THE BLAZE SET FOR BIGGEST SUMMER YET: EXPANDED FIXTURE LIST CONFIRMED

The Blaze are set for an expanded fixture list in 2024, with an increase in the number of T20 fixtures and twice as many games to be held at Trent Bridge.

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The Blaze are set for an expanded fixture list in 2024, with an increase in the number of T20 fixtures and twice as many games to be held at Trent Bridge.

The East Midlands’ elite women’s outfit will play four times at their Nottinghamshire home in the 2024 campaign, twice in the Charlotte Edwards Cup T20 competition and twice in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 50-over campaigns.

For the first time, too, the Charlotte Edwards Cup group stage will be extended to 10 rounds of fixtures, compared to seven in 2023.

Should final appearances become a reality once again, Kirstie Gordon’s cohort will also benefit from showpiece events on home soil, with the Incora County Ground (Derbyshire) and Uptonsteel County Ground (Leicestershire) selected to host the Charlotte Edwards Cup (Saturday 22 June) and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy (Saturday 21 September) finals days respectively.

The side’s sporting summer begins on Saturday 20 April at Edgbaston, locking horns with Central Sparks in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

A headline group fixture on Friday 31 May sees The Blaze and Notts Outlaws team-up on Vitality Blast Off Weekend, when Central Sparks and Northamptonshire Steelbacks visit Trent Bridge. Over 2,900 attended The Blaze’s previous involvement in a double-header at Trent Bridge, against Sunrisers in 2023.

Their Trent Bridge fixture list begins with back-to-back 50-over games on Monday 6 and Wednesday 8 May, when they welcome Thunder and Western Storm, with a floodlit Charlotte Edwards Cup fixture against Northern Diamonds on Thursday 23 May preceding the highly anticipated double-header.

The Blaze will enjoy home matches at five venues in total, with Derbyshire’s Incora County Ground, Leicestershire’s Uptonsteel County Ground, Loughborough University and Lindum CC, Lincolnshire also hosting the side as East Midlands side extend the cricket played in their region.

Leicestershire (Friday 7 June) and Derbyshire (Sunday 16 June) will host The Blaze’s other home Charlotte Edwards Cup double-headers - versus Western Storm and South East Stars.

Nottinghamshire's fixture list for 2024 has also been revealed. Read more here...