2022 T20 Blast Betting Guide

While other countries claim to have invented the concept of short-form cricket, the first official T20 competition was held in England back in 2003. Now known as the Vitality T20 Blast as part of the sponsorship deal, it’s the only tournament where county grounds are full up and down the country. Fans take part in T20 Blast betting as it is always great fun.

Kent Spitfires defeated Somerset in the 2021 T20 Blast final to lift the trophy for the 2nd time in the cricket club’s history. The 2022 T20 Blast will feature all 18 counties with the preliminary games split into two geographical sections (North Group & South Group). The Finals day will feature the top four teams.

The 2022 T20 Blast season kicked off on May 25 and the final match was played on July 16. Hampshire won 2022 T20 Blast trophy after they defeated Lancashire by one run in the final game.

This T20 Blast betting guide has all the info you need to place your bets.

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2022 T20 Blast Odds: Favorites To Win The 2022 T20 Blast

According to the latest T20 Blast odds table, Yorkshire and Hampshire are current joint favorites on Betway to win T20 Blast 2022 with odds of 3.75. Both teams have qualified for the 2022 T20 Blast finals day.

Somerset are next on the odds table with odds of 5.00. Somerset came close to winning the trophy last season as they lost to Kent in the final match.

Surrey had the best team on paper going into the 2022 T20 Blast season. It came out as a huge surprise when they lost to Yorkshire by just 1 run.

Hampshire were the true underdogs last season who came out of nowhere and performed exceedingly well. They have done so this season as well. Looking at the current scenario, we are backing Hampshire to win the 2022 English T20 Blast.

Recommended Betting Tip: Hampshire (3.75)

Popular T20 Blast Betting Markets

If you are looking to bet on the T20 Blast, there will be lots of betting markets to choose from. We suggest you should stick with the tried and tested ones such as the match-winner market, top batsman betting market, and top bowler betting market.

One interesting betting market which can be taken full use of is the total fours in the match. You can check the historical records of the ground and place bets using the data.

How to read T20 Blast betting odds?

When you visit the betting sites, you will see cricket odds in the form of Surrey 6.00 or 1/5 or +500 to win the T20 Blast. These odds are classified as decimal, fractional or American. It would be much easy if you simply switch to the decimal odds. The odds of 6.00 mean that if you put INR 100 on Surrey to win the T20 blast, you will get 600 INR in return if you win the bet.

In case you want to crunch the numbers and are interested in knowing the implied probability, you can use an odds calculator online to check it in the fashion you want.

Vitality Blast 2021 Final

The four teams that made it to the 2021 T20 Blast finals day were Hampshire Hawks, Somerset, Kent Spitfires, and Sussex Sharks. Somerset defeated Hampshire in the first semi-final while Kent won against Sussex.

In the final game, Kent Spitfires batted first and posted a total of 167/7 in 20 overs. Somerset could only manage 142/9 while chasing which ultimately led to Kent Spitfires lifting the trophy. Kent’s Jordan Cox was declared man of the match for his brilliant knock of 58 runs.

Leicestershire’s Josh Inglis was the highest run-scorer of the tournament with 531 runs while his own teammate Naveen-ul-Haq picked 26 wickets to become the highest wicket-taker.

T20 Blast 2022 Full Squads

If you are interested in doing T20 Blast betting, it is very important to know about the latest squads.

In the T20 Blast, most teams apply a suffix to their names in order to separate their T20 sides, and in some cases, these have changed over the years. Therefore, the Worcester Royals are now known as the Worcestershire Rapids while Surrey, who were called the Surrey Lions when they won the first tournament back in 2003, are now just plain Surrey CCC.

Meanwhile, Warwickshire dropped their county name altogether and are just referred to as the Birmingham Bears. Here are the squads for the 2022 Vitality Blast season:

Birmingham Bears

Carlos Brathwaite (C), Will Rhodes, Chris Benjamin, Jacob Bethell, Danny Briggs, Alex Davies, Ethan Brookes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess (WK), George Garrett, Sam Hain, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Adam Hose, Manraj Johal, Matt Lamb, Jake Lintott, Craig Miles, Dan Mousley, Liam Norwell, Dominic Sibley, Ryan Sidebottom, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Robert Yates

Derbyshire Falcons

Billy Godleman, Luis Reece, Wayne Madsen, Alex Hughes (C), Leus du Plooy, Matthew Critchley, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Matt McKiernan, Brooke Guest (WK), Michael Cohen, Samuel Conners, Thomas Wood, Anuj Dal, Nils Priestley, Ben McDermott, Nick Hotslake.

