Our inaugural Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup fixture has been confirmed, with an away trip to Yorkshire.
Thirty-seven teams from across the three tiers of the women’s domestic structure have entered the knock-out competition, as we enter Round Three due to Tier 1 status, with a trip to Headingley to face Yorkshire on Saturday 17 May at 2:30pm.
Should Essex progress past Yorkshire, the Quarter-Final will take place at Fenner’s Cricket Ground on Friday 23 May, against either Devon or Warwickshire.
The 2025 Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup is the first year of the competition in the revamped women’s domestic game structure.
The knock-out nature of the County Cup has given Counties in Tier 2 and Tier 3 the chance to pull off ‘underdog’ victories against fully professional Tier 1 sides.
Two all Tier 1 ties in Round Three means the competition will be guaranteed at least two teams from Tiers 2 or 3 in the quarter-finals.
The competition, which has taken place across May, will signal the first domestic silverware of the year.
ROUND THREE
Match 25: Surrey v Hampshire Hawks
Match 26: Devon v Warwickshire Bears
Match 27: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes
Match 28: Glamorgan v Lancashire Thunder
Match 29: Yorkshire v Essex
Match 30: Oxfordshire v The Blaze
Match 31: Cambridgeshire v Kent
Match 32: Somerset v Durham
QUARTER-FINALS
Match 33: Winner of Match 25 v Winner of Match 32
Match 34: Winner of Match 31 v Winner of Match 30
Match 35: Winner of Match 27 v Winner of Match 28
Match 36: Winner of Match 29 v Winner of Match 26
FINALS DAY (Monday 26 May, The Cooper Associate County Ground, Taunton)
Match 37: Semi-Final 1: Winner of Match 35 v Winner of Match 34
Match 38: Semi-Final 2: Winner of Match 36 v Winner of Match 33
Match 39: Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup Final
The semi-finals and final will be played as a three-match Finals Day, with the two semi-finals preceding the final, at The Cooper Associate County Ground, Taunton, on Monday 26 May.
