The 2023 edition of T20 Blast is set to start tonight with a doubleheader. Derbyshire will take on Lancashire in the opening match, whereas Birmingham Bears will be up against Yorkshire in the second encounter of the day. This is the premier T20 tournament of England and some of the international stars will also make their presence known.
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Hampshire won the last edition of the tournament where they defeated Lancashire by just 1 run in a thriller of a final. James Vince was the highest run-scorer of the side last season and he will do his best to help Hampshire win their second successive title. The batters love the tournament due to the flat nature of the tracks.
Batter Rilee Rossouw had a blockbuster season with Somerset last season which earned him a place in the South African team. Even Australian batter Chris Lynn had a record season with Northamptonshire. Interestingly, a player from Greece named Ari Karvelas has been signed by Sussex.
A total of 18 teams are taking part in the tournament and they are divided into two groups of nine teams each. The Top 4 teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. It is quite intriguing that both semi-finals and final take place on the very same day at the same venue.
Vitality T20 Blast 2023 Squads and All Player List
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Squad
Stephen Mullaney (c), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan), Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Tom Moores, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Samit Patel, Dane Paterson (South Africa), Matthew Carter, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Luke Fletcher, Alex Hales, Toby Pettman, Dane Schadendorf, Fateh Singh, Ben Slater, Olly Stone, Haseeb Hameed, Calvin Harrison, James Hayes, Brett Hutton, Lyndon James, Sammy King, Tom Loten, Ben Martindale, Matt Montgomery, Liam Patterson-White.
Yorkshire Vikings Squad
Shan Masood (c, Pakistan), Jonny Bairstow, Adam Lyth, Will Luxton, Dawid Malan, Ben Mike, Matt Milnes, Adil Rashid, Matthew Revis, Joe Root, Jack Shutt, Finlay Bean, Dom Bess, Harry Brook, Jordan Thompson, Yash Vagadia, David Wiese (Namibia), Jafer Chohan, Ben Cliff, Ben Coad, Harry Duke, Mickey Edwards, Will Fraine, Matthew Fisher, George Hill, Dominic Leech, Jonathan Tattersall, James Wharton.
Leicestershire Foxes Squad
Colin Ackermann (c), Rehan Ahmed, Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Callum Parkinson, Ed Barnes, Aaron Lilley, Rishi Patel, Matt Salisbury, Tom Scriven, Sol Budinger, Will Davis, Sam Evans, Michael Finan, Lewis Hill, Josh Hull, Louis KimberScott Steel, Harry Swindells, Nick Welch, Chris Wright, Roman Walker.
Durham Squad
Alex Lees (c), David Bedingham (South Africa), Ben Stokes, Tristan Stubbs (South Africa), Ollie Robinson, Nathan Sowter, Liam Trevaskis, Ross Whitfield, Mark Wood, Scott Borthwick, Jonathan Bushnell, Brydon Carse, Graham Clark, Paul Coughlin, Harry Crawshaw, Luke Doneathy, George Drissell, Oliver Gibson, Brandon Glover, Michael Jones, Bas de Leede, Tom Mackintosh, Matthew Potts, Ben Raine.
Birmingham Bears Squad
Moeen Ali (c), Hasan Ali (Pakistan), Chris Benjamin, Paul Stirling (Ireland), Chris Woakes, Jake Lintott, Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Craig Miles, Jacob Bethell, Ed Barnard, Danny Briggs, Alex Davies, Ethan Brookes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess, George Garrett, Sam Hain, Olly Hannon-Dalby, Manraj Johal, Amir Khan, Dan Mousley, Liam Norwell, Will Rhodes, Chris Rushworth, Hamza Shaikh, Che Simmons, Robert Yates.
Lancashire Lightning Squad
Keaton Jennings (c), Jos Buttler, Steven Croft, Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand), Phil Salt, Harry Singh, Dane Vilas (South Africa), Luke Wells, Richard Gleeson, Tom Aspinwall, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Josh Boyden, Tom Hartley, Matthew Hurst, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, George Lavelle, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand), Jack Morley, Matt Parkinson, Will Williams, Luke Wood.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Squad
David Willey (c), Chris Lynn (Australia), Andrew Tye (Australia), Gareth Berg, Josh Cobb, Emilio Gay, Harry Gouldstone, George Gowler, Freddie Heldreich, Rob Keogh, Simon Kerrigan, Lewis McManus, Gus Miller, Luke Procter, Alex Russell, Ollie Sale, James Sales, Ben Sanderson, Tom Taylor, Ricardo Vasconcelos, George Weldon, Graeme White, Jack White, Saif Zaib.
Worcestershire Rapids Squad
Brett D’Oliveira (c), Azhar Ali (Pakistan), Michael Bracewell (New Zealand), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Henry Cullen, Rehaan Edavalath, Adam Finch, Ben Gibbon, Jack Haynes, Kashif Ali, Josh Baker, Pat Brown, Taylor Cornall, Ben Cox, Oliver Cox, Adam Hose, Joe Leach, Jake Libby, Charlie Morris, Dillon Pennington, Ed Pollock, Gareth Roderick, Mitchell Stanley, Josh Tongue, Matthew Waite.
