Dates | 30 May – 14 September 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | England |
Champions | Gloucestershire (1st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 133 |
Most runs | Daniel Hughes (Sussex Sharks) (596) |
Most wickets | David Payne (Gloucestershire) (33) |
Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2024 T20 Blast (also known as 2024 Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament ran from 30 May to 14 September 2024.[1][2] The domestic T20 competition was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship.[3] Somerset were the defending champions, having won their second title during the previous season.[4][5] On 23 November 2023, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[2]
Somerset and Gloucestershire won their home quarter-finals, while Surrey and the Sussex Sharks also secured a place at Finals day with away wins against Durham and Lancashire Lightning respectively, thus producing an all South Group finals for only the second time; the last occurrence being in 2021. In the final, Gloucestershire beat Somerset by 8 wickets to win their first title after an 22-year wait.