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

Check out the fixtures for the Vitality Blast women's competition in 2025, which starts on Friday May 30 and concludes with the first-ever Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day.

The 2025 season will be the first time all women's and men's county teams will play side-by-side in the Vitality Blast, while the women's teams play across two Vitality Blast competitions - one contested by the eight counties from Tier One and the second featuring the 10 remaining counties.

The eight sides in the Vitality Blast women's competition play 14 group-stage matches, playing every team home and away, with the top three in the round-robin group then securing a spot at Finals Day.

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Vitality Blast Group: Bears, Durham, Essex, Hampshire Hawks, Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze.

The other 10 teams competing in the Vitality Blast Women's League 2 are split into two groups of five, with each county playing eight group-stage matches and the top two from both qualifying for Finals Day.

North Group: Derbyshire Falcons, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire.

South Group: Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Middlesex, Sussex Sharks.

Full 2025 schedule

*denotes double header with men's game

Friday 30 May

*Hampshire Hawks v Essex (Utilita Bowl)

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

*The Blaze v Bears (Trent Bridge)

Saturday 31 May

*Bears v Durham Cricket (Edgbaston)

Lancashire Thunder v The Blaze (Emirates Old Trafford)

Sunday 1 June

*Durham Cricket v Lancashire Thunder (Seat Unique Riverside)

*Essex v Somerset (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

*Middlesex v Glamorgan (Merchant Taylors' School) - League Two

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

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

Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons (Headingley) - League Two

Wednesday 4 June

Essex v Bears (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

*Lancashire Thunder v Hampshire Hawks (Emirates Old Trafford)

Thursday 5 June

*Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (Kia Oval)

Friday 6 June

*Bears v Somerset (Edgbaston)

*The Blaze v Essex (County Ground, Derby)

Saturday 7 June

Hampshire Hawks v Durham Cricket (Arundel)

Lancashire Thunder v Surrey (Emirates Old Trafford)

The Blaze v Somerset (Trent Bridge)

Sunday 8 June

*Bears v Lancashire Thunder (Edgbaston)

Surrey v Durham Cricket (Kia Oval)

Middlesex v Kent (Radlett) - League Two

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

Worcestershire Rapids v Derbyshire Falcons (Visit Worcestershire New Road) - League Two

Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Visit Worcestershire New Road) - League Two

*Yorkshire v Leicestershire Foxes (Headingley) - League Two

Wednesday 11 June

*Durham Cricket v Bears (Seat Unique Riverside)

Surrey v The Blaze (Kia Oval)

Thursday 12 June

*Essex v Hampshire Hawks (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Friday 13 June

Durham Cricket v The Blaze (Seat Unique Riverside)

Somerset v Lancashire Thunder (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Sunday 15 June

Bears v Hampshire Hawks (Edgbaston)

Essex v Surrey (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

*Somerset v Durham Cricket (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Glamorgan v Middlesex (Venue TBC) - League Two

*Gloucestershire v Kent (Seat Unique Stadium,Bristol) - League Two

*Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (Uptonsteel County Ground) - League Two

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (County Ground, Northampton) - League Two

Tuesday 17 June

*Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (Utilita Bowl)

Wednesday 18 June

Bears v Essex (Edgbaston)

*Surrey v Lancashire Thunder (Kia Oval)

Thursday 19 June

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

*The Blaze v Lancashire Thunder (Uptonsteel County Ground)

Friday 20 June

*Bears v The Blaze (Edgbaston)

*Durham Cricket v Essex (Seat Unique Riverside)

Saturday 21 June

Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire (County Ground, Derby) - League Two

Sunday 22 June

Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Radlett) - League Two

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

Friday 27 June

Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks (Venue TBC) - League Two

Kent v Gloucestershire (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury) - League Two

Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Venue TBC) - League Two

Yorkshire v Worcestershire Rapids (Headingley) - League Two

Saturday 28 June

Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (Chesterfield) - League Two

Sunday 29 June

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol) - League Two

*Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (Lord's) - League Two

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Yorkshire (County Ground, Northampton) - League Two

Friday 4 July

*Durham Cricket v Somerset (Seat Unique Riverside)

The Blaze v Hampshire Hawks (Chesterfield)

Saturday 5 July

*Lancashire Thunder v Essex (Emirates Old Trafford)

*Sussex Sharks v Middlesex (1st Central County Ground, Hove) - League Two

Sunday 6 July

*Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (Utilita Bowl)

Lancashire Thunder v Bears (Venue TBC)

*Surrey v Essex (Kia Oval)

*The Blaze v Durham Cricket (Trent Bridge)

Kent v Glamorgan (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury) - League Two

Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (Venue TBC) - League Two

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

Tuesday 8 July

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

Wednesday 9 July

*Bears v Surrey (Edgbaston)

Hampshire Hawks v Lancashire Thunder (Falkland)

Friday 11 July

Durham Cricket v Hampshire Hawks (Seat Unique Riverside)

Somerset v Bears (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

*The Blaze v Surrey (Trent Bridge)

Sunday 13 July

Essex v The Blaze (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

*Hampshire Hawks v Bears (Utilita Bowl)

*Lancashire Thunder v Durham Cricket (Emirates Old Trafford)

*Surrey v Somerset (Kia Oval)

*Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Sophia Gardens) - League Two

*Kent v Middlesex (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury) - League Two

*Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes (Visit Worcestershire New Road) - League Two

*Yorkshire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (Headingley) - League Two

Tuesday 15 July

*Durham Cricket v Surrey (Seat Unique Riverside)

Wednesday 16 July

Essex v Lancashire Thunder (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Somerset v The Blaze (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton)

Thursday 17 July

*Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (Cheltenham College) - League Two

Friday 18 July

Essex v Durham Cricket (Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford)

Hampshire Hawks v The Blaze (Utilita Bowl)

Lancashire Thunder v Somerset (Venue TBC)

Surrey v Bears (Kia Oval)

*Derbyshire Falcons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (County Ground, Derby) - League Two

*Glamorgan v Kent (Sophia Gardens) - League Two

*Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire (Uptonsteel County Ground) - League Two

Sunday 20 July

Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (Venue TBC) - League Two

Gloucestershire v Middlesex (Cheltenham College) - League Two

Kent v Sussex Sharks (Spitfire Ground, Canterbury) - League Two

Worcestershire Rapids v Yorkshire (Visit Worcestershire New Road) - League Two

Saturday 26 July

League Two semi-final 1

League Two semi-final 2

League Two final (all County Ground, Northampton)

Sunday 27 July

Vitality Blast women's competition semi-final

Vitality Blast women's competition final (Kia Oval)