England have a Test team that is very much at the crossroads. There’s a new captain in Ben Stokes and New Zealander Brendon McCullum as the new head coach. As much as we love the Vitality Blast (certainly more than The Hundred), it does make life difficult for England if they need to bring in new players. There won’t be replacements who are playing red-ball cricket and might not be playing any cricket at all.
This may be the price we have to pay to keep our county teams alive. We all know that the Vitality Blast is where the counties make their money. It is an important Vitality Blast with the T20 World Cup taking place in Australia at the end of this This competition can be a bit of a lottery at times and that’s illustrated by looking at the list of previous winners.
Since 2008, 11 counties have won the competition. Only Northamptonshire Steelbacks and Nottinghamshire Outlaws have been champions twice in that time. All counties will be dreaming of making it to Finals Day. That’s not an easy task to achieve, let alone lifting the trophy.
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Of the four counties that made it to Edgbaston last year, none had been there in 2020. You have to go back to 2015 for the last time there were two counties playing in their second Finals Day in a row.
One of those was Hampshire who bucked the trend and reached six successive Finals Days between 2010 and 2015. Being a Hampshire fan at that time meant your season was incomplete without seeing the annual mascots race on Finals Day.
Kent Spitfires are the defending champions, but no county has ever won two T20 titles in a row. They start their 2022 campaign on May 25 with a home rematch of the 2021 final. Somerset are the visitors and will be out to win a second title after losing three successive finals between 2009 and 2011.
Sussex Sharks will again be a side that are hard to beat. They’ve reached the last eight in each of the last four years but haven’t won the competition since 2009. Nottinghamshire Outlaws always have to be on the shortlist and have made two of the last three Finals Days
Lancashire Lightning have two quarter finals and two semi-finals in the past four years. Never rule them out in what is likely to be another exciting tournament. Get ready to count the sixes, cheer on the spin bowlers and hopefully your county might just be victorious at Edgbaston on July 16.