2026 T20 Blast

The 2026 T20 Blast (also known as the 2026 Vitality Blast for sponsoring reasons) will be the 24th edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament is scheduled to run from 26 May to 18 July 2026. The domestic T20 competition is run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship.

Somerset are the defending champions, having won their 3rd title during the previous season.

The playing format is changed from this season; the two groups of nine sides are replaced by three groups of six split into north, central and south groups as they were in 2020. Each county will play 12 group-stage matches – six at home and six away. Counties will play the other five counties in their group home and away, in addition to one home match against a county outside their group and one away match against another county from outside their group.

The teams are divided into the following groups:

• North Group: Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire

• Central Group: Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Somerset, Warwickshire, Worcestershire Rapids

• South Group: Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex

• Series home at ESPNCricinfo

• Vitality Blast