Six men and six women have been included on the inaugural shortlists for induction into the ECB's T20 Hall of Fame presented by Vitality, celebrating the icons of domestic T20 cricket in England and Wales.
Find out more about the shortlisted players below.
Women's players
Charlotte Edwards
A legend of women's cricket both internationally and domestically, Charlotte Edwards has won pretty much everything there is to win. While the majority of her playing career falls outside of the Hall of Fame qualifying window, she was a winner right up until she hung up her spikes, leading Southern Vipers to the inaugural Kia Super League title in 2016 and reaching the final the following year.
After retiring as a player in 2018, Edwards moved into coaching at Hampshire and became Southern Vipers head coach in 2020 upon the introduction of the new Women's Elite Domestic Structure.
As a coach she led the Vipers to two T20 titles in the aptly named Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 she became Head Coach of the England Women's team.
Kirstie Gordon
A relentless wicket-taker, Kirstie Gordon has taken the second-most wickets in women's domestic T20s during the qualifying period. Her 75 wickets since 2016 have come at just 16.6 runs apiece, with her form in Loughborough Lightning's KSL victory in 2018 leading to five England IT20 appearances that year.
Twice Gordon has been the season's leading T20 wicket-taker and in both years her team has won the title - the KSL in 2018 and the Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2024, where she captained The Blaze to victory.
Her form continued into 2025, where she was the joint third-highest wicket-taker in the first season of the Vitality Blast women's competition with 17 scalps as The Blaze reached the semi-finals.
Heather Knight
One of the pre-eminent players of her generation, Heather Knight was prolific in the KSL after its launch in 2016, finishing in the top five in the run-scorer charts each season between 2016-19.
Knight has scored nearly 1,400 domestic T20 runs during the qualifying period at an average over 36 - a figure that would surely be much higher if England duties hadn't limited her availability for Western Storm and Somerset.
She captained Storm to two KSL titles, including turning in a player-of-the-match performance in the 2019 final. where she scored 78 from 53 balls.
Katie Levick
Katie Levick's leg-spin has bamboozled even the best batters during her 18-year career to date. During the qualifying period since 2016, Levick is the leading domestic T20 wicket-taker with 85 at an average if 17.2.
Representing Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds and now Durham, Levick has three-times been in the top five leading wicket-takers in a season since 2021, including topping the charts in 2022. Northern Diamonds finished second in Group B of the Charlotte Edwards Cup that year, but Levick took 15 wickets at just nine runs apiece.
Nat Sciver-Brunt
One of the premiere all-rounders, Nat Sciver-Brunt's domestic T20 numbers are only hampered by her absences due to England duty. She's scored over 1,200 runs in domestic T20s since 2016 at a remarkable average of 43.25, and taken 38 wickets at 24.7.
Sciver-Brunt captained Loughborough Lightning to KSL glory in 2018, scoring third-most runs in the tournament in the process.
In 2025, Sciver-Brunt succeeded Heather Knight as captain of the England Women's team.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge
Danni Wyatt-Hodge has been a prolific batter on the domestic and international stage for much of the past decade. She's the leading domestic T20 run-scorer during the qualifying period, racking up 1,710 runs at an average of 33 - a huge 300 runs more than her nearest rival.
She's also a three-time T20 champion, winning Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2022 and 2023 with Southern Vipers, as well as lifting the 2025 Vitality Blast trophy with Surrey.
Men's players
Ravi Bopara
A prolific all-rounder, Ravi Bopara is one of only two players to feature inside the all-time top-10 for both wicket-takers and runscorers in the men’s competition.
The former Essex, Sussex and Northamptonshire player has hit 5,290 runs in his 236 matches - third-most ever, and taken 169 wickets - eighth-most of all time.
He's lifted the Vitality Blast trophy as well, helping Essex to victory in a memorable final against Worcestershire in 2019.
Danny Briggs
One of the most respected spinners on the circuit, Danny Briggs is the leading domestic T20 wicket-taker in England and Wales since the format's inception in 2003. The former Hampshire, Warwickshire and now Sussex spinner has taken 268 wickets at just 20 apiece.
Briggs won two Blast titles with Hampshire in 2010 and 2012 and will be looking to push Sussex Sharks to their first title since 2009 this summer.
Joe Denly
Two-time Blast winner Joe Denly has been prolific T20 player for the last two decades, scoring the second-most runs in domestic T20 cricket - 5,554.
In 2008 and 2017, Denly led the run-scoring charts and lifted the title with Kent in 2007 and 2021.
A handy spin-option, Denly became the first men's player to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same T20 match, doing so against rivals Surrey in 2018.
Samit Patel
Having played in every season of domestic T20 cricket since its inception in 2003, Samit Patel has appeared in more games than any other player.
In his 258 matches for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Patel has scored 4,673 runs (ninth-most ever) and taken 230 wickets (second-most behind Briggs) - joining Bopara as the only two players to be in the top-10 in both categories.
Patel won the Blast with Notts Outlaws in 2017 and 2020, including a player-of-the-match performance in the 2017 final.
James Vince
Mr Dependable, Hampshire Hawks captain James Vince has scored more runs than any other player in domestic T20 cricket in England and Wales. His 6,357 runs to the end of the 2025 season is 800 more than his nearest rival Denly.
He's scored the most half-centuries (46) and second-most centuries (five), as well as recording the most catches (135).
Vince has also been a superb leader, guiding Hampshire to victory in 2022 in one of the most remarkable finishes ever. He has won two more titles with Hampshire in 2010 and 2012.
Luke Wright
Luke Wright became the first batter to score 5,000 runs in English T20 cricket in 2022, his final year as a professional cricketer. Wright was a prolific and destructive T20 batter, as well as a handy bowler, for Sussex and was part of their 2009 title-winning campaign.
His unbeaten 153 against Essex in 2014 was the highest score in the competition's history at the time and still sits third on the all-time list.
Wright captained Sussex to the Blast final in 2018, but his side were beaten by Worcestershire Rapids at Edgbaston.