Date for 2026 Men’s Finals Day announced

T20 cricket fans can already start planning their 2026 summer with confirmation of the dates for next season’s Men's Vitality Blast Finals Day.

Vitality Blast Finals Day is the unmissable event of the county calendar, with all-action drama of three knockout matches to crown the champions. The 2026 Men’s edition will take place on Saturday 18 July.

EdgBLASTon’s famed atmosphere as the home of Vitality Blast Men’s Finals Day is entrenched with sell-out crowds packing the stadium each year. And fans can now enter the ticket Ballot foor the best chance to secure tickets online at edgbaston.com/ballot-2026/

To ‘beat the Ballot’, fans can get Priority Club Membership, which is available now for £35, while attendees at this year’s Vitality Blast Men’s Finals Day will have priority access to re-buy for next season’s event following this weekend’s final.

VIP Experiences from our official provider Keith Prowse will go on sale from 10am on Monday 15 September. While Premium Tickets are on sale now on our Seat Unique Terrace.

Both the men’s and women’s Vitality Blast competitions will have a new look in 2026, highlighted by Men’s Vitality Blast Finals Day moving to July.

Both competitions will be played in a block of 12 group-stage matches before the quarter-finals, and Finals Days immediately follow.

The men’s competition returns to three groups of six counties, which will provide a greater focus on the historic local rivalries that make the Vitality Blast unlike any other T20 competition in the world.

Following the success of the first-ever Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day earlier this season, the Kia Oval will again stage the showpiece event on Friday 17 July 2026.

Yorkshire will join Tier One of the women’s Vitality Blast to create a nine-team competition next season, with Finals Day to be expanded to include four teams.