Vitality Blast: Rashid Khan, Aaron Finch and Martin Guptill among overseas players in 2018

The Blast is back!

The English domestic T20 tournament gets underway on Wednesday with a repeat of last year's final between defending champions Nottinghamshire Outlaws and runners-up Birmingham Bears, live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event from 6pm.

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There will be a host of overseas pros to keep an eye on over the coming months, including three Afghanistan stars in Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi. Read on below to see who's playing where…

NORTH GROUP

Birmingham Bears: Jeetan Patel, Colin de Grandhomme (both New Zealand)

Derbyshire: Wahab Riaz (Pakistan), Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand)

Durham: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Imran Tahir (South Africa, first nine group games)

Lancashire: James Faulkner, Joe Mennie (both Australia)

Leicestershire: Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)

Northamptonshire: Rory Kleinveldt (South Africa), Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka)

Nottinghamshire: Dan Christian (Australia), Ish Sodhi (New Zealand)

Worcestershire: Martin Guptill (New Zealand, first eight group games), Callum Ferguson, Travis Head (both Australia)

Yorkshire: Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

SOUTH GROUP

Essex: Adam Zampa (Australia), Neil Wagner (New Zealand, first six group games), Peter Siddle (Australia, final eight group games)

Glamorgan: Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja (both Australia)

Gloucestershire: Michael Klinger, Andrew Tye (both Australia)

Hampshire: Colin Munro (New Zealand, until end of July), Dale Steyn (South Africa, second half of campaign), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan)

Kent: Adam Milne (New Zealand), Carlos Brathwaite (Windies, first four group games), Marcus Stoinis (Australia, final nine group games)

Middlesex: Ashton Agar (Australia), Dwayne Bravo (Windies, six games in July)

Somerset: Corey Anderson (New Zealand)

Surrey: Aaron Finch, Nic Maddinson (both Australia)

Sussex: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Tom Bruce (New Zealand)

Watch Notts Outlaws take on Birmingham Bears in the first match of the Vitality Blast, live on Sky Sports Cricket (channel 404) and Sky Sports Main Event (channel 401) from 6pm on Wednesday.

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