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About Vitality Blast
The T20 Blast is a T20 competition in England that features various English counties. It is also known as the ‘Vitality Blast’ for sponsorship reasons. The tournament is played every year since 2003. The T20 Blast in 2022 is the 20th edition of the competition.
The 2022 edition will feature 18 different county teams. These teams are divided into two groups known as North Division and South Division consisting of nine teams each. The defending champions Kent Spitfires belong to the South Division group.
The tournament will commence from 25th May 2022 and the league stage will end on 3rd July 2022. The top four teams from each group will qualify for the Quarter Finals which are scheduled from 7 July 2022 to 10 July 2022. Interestingly, both the Semi Finals and the Final will be played on the same day on 16th July 2022.
The teams in North Division Group are Birmingham Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire Vikings.
The teams in South Division Group are Essex Eagles, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Glamorgan, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex Sharks.
The Vitality T20 Blast group stage will take place over a 40-day span, with 99 of the 126 matches taking place on Thursdays, Fridays, and weekends, according to the Vitality T20 Blast 2022 Schedule. The quarter-finals will take place from July 6 to 9, followed by the sold-out Finals Day at Edgbaston a week later.
