Surrey to face Hampshire in new Women's T20 County Cup

England batter Sophia Dunkley will play for Surrey in the new women's domestic structure

Surrey have been drawn to play Hampshire, while fellow top-level sides Somerset and Durham will also meet in the new T20 Women's County Cup, which starts next summer.

The knockout competition, which will be played in May, will feature 37 teams from across the three tiers of the women's domestic structure.

The eight professional Tier 1 sides for 2025 - Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire - enter in the third round.

Nottinghamshire will play as The Blaze in the competition and Warwickshire as Bears.

The format of the cup will gives counties in Tier 2 and Tier 3 the chance to pull off an upset, with the draw offering lower-ranked sides a potential route to Finals Day.

The two all Tier 1 ties mean at least two non-top-flight sides will reach the quarter-finals.

Both semi-finals and final will be played at Taunton on Monday, 26 May.

T20 Women's County Cup draw

Round One (Monday, 5 May)

Lincolnshire v Cheshire

Staffordshire v Cumbria

Northumberland – BYE

Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons

Leicestershire Foxes – BYE

Shropshire v Norfolk

Cambridgeshire v Herefordshire

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids

Sussex Sharks v Buckinghamshire

Suffolk – BYE

Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire

Middlesex v Kent

Cornwall v Berkshire

Wiltshire v Oxfordshire

Dorset v Devon

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire

Round Two (Saturday, 10 May)

Match 17: Yorkshire or Derbyshire Falcons v Staffordshire or Cumbria

Match 18: Leicestershire Foxes v Lincolnshire or Cheshire

Match 19: Shropshire or Norfolk v Northamptonshire Steelbacks or Worcestershire Rapids

Match 20: Northumberland v Cambridgeshire or Herefordshire

Match 21: Glamorgan or Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks or Buckinghamshire

Match 22: Cornwall or Berkshire v Middlesex or Kent

Match 23: Wiltshire or Oxfordshire v Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire

Match 24: Devon or Dorset v Suffolk

Round Three (Saturday, 17 May)

Match 25: Surrey v Hampshire Hawks

Match 26: Winner of Match 24 v Bears

Match 27: Winner of Match 19 v Winner of Match 18

Match 28: Winner of Match 21 v Lancashire Thunder

Match 29: Winner of Match 17 v Essex

Match 30: Winner of Match 23 v The Blaze

Match 31: Winner of Match 20 v Winner of Match 22

Match 32: Somerset v Durham

Quarter-finals (Saturday, 24 May)

Match 33: Winner of Match 25 v Winner of Match 32

Match 34: Winner of Match 31 v Winner of Match 30

Match 35: Winner of Match 27 v Winner of Match 28

Match 36: Winner of Match 29 v Winner of Match 26

Finals Day (Monday, 26 May - Taunton)

Match 37: Semi-Final 1: Winner of Match 35 v Winner of Match 34

Match 38: Semi-Final 2: Winner of Match 36 v Winner of Match 33

Match 39: Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup Final