Strap in. Another explosive season of the T20 Blast is here.
Though it may lack the glitz, glamour and riches of some of the franchise leagues around the world, the 20-over competition remains a firm favourite among fans of the county game.
The 24th renewal of the T20 Blast promises all the big-hitting, bold bowling, and all-action drama that we’ve seen in previous campaigns – this time in a season that ends in mid-summer.
Finals days have been brought forward to July, while there has been a shake-up to the format of the men’s tournament, which has returned to three divisions.
Somerset won their third men’s title last season, beating Hampshire Hawks in the final, while Surrey finished top of the pile in the top tier of the women’s draft and Middlesbrough triumphed in League Two.
Radio Times brings you all the details about how to watch the T20 Blast 2026.
When is the T20 Blast 2026?
The T20 Blast kicks off on Friday 22 May 2026.
The tournament will run until men’s finals day on Saturday 18 July 2026.
How to watch the T20 Blast 2026 on TV and live stream
You can watch selected games from the T20 Blast 2026 live on Sky Sports Cricket, Main Event, and Sky Sports+.
Sky Sports will broadcast 23 games from the group stages, the men’s quarter-finals, and both the men’s and women’s finals day.
Sky Sports can be added to any Sky TV package for just £22 per month for all nine sports channels, or you can pick up the complete sports package plus Netflix for £35 per month.
Sky Sports customers can live stream the tournament via the Sky Go app on a variety of devices including most smartphones and tablets as part of their subscription.
You can also watch the action via NOW with a day membership (£14.99) or month membership (£34.99).
NOW can be streamed through a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles. NOW is also available via TNT Sports.
Games not shown live on Sky Sports will be available via ECB.co.uk and the counties’ YouTube channels.
T20 Blast 2026 schedule
All UK time. Full TV schedule not yet confirmed. Coverage on ECB.co.uk and YouTube unless specified.
Men’s Group stage
Friday 22 May
- Essex v Sussex Sharks (7pm)
- Surrey v Lancashire Lightning (6:30pm)
- Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (6:15pm)
- Derbyshire Falcons v Durham (6:30pm)
- Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (6:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Glamorgan (6:30pm)
- Gloucestershire v Warwickshire Bears (7pm)
- Notts Outlaws v Yorkshire (6:30pm)
- Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (6:30pm)
Saturday 23 May
- Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (7pm) Sky Sports Cricket
Sunday 24 May
- Durham v Leicestershire Foxes (3:30pm)
- Warwickshire Bears v Somerset (3:30pm)
- Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons (3:30pm)
- Middlesex v Surrey (12pm) Sky Sports Cricket
- Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (2:30pm)
Monday 25 May
- Lancashire Lightning v Notts Outlaws (4pm)
- Kent v Sussex Sharks (3:30pm)
Tuesday 26 May
- Hampshire Hawks v Essex (7pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
Wednesday 27 May
- Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons (6:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
Friday 29 May
- Durham v Yorkshire (6:30pm)
- Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes (7pm)
- Glamorgan v Somerset (6:30pm)
- Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws (6:30pm)
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Gloucestershire (6:30pm)
- Kent Spitfires v Essex (6:30pm)
- Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (7pm)
- Worcestershire Rapids v Warwickshire Bears (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket / Sky Sports+
Saturday 30 May
- Sussex Sharks v Middlesex (7pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
Sunday 31 May
- Essex v Derbyshire Falcons (4pm)
- Warwickshire Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (2:30pm) Sky Sports Mix
- Yorkshire v Gloucestershire (2:30pm)
- Surrey v Kent Spitfires (4:30pm)
- Middlesex v Hampshire Hawks (2:30pm)
- Notts Outlaws v Durham (3pm)
Tuesday 2 June
- Hampshire Hawks v Sussex Sharks (7pm)
Wednesday 3 June
- Surrey v Middlesex (6:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
Thursday 4 June
- Somerset v Glamorgan (7pm) Sky Sports Cricket
Friday 5 June
- Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning (7pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
- Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (6:30pm)
- Sussex Sharks v Leicestershire Foxes (7pm)
- Gloucestershire v Somerset (7pm)
- Notts Outlaws v Warwickshire Bears (6:30pm)
