English professional women's twenty20 cricket league
This article is about the women's tournament. For the men's tournament, see
T20 Blast .
Cricket tournament
The Women's T20 Blast , officially known as the Women's Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, will be a professional women's Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It will serve as the successor to the Charlotte Edwards Cup .
The tournament will be split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League 1 and the second featuring the 10 remaining counties in League 2.
Teams
Eight teams from League 1 will compete in the inaugural season: the Birmingham Bears , Durham , Essex , Hampshire , the Lancashire Thunder , Somerset , Surrey , and The Blaze .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Glamorgan and Yorkshire will be awarded tier-one status and join the league in 2027, while a further two clubs will be awarded tier-one status in 2029.[ 5]
The remaining ten teams will compete in League 2 in which each county plays eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The teams are divided into the following groups:
Divisions
League 1
League 2
North Group
South Group
References
External links
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