Hampshire Cricket Welcome Unprecedented Early Demand For This Summer’s Vitality Blast 

Hampshire Cricket are pleased to confirm huge early demand for Vitality Blast tickets, passports and hospitality packages ahead of this summer’s T20 competition, with interest and excitement at an all-time high.

The Club has so far seen unprecedented demand for Hampshire’s seven Vitality Blast matches, with a 30% year-on-year increase in the number of fans snapping up tickets since their on-sale this spring.

Vitality Blast Passports – the Club’s seven-match T20 Passport product which allows access to all of Hampshire’s action-packed Vitality Blast matches at the The Ageas Bowl for just £109 – have also been hugely popular, with a 72% year-on-year increase recorded leading into the 2019 campaign.

Alongside the popularity of tickets and passports, there have also been significant early sales for hospitality packages to this summer’s T20 fixtures with the opening ‘el clasicoast’ contest against Sussex Sharks already all but sold out, with extremely limited availability remaining in just one suite.

Hampshire’s quest to reach an eighth Vitality Blast Finals Day in ten years begins on Friday 19^th July (7pm) with fans treated to the always anticipated ‘el clasicoast’ clash to start the summer. A huge home fixture against Surrey on Friday 16^th August is the highlight of four matches in August with clashes against Somerset (Friday 9^th August), Essex (Sunday 25^th August) and Middlesex (Thursday 29^th August) also arriving at the venue.

As well as all of the on-field action, a range of free family-friendly activities will be available at matches once again this summer, helping to deliver unforgettable family days out at the The Ageas Bowl. The venue was recognised for its outstanding family experience at last December’s ECB’s Business of Cricket Awards, taking home the ‘Welcome Families Award’.

As part of the venue’s off-pitch offering, fans will be able to take advantage of a range of excellent ‘festival style’ food and drink concessions again this year – as well as live music at the ground ranked as having the best view in English cricket.

2019 Vitality Blast Fixtures at the The Ageas Bowl

Hampshire v Sussex Sharks – Friday 19^th July, 7pm

Hampshire v Kent Spitfires – Sunday 21^st July, 2:30pm

Hampshire v Glamorgan – Friday 2^nd August, 7pm

Hampshire v Somerset – Friday 9^th August, 7pm

Hampshire v Surrey – Friday 16^th August, 7pm

Hampshire v Essex Eagles – Sunday 25^th August, 2:30pm

Hampshire v Middlesex – Thursday 29^th August, 6:30pm

Situated an hour or less away from London, Brighton, Portsmouth and Reading, the The Ageas Bowl is easily accessible for anyone living in the South of England. With excellent transport links from all major train stations and ferry terminals in the area, as well as a Park & Ride Scheme, it couldn’t be easier to get to and from the ground.