- Worcestershire Rapids v Glamorgan (5:30pm)
Saturday 6 June
- Durham v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (7pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
Sunday 7 June
- Lancashire Lightning v Glamorgan (2:30pm)
- Middlesex v Essex (3:30pm)
- Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (2:30pm)
- Somerset v Warwickshire Bears (3:30pm)
- Gloucestershire v Worcestershire Rapids (2:30pm)
- Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons (3pm)
- Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire (2:30pm)
Tuesday 9 June
- Essex v Kent Spitfires (7pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket
- Durham v Lancashire Lightning (7pm)
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids (6:30pm)
Friday 26 June
- Warwickshire Bears v Worcestershire Rapids (7pm)
- Glamorgan v Middlesex (6:30pm)
- Sussex Sharks v Surrey (7pm)
- Somerset v Gloucestershire (6:30pm)
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Essex (6:30pm)
- Kent Spitfires v Notts Outlaws (7pm) Sky Sports Cricket
- Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning (6:30pm)
- Hampshire Hawks v Yorkshire (7pm)
Sunday 28 June
- Derbyshire Falcons v Yorkshire (2:30pm)
- Middlesex v Durham (2:30pm)
- Kent Spitfires v Hampshire Hawks (3:30pm)
- Leicestershire Foxes v Notts Outlaws (2:30pm)
- Worcestershire Rapids v Somerset (2:30pm)
Wednesday 1 July
- Essex v Surrey (7pm)
- Warwickshire Bears v Sussex Sharks (7pm)
- Derbyshire Falcons v Lancashire Lightning (6:30pm)
- Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (7pm)
Friday 3 July
- Yorkshire v Durham (6:30pm)
- Glamorgan v Warwickshire Bears (6:30pm)
- Sussex Sharks v Essex (7pm)
- Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning (6:30pm)
- Worcestershire Rapids v Kent Spitfires (5:30pm)
Saturday 4 July
- Gloucestershire v Surrey (7pm)
Sunday 5 July
- Essex v Middlesex (2pm)
- Durham v Notts Outlaws (3:30pm)
- Warwickshire Bears v Gloucestershire (3:30pm)
- Yorkshire v Leicestershire Foxes (2:30pm)
- Glamorgan v Worcestershire Rapids (3:30pm)
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset (3:30pm)
- Hampshire Hawks v Kent Spitfires (3:30pm)
Monday 6 July
- Lancashire Lightning v Derbyshire Falcons (6:30pm)
Wednesday 8 July
- Surrey v Sussex Sharks (6:30pm)
- Glamorgan v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (6:30pm)
- Derbyshire Falcons v Somerset (6:30pm)
- Leicestershire Foxes v Durham (6:30pm)
- Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex (7pm)
Friday 10 July
- Essex v Hampshire Hawks (7pm)
- Durham v Derbyshire Falcons (6:30pm)
- Warwickshire Bears v Glamorgan (7pm)
- Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire (7pm)
- Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (5pm)
- Somerset v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (6:30pm)
- Kent Spitfires v Surrey (6:30pm)
- Notts Outlaws v Leicestershire Foxes (6:30pm)
- Worcestershire Rapids v Gloucestershire (5:30pm)
Sunday 12 July
- Lancashire Lightning v Durham (4pm)
- Yorkshire v Notts Outlaws (4pm)
- Surrey v Essex (4pm)
- Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (4pm)
- Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (4pm)
- Somerset v Worcestershire Rapids (4pm)
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Warwickshire Bears (4pm)
- Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (12pm)
- Kent Spitfires v Middlesex (4pm)
Men’s quarter-finals
Wednesday 15 July
- Quarter-final 1: TBD v TBD (12pm)
- Quarter-final 2: TBD v TBD (4pm)
- Quarter-final 3: TBD v TBD (7pm)
- Quarter-final 4: TBD v TBD (7pm)
Men’s Finals day
Saturday 18 July
- Semi-final 1: TBD v TBD (11am)
- Semi-final 2: TBD v TBD (2:30pm)
- Final: TBD v TBD (6:45pm)
Women’s round-robin
Friday 22 May
- League One: Essex v Warwickshire Bears (2pm)
- League One: Surrey v Lancashire Thunder (2:15pm)
- League One: Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (2:30pm) Sky Sports Cricket
- League One: The Blaze v Yorkshire (2:30pm)
- League Two: Middlesex v Kent (2:15pm)
- League Two: Derbyshire Falcons v Sussex Sharks (2:30pm)
- League Two: Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids (2:30pm)
- League Two: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (3pm)
Saturday 23 May
- League Two: Glamorgan v Derbyshire Falcons (3pm)
Sunday 24 May
- League One: Durham v Hampshire Hawks (11:30am)
- League One: Warwickshire Bears v Somerset (11:30am)
- League One: Yorkshire v Surrey (11:30am)
- League Two: Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (10:30am)
- League Two: Middlesex v Leicestershire Foxes (2pm)
Monday 25 May
