🏏 History will be made at the Kia Oval in 2025 when it stages the first ever Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day on Sunday 27 July. Read on for a preview and the latest ticket news.
The 2025 campaign will see eight professional women’s teams compete in the inaugural Vitality Blast (see below for the full list of teams). The same teams will also take part in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. A new showpiece event in the cricketing calendar will see three teams make it through to Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day in July.
This season the matches take place alongside the men’s competitions as the England and Wales Cricket Board looks to help the women’s game grow.
“A big driver for the re-organisation of women’s professional cricket has been to enable us to better use the leverage and existing scale of men’s county cricket to accelerate fanbase growth for our women’s teams and players,” said Beth Barrett-Wild, director of the women’s professional game.
“Looking ahead to the 2025 season, we’re excited to fully align our men’s and women’s domestic white-ball competitions for the first time.”
TEAMS TAKING PART
The following eight teams awarded Tier 1 status by the ECB in April. Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire. Part of a restructure of women’s domestic cricket for 2025.
They will all compete under their county names, with some exceptions. Nottinghamshire, the Trent Bridge-based team, will continue to be called The Blaze. Warwickshire will use the name Birmingham Bears in the Vitality Blast like their men’s team. The Red Rose county will be called Lancashire Thunder.
Like with the Vitality Blast men’s finals day, the women’s competition will culminate in a women’s finals day. The men’s and women’s Metro Bank One Day Cup competitions will each have two semi-finals and a flagship final.
Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day on Sunday 27 July will see the top three sides from the group stages progress. The first-place finisher goes straight into the final while the second and third-placed teams play in an eliminator in the first game of the day.
Tickets for the women’s finals day start at £13 for Adults and all Junior tickets are just £1. Book your seats now to be part of the action! 👇
TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL
Tickets are on sale via the ‘Get Tickets’ button.
🕚 Play starts at 11am.
Note: Timings are subject to change.
🚊🚗 Travel tips: Oval tube station on the Northern Line is a 100 metre walk to the Kia Oval. Alternatively, Vauxhall tube station on the Victoria line is a 10-minute walk from the ground. Vauxhall railway station is also a 10-minute walk accessible from Waterloo, Clapham Junction and Southern Western Railway routes. Plan your journey at the Transport for London website.
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