The Blast has been slimmed down this season and can all be performed in a single block earlier than the beginning of The Hundred.
A overview into the white-ball home construction led by the counties – in session with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Skilled Cricketers’ Affiliation (PCA) – beneficial the modifications with a watch on participant welfare and competitors narrative.
The group stage has been diminished by two video games to 12 matches per aspect, with the quarter-finals and Finals Day following on straight in July.
It means the competitors is wrapped up in a single block, albeit with two County Championship rounds sandwiched in the midst of the 12 T20 fixtures in mid-June.
The 2 teams of 9 sides have additionally been changed by three teams of six, cut up into north, central and south sections as they had been in 2020.
The highest two groups in every group plus the most effective two third-placed groups progress to the quarter-finals.
North Group: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Durham, Yorkshire and Leicestershire
Central Group: Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Birmingham, Somerset, Glamorgan, Worcestershire
South Group: Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, Essex, Hampshire
Every county performs the opposite groups of their group residence and away – a complete of 10 matches – with an extra residence sport in opposition to a county from exterior their group and one away sport in opposition to a aspect from one other group.
Key dates
22 Might: Group levels start
12 July: Group levels finish
15 July: Quarter-finals
18 July: Finals Day (Edgbaston)
