List of cricket competitions


This is a list of all T20 cricket competitions at the domestic level in all the major cricket playing countries.
Tournaments in bold have, or have had, official status.

Flagship T20 leagues around the world

CountryTournamentPeriodCurrent Trophy Holder
IndiaIndian Premier League 2008–present Mumbai Indians
AustraliaBig Bash League 2011–present Sydney Sixers
PakistanPakistan Super League 2016–present Quetta Gladiators
West IndiesCaribbean Premier League 2013–present Barbados Tridents
New ZealandSuper Smash2005–present Wellington Firebirds
EnglandT20 Blast2003–present Essex Eagles
South AfricaMzansi Super League 2018–present Paarl Rocks
BangladeshBangladesh Premier League 2012–present Rajshahi Royals
Sri LankaSLPL/Lankan Premier League2012, TBD Uva Next, N/A
Ireland, Scotland & NetherlandsEuro T20 Slam2020–presentN/A
AfghanistanAfghanistan Premier League 2018–present Balkh Legends
World LevelChampions League Twenty20 2009–2014 Chennai Super Kings

Note:- All the listed tournaments have T20 status recognized by the ICC.

Flagship tournaments not T20 or without having official T20 status

CountryTournamentFormatPeriod
CanadaGlobal T20 Canada T202018–present
UAET10 LeagueT102017–present
QatarQatar T10 LeagueT102019–present
EnglandThe Hundred*100-ball cricket2020–present
Hong KongHong Kong T20 BlitzT202016–2019
NepalEverest Premier League T202016–present

FormatTournamentPeriodCurrent Trophy Holder
TestICC World Test Championship2019–presentN/A
ODIICC Cricket World Cup1975–present England
T20IICC T20 World Cup2007–present West Indies
ODIICC Champions Trophy1998–2017 Pakistan
ODI, TestICC Super Series2005 Australia
ODI, T20IAsia Cup1984–present India
TestAsian Test Championship1998–2002 Sri Lanka
ODIAustral-Asia Cup1986–1994 Pakistan

Major Bilateral/Trilateral Series (named)

Africa

Kenya


– included two teams from Uganda''

Zimbabwe




Note:- The 3 stated tournaments are the same tournaments. Only their names have been changed as part of rebranding and sponsorship reasons.

South Africa





Note:- The above listed tournaments are one and the same. Only their names have changed over the years due to sponsorship reasons.

– included thirteen provincial teams from South Africa, a development team from Zimbabwe, and two national teams Kenya and Namibia. Later expanded to 20 teams including national teams of Nigeria and Uganda.
– Franchise League

Americas

Canada


United States

West Indies (Caribbean)


– included domestic T20 champions from England and West Indies as well as an England XI and 'Stanford Superstars' team picked from the West Indies' players''

– franchise league

Asia

Afghanistan



– franchise league

Bangladesh


– franchise league

Hong Kong

India

– franchise league










-franchise based PRIVATE league. City based teams as well national representative teams from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and rest of the World.

Nepal

Pakistan




– franchise league

Sri Lanka



– franchise league


United Arab Emirates

England and Wales

known as
  1. Twenty20 Cup
  2. Friends Life t20
  3. Natwest T20 Blast
  4. Vitality Blast
– franchise league

Netherlands

Scotland


Scotland and Netherlands

Ireland

Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands

East Asia Pacific

Australia


– franchise league

– franchise league

International

, hosted by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England
– franchise league