2024 T20 Blast

2024 Vitality Blast
Dates30 May – 14 September 2024
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
Host(s) England
ChampionsGloucestershire (1st title)
Participants18
Matches133
Most runsDaniel Hughes (Sussex Sharks) (596)
Most wicketsDavid Payne (Gloucestershire) (33)
Official websiteVitality Blast
2023

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.

  1. ^ "Vitality Blast fixtures 2024: All the matches, dates and schedule for 2024 competition". skysports.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Domestic season schedule for 2024 season announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Vitality Blast Off gets bigger in 2024". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ Scott, Ged (15 July 2023). "T20 Blast: Somerset see off Essex to win trophy for second time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Somerset hold nerve to seal first T20 Blast title since 2005". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2023.