2025 T20 Blast
| Dates | 29 May – 13 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Host(s) | England Wales |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches | 133 |
| Official website | Vitality Blast |
The 2025 T20 Blast (also known as 2025 Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd edition of the T20 Blast (currently known as the Vitality Blast), a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament is taking place from 29 May to 13 September 2025.[1][2] The domestic T20 competition was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship.[3]
Gloucestershire are the defending champions, having won their maiden title during the previous season.[4]
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.[2]
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
- South Group: Essex Eagles, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire Hawks, Kent Spitfires, Middlesex, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex Sharks
Standings
North Group
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancashire Lightning | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0.950 |
| 2 | Durham | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0.899 |
| 3 | Northants Steelbacks | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0.242 |
| 4 | Birmingham Bears | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.405 |
| 5 | Leicestershire Foxes | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −0.348 |
| 6 | Notts Outlaws | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.773 |
| 7 | Worcestershire Rapids | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.147 |
| 8 | Yorkshire | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.257 |
| 9 | Derbyshire Falcons | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | −0.951 |
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2025. Source: BBC SportsESPNcricinfo
South Group
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.915 |
| 2 | Surrey | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.423 |
| 3 | Sussex Sharks | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0.659 |
| 4 | Glamorgan | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | −0.039 |
| 5 | Hampshire Hawks | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.808 |
| 6 | Kent Spitfires | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | −0.178 |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.970 |
| 8 | Middlesex | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | −0.991 |
| 9 | Essex Eagles | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −1.805 |
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2025. Source: BBC SportsESPNcricinfo
Fixtures
In November 2024, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[2]
May
Lancashire Lightning
176/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
169/7 (20 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Fateh Singh and Tom Hinley (Worcestershire Rapids) both made their T20 debuts.
Sussex Sharks
202/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
186/7 (20 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires
208/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
204/7 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Aman Rao (Gloucestershire) made his T20 debut.
Hampshire Hawks
230/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
124 (16.2 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons
170/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire Foxes
171/5 (18.4 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
- Nick Potts (Leicestershire Foxes) made his T20 debut.
Birmingham Bears
226/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
229/3 (19.1 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Kai Smith and Adam Sylvester (Birmingham Bears) both made their T20 debuts.
Surrey
146/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
147/5 (17.5 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
- Thomas Rew (Somerset) and Yousef Majid (Surrey) both made their T20 debuts.
Northants Steelbacks
237/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire
224/9 (20 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning
216/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
169 (19.1 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Charlie Barnard (Lancashire Lightning) made his T20 debut.
June
Durham
150/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
151/6 (20 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids
201/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire
135/8 (19.3 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected field.
- Yorkshire were set a revised target of 196 runs from 19.3 overs.
Leicestershire Foxes
122 (20 overs) |
v
|
Northants Steelbacks
123/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks
173 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gloucestershire
93 (13.3 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons
194/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Northants Steelbacks
188/4 (20 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning
145/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire Foxes
149/5 (20 overs) |
- Lancashire Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
Kent Spitfires
172/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
Surrey
147/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
63/0 (8.2 overs) |
James Vince 33* (28)
|
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire
164/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
168/4 (19 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Derbyshire Falcons
162/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
115/3 (13.4 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Notts Outlaws were set a revised target of 120 runs off 15 overs.
Essex Eagles
183/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
185/4 (19 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire
119 (19.5 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
121/3 (15 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Surrey
193/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
151/9 (20 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes
193/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Durham
187/7 (20 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks
166/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
169/3 (18 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks
190/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
159 (19 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ben Sanderson (Northants Steelbacks) took his maiden five-wicket haul and also took his first hat-trick in T20s.[5][6]
Worcestershire Rapids
206/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
181/7 (20 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Birmingham Bears
199/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
141 (17.1 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles
156/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
159/4 (17.3 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks
177/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Kent Spitfires
182/2 (19 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
Northants Steelbacks
180/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Lancashire Lightning
156/9 (20 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks
195/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
117 (15.2 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Yorkshire
213/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
107 (16.5 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Durham
168/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Derbyshire Falcons
152 (19.3 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks
186/6 (20 overs) |
v
|
Birmingham Bears
174/8 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire
175/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Notts Outlaws
166/9 (20 overs) |
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan
220/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
180 (19.5 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire
135/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
137/4 (17.4 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks
63/1 (6 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
75/1 (6 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 6 overs per side due to rain.
