title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | James Vince (670) (Hampshire Hawks) |
Most wickets | Matt Henry (31) (Somerset) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
Somerset and the Hampshire Hawks won their home quarter-finals, while the Essex Eagles and Surrey also secured a place at Finals day with away wins against the Birmingham Bears and Lancashire Lightning respectively, thus producing an all South Group finals for only the second time; the last occurrence being in 2021. In the final, Somerset beat the Essex Eagles by 14 runs to win their second title after an 18-year wait.[4] Somerset won 15 of their 17 fixtures in the 2023 Vitality Blast, setting a new domestic T20 competition record for the number of wins in a season.
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.[5]
The teams are divided into the following groups:[6][7]
20 May 2023 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 179/5 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Lightning 183/6 (19.2 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 200/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 166 (19.5 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 196/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 181/8 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 99 (18.5 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 105/2 (11.3 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 166/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 167/5 (17.3 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 137 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 141/0 (13.2 overs) |
Graham Clark 102* (49) |
Derbyshire Falcons 178/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 182/6 (17 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 175/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 177/8 (19.5 overs) |
27 May 2023 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 208/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 186/5 (20 overs) |
28 May 2023 Scorecard |
Durham 217/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 189/7 (20 overs) |
29 May 2023 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 98 (14.5 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 99/3 (14.2 overs) |
29 May 2023 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 151/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 152/4 (18 overs) |
29 May 2023 Scorecard |
Durham 168/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 171/5 (19.2 overs) |
29 May 2023 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 183/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 150/9 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 182/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 174/4 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 202/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 181/7 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 189/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 187/5 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 195/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 180/8 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 174/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 157/9 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 152/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 153/4 (18.2 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 164/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 168/2 (18.5 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 226/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 170 (18.2 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 214/3 (20 overs) |
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Birmingham Bears 203/9 (20 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Durham 168/6 (20 overs) |
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Leicestershire Foxes 169/3 (18 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 145 (18.3 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 149/5 (18.5 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 178/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 180/4 (19.4 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 166/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 170/3 (18.2 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 161/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 162/6 (18.5 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 156/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 126 (19.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 203/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 207/4 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 177/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 181/6 (19.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 137 (18.5 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 107/9 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 142/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 143/7 (18.4 overs) |
Durham 172/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 174/4 (17.4 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 224/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 198/6 (20 overs) |
Durham 178 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 178/5 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 204/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Northants Steelbacks 169/9 (20 overs) |
16 June 2023 Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears 196/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 175/6 (20 overs) |
Leicestershire Foxes 195/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 197/2 (18.1 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Derbyshire Falcons 212/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 68 (11.2 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Lancashire Lightning 195/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Durham 150/3 (17 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Leicestershire Foxes 112 (18.2 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 113/4 (16.2 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Northants Steelbacks 177/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Notts Outlaws 99 (14.3 overs) |
Durham 146/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 149/8 (19.3 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 165/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 143/8 (20 overs) |
Lancashire Lightning 164/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 165/3 (17.4 overs) |
20 June 2023 Scorecard |
Northants Steelbacks 180/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 102 (15.2 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 156/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 160/4 (19.1 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 139/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Worcestershire Rapids 140/5 (18.3 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 180/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire Vikings 176/8 (20 overs) |
Birmingham Bears 228/4 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 175/9 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Vikings 49/1 (8.1 overs) |
v |
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Lancashire Lightning 177/4 (15 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 150/7 (15 overs) |
Northants Steelbacks 210/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 118 (16.4 overs) |
Derbyshire Falcons 231/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 160 (18.1 overs) |
v |
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Notts Outlaws 168 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 172/8 (19.1 overs) |
30 June 2023 Scorecard |
Durham 216/4 (20 overs) |
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Worcestershire Rapids 112/3 (11 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Birmingham Bears 141 (19.5 overs) |
v |
Durham 133/9 (20 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Worcestershire Rapids 222/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire Falcons 194 (19.4 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Northants Steelbacks 138/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 139/4 (16.4 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Notts Outlaws 168/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire Foxes 164/8 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 113 (16.3 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 116/3 (13.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 74 (16.1 overs) |
