The 2026 Vitality T20 Blast runs from Friday, May 22 to Saturday, July 18, and this season brings a major format change. The old North-South group system is gone. In its place, three smaller divisions (North, Central, and South) replace the two larger groups. Each team plays 12 group games instead of the previous 14, which tightens the race to the knockouts and keeps the competition sharp from the opening round.
Somerset enter as defending champions after beating Hampshire Hawks in the 2025 final to claim their third T20 Blast title and second in three years. Yorkshire arrive with a star-studded squad including Moeen Ali, Joe Root, and Jonny Bairstow, making them one of the favorites in the North group.
This guide covers every way to watch T20 Blast 2026 free or via subscription, from the UK to the US, India, and Australia, along with the full men’s and women’s fixture list.
Can I Watch T20 Blast 2026 for Free?
Yes. Several free options exist depending on your location.
In the UK, every game not selected for Sky Sports broadcast streams free on the ECB website, the England Cricket app (available on iOS and Android), and the official websites or YouTube channels of each participating county.
In Australia, Kayo Sports offers a 7-day free trial, giving you free access to T20 Blast coverage for the first week.
In the US and India, no fully free option exists, but both Willow TV and FanCode offer very affordable subscriptions (detailed below).
How to Watch T20 Blast 2026 in the UK
Sky Sports holds the broadcast rights for the 2026 T20 Blast in the UK. Sky Sports covers 23 group-stage games, all four quarter-finals, and the men’s and women’s finals day across Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, and Sky Sports+.
Sky Sports options:
Add Sky Sports to an existing Sky TV package from £22 per month
Sky Sports plus Netflix bundle from £35 per month
NOW Sports day pass: £14.99
NOW Sports month pass: £34.99
Sky Sports subscribers can also stream every game through the Sky Go app on smartphones, tablets, and most smart TVs.
For games not selected by Sky Sports, the ECB website (ecb.co.uk) streams them free. Each county’s YouTube channel and official website also carries these unselected fixtures.
How to Watch T20 Blast 2026 in the US
Willow TV is the dedicated cricket streaming service for US viewers and the official home of the T20 Blast in America.
If Willow TV is not part of your existing cable package, you can access it through Sling TV. The Desi Binge Plus and Dakshin Flex plans both include Willow TV, with prices starting from $10 per month or $50 for six months.
How to Watch T20 Blast 2026 in India
Indian viewers can watch the T20 Blast 2026 on FanCode. Subscriptions start from Rs. 134 (approximately $1.39) per month, making it one of the most affordable cricket streaming options globally.
The FanCode app is available on Android and iOS. You can also watch through a web browser on desktop.
How to Watch T20 Blast 2026 in Australia
In Australia, Fox Cricket via Foxtel carries the T20 Blast, with live streaming available through Kayo Sports.
Kayo Sports: AU$30 per month after a 7-day free trial
First month for AU$1 for new subscribers
Kayo supports streaming on smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and computers.
How to Watch T20 Blast 2026 Outside Your Country
If you travel outside your home country during the tournament, your usual streaming service will likely be geo-blocked. A VPN solves this by routing your connection through a server in your home country, which makes the streaming service treat you as a local viewer.
Open the VPN app and connect to a server in your home country.
Open your streaming service (Sky Sports, FanCode, Willow TV, or Kayo Sports).
Sign in and stream as normal.
Most premium VPNs cost between $2 and $4 per month on annual plans.
