Vitality Blast 2026: Betting odds, team stats, key facts & live streaming guide
The 2026 Vitality Blast, also known as the T20 Blast, gets underway on May 22, with 18 county teams batting for England’s premier domestic T20 title, writes Sports News Blitz’s Himanshu Sharma.
The competition is divided into three groups, with each county playing 12 group-stage matches, six home and six away fixtures.
Group A: Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Notts Outlaws, Yorkshire.
Group B: Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Somerset, Warwickshire Bears, Worcestershire Rapids.
Group C: Essex, Kent Spitfires, Hampshire Hawks, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex Sharks.
Each teams will face others in their group twice, alongside two cross-group fixtures. The top two sides from each group, plus the two best third-placed teams, will advance to the quarter-finals.
The QF winners progress to Finals Day in a race for the T20 Blast title.
The betting markets are backing Surrey as the outright favourites to lift the trophy.
Here are the key team stats, player records, and the outright odds.
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Derbyshire Falcons
Odds to win: 33
Captain: Aneurin Donald
Titles: None
2025 performance: 9th in North Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Aneurin Donald (449 runs)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (16 wickets)
Durham
Odds to win: 12
Captain: Alex Lees
Titles: None
2025 performance: Quarter-finalists
Leading run-scorer last season: Alex Lees (431)
Leading wicket-taker last season: James Neesham (21)
Lancashire Lightning
Odds to win: 13/2
Captain: Keaton Jennings
Titles: One (2015)
2025 performance: Semi-finalists
Leading run-scorer last season: Keaton Jennings (459)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Luke Wood (22)
Leicestershire Foxes
Odds to win: 22
Captain: Ben Green
Titles: Three (2004, 2006, 2011)
2025 performance: 7th in North Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Sol Budinger (358)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Logan van Beek (22)
Notts Outlaws
Odds to win: 9
Captain: Joe Clarke
Titles: Two (2017, 2020)
2025 performance: 6th (North Group)
Leading run-scorer last season: Tom Moores (459)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Daniel Sams (16)
Yorkshire
Odds to win: 10
Captain: Jonny Bairstow
Titles: None
2025 performance: 8th in North Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Dawid Malan (365)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Will O’Rourke (15)
Essex
Odds to win: 22
Captain: Simon Harmer
Titles: One (2019)
2025 performance: 9th in South Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Michael Pepper (364)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Mohammad Amir (20)
Hampshire Hawks
Odds to win: 8
Captain: James Vince
Titles: Three (2010, 2012, 2022)
2025 performance: Runners-up
Leading run-scorer last season: Toby Albert (633)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Scott Currie (27)
Kent Spitfires
Odds to win: 18
Captain: Sam Billings
Titles: Two (2007, 2021)
2025 performance: Quarter-finalist
Leading run-scorer last season: Tawanda Muyeye (516)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Fred Klaassen (15)
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Middlesex
Odds to win: 50
Captain: Leus du Plooy
Overseas players: Eathan Bosch (all)
Titles: One (2008)
2025 performance: 8th in South Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Stephen Eskinazi (420)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Tom Helm (20)
Surrey
Odds to win: 5
Captain: Sam Curran
Titles: One (2003)
2025 performance: Quarter-finals
Leading run-scorer last season: Will Jacks (504)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Sam Curran (21)
Sussex Sharks
Odds to win: 12
Captain: Tymal Mills
Titles: One (2009)
2025 performance: 6th in South Division
Leading run-scorer last season: James Coles (397)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Nathan McAndrew (23)
Glamorgan
Odds to win: 20
Captain: Kiran Carlson
Titles: None
2025 performance: 5th in South Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Colin Ingram (338 runs)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Ned Leonard & Dan Douthwaite (20 wickets)
Gloucestershire
Odds to win: 33
Captain: Jack Taylor
Titles: One (2024)
2025 performance: 7th in South Group
Leading run-scorer last season: D’Arcy Short (515)
Leading wicket-taker last season: David Payne (17)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Odds to win: 11
Captain: David Willey
Titles: Two (2013, 2016)
2025 performance: Semi-finals
Leading run-scorer last season: Ravi Bopara (462)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Ben Sanderson & George Scrimshaw (26)
Somerset
Odds to win: 11/2
Captain: Lewis Gregory
Titles: Three (2005, 2023, 2025)
2025 performance: Winners
Leading run-scorer last season: Will Smeed (620)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Riley Meredith (28)
Warwickshire Bears
Odds to win: 8
Captain: Ed Barnard
Titles: One (2014)
2025 performance: Quarter-finals
Leading run-scorer last season: Alex Davies (464)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Hasan Ali (25)
Worcestershire
Odds to win: 25
Captain: Brett D’Oliveira
Titles: One (2018)
2025 performance: 5th in North Group
Leading run-scorer last season: Ethan Brookes (380)
Leading wicket-taker last season: Ben Dwarshuis (18)
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How to Watch T20 Blast 2026 (TV & Streaming)
In the UK, Sky Sports Cricket will broadcast selected matches, including the quarter-finals and Finals Day.
The non-televised games will stream free on the ECB website and England Cricket app.
Indian viewers can follow the action on FanCode and SonyLIV.
Willow TV and Cricbuzz provide coverage in the USA and Canada, while Australia viewers can watch via Prime Video, Foxtel, or Kayo Sports.
Several counties will also offer free YouTube streams for selected matches.
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