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Vitality Blast fixtures 2025: Men's competition matches, dates and day-by-day schedule, including Finals Day

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Vitality Blast fixtures 2025: Men's competition matches, dates and day-by-day schedule, including Finals Day

Check out the fixtures for the Vitality Blast men's competition in 2025, which starts on Thursday May 29 and concludes on September 13.

Each men's county side plays 14 group-stage matches against the counties in their respective groups. The top four teams in each group progress to the quarter-finals, with those winners then qualifying for Finals Day.

North Group: Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire Vikings.

South Group: Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Sussex Sharks, Surrey.

*denotes double header with women's game

Thursday 29 May

Lancashire Lightning beat Worcestershire Rapids by seven runs (Emirates Old Trafford)

*Sussex Sharks beat Middlesex by 16 runs (Lord's)

Friday 30 May

Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

*Hampshire Hawks v Essex (Utilita Bowl)

Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Uptonsteel County Ground)

*Notts Outlaws v Bears (Trent Bridge)

*Somerset v Surrey (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Yorkshire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Headingley)

Saturday 31 May

*Bears v Durham Cricket (Edgbaston)

*Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (Emirates Old Trafford)

Sunday 1 June

*Durham Cricket v Lancashire Lightning (Seat Unique Riverside)

*Essex v Somerset (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

*Middlesex v Glamorgan (Merchant Taylors' School)

*Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes (County Ground, Northampton)

*Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Tuesday 3 June

Glamorgan v Surrey (Sophia Gardens)

Wednesday 4 June

Derbyshire Falcons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (County Ground, Derby)

Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (Emirates Old Trafford)

Thursday 5 June

Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Lord's)

*Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (Kia Oval)

Friday 6 June

*Bears v Yorkshire (Edgbaston)

*Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (County Ground, Derby)

Glamorgan v Essex (Sophia Gardens)

Hampshire Hawks v Gloucestershire (Utilita Bowl)

Kent Spitfires v Surrey (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

Leicestershire Foxes v Durham Cricket (Uptonsteel County Ground)

Sussex Sharks v Somerset (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Saturday 7 June

*Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids (Trent Bridge)

Sunday 8 June

*Bears v Derbyshire Falcons (Edgbaston)

Essex v Middlesex (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

Lancashire Lightning v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Emirates Old Trafford)

*Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

*Yorkshire v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley)

Wednesday 11 June

*Durham Cricket v Derbyshire Falcons (Seat Unique Riverside)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Bears (County Ground, Northampton)

Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire (Trent Bridge)

Thursday 12 June

*Essex v Glamorgan (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Somerset v Middlesex (Cooper Associates County Ground)

Surrey v Kent Spitfires (Kia Oval)

Friday 13 June

Gloucestershire v Somerset (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (Utilita Bowl)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Durham Cricket (County Ground, Northampton)

Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (Trent Bridge)

Sussex Sharks v Essex (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Yorkshire v Bears (Headingley)

Saturday 14 June

Bears v Notts Outlaws (Edgbaston)

Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (Edgbaston)

Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks (Sophia Gardens)

Sunday 15 June

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

*Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Uptonsteel County Ground)

*Somerset v Kent Spitfires (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Yorkshire v Durham Cricket (York)

Tuesday 17 June

*Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Utilita Bowl)

Wednesday 18 June

Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

*Surrey v Sussex Sharks (Kia Oval)

Worcestershire Rapids v Durham Cricket (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Thursday 19 June

Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (Uptonsteel County Ground)

Middlesex v Essex (Lord's)

*Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Friday 20 June

*Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (Edgbaston)

Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (County Ground, Derby)

*Durham Cricket v Yorkshire (Seat Unique Riverside)

Essex v Kent Spitfires (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens)

Gloucestershire v Hampshire Hawks (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Notts Outlaws (County Ground, Northampton)

Surrey v Middlesex (Kia Oval)

Friday 4 July

*Durham Cricket v Notts Outlaws (Seat Unique Riverside)

Essex v Gloucestershire (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

Leicestershire Foxes v Bears (Uptonsteel County Ground)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning (County Ground, Northampton)

Somerset v Glamorgan (Cooper Associates County Ground)

Yorkshire v Worcestershire Rapids (Headingley)

Saturday 5 July

*Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (Emirates Old Trafford)

*Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Sunday 6 July

Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire (Chesterfield)

Durham Cricket v Bears (Seat Unique Riverside)

Glamorgan v Kent Spitfires (Sophia Gardens)

Gloucestershire v Middlesex (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

*Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (Utilita Bowl)

*Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (County Ground, Northampton)

*Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (Trent Bridge)

*Surrey v Essex (Kia Oval)

Tuesday 8 July

*Somerset v Essex (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Wednesday 9 July

*Bears v Lancashire Lightning (Edgbaston)

Gloucestershire v Surrey (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)

Middlesex v Hampshire (Merchant Taylors' School)

Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Thursday 10 July

Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (County Ground, Derby)

Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan (Utilita Bowl)

Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Uptonsteel County Ground)

Friday 11 July

Essex v Sussex Sharks (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Kent Spitfires v Somerset (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire (Emirates Old Trafford)

Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Merchant Taylors' School)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (County Ground, Northampton)

*Notts Outlaws v Durham Cricket (Trent Bridge)

Surrey v Glamorgan (Kia Oval)

Worcestershire Rapids v Bears (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Sunday 13 July

Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Edgbaston)

*Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens)

*Kent v Middlesex (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

*Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (Utilita Bowl)

*Lancashire Lightning v Durham Cricket (Emirates Old Trafford)

*Surrey v Somerset (Kia Oval)

*Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

*Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley)

Tuesday 15 July

*Durham Cricket v Leicestershire Foxes (Seat Unique Riverside)

Wednesday 16 July

Middlesex v Surrey (Lord's)

Thursday 17 July

Essex v Hampshire Hawks (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

*Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (Cheltenham College)

Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (Visit Worcestershire New Road)

Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning (Headingley)

Friday 18 July

*Derbyshire Falcons v Bears (County Ground, Derby)

Durham Cricket v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Seat Unique Riverside)

*Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens)

Kent v Essex (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)

*Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire (Uptonsteel County Ground)

Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (Trent Bridge)

Somerset v Gloucestershire (Cooper Associates County Ground)

Sussex Sharks v Surrey (1st Central County Ground, Hove)

Wednesday 3 September

Quarter-final 1

Friday 5 September

Quarter-final 2

Saturday 6 September

Quarter-final 3

Quarter-final 4

Saturday 13 September

Vitality Blast men's competition Finals Day (Edgbaston)

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