The draw for the inaugural Vitality T20 Ladies’s County Cup has been revealed, as a part of the brand new home construction for ladies’s cricket in 2025.
The ECB introduced a brand new three-tier system that may run from 2025-2028 again in April, with Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire awarded Tier 1 standing.
Hampshire are often known as The Blaze and Warwickshire as Bears for the T20 Ladies’s County Cup.
Thirty-seven groups from throughout the three tiers of the brand new construction will compete within the knockout T20 Ladies’s County Cup, with Tier 1 groups coming into on the third-round stage.
Two all Tier 1 ties drawn in that spherical means the competitors might be assured a minimum of two groups from Tiers 2 or 3 within the quarter-finals, providing them the prospect of pulling off a giant-killing in opposition to the fully-professional Tier 1 groups within the hope of reserving their place at Finals Day.
The semi-finals and closing might be performed as a three-match Finals Day on Monday Might 26 in Taunton, with the 2 semi-finals previous the ultimate at The Cooper Associates County Floor.
The fixtures for the Vitality Blast males’s competitors, Vitality Blast ladies’s competitors and Vitality Blast Ladies’s League 2 might be unveiled on Thursday November 21.
Spherical One
Ties to be performed Monday Might 5
Lincolnshire vs Cheshire
Staffordshire vs Cumbria
Northumberland – BYE
Yorkshire vs Derbyshire Falcons
Leicestershire Foxes – BYE
Shropshire vs Norfolk
Cambridgeshire vs Herefordshire
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Worcestershire Rapids
Sussex Sharks vs Buckinghamshire
Suffolk – BYE
Hertfordshire vs Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire
Middlesex vs Kent
Cornwall vs Berkshire
Wiltshire vs Oxfordshire
Dorset vs Devon
Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire
Spherical Two
Ties to play Saturday Might 10
Match 17: Yorkshire or Derbyshire Falcons vs Staffordshire or Cumbria
Match 18: Leicestershire Foxes vs Lincolnshire or Cheshire
Match 19: Shropshire or Norfolk vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks or Worcestershire Rapids
Match 20: Northumberland vs Cambridgeshire or Herefordshire
Match 21: Glamorgan or Gloucestershire vs Sussex Sharks or Buckinghamshire
Match 22: Cornwall or Berkshire vs Middlesex or Kent
Match 23: Wiltshire or Oxfordshire vs Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire
Match 24: Devon or Dorset vs Suffolk
Spherical Three
Ties to be performed Saturday Might 17
Match 25: Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks
Match 26: Winner of Match 24 vs Bears
Match 27: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 18
Match 28: Winner of Match 21 vs Lancashire Thunder
Match 29: Winner of Match 17 vs Essex
Match 30: Winner of Match 23 vs The Blaze
Match 31: Winner of Match 20 vs Winner of Match 22
Match 32: Somerset vs Durham
Quarter-finals
Ties to be performed Saturday Might 24
Match 33: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 32
Match 34: Winner of Match 31 vs Winner of Match 30
Match 35: Winner of Match 27 vs Winner of Match 28
Match 36: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 26
Finals Day
Monday Might 26 – The Cooper Associates County Floor, Taunton
Semi-final 1: Winner of Match 35 vs Winner of Match 34
Semi-final 2: Winner of Match 36 vs Winner of Match 33
Vitality T20 Ladies’s County Cup Remaining: Winner of Semi-final 1 vs Winner of semi-final 2