- League One: Lancashire Thunder v The Blaze (10:30am)
- League Two: Kent v Sussex Sharks (2:30pm)
Tuesday 26 May
- League One: Hampshire Hawks v Essex (3pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Cricket / Sky Sports+
Wednesday 27 May
- League One: Warwickshire Bears v The Blaze (2:30pm)
- League One: Somerset v Yorkshire (2:30pm)
- League One: Surrey v Durham (6:30pm)
Friday 29 May
- League One: Durham v Warwickshire Bears (2:30pm)
- League One: Lancashire Thunder v Somerset (2:30pm)
- League One: Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (3pm)
- League One: Yorkshire v Essex (6:30pm)
Sunday 31 May
- League One: Surrey v Somerset (10am)
- League One: Essex v Lancashire Thunder (11:30am)
- League One: The Blaze v Durham (12:15pm)
- League Two: Sussex Sharks v Glamorgan (2:30pm)
- League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Middlesex (2:30pm)
- League Two: Kent v Gloucestershire (2:30pm)
- League Two: Worcestershire Rapids v Derbyshire Falcons (2:30pm)
Friday 5 June
- League One: Surrey v Essex (2:15pm)
- League One: The Blaze v Warwickshire Bears (2:30pm)
- League One: Yorkshire v Durham (3pm)
- League Two: Sussex Sharks v Leicestershire Foxes (2:30pm)
- League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Glamorgan (2:30pm)
- League Two: Kent v Worcestershire Rapids (2:30pm)
- League Two: Gloucestershire v Middlesex (3pm)
Sunday 7 June
- League One: The Blaze v Lancashire Thunder (11am)
- League One: Somerset v Warwickshire Bears (11:30am)
- League One: Essex v Hampshire Hawks (2pm)
- League Two: Middlesex v Derbyshire Falcons (11:30am)
- League Two: Glamorgan v Kent (2:30pm)
- League Two: Gloucestershire v Worcestershire Rapids (2:30pm)
- League Two: Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (2:30pm)
Tuesday 9 June
- League One: Durham v Yorkshire (2pm)
- League One: Lancashire Thunder v Hampshire Hawks (3:30pm)
Sunday 14 June
- League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (2:30pm)
- League Two: Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire (2:30pm)
- League Two: Worcestershire Rapids v Middlesex (2:30pm)
- League Two: Leicestershire Foxes v Kent (2:30pm)
Friday 26 June
- League One: Somerset v Durham (2:30pm)
- League One: Warwickshire Bears v Surrey (3pm)
- League One: Hampshire Hawks v Yorkshire (3pm)
Saturday 27 June
- League Two: Derbyshire Falcons v Gloucestershire (2:30pm)
Sunday 28 June
- League One: Essex v The Blaze (2pm)
- League One: Lancashire Thunder v Warwickshire Bears (2:30pm)
- League One: Somerset v Surrey (2:30pm)
- League One: Hampshire Hawks v Durham (2:30pm)
- League Two: Kent v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (2:30pm)
- League Two: Leicestershire Foxes v Glamorgan (2:30pm)
- League Two: Worcestershire Rapids v Sussex Sharks (2:30pm)
Wednesday 1 July
- League One: Yorkshire v Lancashire Thunder (2:30pm)
- League One: Warwickshire Bears v Essex (3pm)
Friday 3 July
- League One: Yorkshire v Somerset (2:30pm)
- League One: The Blaze v Surrey (2:30pm)
- League One: Durham v Lancashire Thunder (6:30pm)
- League Two: Glamorgan v Middlesex (2:30pm)
- League Two: Gloucestershire v Leicestershire Foxes (2:30pm)
- League Two: Sussex Sharks v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (3pm)
- League Two: Derbyshire Falcons v Kent (6:30pm)
Sunday 5 July
- League One: Essex v Surrey (11:30am)
- League One: Durham v The Blaze (11:30am)
- League One: Warwickshire Bears v Yorkshire (11:30am)
- League One: Hampshire Hawks v Lancashire Thunder (11:30am)
- League Two: Glamorgan v Worcestershire Rapids (11:30am)
- League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Gloucestershire (11:30am)
- League Two: Middlesex v Sussex Sharks (2:30pm)
- League Two: Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes (2:30pm)
Tuesday 7 July
- League One: Essex v Somerset (6pm)
Wednesday 8 July
- League One: Surrey v Warwickshire Bears (2:15pm)
- League One: Hampshire Hawks v The Blaze (3pm)
Friday 10 July
- League One: Durham v Essex (2:30pm)
- League One: The Blaze v Somerset (2:30pm)
- League One: Warwickshire Bears v Hampshire Hawks (3pm)
- League One: Lancashire Thunder v Yorkshire (3pm)
Sunday 12 July
- League One: Lancashire Thunder v Durham (12pm)
- League One: Yorkshire v The Blaze (12pm)
- League One: Surrey v Hampshire Hawks (12pm)
- League One: Somerset v Essex (12pm)
Women’s finals days
Sunday 12 July
- League Two: Eliminator – TBD v TBD (12pm)
- League Two: Final – TBD v TBD (6pm)
Friday 17 July
- League One: 1st Semi-final – TBA v TBA (11am)
- League One: 2nd Semi-final – TBA v TBA (2:30pm)
- League One: Final – TBA v TBA (6:45pm)
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