Durham

Alex Lees, Graham Clark, Jack Burnham, Michael Jones, Sean Dickson, Will Young, Alex Thomson, Ben Raine, Ben Stokes, Cameron Steel, Matt Salisbury, Paul Coughlin, Scott Borthwick (C), Cameron Bancroft, David Bedingham, Stuart Poynter (WK), Brydon Carse, Liam Trevaskis, Mark Wood, Matty Potts, Ned Eckersley, Chris Rushworth, Jack Campbell, Oliver Gibson.

Essex Eagles

Cameron Delport, Varun Chopra, Tom Westley (C), Daniel Lawrence, Ryan ten Doeschate, Adam Wheater (WK), Paul Walter, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Aaron Beard, Feroze Khushi, Nick Browne, Sir Alastair Cook, Michael Pepper, William Buttleman, Adam Zampa, Aron Nijjar, Ben Allison, Jack Plom, Sam Cook, Peter Siddle, Jamie Porter

Glamorgan

Chris Cooke (C & wk), Kiran Carlson, Callum Taylor, Andrew Balbirnie, Billy Root, Daniel Douthwaite, Andrew Salter, Timm van der Gugten, Prem Sisodiya, Colin Ingram, Marnus Labuschagne, Nicholas Selman, David Lloyd, Michael Neser, Joe Cooke, Roman Walker, Ruaidhri Smith, Michael Hogan, Kames Weighell, Jamie Mcllroy, Alex Horton.

Gloucestershire

Miles Hammond, Chris Dent (C), Ian Cockbain, Ryan Higgins, James Bracey (WK), Jack Taylor, George Scott, Graeme van Buuren, Tom Smith, David Payne, Matt Taylor, George Hankins, Kraigg Brathwaite, Tom Price, Benny Howell, Olivier Price, Tom Lace, Daniel Worrall, Harry Hankins, Jared Warner, Josh Shaw

Hampshire

Tom Alsop, Sam Northeast, Lewis McManus (wk), James Fuller, Ian Holland, Scott Currie, Ajeet Dale, Brad Wheal, Kyle Abbott, Mason Crane, Chris Wood, Ryan Stevenson, Mohammad Abbas, Keith Barker, Liam Dawson, Aneurin Donald, Felix Organ, Joe Weatherley, D’Arcy Short, James Vince (C)

Kent Spitfires

Daniel Bell-Drummond (C), Zak Crawley, Oliver Robinson (wk), Jack Leaning, Alex Blake, Jordan Cox, Grant Stewart, Matt Milnes, Imran Qayyum, Fred Klaassen, Joe Denly, Tawanda Muyeye, Darren Stevens, Miguel Cummins, Mohammad Amir, Nathan Gilcrhsit, Qais Ahmad, Tim Groenewald, Matthew Quinn, Harry Podmote, Heino Kuhn, Ollie Robinson, Sam Billings, Hamidullah Qadri

Lancashire Lightning

Keaton Jennings, Liam Livingstone, Luke Wells, Owais Shah, Danny Lamb, Shreyas Iyer, Alex Davies (WK), Steven Croft, Dane Vilas (C), Josh Bohannon, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, Tom Hartley, Tom Bailey, Liam Hurt, Finn Allen, Jos Buttler, George Balderson, George Lavelle, Edwin Moulton, George Burrows, Jack Blatherwick, Jack Morley, James Anderson, Jackson Bird, Matt Parkinson, Richard Gleeson, Saqib Mahmood.

Leicestershire Foxes

George Rhodes, Hassan Azad, Harry Dearden, Marcus Harris, Nick Welch, Rishi Patel, Sam Evans, Aaron Lilley, Ben Mike, Colin Ackermann (C), Scott Steel, Harry Swindells (WK), Lewis Hill, Sam Bates, Alex Evans, Callum Parkinson, Chris Wright, Dieter Klein, Ed Barnes, Gavin Griffiths, Nathan Bowley, Will Davis.

