Worcestershire are to stage one of the major domestic finals in the restructured women’s cricket programme for the 2025 season.
Visit Worcestershire New Road will host the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s League 2 final on Sunday, September 14.
It is part of the Tier 2 programme in which Worcestershire Women’s Rapids will be competing in the Metro Bank One day Cup Women’s League 2 and the Vitality Blast Women’s League 2.
Worcestershire CEO, Ashley Giles, said: “It is an exciting time for women’s cricket in this country with the new look structure and we are delighted to have been chosen to stage one of the finals next summer.
“Our Women’s Rapids team have done the club proud in recent seasons with their success trophy-wise but also producing players who have gone onto earn international recognition.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