T20 Blast 2026 Groups
North Group
Derbyshire Falcons
Durham
Lancashire Lightning
Leicestershire Foxes
Notts Outlaws
Yorkshire
Central Group
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Somerset
Warwickshire Bears
Worcestershire Rapids
South Group
Essex
Hampshire Hawks
Kent Spitfires
Middlesex
Surrey
Sussex Sharks
T20 Blast 2026 Men’s Schedule (All Times BST)
Friday, May 22
Time
Match
6:15pm
Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires
6:30pm
Surrey vs Lancashire Lightning
6:30pm
Derbyshire Falcons vs Durham
6:30pm
Somerset vs Hampshire Hawks
6:30pm
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Glamorgan
6:30pm
Notts Outlaws vs Yorkshire
6:30pm
Leicestershire Foxes vs Worcestershire Rapids
7:00pm
Essex vs Sussex Sharks
7:00pm
Gloucestershire vs Warwickshire Bears
Saturday, May 23
Time
Match
7:00pm
Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire
Sunday, May 24
Time
Match
12:00pm
Middlesex vs Surrey
2:30pm
Worcestershire Rapids vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
3:30pm
Durham vs Leicestershire Foxes
3:30pm
Warwickshire Bears vs Somerset
3:30pm
Yorkshire vs Derbyshire Falcons
Monday, May 25
Time
Match
3:30pm
Kent Spitfires vs Sussex Sharks
4:00pm
Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws
Tuesday, May 26
Time
Match
7:00pm
Hampshire Hawks vs Essex
Wednesday, May 27
Time
Match
6:30pm
Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire Falcons
Friday, May 29
Time
Match
5:30pm
Worcestershire Rapids vs Warwickshire Bears
6:30pm
Durham vs Yorkshire
6:30pm
Lancashire Lightning vs Leicestershire Foxes
6:30pm
Glamorgan vs Somerset
6:30pm
Derbyshire Falcons vs Notts Outlaws
6:30pm
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Gloucestershire
6:30pm
Kent Spitfires vs Essex
7:00pm
Hampshire Hawks vs Surrey
Saturday, May 30
Time
Match
7:00pm
Sussex Sharks vs Middlesex
Sunday, May 31
Time
Match
2:30pm
Warwickshire Bears vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
2:30pm
Yorkshire vs Gloucestershire
2:30pm
Middlesex vs Hampshire Hawks
3:00pm
Notts Outlaws vs Durham
4:00pm
Essex vs Derbyshire Falcons
4:30pm
Surrey vs Kent Spitfires
Tuesday, June 2
Time
Match
7:00pm
Hampshire Hawks vs Sussex Sharks
Wednesday, June 3
Time
Match
6:30pm
Surrey vs Middlesex
Thursday, June 4
Time
Match
7:00pm
Somerset vs Glamorgan
Friday, June 5
Time
Match
5:30pm
Worcestershire Rapids vs Glamorgan
6:30pm
Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks
6:30pm
Notts Outlaws vs Warwickshire Bears
7:00pm
Yorkshire vs Lancashire Lightning
7:00pm
Sussex Sharks vs Leicestershire Foxes
7:00pm
Gloucestershire vs Somerset
Saturday, June 6
Time
Match
7:00pm
Durham vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Sunday, June 7
Time
Match
2:30pm
Lancashire Lightning vs Glamorgan
2:30pm
Gloucestershire vs Worcestershire Rapids
2:30pm
Sussex Sharks vs Kent Spitfires
2:30pm
Leicestershire Foxes vs Yorkshire
3:00pm
Notts Outlaws vs Derbyshire Falcons
3:30pm
Middlesex vs Essex
3:30pm
Somerset vs Warwickshire Bears
Tuesday, June 9
Time
Match
6:30pm
Durham vs Lancashire Lightning
6:30pm
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Worcestershire Rapids
7:00pm
Essex vs Kent Spitfires
Friday, June 26
Time
Match
6:30pm
Glamorgan vs Middlesex
6:30pm
Somerset vs Gloucestershire
6:30pm
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Essex
6:30pm
Leicestershire Foxes vs Lancashire Lightning
7:00pm
Warwickshire Bears vs Worcestershire Rapids
7:00pm
Sussex Sharks vs Surrey
7:00pm
Kent Spitfires vs Notts Outlaws
7:00pm
Hampshire Hawks vs Yorkshire
Sunday, June 28
Time
Match
2:30pm
Derbyshire Falcons vs Yorkshire
2:30pm
Middlesex vs Durham
2:30pm
Leicestershire Foxes vs Notts Outlaws
2:30pm
Worcestershire Rapids vs Somerset
3:30pm
Kent Spitfires vs Hampshire Hawks
Wednesday, July 1
Time
Match
6:30pm
Derbyshire Falcons vs Lancashire Lightning
7:00pm
Essex vs Surrey
7:00pm
Warwickshire Bears vs Sussex Sharks
7:00pm
Gloucestershire vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Friday, July 3
Time
Match
5:30pm
Worcestershire Rapids vs Kent Spitfires
6:30pm
Yorkshire vs Durham
6:30pm
Glamorgan vs Warwickshire Bears
6:30pm
Notts Outlaws vs Lancashire Lightning
7:00pm
Sussex Sharks vs Essex
Saturday, July 4
Time
Match
7:00pm
Gloucestershire vs Surrey
Sunday, July 5
Time
Match
2:30pm
