T20 Blast 2026 Live Streaming TV Channels, Schedule, and Squad
The T20 Blast, officially known as the Vitality Blast, is England’s premier domestic T20 cricket tournament. T20 Blast 2026 is the 24th edition of the tournament. Smartcric brings all the details on where to watch live streaming, TV telecasts, the complete schedule, groups, teams, and squads.
Vitality Blast T20 League
The T20 Blast, organized by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), is the world’s oldest domestic T20 league, launched in 2003. It features 18 county teams split into two groups: North and South.
Each team plays 14 group-stage matches, with the top four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. The group stage matches are held throughout June and early July, culminating in the highly anticipated Men’s Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday, July 18.
Where to Watch Vitality T20 Blast Live Streaming
In India, the Vitality Blast T20 league 2026 will be live-streamed on FanCode and SonyLIV, with Sony Sports Network acquiring the broadcasting rights.
In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports and the ECB will broadcast live coverage of the T20 Blast 2026. Whereas Willow TV holds the telecasting rights in the United States.
Fox Sports will televise all T20 League matches in Australia, while Tapmad TV will livestream the 23rd edition of the Vitality Blast in Pakistan.
Broadcasting Rights and Telecast TV Channels:
Fans worldwide can catch every moment of the T20 Blast 2026 through various TV channels and streaming platforms. Below, we detail the broadcasting options by region, ensuring you don’t miss a single ball.
- India: FanCode, SonyLiv, Sony Sports Network
- UK: Sky Sports, Sky Go, Now TV, Channel 5, ECB (App, Website)
- Pakistan: Tapmad TV
- USA: Willow TV, Sling TV
- Canada: Willow TV
- Australia: Kayo Sports
- Radio Coverage: BBC local radio stations, 5 Live Sports Extra
- Worldwide: Smartcric, Touchcric, Freehit EU, CricHD
Vitality Blast T20 League 2026: Schedule
The 2026 Men’s T20 Blast kicks off on May 22 with a high-profile opening clash between Middlesex and the Kent Spitfires at Lord’s. The group stage follows a concentrated block schedule that runs until July 12, featuring a new three-group regional format in which each county plays 12 matches to determine the top 8 contenders.
The competition then moves into a high-stakes knockout phase, starting with all four Quarter-Finals held on Wednesday, July 15. The tournament reaches its grand conclusion on Saturday, July 18, with the iconic Finals Day at Edgbaston, where both Semi-Finals and the Final take place on a single day to crown the champion.
| Date | Match |
|---|---|
| 22 May | Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires |
| 22 May | Derbyshire Falcons vs Durham |
| 22 May | Leicestershire Foxes vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 22 May | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Glamorgan |
| 22 May | Notts Outlaws vs Yorkshire |
| 22 May | Somerset vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 22 May | Essex vs Sussex Sharks |
| 22 May | Surrey vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 22 May | Gloucestershire vs Birmingham Bears |
| 23 May | Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire |
| 24 May | Durham vs Leicestershire Foxes |
| 24 May | Birmingham Bears vs Somerset |
| 24 May | Yorkshire vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 24 May | Middlesex vs Surrey |
| 24 May | Worcestershire Rapids vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 25 May | Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws |
| 25 May | Kent Spitfires vs Sussex Sharks |
| 26 May | Hampshire Hawks vs Essex |
| 26 May | Surrey vs Middlesex |
| 27 May | Derbyshire Falcons vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 27 May | Durham vs Yorkshire |
| 27 May | Somerset vs Gloucestershire |
| 27 May | Birmingham Bears vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 28 May | Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 28 May | Kent Spitfires vs Essex |
| 29 May | Notts Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes |
| 29 May | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Somerset |
| 29 May | Glamorgan vs Birmingham Bears |
| 30 May | Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks |
| 30 May | Surrey vs Kent Spitfires |
| 31 May | Worcestershire Rapids vs Gloucestershire |
| 31 May | Lancashire Lightning vs Durham |
| 31 May | Yorkshire vs Leicestershire Foxes |
| 1 Jun | Essex vs Middlesex |
| 1 Jun | Hampshire Hawks vs Surrey |
| 2 Jun | Somerset vs Glamorgan |
| 2 Jun | Birmingham Bears vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 2 Jun | Derbyshire Falcons vs Notts Outlaws |
| 3 Jun | Sussex Sharks vs Kent Spitfires |
