2023 T20 Blast
The 2023 Vitality Blast was the 2023 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 20 May to 15 July 2023. It was the sixth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), is branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship. The Hampshire Hawks were the defending champions, having won their third title during the previous season. On 30 November 2022, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament. Somerset and the Hampshire Hawks won their home quarter-finals, while the Essex Eagles and Surrey also secured a place at Finals day with away wins against the Birmingham Bears and Lancashire Lightning respectively, thus producing an all South Group finals for only the second time; the last occurrence being in 2021. In the final, Somerset beat the Essex Eagles by 14 runs to win their second title after an 18-year wait. Somerset won 15 of their 17 fixtures in the 2023 Vitality Blast, setting a new domestic T20 competition record for the number of wins in a season. Format
The playing format is the same as the previous season, where groups remain the same with the familiar North and South split, while each county will play 14 group-stage matches, seven at home and seven away. Teams
The teams are divided into the following groups:
 North Group: Birmingham Bears, Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Lancashire Lightning, Leicestershire Foxes, Northants Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire Vikings
 South Group: Essex Eagles, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex Sharks

North Group

South Group

Standings

North Group 

 Advanced to the Quarter-finals

Yorkshire Vikings deducted 4 points on 28th July

South Group

 Advanced to the Quarter-finals

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Finals Day

Final

References

External links
 Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

2023 in English cricket
T20 Blast seasons
Domestic cricket competitions in 2023