Derbyshire Falcons Squad
Leus du Plooy (c), Ben Aitchison, Haider Ali (Pakistan), Zaman Khan (Pakistan), Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka), Harry Came, Zak Chappell, Sam Conners, Anuj Dal, Billy Godleman, Brooke Guest, Archie Harrison, Matt Lamb, Wayne Madsen, Mattie McKiernan, Nick Potts, Luis Reece, George Scrimshaw, Alex Thomson, Mitch Wagstaff, Mark Watt, Tom Wood.
Hampshire Hawks Squad
James Vince (c), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Nathan Ellis (Australia), Benny Howell, Ben McDermott, Mason Crane, Scott Currie, Liam Dawson, Toby Albert, Keith Barker, Ben Brown, Jack Campbell, Aneurin Donald, Joseph Eckland, James Fuller, Nick Gubbins, Ian Holland, Fletcha Middleton, Felix Organ, Harry Petrie, Tom Prest, John Turner, Joe Weatherley, Brad Wheal, Ross Whiteley, Chris Wood.
Glamorgan Squad
David Lloyd (c), Colin Ingram (South Africa), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Michael Neser (Australia), Sam Northeast, Tom Bevan, Eddie Byrom, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Dan Douthwaite, Andy Gorvin, Tim van der Gugten, James Harris, Alex Horton, Colin Jamie McIlroy, Harry Podmore, Billy Root, Andrew Salter, Prem Sisodiya, Callum Taylor.
Kent Spitfires Squad
Sam Billings (c), Kane Richardson (Australia), Arafat Bhuiyan, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Blake, Fred Klaassen, Jack Leaning, George Linde, Ben Compton, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Joey Evison, Harry Finch, Nathan Gilchrist, Hamidullah Qadri, Michael Hogan, James Logan, Tawanda Muyeye, Marcus O’Riordan, Matt Quinn, Jas Singh, Grant Stewart.
Sussex Sharks Squad
Ravi Bopara (c), Tom Alsop, Ari Karvelas (Greece), Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Nathan McAndrew (Australia), Tymal Mills, Ali Orr, Delray Rawlins, Ollie Robinson, Jamie Atkins, Jack Carson, Oli Carter, Tom Clark, James Coles, Henry Crocombe, Brad Currie, Steven Finn, Bertie Foreman, George Garton Tom Haines, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Sean Hunt, Dan Ibrahim, Archie Lenham, Charlie Tear, Harrison Ward.
Somerset Squad
Tom Abell (c), Peter Siddle (Australia), Lewis Gregory, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Lammonby, Jack Leach, Ned Leonard, Roelof van der Merwe, Kasey Aldridge, Sonny Baker, George Bartlett, Tom Banton, Shoaib Bashir, Jack Brooks, Josh Davey, Steven Davies, Sean Dickson, Lewis Goldsworthy, Ben Green, George Ogborne, Craig Overton, James Rew, Will Smeed, George Thomas, Andy Umeed.
Gloucestershire Squad
Jack Taylor (c), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan), Marcus Harris (Australia), Miles Hammond, Tom Lace, Will Naish, David Payne, Paul van Meekeren, Marchant de Lange, Chris Dent, Zaman Akhter, James Bracey, Ben Charlesworth, Luke Charlesworth, Dominic Goodman, Ollie Price, Tom Price, Josh Shaw, Ajeet Singh Dale, Tom Smith, Matt Taylor, Graeme van Buuren, Jared Warner, Ben Wells.
Surrey Squad
Chris Jordan (c), Sean Abbott (Australia), Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Matt Dunn, Laurie Evans, Ben Foakes, Ben Geddes, Will Jacks, Sunil Narine (West Indies), Gus Atkinson, James Taylor, Reece Topley, Daniel Worrall, Nathan Barnwell, Josh Blake, Rory Burns, Jordan Clark, Nicholas Kimber, Tom Lawes, Yousef Majid, Conor McKerr, Daniel Moriarty, Jamie Overton, Ryan Patel, Ollie Pope, Nico Reifer,Dom Sibley, Jamie Smith, Cameron Steel.
Middlesex Squad
Stephen Eskinazi (c), Pieter Malan (South Africa), Martin Andersson, Ethan Bamber, Joe Cracknell, Blake Cullen, Jack Davies, Josh De Caires, Nathan Fernandes, Toby Greatwood, Max Harris, Tom Helm, Ryan Higgins, Max Holden, Luke Hollman, Ishaan Kaushal, Daniel O’Driscoll, Sam Robson, Toby Roland-Jones, John Simpson, Mark Stoneman, Thilan Walallawita, Robbie White.
Essex Eagles Squad
Simon Harmer (c, South Africa), Daniel Sams (Australia), Alastair Cook, Sam Cook, Ben Allison, Aaron Beard, Luc Benkenstein, Nick Browne, Will Buttleman, Matt Critchley, Robin Das, Eshun Kalley, Feroze Khushi, Dan Lawrence, Aron Nijjar, Michael Pepper, Jamie Porter, Jamal Richards, Adam Rossington, Josh Rymell, Shane Snater, Paul Walter, Tom Westley.