| 3 Jun | Gloucestershire vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 4 Jun | Leicestershire Foxes vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 4 Jun | Durham vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 5 Jun | Surrey vs Essex |
| 5 Jun | Middlesex vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 5 Jun | Yorkshire vs Notts Outlaws |
| 6 Jun | Glamorgan vs Somerset |
| 6 Jun | Worcestershire Rapids vs Birmingham Bears |
| 7 Jun | Kent Spitfires vs Middlesex |
| 7 Jun | Sussex Sharks vs Surrey |
| 7 Jun | Gloucestershire vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 8 Jun | Lancashire Lightning vs Yorkshire |
| 8 Jun | Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 9 Jun | Essex vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 9 Jun | Somerset vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 10 Jun | Birmingham Bears vs Gloucestershire |
| 10 Jun | Notts Outlaws vs Durham |
| 11 Jun | Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 11 Jun | Middlesex vs Essex |
| 12 Jun | Kent Spitfires vs Surrey |
| 12 Jun | Sussex Sharks vs Middlesex |
| 12 Jun | Glamorgan vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 13 Jun | Worcestershire Rapids vs Somerset |
| 13 Jun | Durham vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 13 Jun | Yorkshire vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 14 Jun | Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires |
| 14 Jun | Essex vs Sussex Sharks |
| 15 Jun | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Gloucestershire |
| 15 Jun | Notts Outlaws vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 16 Jun | Derbyshire Falcons vs Yorkshire |
| 16 Jun | Leicestershire Foxes vs Durham |
| 17 Jun | Middlesex vs Surrey |
| 17 Jun | Glamorgan vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 18 Jun | Birmingham Bears vs Somerset |
| 18 Jun | Kent Spitfires vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 19 Jun | Sussex Sharks vs Essex |
| 19 Jun | Gloucestershire vs Somerset |
| 20 Jun | Lancashire Lightning vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 20 Jun | Durham vs Notts Outlaws |
| 21 Jun | Worcestershire Rapids vs Glamorgan |
| 21 Jun | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Birmingham Bears |
| 22 Jun | Surrey vs Sussex Sharks |
| 22 Jun | Essex vs Kent Spitfires |
| 23 Jun | Hampshire Hawks vs Middlesex |
| 23 Jun | Somerset vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 24 Jun | Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan |
| 24 Jun | Leicestershire Foxes vs Yorkshire |
| 25 Jun | Derbyshire Falcons vs Durham |
| 25 Jun | Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws |
| 26 Jun | Kent Spitfires vs Surrey |
| 26 Jun | Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 27 Jun | Essex vs Middlesex |
| 27 Jun | Worcestershire Rapids vs Birmingham Bears |
| 28 Jun | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Somerset |
| 28 Jun | Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire |
| 29 Jun | Durham vs Leicestershire Foxes |
| 29 Jun | Yorkshire vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 30 Jun | Surrey vs Essex |
| 30 Jun | Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires |
| 1 Jul | Hampshire Hawks vs Sussex Sharks |
| 1 Jul | Birmingham Bears vs Glamorgan |
| 2 Jul | Somerset vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 2 Jul | Notts Outlaws vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 3 Jul | Lancashire Lightning vs Leicestershire Foxes |
| 3 Jul | Yorkshire vs Durham |
| 4 Jul | Essex vs Surrey |
| 4 Jul | Kent Spitfires vs Middlesex |
| 5 Jul | Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 5 Jul | Gloucestershire vs Birmingham Bears |
| 6 Jul | Worcestershire Rapids vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 6 Jul | Somerset vs Glamorgan |
| 7 Jul | Derbyshire Falcons vs Yorkshire |
| 7 Jul | Durham vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 8 Jul | Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks |
| 8 Jul | Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks |
| 9 Jul | Kent Spitfires vs Essex |
| 9 Jul | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Gloucestershire |
| 10 Jul | Birmingham Bears vs Worcestershire Rapids |
| 10 Jul | Leicestershire Foxes vs Notts Outlaws |
| 11 Jul | Yorkshire vs Lancashire Lightning |
| 11 Jul | Durham vs Derbyshire Falcons |
| 15 Jul | Quarter-final 1 |
| 15 Jul | Quarter-final 2 |
| 15 Jul | Quarter-final 3 |
| 15 Jul | Quarter-final 4 |
| 18 Jul | Semi-final 1 |
| 18 Jul | Semi-final 2 |
| 18 Jul | Final |
Vitality Blast T20 League 2026 Groups: Full Teams & Squads
The 18 county teams are divided into two groups: North and South. Each group has nine teams, and the top four from each advance to the quarter-finals. Here’s the breakdown:
The 2026 Men’s T20 Blast features a new regional structure, moving from two divisions to three groups of six teams each. This change is designed to create more localized rivalries and a tighter schedule.