Yorkshire vs Leicestershire Foxes
3:30pm
Durham vs Notts Outlaws
3:30pm
Warwickshire Bears vs Gloucestershire
3:30pm
Glamorgan vs Worcestershire Rapids
3:30pm
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Somerset
3:30pm
Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires
4:00pm
Essex vs Middlesex
Monday, July 6
Time
Match
6:30pm
Lancashire Lightning vs Derbyshire Falcons
Wednesday, July 8
Time
Match
6:30pm
Surrey vs Sussex Sharks
6:30pm
Glamorgan vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
6:30pm
Derbyshire Falcons vs Somerset
6:30pm
Leicestershire Foxes vs Durham
7:00pm
Hampshire Hawks vs Middlesex
Friday, July 10
Time
Match
5:00pm
Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks
5:30pm
Worcestershire Rapids vs Gloucestershire
6:30pm
Durham vs Derbyshire Falcons
6:30pm
Somerset vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
6:30pm
Kent Spitfires vs Surrey
6:30pm
Notts Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes
7:00pm
Essex vs Hampshire Hawks
7:00pm
Warwickshire Bears vs Glamorgan
7:00pm
Lancashire Lightning vs Yorkshire
Sunday, July 12 (Final Group Round)
Time
Match
TBA
Lancashire Lightning vs Durham
TBA
Yorkshire vs Notts Outlaws
TBA
Surrey vs Essex
TBA
Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire Hawks
TBA
Derbyshire Falcons vs Leicestershire Foxes
TBA
Somerset vs Worcestershire Rapids
TBA
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Warwickshire Bears
TBA
Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan
TBA
Kent Spitfires vs Middlesex
Wednesday, July 15 (Quarter-Finals)
Time
Match
TBA
Quarter-final 1
TBA
Quarter-final 2
TBA
Quarter-final 3
TBA
Quarter-final 4
Saturday, July 18 (Finals Day)
Time
Match
11:00am
Semi-final 1
2:30pm
Semi-final 2
6:45pm
Final
T20 Blast 2026 Women’s Schedule (All Times BST)
The women’s tournament runs alongside the men’s, split into League One and League Two.
Friday, May 22
Time
Match
2:00pm
League One: Essex vs Warwickshire Bears
2:15pm
League One: Surrey vs Lancashire Thunder
2:30pm
League One: Somerset vs Hampshire Hawks
2:30pm
League One: The Blaze vs Yorkshire
2:15pm
League Two: Middlesex vs Kent
2:30pm
League Two: Derbyshire Falcons vs Sussex Sharks
2:30pm
League Two: Leicestershire Foxes vs Worcestershire Rapids
3:00pm
League Two: Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan
Saturday, May 23
Time
Match
3:00pm
League Two: Glamorgan vs Derbyshire Falcons
Sunday, May 24
Time
Match
11:30am
League One: Durham vs Hampshire Hawks
11:30am
League One: Warwickshire Bears vs Somerset
11:30am
League One: Yorkshire vs Surrey
10:30am
League Two: Worcestershire Rapids vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
2:00pm
League Two: Middlesex vs Leicestershire Foxes
Monday, May 25
Time
Match
10:30am
League One: Lancashire Thunder vs The Blaze
2:30pm
League Two: Kent vs Sussex Sharks
Tuesday, May 26
Time
Match
3:00pm
League One: Hampshire Hawks vs Essex
Wednesday, May 27
Time
Match
2:30pm
League One: Warwickshire Bears vs The Blaze
2:30pm
League One: Somerset vs Yorkshire
6:30pm
League One: Surrey vs Durham
Friday, May 29
Time
Match
2:30pm
League One: Durham vs Warwickshire Bears
2:30pm
League One: Lancashire Thunder vs Somerset
3:00pm
League One: Hampshire Hawks vs Surrey
6:30pm
League One: Yorkshire vs Essex
Sunday, May 31
Time
Match
10:00am
League One: Surrey vs Somerset
11:30am
League One: Essex vs Lancashire Thunder
12:15pm
League One: The Blaze vs Durham
2:30pm
League Two: Sussex Sharks vs Glamorgan
2:30pm
League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Middlesex
2:30pm
League Two: Kent vs Gloucestershire
2:30pm
League Two: Worcestershire Rapids vs Derbyshire Falcons
Friday, June 5
Time
Match
2:15pm
League One: Surrey vs Essex
2:30pm
League One: The Blaze vs Warwickshire Bears
3:00pm
League One: Yorkshire vs Durham
2:30pm
League Two: Sussex Sharks vs Leicestershire Foxes
2:30pm
League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Glamorgan
2:30pm
League Two: Kent vs Worcestershire Rapids
3:00pm
League Two: Gloucestershire vs Middlesex
Sunday, June 7
Time
Match
11:00am
League One: The Blaze vs Lancashire Thunder
11:30am
League One: Somerset vs Warwickshire Bears
2:00pm
League One: Essex vs Hampshire Hawks
11:30am
League Two: Middlesex vs Derbyshire Falcons
2:30pm
League Two: Glamorgan vs Kent
2:30pm
