ECB launches T20 Hall of Fame to rejoice icons of home T20 cricket in England and Wales

England girls’s head coach Charlotte Edwards is amongst the names on a shortlist for the T20 Hall of Fame offered by Vitality, celebrating the icons of home T20 cricket in England and Wales.

As a part of the launch, six males and 6 girls have been shortlisted to grow to be the first-ever inductees.

An unbiased professional panel – comprising former gamers, commentators and journalists – will choose the primary two males, and two girls, from the shortlisted names to be inducted.

Fans will even get the chance to have their say by way of a Public Vote, which is able to type a weighted aspect of the ultimate choice making course of.

The inaugural inductees might be revealed on 15 May, forward of the opening evening of the 2026 Vitality Blast on Friday 22 May.

• Men’s shortlisted gamers: Ravi Bopara, Danny Briggs, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, James Vince, Luke Wright.
• Women’s shortlisted gamers: Charlotte Edwards, Kirstie Gordon, Heather Knight, Katie Levick, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

Samit Patel, who has performed in each season of the Vitality Blast males’s competitors since its inception in 2003, mentioned: “To be shortlisted for the T20 Hall of Fame is one thing that I’m massively pleased with particularly alongside some nice names.

“It means a lot to be recognised for what I’ve tried to give to the domestic game over so many years. To be one of the first players inducted would be an incredible honour and something I’d feel very privileged to be part of.”

Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who’s a three-time home T20 winner and the main run scorer for the reason that KSL started in 2016, mentioned: “I was absolutely delighted when I found out and I told my family straight away. To be shortlisted alongside great players is an honour and it would be amazing to be inducted into the Hall of Fame – it’s a big deal!

“It’s the primary time I’ve been nominated for something like this so hopefully I might be one of many inducted gamers. I’m extremely proud.”

2026 short-listed participant

Women

Edwards was captain of 2016 Kia Super League winners Southern Vipers and led them to last in 2017 earlier than her retirement.

Gordon has the second most wickets in girls’s home T20s throughout qualifying interval – 75 wickets at a mean 16.6. She is a two-time main wicket-taker in a season – (2018 KSL and 2024 CEC) and three-time top-five wicket-taker in a season.

Knight is a two-time KSL successful captain with Western Storm and participant of the match in 2019 last with an unbeaten 78 from 53 balls.

She has been a top-five run scorer in a season 4 occasions.

Levick has essentially the most wickets in girls’s home T20 cricket throughout qualifying interval – 85 at 17.2.

She has been top-five wicket taker in a season thrice.

Sciver-Brunt was a KSL-winning captain in 2018 when she scored the third most runs within the competitors that season; eleventh most home T20 runs throughout qualifying interval – 1,211 at 43.25; 38 wickets throughout qualifying interval at 24.7.

She has been a top-five run scorer in a season thrice.

Wyatt-Hodge is a three-time champion – 2025 Vitality Blast winner and Charlotte Edwards Cup (2022 and 2023).

A number one run scorer in all T20 competitions throughout qualifying interval – 1,710 at 33.5 (300 runs forward of subsequent greatest).

Two-time most runs in a season (2019 and 2023) and 4 occasions within the top-five for many runs in a season.

Men

Bopara, a 2019 title winner with Essex, has performed in 236 males’s home T20 matches and is one in every of solely two gamers to function contained in the all-time top-10 for each wicket-takers and run scorers within the competitors.

He has the third most runs within the males’s competitors – 5,290 at 29.1 – and eighth most wickets – 169 wickets at 26.3.

Briggs, a 2010 and 2012 title winner with Hampshire, has taken essentially the most wickets in historical past of the home males’s T20 competitors – 268 wickets at 20.5.

Four occasions he has been a top-three wicket taker in a season and he’s equal second-most 4+ wickets in a match.

Denly, a two-time title winner with Kent in 2007 and 2021 has the second most runs in historical past of the lads’s home T20 competitors – 5,554 at 28.8.

He is a two-time main run scorer in a season (2008 and 2017), and the primary males’s participant to attain a century and take a hat-trick in the identical T20 match – in entrance of a full home away to Surrey in 2018.

Patel, a two-time title winner with Notts Outlaws in 2020 and 2017, holds the document for many males’s home T20 competitors matches (258) and is one in every of solely two gamers to function contained in the all-time top-10 for each wicket-takers and run scorers within the males’s competitors – second most wickets – 230 at 27.1 – and ninth-most runs – 4,673 runs at 25.8

Vince, a three-time title winner with Hampshire – 2022 as captain and likewise 2010 and 2012, maintain the document for many runs in historical past of the lads’s home T20 competitors – 6,357 at 35.7.

He has hit essentially the most half-centuries (46) and second-equal most centuries (5) in addition to most catches in historical past of males’s T20 competitors (135). Three-time most runs in a season (2015, 2022, 2023) and 5 occasions he has been within the top-five run scorers in a season (2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025).

A 2009 title winner with Sussex, Wright, is has the fourth most runs within the historical past of the lads’s home T20 competitors – 5,026 at 32.8 with the third-highest particular person rating (153* v Essex – 2014). He took 43 wickets at a mean of 28; Most runs within the 2007 competitors and 5 occasions was a top-five run scorer in a season.