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Somerset 75/2 (9.3 overs) |
Surrey 199/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 126 (14.5 overs) |
Gloucestershire 161/9 (20 overs) |
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Glamorgan 162/8 (19.1 overs) |
26 May 2023 (N) |
Middlesex 171 (19.5 overs) |
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Hampshire Hawks 172/2 (17.5 overs) |
Surrey 223/5 (20 overs) |
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Kent Spitfires 182/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 183/8 (20 overs) |
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Somerset 184/5 (19.3 overs) |
28 May 2023 Scorecard |
Surrey 148 (19.3 overs) |
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Sussex Sharks 149/5 (19.5 overs) |
29 May 2023 Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 181/9 (20 overs) |
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Middlesex 179/6 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 195/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 196/7 (19.1 overs) |
Somerset 154 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 112 (15 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 156/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 157/4 (18.5 overs) |
31 May 2023 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 238/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 209/5 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 163/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 138 (18.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 214/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 96 (14.1 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 189/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 191/3 (17 overs) |
Surrey 124/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 127/8 (19.1 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 144 (18.5 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 145/0 (14.5 overs) |
James Vince 71* (39) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Middlesex 139/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 140/3 (18.2 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Kent Spitfires 173/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Surrey 174/5 (20 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Somerset 150 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 139 (19.1 overs) |
4 June 2023 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 219/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 187/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 147 (19.3 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 149/5 (14.5 overs) |
6 June 2023 Scorecard |
Hampshire Hawks 164/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 159/7 (20 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 178/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 173/6 (20 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 150/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 155/6 (18.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 181/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 177/5 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 226/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 175 (18.3 overs) |
Somerset 231/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 151 (19 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 177/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 180/4 (19.3 overs) |
Surrey 258/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 134 (14.5 overs) |
Glamorgan 175/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 177/6 (16 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 228/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 215/7 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 183/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 177/9 (20 overs) |
Gloucestershire 137 (19.3 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 138/3 (17 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 183/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 151/8 (20 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Essex Eagles 237/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 116/2 (12.3 overs) |
18 June 2023 Scorecard |
Surrey 124 (19.2 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 125/1 (14.2 overs) |
Essex Eagles 186 (19.2 overs) |
v |
Somerset 187/3 (16.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 158/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 85/2 (8.1 overs) |
Surrey 238/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 157/8 (20 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 169/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 172/4 (18.4 overs) |
Essex Eagles 184 (19.5 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 190/3 (18.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire 140 (19.2 overs) |
v |
Sussex Sharks 141/3 (13.2 overs) |
Surrey 252/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 254/3 (19.2 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 182/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 162/8 (20 overs) |
Essex Eagles 209/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 212/6 (19.2 overs) |
Kent Spitfires 228/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 173 (19 overs) |
Gloucestershire 186/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 187/6 (19.3 overs) |
Essex Eagles 225/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 226/8 (19.4 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 97/2 (9.2 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 54/1 (5.3 overs) |
Sussex Sharks 228/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 117/4 (10 overs) |
1 July 2023 Scorecard |
Sussex Sharks 160/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 165/5 (16.5 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Middlesex 200/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 151 (15.3 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 105 (19.3 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 107/2 (14.3 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Somerset 221/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kent Spitfires 206/7 (20 overs) |
2 July 2023 Scorecard |
Surrey 195/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 199/7 (20 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Somerset | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.460 |
2 | Hampshire Hawks | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.820 |
3 | Surrey | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.192 |
4 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.088 |
5 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.287 |
6 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.871 |
7 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 |
8 | Glamorgan | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −1.060 |
9 | Middlesex | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.932 |
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
S1 | Somerset | 158/5 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Notts Outlaws | 157/6 | ||||||||||||
QF 3 | Somerset | 142/7 | ||||||||||||
QF 2 | Surrey | 118 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Lancashire Lightning | 174/6 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Surrey | 187/5 | ||||||||||||
SF 2 | Somerset | 145 | ||||||||||||
SF 1 | Essex Eagles | 131 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Birmingham Bears | 167/7 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Essex Eagles | 171/8 | ||||||||||||
QF 1 | Essex Eagles | 115/5 (DLS) | ||||||||||||
QF 4 | Hampshire Hawks | 170/7 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Hampshire Hawks | 102/5 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Worcestershire Rapids | 100 |
Birmingham Bears 167/7 (20 overs) |
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Essex Eagles 171/8 (19.5 overs) |
Surrey 187/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Lancashire Lightning 174/6 (20 overs) |
Notts Outlaws 157/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Somerset 158/5 (19.3 overs) |
Worcestershire Rapids 100 (17.5 overs) |
v |
Hampshire Hawks 102/5 (15.3 overs) |
Hampshire Hawks 170/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 115/5 (11.3 overs) |
Somerset 142/7 (19 overs) |
v |
Surrey 118 (16.5 overs) |
Somerset 145 (20 overs) |
v |
Essex Eagles 131 (18.3 overs) |
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