Revamped T20 Blast ready to ignite

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History will be made in the 2025 T20 Blast as women’s teams have officially become “fully aligned” with the men’s game for the first time.

This season will include 52 double bills of men’s and women’s matches played back-to-back, of which all 18 first-class counties will host at least one and nearly 30 venues in total will see 20-over cricket.

Blast Off weekend will kick off the new-look competition, beginning today in Manchester, where 2015 winners Lancashire Lightning host 2018 winners Worcestershire Rapids, and Lord’s, where Middlesex and Sussex Sharks meet in a double bill.

Defending men’s champions Gloucestershire begin with a home game against Kent at Bristol on tomorrow.

Nottinghamshire’s women’s side will continue to play as The Blaze, having beaten South East Stars to win the Charlotte Edwards Cup final last June before the women’s domestic game changed for this season.

They also start tomorrow against the Bears, who have dropped Birmingham from their name, as part of a double header at Trent Bridge.

The Oval will stage the first Women’s Finals Day on Sunday, 27 July, while Men’s Finals Day will be on Saturday, 13 September – again at Edgbaston, for the 17th time in the 23 years of T20 and the 13th straight year.

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