Middlesex

Max Holden, Stephen Eskinazi, Martin Andersson, Nick Gubbins, John Simpson (wk), James Harris, Tom Helm, Nathan Sowter, Steven Finn (C), Eoin Morgan, Joshua De Caires, Sam Robson, Luke Hollman, Mitchell Marsh, Paul Stirling, Jack Davies, Joe Cracknell, Peter Handscomb, Robbie White, Blake Cullen, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Thilan Walallawita, Tim Murtagh, Toby Roland-Jones

Northampton Steelbacks

Richard Levi, Joshua Cobb (C), Adam Rossington(WK), Alex Wakely, Saif Zaib, Graeme White, Ben Sanderson, Nathan Buck, Brandon Glover, Ben Curran, Charlie Thurston, Emilio Gay, Gareth Berg, Luke Procter, Rob Keogh, Tom Taylor, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Curtley-Jack White, Graeme White, Simon Karrigon, Wayne Parnell.

Nottinghamshire Outlaws

Alex Hales, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Tom Moores (wk), Daniel Christian, Steven Mullaney (C), Samit Patel, Luke Fletcher, Jake Ball, Zak Chappell, Tom Barber, Toby Pettman, Stuart Broad, Matthew Carter, Liam Patterson-White, Harry Gurney, Dane Patterson, Brett Hutton, Haseeb Hameed, Sol Budinger, Ben Compton, Ben Slater, Dane Schadendorf, Peter Trego, Lyndon James, Joey Evison.

Somerset

Steven Davies (wk), Devon Conway, Will Smeed, Tom Abell (C), Lewis Goldsworthy, Lewis Gregory, Tom Lammonby, Craig Overton, Roelof van der Merwe, Ollie Sale, Max Waller, Merchant de Lange, Josh Davey, Jack Leach, Jack Brooks, Ned Leonard, Kasey Aldridge, Ben Green, Eddie Byrom, James Hildreth, Sam Young, Tom Banton

Surrey

Will Jacks, Hashim Amla, Ben Foakes (wk), Rory Burns (C), Jamie Smith, Rikki Clarke, Jamie Overton, Liam Plunkett, Gus Atkinson, Daniel Moriarty, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Sean Abbott, Nicholas Kimber, Matt Dunn, Kemar Roach, James Taylor, Jade Dernbach, Gareth Batty, Conor McKerr, Ollie Pope, Sam Curran, Nico Reifer, Ben Geddes, Laurie Evans, Jason Roy, Mark Stoneman, Ryan Patel, Jordan Clark, Amar Virdi

Sussex Sharks

Philip Salt (wk), Luke Wright (C), Calum Macleod, Delray Rawlins, David Wiese, Ravi Bopara, Aaron Thomason, George Garton, Ollie Robinson, Will Beer, Danny Briggs, Ben Brown, Henry Crocombe, Mitchell Claydon, Stuart Meaker, Tymal Mills.

Worcestershire Rapids

Daryl Mitchell, Jack Haynes, Joshua Dell, Mitchell Stanley, Riki Wessels, Ross Whiteley, Tom Fell, Brett D’Oliveira, Joe Leach (C), Moeen Ali, Alex Milton (WK), Ben Cox, Gareth Roderick, Adam Finch, Alzarri Joseph, Charlie Morris, Dillon Pennington, Ed Barnard, Josh Tongue, Pat Brown.

Yorkshire Vikings

Adam Lyth, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Will Fraine, Jonathan Tattersall (wk), Jordan Thompson, Matthew Fisher, Josh Sullivan, Jack Shutt, Duanne Olivier, Dominic Leech, Dom Bess, Ben Coad, Adil Rashid, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Duke, Ben Birkhead, George Hill, Mathew Pillans, Josh Poysden, Dawid Malan, Gary Ballance, James Wharton, Matthew Revis, Tom Loten, David Willey, Matthew Waite, Steven Patterson (C)

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T20 Blast History

With the county game struggling to survive at the start of the new century, English counties looked to devise a way in which they could get more spectators through the gates and attract more revenue. Those counties subsequently voted by a narrow margin to create an initial tournament in 2003 and while it was very much an experiment, the public loved it.

That 2003 tournament was won by the Surrey Lions who beat the Warwickshire Bears by a comfortable nine-wicket margin in the final.

Overall, it was a great success with new cricket fans flocking to see a game that could be concluded in under three hours. Little has changed in the years that have followed and while a new tournament in the form of The Hundred has been launched, the T20 Blast goes from strength to strength.

From 2003 to 2009, the domestic competition in England was known simply as the T20 Cup with no main sponsor attaching their name to the tournament. In 2010, it was called the Friends Provident T20 Cup with a new backer getting on board and it remained this way until Natwest Bank took over in 2014.

Their association ended in February 2018 when Vitality took over as the lead sponsor. They still remain the main sponsor of the tournament.

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