County Championship fixtures 2026: Full schedule, dates

Find out when your team is in action in the 2026 Rothesay County Championship...

Friday, April 3

Division One

Warwickshire v Surrey (Edgbaston), Hampshire v Essex (Utilita Bowl), Glamorgan v Yorkshire (Sophia Gardens), Leicestershire v Sussex (Uptonsteel Grace Road), Somerset v Nottinghamshire (Taunton)

Division Two

Derbyshire v Worcestershire (Derby), Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Lord's), Northamptonshire v Lancashire (Northampton), Durham v Kent (Riverside)

Friday, April 10

Division One

Essex v Somerset (Chelmsford), Sussex v Warwickshire (Hove), Yorkshire v Hampshire (Headingley), Surrey v Leicestershire (Kia Oval), Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan (Trent Bridge)

Division Two

Middlesex v Worcestershire (Lord's), Gloucestershire v Durham (Bristol), Kent v Northamptonshire (Canterbury), Lancashire v Derbyshire (Old Trafford)

Friday, April 17

Division One

Hampshire v Somerset (Utilita Bowl), Warwickshire v Essex (Edgbaston)

Division Two

Northamptonshire v Middlesex (Northampton), Gloucestershire v Lancashire (Bristol)

Friday, April 24

Division One

Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire (Trent Bridge), Yorkshire v Sussex (Headingley), Surrey v Essex (Kia Oval), Glamorgan v Leicestershire (Sophia Gardens)

Division Two

Derbyshire v Gloucestershire (Derby), Durham v Lancashire (Riverside), Worcestershire v Kent (New Road)

Friday, May 1

Division One

Surrey v Sussex (Kia Oval), Hampshire v Glamorgan (Utilita Bowl), Somerset v Yorkshire (Taunton), Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire (Grace Road)

Division Two

Kent v Derbyshire (Canterbury), Northamptonshire v Worcestershire (Northampton), Middlesex v Durham (Lord's)

Friday, May 8

Division One

Essex v Hampshire (Chelmsford), Warwickshire v Yorkshire (Edgbaston), Nottinghamshire v Surrey (Trent Bridge), Glamorgan v Somerset (Sophia Gardens), Sussex v Leicestershire (Hove)

Division Two

Derbyshire v Northamptonshire (Derby), Gloucestershire v Kent (Bristol), Worcestershire v Durham (New Road), Lancashire v Middlesex (Old Trafford)

Friday, May 15

Division One

Essex v Leicestershire (Chelmsford), Hampshire v Nottinghamshire (Utilita Bowl), Warwickshire v Glamorgan (Edgbaston), Yorkshire v Surrey (Headingley), Somerset v Sussex (Taunton)

Division Two

Kent v Durham (Beckenham), Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire (Bristol), Middlesex v Derbyshire (Lord's), Lancashire v Worcestershire (Southport)

Sunday, June 7

Division One

Surrey v Hampshire (Kia Oval)

Friday, June 12

Division One

Yorkshire v Warwickshire (Scarborough), Leicestershire v Essex (Grace Road), Sussex v Glamorgan (Hove), Nottinghamshire v Somerset (Trent Bridge)

Division Two

Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire (Northampton), Lancashire v Kent (Blackpool), Worcestershire v Middlesex (New Road), Durham v Derbyshire (Riverside)

Friday, June 19

Division One

Essex v Nottinghamshire (Chelmsford), Leicestershire v Yorkshire (Grace Road), Glamorgan v Surrey (Sophia Gardens), Sussex v Hampshire (Hove), Somerset v Warwickshire (Taunton)

Division Two

Kent v Middlesex (Canterbury), Derbyshire v Lancashire (Chesterfield), Worcestershire v Gloucestershire (New Road), Durham v Northamptonshire (Riverside)

Thursday, August 20

Division One

Surrey v Nottinghamshire (Kia Oval), Warwickshire v Sussex (Edgbaston), Leicestershire v Glamorgan (Grace Road), Somerset v Essex (Taunton), Hampshire v Yorkshire (Utilita Bowl)

Division Two

Middlesex v Kent (Merchant Taylors' School), Derbyshire v Durham (Derby), Lancashire v Northamptonshire (Old Trafford), Gloucestershire v Worcestershire (Cheltenham College)

Thursday, August 27

Division One

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire (Edgbaston), Essex v Surrey (Chelmsford), Yorkshire v Leicestershire (Scarborough), Glamorgan v Hampshire (Sophia Gardens), Sussex v Somerset (Hove)

Division Two

Derbyshire v Middlesex (Derby), Northamptonshire v Kent (Northampton), Worcestershire v Lancashire (New Road), Durham v Gloucestershire (Riverside)

Wednesday, September 2

Division One

Essex v Sussex (Chelmsford), Surrey v Yorkshire (Kia Oval), Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire (Trent Bridge), Somerset v Glamorgan (Taunton), Hampshire v Warwickshire (Utilita Bowl)

Division Two

Gloucestershire v Derbyshire (Bristol), Kent v Worcestershire (Canterbury), Northamptonshire v Durham (Northampton), Middlesex v Lancashire (Merchant Taylors' School)

Tuesday, September 8

Division One

Nottinghamshire v Hampshire (Trent Bridge), Yorkshire v Essex (Headingley), Glamorgan v Warwickshire (Sophia Gardens), Sussex v Surrey (Hove), Leicestershire v Somerset (Grace Road)

Division Two

Derbyshire v Kent (Derby), Worcestershire v Northamptonshire (New Road), Durham v Middlesex (Riverside), Lancashire v Gloucestershire (Old Trafford)

Tuesday, September 15

Division One

Essex v Warwickshire (Chelmsford), Leicestershire v Hampshire (Grace Road), Yorkshire v Somerset (Headingley), Surrey v Glamorgan (Kia Oval), Sussex v Nottinghamshire (Hove)

Division Two

Durham v Worcestershire (Riverside), Northamptonshire v Derbyshire (Northampton), Gloucestershire v Middlesex (Bristol), Kent v Lancashire (Canterbury)

Thursday, September 24

Division One

Warwickshire v Leicestershire (Edgbaston), Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (Trent Bridge), Hampshire v Sussex (Utilita Bowl), Glamorgan v Essex (Sophia Gardens), Somerset v Surrey (Taunton)

Division Two

Kent v Gloucestershire (Canterbury), Middlesex v Northamptonshire (Lord's), Worcestershire v Derbyshire (New Road), Lancashire v Durham (Old Trafford)