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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the national governing body for cricket in England and Wales, formed on January 1, 1997. It combines roles from the Test and County Cricket Board, National Cricket Association, and Cricket Council, and integrated the Women's Cricket Association in 1998. Based at Lord's Cricket Ground, the ECB oversees all levels of cricket, including national teams for men, women, and various disability categories.

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A total of eight county domestic finals will be played across men’s, women’s and disability competitions next season with the historic inaugural Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day to be staged on Sunday 27 July.

The Kia Oval will host the first-ever Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day next season following confirmation of the 2025 domestic finals dates and venues.

A total of eight domestic finals will be played across men’s, women’s and disability competitions next season with the historic inaugural Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day to be staged on Sunday 27 July.

Vitality Blast Men’s Finals Day – which has sold out before general sale for the past four years – will be hosted by Edgbaston on Saturday 13 September with the ticket ballot now open.

With demand growing year-on-year the best chance for fans to get tickets is to enter the Edgbaston ticket ballot online at edgbaston.com/ballot. VIP Experiences and Premium Tickets for 2025 will go on general sale from 10pm on Saturday 14 September, after this year’s edition.

Supporters who want to secure a place at Vitality Blast Women’s Finals Day can register their interest from now via this link.

Both Vitality Blast Men’s and Women’s Finals Day will be televised on Sky Sports and available for listeners on BBC Radio.

Last week it was announced that the men’s and women’s domestic T20 and 50-over competitions will next season be fully aligned for the first time with Vitality and Metro Bank the title sponsors.

That will include the Tier 2 women’s competitions, which will be known as the Vitality Blast Women’s League 2 and the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s League 2.

The Metro Bank One-Day Cup Men’s Final will be staged at Trent Bridge on Saturday 20 September with the Utilita Bowl to host the first Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s Final on Sunday 21 September.

The County Ground, Northampton is to host the Vitality Blast Women’s League 2 Finals Day on Saturday 26 July with the Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s League 2 final scheduled for Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday 14 September.

The Disability Premier League Final is also set to again be played in September to cap a busy month of domestic finals.

The first piece of domestic silverware on offer for the season will be the inaugural ECB Women’s T20 County Cup – a new knock-out cup competition consisting of teams from all three tiers of the expanded women’s domestic structure – with Finals Day hosted by the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on Monday 26 May.

Tickets for this year’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup Men’s Final between Glamorgan and Somerset on Sunday 22 September are available here and are priced from £24 for adults, with admission for all under 16s priced at £5.

The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final will be staged on Saturday 21 September at the Uptonsteel County Ground in Leicester, with tickets available here.

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