North Group
- Derbyshire Falcons
- Durham
- Lancashire Lightning
- Leicestershire Foxes
- Notts Outlaws
- Yorkshire
Central Group
- Birmingham Bears (Warwickshire)
- Glamorgan
- Gloucestershire
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- Somerset (2025 Finalists/Defending Champs)
- Worcestershire Rapids
South Group
- Essex
- Hampshire Hawks
- Kent Spitfires
- Middlesex
- Surrey
- Sussex Sharks
Teams and Squads
The 18 county teams are split into three regional groups of six, moving away from the previous two-division format. Here is the full 25-man squad list for every county.
Derbyshire Falcons:
Samit Patel, Harry Came, Luis Reece, Wayne Madsen, David Lloyd, Brooke Guest, Ross Whiteley, Alex Thomson, Zak Chappell, Patrick Brown, Blair Tickner, Anuj Dal, Daryn Dupavillon, Mitchell Wagstaff.
Durham:
Ben Stokes, Mark Wood, Matthew Potts, Alex Lees, Graham Clark, Ollie Robinson, Bas de Leede, Brydon Carse, Nathan Sowter, Paul Coughlin, Ben Raine, George Drissell, Michael Jones, Scott Borthwick.
Lancashire Lightning:
Steven Croft, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon, George Bell, Matthew Hurst, Chris Green, Luke Wood, Jack Blatherwick, Tom Bailey, Keaton Jennings, Jack Morley, Tom Bruce.
Leicestershire Foxes:
Louis Kimber, Peter Handscomb, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Mike, Sol Budinger, Wiaan Mulder, Tom Scriven, Chris Wright, Roman Walker, Callum Parkinson, Rishi Patel, Lewis Hill, Arron Lilley, Sam Wood.
Notts Outlaws:
Joe Clarke, Alex Hales, Lyndon James, Calvin Harrison, Matt Montgomery, Steven Mullaney, Samit Patel, Olly Stone, Luke Fletcher, Dillon Pennington, Joe Ball, Ben Slater, Liam Patterson-White, Tom Moores.
Yorkshire:
Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jordan Thompson, Dom Bess, Will Luxton, Matthew Revis, Ben Cliff, Jafer Chohan, Adam Lyth, James Wharton, Jordan Buckingham.
Birmingham Bears:
Moeen Ali, Hasan Ali, Glenn Maxwell, Paul Stirling, Jacob Bethell, Chris Woakes, Sam Hain, Alex Davies, Danny Briggs, Jake Lintott, Dan Mousley, Ethan Brookes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess, Ed Barnard, George Garrett, Craig Miles, Chris Rushworth.
Glamorgan:
Kiran Carlson, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Ingram, Sam Northeast, Chris Cooke, Daniel Douthwaite, Mason Crane, Andy Gorvin, Jamie McIlroy, Ben Kellaway, Asa Tribe, Timm van der Gugten, Billy Root, Eddie Byrom.
