A total of 37 teams have learned their paths in the new Vitality T20 Women's County Cup competition starting in England and Wales next year.

The knockout competition will take place across May, involving sides from all three tiers of domestic women's cricket and using the Bank Holidays at the beginning and end of the month to decide the first domestic silverware of 2025.

In the first year of a revamped women's domestic structure, Tier 1 teams will enter the competition at Round Three. As it is a knock-out contest, teams in Tier 2 and Tier 3 have a chance to eliminate the fully professional Tier 1 sides en route to Finals Day, featuring both semi-finals and the final at Taunton on Monday, May 26.

Round One will be played on Monday, May 5, and Round Two on Saturday, May 10. With two Round Three ties featuring clashes between Tier 1 sides - including Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks - on May 17, the competition is guaranteed to have at least two teams from Tiers 2 or 3 in the quarter-finals a week later.

"I'd love to play in that one," Wyatt-Hodge said from South Africa where England were preparing to begin their multi-format series with Sunday's first T20I in East London. "I'm really delighted with my move to Surrey, they are a massive club and it will be an honour to play for Surrey. We've got a lot of cricket to play before then, but exciting times ahead for sure."

"It's massive, it makes every game very exciting, FA-Cup style," she added of the new competition. "Women's cricket is going to the next level in England so it's great to see and great to be a part of it."

The highlight of Round One looms as a clash between cross-town rivals Middlesex and Kent, who both missed out on gaining Tier 1 status for their counties during the first phase of the restructure which runs from the 2025 season to 2028.

The T20 Women's County Cup will be played in addition to the Vitality Blast women's T20 competition featuring only Tier 1 sides, with fixtures to be released on Thursday.

T20 Women's County Cup fixtures

ROUND ONE (May 5)

Match 1: Lincolnshire v Cheshire

Match 2: Staffordshire v Cumbria

Match 3: Northumberland - BYE

Match 4: Yorkshire v Derbyshire Falcons

Match 5: Leicestershire Foxes - BYE

Match 6: Shropshire v Norfolk

Match 7: Cambridgeshire v Herefordshire

Match 8: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids

Match 9: Sussex Sharks v Buckinghamshire

Match 10: Suffolk - BYE

Match 11: Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire

Match 12: Middlesex v Kent

Match 13: Cornwall v Berkshire

Match 14: Wiltshire v Oxfordshire

Match 15: Dorset v Devon

Match 16: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire

ROUND TWO (May 10)

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 (May 17)

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 (May 24)

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 (May 26, 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: Final