- Middlesex were set a revised target of 76 runs from 6 overs due to rain.
Durham
157/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
142/8 (20 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
Derbyshire Falcons
199/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
153/9 (20 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Essex Eagles
177/4 (17 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
23/3 (3.1 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
- Noah Thain (Essex Eagles) made his T20 debut.
Worcestershire Rapids
143 (20 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
146/3 (17.3 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears
205/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire
173/5 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
Birmingham Bears
206/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
212/4 (20 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes
196/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
197/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Sussex Sharks
199/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Glamorgan
172 (18.5 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.
Glamorgan
189/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
149/9 (20 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Worcestershire Rapids
150/8 (20 overs) |
v
|
Leicestershire Foxes
153/4 (17.1 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
Kent Spitfires
228/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
224/6 (20 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire
128 (19 overs) |
v
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Durham
131/4 (18 overs) |
- Durham won the toss and elected to field.
- Matthew Potts (Durham) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[7]
Surrey
193/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Hampshire Hawks
124 (17.5 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires
157/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
160/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey
210/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
162 (19.5 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Durham
155/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
156/4 (17.1 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
- Isaac Mohammed (Worcestershire Rapids) made his T20 debut.
Notts Outlaws
156 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire Foxes
160/6 (17.4 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to field.
Middlesex
161 (19.5 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
160/6 (20 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Naavya Sharma (Middlesex) made his T20 debut.
Somerset
209/7 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hampshire Hawks
129/7 (20 overs) |
- Hampshire Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
Worcestershire Rapids
134 (18.4 overs) |
v
|
Birmingham Bears
135/9 (19.3 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Lancashire Lightning
243/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
163 (17.2 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Kent Spitfires
219/3 (20 overs) |
v
|
Essex Eagles
172 (19 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks
124/9 (20 overs) |
v
|
Gloucestershire
130/8 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Notts Outlaws
164/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Northants Steelbacks
140 (19.2 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to bat.
July
Durham
231/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Notts Outlaws
182 (15.4 overs) |
- Notts Outlaws won the toss and elected to field.
- Kasey Aldridge (Durham) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[8]
Gloucestershire
184/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
171 (19.3 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex Sharks
195/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
161 (19.4 overs) |
- Kent Spitfires won the toss and elected to field.
- Danny Lamb (Sussex Sharks) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[9]
Leicestershire Foxes
154 (19.3 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
158/4 (18.2 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks
177 (20 overs) |
v
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Lancashire Lightning
181/5 (19.3 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire Lightning) took his first hat-trick in T20s.[10]
Glamorgan
176/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
174/9 (20 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
- Ned Leonard (Glamorgan) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[11]
Yorkshire
233/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
192 (19.1 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
- Will O'Rourke (Yorkshire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[12]
Lancashire Lightning
178/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
136/6 (20 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks
196/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Sussex Sharks
134 (16.5 overs) |
- Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire
200/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Derbyshire Falcons
201/3 (17.2 overs) |
- Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
Durham
182/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Birmingham Bears
174/8 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to field.
Glamorgan
118/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent Spitfires
122/4 (11.4 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire
204/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Middlesex
195/7 (20 overs) |
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
Hampshire Hawks
178/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Somerset
179/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Northants Steelbacks
152/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire Rapids
153/4 (16.4 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to field.
Leicestershire Foxes
188/2 (20 overs) |
v
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Notts Outlaws
189/9 (19.5 overs) |
- Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Surrey
141/6 (12 overs) |
v
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Essex Eagles
145/6 (12 overs) |
- Essex Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
Knock-out stage
Bracket
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Quarter-finals
Finals Day
Semi-finals
Final
References
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- ^ "Gloucestershire break Blast hoodoo in style with eight-wicket rout of Somerset". ESPNCricinfo. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Ben Sanderson sinks Rapids with six-for and hat-trick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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- ^ "Hughes sets up Sussex, Lamb five-for skittles Ken". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Saqib Mahmood hat-trick helps Lancashire to victory over Northamptonshire". The Standard. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Leonard five-for condemns former team to tight two-run loss". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Wharton continues T20 love affair with Worcestershire as O'Rourke and Luxton also star". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 July 2025.