T20 Blast Essentials: Match-by-match previews of the opening round

Match times, streaming information, tickets and travel, team news, weather forecasts, head-to-head records, predictions and everything else you need to know for every match ahead of the first round of the T20 Blast...

Click on the links below for our match-by-match guides to the first round of fixtures in the T20 Blast

Wednesday

North Group

Lancashire v Derbyshire

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

South Group

Somerset v Essex

Kent v Hampshire

Thursday

North Group

Lancashire v Leicestershire

Yorkshire v Birmingham

South Group

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire

Middlesex v Surrey