Twenty20 cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2022 Vitality Blast was the twentieth edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast ), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 25 May to 16 July 2022.[ 1] The tournament was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship reason.[ 2] The Kent Spitfires were the defending champions, having won their second title during previous season .[ 3] On 20 January 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[ 4]
On 17 June 2022, in the North Group match between the Birmingham Bears and the Notts Outlaws , the Birmingham Bears set a new record for the highest total in an English T20 match, with 261/2.[ 5] Four days later, Surrey became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals, with their ninth win out of ten games.[ 6] Following the conclusion of matches played on 1 July 2022, Somerset ,[ 7] the Essex Eagles ,[ 8] and the Hampshire Hawks from the South Group had all confirmed their places in the quarter-finals.[ 9] The Birmingham Bears also qualified, after winning the North Group.[ 10] The Derbyshire Falcons and the Lancashire Lightning also qualified from the North Group,[ 11] with the Yorkshire Vikings taking the final place in the quarter-finals.[ 12]
The Yorkshire Vikings,[ 13] the Hampshire Hawks,[ 14] Lancashire Lightning[ 15] and Somerset[ 16] all won their quarter-final matches to secure their places at Finals Day. In Somerset's match, against the Derbyshire Falcons, Somerset set a new record for the highest team total in an English T20 match, with 265/5, breaking the record set earlier in the tournament by the Birmingham Bears.[ 17] In the final, the Hampshire Hawks beat Lancashire Lightning by one run to win their third title.[ 18]
Playing format were similar to the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away.[ 2]
Teams
The teams were divided into the following groups:[ 2]
Results and standings
North Group
Source: BBC Sport,
[ 20]
England and Wales Cricket Board
[ 21] Notes:
^ Leicestershire Foxes were given a two-point penalty due to on-field rules breaches in their match against the Northants Steelbacks.[ 19]
Advanced to the quarter-finals
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Josh Baker (Worcestershire Rapids) made his T20 debut.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks were set a revised target of 208 runs from 16 overs due to rain.
James Sales (Northants Steelbacks) made his T20 debut.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Michael Jones (Durham) and Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire Foxes) both made their T20 debuts.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
George Drissell (Durham) made his T20 debut.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Rain prevented any further play.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain.
Wayne Madsen played in his 400th match for Derbyshire.[ 23]
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Alex Russell (Northants Steelbacks) made his T20 debut.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Jacques Banton (Worcestershire Rapids) made his T20 debut.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Dom Leech (Yorkshire Vikings) made his T20 debut.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Jonathan Bushnell (Durham) made his T20 debut.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Mitchell Stanley (Worcestershire Rapids) made his T20 debut.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Sam Hain (Birmingham Bears) scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket.[ 26]
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible due to rain.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons were set a revised target of 105 runs from 10 overs due to rain.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
George Bell (Lancashire Lightning) made his T20 debut.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Durham won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Joey Evison (Notts Outlaws) made his T20 debut.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Ben Aitchison (Derbyshire Falcons) made his T20 debut.
Wayne Madsen (Derbyshire Falcons) scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket.[ 27]
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
South Group
Source: BBC Sport,
[ 20] England and Wales Cricket Board
[ 21]
Advanced to the quarter-finals
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Joe Cooke (Glamorgan) made his T20 debut.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset were set a revised target of 144 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks were set a revised target of 146 runs from 17 overs due to rain.
Ali Orr (Sussex Sharks) made his T20 debut.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Rain prevented any further play.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Toby Greatwood (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Tawanda Muyeye (Kent Spitfires) made his T20 debut.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset were set a revised target of 112 runs from 10 overs due to rain.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible due to rain.
Alex Horton (Glamorgan) made his T20 debut.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Nico Reifer (Surrey) made his T20 debut.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Jas Singh (Kent Spitfires) made his T20 debut.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Tom Lawes (Surrey) made his T20 debut.
Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Max Harris (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Jamie McIlroy and Thomas Bevan (Glamorgan) both made their T20 debut.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Tom Haines (Sussex Sharks) made his T20 debut.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Knock-out stage
The ECB confirmed the following fixtures for the knock-out stage of the tournament.[ 31]
Quarter-finals
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Highest ever score in the T20 Blast . Biggest margin of victory in the T20 Blast .
Finals Day
Semi-finals
Yorkshire Vikings won the toss and elected to bat.
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
References
External links
International cricket Domestic cricket
Seasons
Twenty20 Cup Friends Life T20 NatWest t20 Blast Vitality Blast
Finals Teams
North Division South Division