Gloucestershire:
Miles Hammond, Cameron Bancroft, James Bracey, Jack Taylor, Ben Charlesworth, Zafar Gohar, David Payne, Ajeet Singh Dale, Tom Price, Oliver Price, Graeme van Buuren, Beau Webster, Josh Shaw, Benny Howell.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks:
David Willey, Ravi Bopara, Saif Zaib, Matthew Breetzke, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Lewis McManus, George Bartlett, Luke Procter, Ben Sanderson, Freddie Heldreich, Justin Broad, George Scrimshaw, Rob Keogh, Gus Miller.
Somerset:
Lewis Gregory, Tom Banton, Will Smeed, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sean Dickson, Tom Abell, Ben Green, Craig Overton, Riley Meredith, Matt Henry, Lewis Goldsworthy, Shoaib Bashir, Jack Leach, Kasey Aldridge, James Rew.
Worcestershire Rapids:
Brett D’Oliveira, Adam Hose, Kashif Ali, Gareth Roderick, Ethan Brookes, Ben Cox, Ed Pollock, Usama Mir, Tom Taylor, Fateh Singh, Josh Tongue, Pat Brown, Jacob Duffy, Mitchell Stanley.
Essex:
Simon Harmer, Dean Elgar, Jordan Cox, Michael Pepper, Paul Walter, Robin Das, Sam Cook, Shane Snater, Matt Critchley, Luc Benkenstein, Aaron Beard, Ben Allison, Noah Thain, Jamal Richards.
Hampshire Hawks:
James Vince, Liam Dawson, Benny Howell, Chris Wood, Joe Weatherley, Tom Prest, Toby Albert, Ben McDermott, Nathan Ellis, John Turner, Scott Currie, Mason Crane, Dewald Brevis, James Fuller.
Kent Spitfires:
Sam Billings, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Tawanda Muyeye, Fred Klaassen, Nathan Gilchrist, Jas Singh, Jack Leaning, Grant Stewart, Joey Evison, Matt Parkinson, Beyers Swanepoel, George Garrett.
Middlesex:
Stevie Eskinazi, Max Holden, Mark Stoneman, Leus du Plooy, Martin Andersson, Luke Hollman, Jack Davies, Tom Helm, Blake Cullen, Ethan Bamber, Ryan Higgins, Josh De Caires, Zafar Gohar, Noah Cornwell.
Surrey:
Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Smith, Ollie Pope, Jason Roy, Laurie Evans, Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, Dan Lawrence, Tom Curran, Sunil Narine, Sean Abbott, Cameron Steel, Gus Atkinson, Dom Sibley.
Sussex Sharks:
Tymal Mills, Ravi Bopara, Tom Clark, Daniel Hughes, James Coles, Harrison Ward, Oli Carter, Nathan McAndrew, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Archie Lenham, Danny Lamb, Henry Crocombe, Ollie Robinson, Ari Karvelas.
Women’s T20 Blast 2026
The 2026 Women’s T20 Blast runs from May 22 to July 17, 2026. Following the restructuring of domestic women’s cricket, the competition is now split into two tiers: League One (top tier) and League Two.
The competition runs in a single block alongside the men’s tournament to maintain momentum before The Hundred begins.
- League One (Tier 1): 9 teams play 12 group matches each. The top four progress to the Finals Day.
- League Two (Tier 2): 9 teams play 8 group matches each. The top three progress to a separate League 2 Finals Day.
- Finals Day: Both tiers culminate in a showpiece event at The Kia Oval on Friday, July 17, 2026, featuring two semi-finals and a League One final.
League Groups and Teams
The 2026 season features 18 counties split across two tiers:
- League One (Tier 1): Includes teams such as Durham, Essex, Hampshire Hawks, Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, and Surrey (Defending Champions).
- League Two (Tier 2): Includes teams such as Derbyshire Falcons, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, and Sussex Sharks.