T20 fixtures include 52 men's and women's double bills

Women's teams have officially made the historic step of becoming "fully aligned" with the men's game as the T20 Blast fixtures for 2025 were announced.

The 2025 season will include 52 double bills of men's and women's matches back to back - of which all 18 first-class counties will host at least one.

The Blast-Off weekend will start the new-look competition, beginning on Thursday, 29 May.

The Kia Oval will stage the first Women’s Finals Day on Sunday, 27 July, while Men’s Finals Day will be on Saturday, 13 September - again at Edgbaston.

One significant change is that the team based at Edgbaston are listed just as the Bears, suggesting that the name Warwickshire might be used in T20 again after 11 seasons playing under the Birmingham Bears banner.

Blast Men’s Competition:

North Group: Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire Vikings.

South Group: Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Sussex Sharks, Surrey.

Blast Women’s Competition:

Bears, Durham, Essex, Hampshire Hawks, Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze.

Blast Women’s League 2:

North Group: Derbyshire Falcons, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire.

South Group: Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Middlesex, Sussex Sharks.