Yorkshire CCC’s Vitality Blast fixtures announced for next season
YORKSHIRE’s Vitality Blast fixtures for 2026 have been announced this morning.
The men’s and women’s sides will play 12 group games in the 20-over tournament, including the first-ever Roses double-header at Manchester in July.
The men play their first home Roses T20 on a Friday night since 2021, with the Headingley showpiece having been held on a Thursday for the past three seasons, and on a Wednesday in 2022.
They also face Gloucestershire for the first time in T20, with each of the 18 counties - now split into three groups of six, as opposed to two groups of nine - playing the five counties in their group home and away, plus one home and away match against a county from outside of their group.
Yorkshire’s away match in that instance takes them all the way to Hampshire, where the Yorkshire women will also be in action on the same day.
Both the men’s and women’s teams have nine double-headers, four of them at Headingley.
The fixtures for the County Championship and the One-Day Cup, along with the women’s One-Day Cup, will be announced at 10am on Thursday.
YORKSHIRE MEN VITALITY BLAST FIXTURES
Friday May 22: v Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge (DH)
Sunday May 24: v Derbyshire Falcons at Headingley (DH)
Friday May 29: v Durham at Chester-le-Street (DH)
Sunday May 31: v Gloucestershire at Headingley
Friday June 5: v Lancashire Lightning at Headingley (DH)
Sunday June 7: v Leicestershire Foxes at Grace Road (DH)
Friday June 26: v Hampshire Hawks at Southampton (DH)
Sunday June 28: v Derbyshire Falcons at Chesterfield
Friday July 3: v Durham at Headingley (DH)
Sunday July 5: v Leicestershire Foxes at Headingley
Friday July 10: v Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford (DH)
Sunday July 12: v Notts Outlaws at Headingley (DH)
Wednesday July 15: Quarter-finals
Saturday July 18: Finals Day at Edgbaston
YORKSHIRE WOMEN VITALITY BLAST FIXTURES
Friday May 22: v The Blaze at Trent Bridge (DH)
Sunday May 24: v Surrey at Headingley (DH)
Wednesday May 27: v Somerset at Taunton
Friday May 29: v Essex at Headingley
Friday June 5: v Durham at Headingley (DH)
Tuesday June 9: v Durham at Chester-le-Street (DH)
Friday June 26: v Hampshire Hawks at Southampton (DH)
Wednesday July 1: v Lancashire Thunder at York
Friday July 3: v Somerset at Headingley (DH)
Sunday July 5: v Warwickshire Bears at Edgbaston (DH)
Friday July 10: v Lancashire Thunder at Old Trafford (DH)
Sunday July 12: v The Blaze at Headingley (DH)
Friday July 17: Finals Day at The Oval
* DH denotes double-header