Despite sentimental objections, Blast-Off has a place in the county calendar

Fans enjoy Blast-Off at Edgbaston [Nathan Stirk]

SAM MORSHEAD AT EDGBASTON: If you are unable to remember the first game of the 2022 T20 Blast, then you are not alone. The Blast needed to be introduced with an orchestral fanfare, not by the last pockets of air being squeezed from a set of bagpipes