League Two: Gloucestershire vs Worcestershire Rapids
2:30pm
League Two: Leicestershire Foxes vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Tuesday, June 9
Time
Match
2:00pm
League One: Durham vs Yorkshire
3:30pm
League One: Lancashire Thunder vs Hampshire Hawks
Sunday, June 14
Time
Match
2:30pm
League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Derbyshire Falcons
2:30pm
League Two: Sussex Sharks vs Gloucestershire
2:30pm
League Two: Worcestershire Rapids vs Middlesex
2:30pm
League Two: Leicestershire Foxes vs Kent
Friday, June 26
Time
Match
2:30pm
League One: Somerset vs Durham
3:00pm
League One: Warwickshire Bears vs Surrey
3:00pm
League One: Hampshire Hawks vs Yorkshire
Saturday, June 27
Time
Match
2:30pm
League Two: Derbyshire Falcons vs Gloucestershire
Sunday, June 28
Time
Match
2:00pm
League One: Essex vs The Blaze
2:30pm
League One: Lancashire Thunder vs Warwickshire Bears
2:30pm
League One: Somerset vs Surrey
2:30pm
League One: Hampshire Hawks vs Durham
2:30pm
League Two: Kent vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
2:30pm
League Two: Leicestershire Foxes vs Glamorgan
2:30pm
League Two: Worcestershire Rapids vs Sussex Sharks
Wednesday, July 1
Time
Match
2:30pm
League One: Yorkshire vs Lancashire Thunder
3:00pm
League One: Warwickshire Bears vs Essex
Friday, July 3
Time
Match
2:30pm
League One: Yorkshire vs Somerset
2:30pm
League One: The Blaze vs Surrey
6:30pm
League One: Durham vs Lancashire Thunder
2:30pm
League Two: Glamorgan vs Middlesex
2:30pm
League Two: Gloucestershire vs Leicestershire Foxes
3:00pm
League Two: Sussex Sharks vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
6:30pm
League Two: Derbyshire Falcons vs Kent
Sunday, July 5
Time
Match
11:30am
League One: Essex vs Surrey
11:30am
League One: Durham vs The Blaze
11:30am
League One: Warwickshire Bears vs Yorkshire
11:30am
League One: Hampshire Hawks vs Lancashire Thunder
11:30am
League Two: Glamorgan vs Worcestershire Rapids
11:30am
League Two: Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Gloucestershire
2:30pm
League Two: Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks
2:30pm
League Two: Derbyshire Falcons vs Leicestershire Foxes
Tuesday, July 7
Time
Match
6:00pm
League One: Essex vs Somerset
Wednesday, July 8
Time
Match
2:15pm
League One: Surrey vs Warwickshire Bears
3:00pm
League One: Hampshire Hawks vs The Blaze
Friday, July 10
Time
Match
2:30pm
League One: Durham vs Essex
2:30pm
League One: The Blaze vs Somerset
3:00pm
League One: Warwickshire Bears vs Hampshire Hawks
3:00pm
League One: Lancashire Thunder vs Yorkshire
Sunday, July 12
Time
Match
12:00pm
League One: Lancashire Thunder vs Durham
12:00pm
League One: Yorkshire vs The Blaze
12:00pm
League One: Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks
12:00pm
League One: Somerset vs Essex
12:00pm
League Two: Eliminator
6:00pm
League Two: Final
Friday, July 17 (Women’s Finals Day)
Time
Match
11:00am
League One: Semi-final 1
2:30pm
League One: Semi-final 2
6:45pm
League One: Final
FAQs: T20 Blast 2026
When does the T20 Blast 2026 start?
The tournament starts on Friday, May 22, 2026, with nine men’s matches and eight women’s matches across the opening day.
When is the T20 Blast 2026 final?
Men’s finals day takes place on Saturday, July 18, 2026. The final starts at 6:45pm BST. The women’s League One finals day also falls on July 17.
How many teams are in the T20 Blast 2026?
Eighteen teams compete in the men’s tournament across three groups of six. Eighteen teams also feature in the women’s draw, split into League One and League Two.
What is the new T20 Blast format for 2026?
The men’s tournament has moved from two groups of nine to three groups of six. Each team plays 12 group games instead of 14. The new format also introduces cross-group fixtures, with each team playing one home and one away game against teams from a different group.
Who are the defending T20 Blast champions?
Somerset are the defending men’s champions after winning their third T20 Blast title in 2025, defeating Hampshire Hawks in the final. Surrey finished top of the women’s League One in 2025.
Can I watch T20 Blast 2026 on mobile?
Yes. Sky Go, Kayo Sports, FanCode, and Willow TV all offer mobile apps for iOS and Android. Free games on the ECB website also stream through mobile browsers.
