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County cricket fixtures 2016: team by team guide

Yorkshire’s Jack Brooks, Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance and Ryan Sidebottom celebrate winning the 2015 county championship – will they be able to retain it in 2016?
Yorkshire’s Jack Brooks, Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance and Ryan Sidebottom celebrate winning the 2015 county championship – will they be able to retain it in 2016? Photograph: Sarah Ansell/Getty Images

Key

h=home, a=away
F=floodlit

CC1=County Championship division 1
CC2=County Championship division 2
50L=one-day match
T20=Twenty20
UNI=university match
TOM=tour match

Derbyshire

April

11 Durham MCCU h UNI

17 Gloucestershire a CC2

24 Glamorgan h CC2

May

1 Northamptonshire a CC2

8 Sussex h CC2

15 Essex a CC2

21 Lancashire a T20

22 Kent h CC2

27 Northamptonshire a T20 F

28 Sussex a CC2

June

3 Leicestershire h T20 F

5 Worcestershire a 50L

7 Durham h 50L F

10 Nottinghamshire a T20 F

12 Yorkshire h 50L

15 Warwickshire a 50L F

17 Birmingham Bears h T20 F

19 Yorkshire a T20

20 Worcestershire h CC2

24 Nottinghamshire h T20 F

26 Kent a CC2

July

1 Worcestershire a T20

3 Northamptonshire h T20

4 Northamptonshire h CC2

8 Leicestershire a T20

10 Yorkshire h T20

13 Lancashire h T20 F

15 Sri Lanka A h TOM F

17 Glamorgan a CC2

22 Worcestershire h T20 F

24 Nottinghamshire a 50L

27 Lancashire h 50L F

29 Durham a T20 F

31 Northamptonshire a 50L

August

1 Leicestershire h 50L F

4 Leicestershire a CC2

13 Essex h CC2

31 Gloucestershire h CC2

September

12 Leicestershire h CC2

20 Worcestershire a CC2


Durham

April

5 Durham MCCU h UNI

10 Somerset h CC1

24 Middlesex h CC1

May

1 Surrey a CC1

15 Lancashire h CC1

20 Worcestershire a T20

22 Warwickshire a CC1

27 Lancashire a T20 F

28 Nottinghamshire a CC1

June

1 Nottinghamshire h T20 F

3 Birmingham Bears a T20 F

4 Leicestershire a T20

5 Leicestershire a 50L

7 Derbyshire a 50L F

12 Worcestershire h 50L

15 Nottinghamshire h 50L F

17 Northamptonshire a T20 F

20 Yorkshire h CC1

24 Yorkshire h T20 F

26 Sri Lanka A h TOM

30 Worcestershire h T20

July

1 Nottinghamshire a T20 F

3 Hampshire h CC1

10 Leicestershire h T20

15 Northamptonshire h T20 F

16 Lancashire a CC1

20 Yorkshire a T20 F

22 Lancashire h T20 F

24 Northamptonshire a 50L

27 Warwickshire h 50L F

29 Derbyshire h T20 F

31 Yorkshire h 50L

August

1 Lancashire a 50L F

4 Somerset a CC1

13 Middlesex a CC1

23 Warwickshire h CC1

31 Nottinghamshire h CC1

September

6 Yorkshire a CC1

12 Surrey h CC1

20 Hampshire a CC1


Essex

March

31 Cambridge MCCU a UNI

April

10 Gloucestershire h CC2

17 Sussex a CC2

24 Northamptonshire h CC2

May

1 Worcestershire a CC2

8 Sri Lanka h TOM

15 Derbyshire h CC2

20 Surrey h T20 F

22 Glamorgan a CC2

28 Northamptonshire a CC2

June

1 Glamorgan a T20 F

3 Somerset a T20

5 Hampshire a 50L

6 Sussex a 50L F

10 Middlesex h T20 F

12 Somerset h 50L

15 Kent h 50L

16 Gloucestershire h T20 F

19 Leicestershire h CC2

24 Hampshire h T20 F

25 Surrey a T20

July

1 Kent h T20 F

3 Kent h CC2

8 Hampshire a T20 F

13 Gloucestershire a CC2

17 Gloucestershire a T20

21 Sussex h T20 F

22 Kent a T20 F

24 Surrey h 50L

26 Glamorgan h 50L

728 Middlesex a T20 F

29 Glamorgan h T20 F

31 Middlesex a 50L

August

2 Gloucestershire a 50L F

4 Sussex h CC2

13 Derbyshire a CC2

23 Leicestershire a CC2

31 Worcestershire h CC2

September

12 Glamorgan h CC2

20 Kent a CC2


Glamorgan

April

11 Cardiff MCCU h UNI

17 Leicestershire h CC2

24 Derbyshire a CC2

May

1 Kent a CC2

8 Worcestershire h CC2

15 Gloucestershire a CC2

22 Essex h CC2

26 Surrey a T20 F

June

1 Essex h T20 F

3 Hampshire h T20 F

6 Gloucestershire h 50L F

8 Sussex h 50L F

10 Gloucestershire a T20 F

12 Kent a 50L

14 Middlesex h 50L F

15 Somerset a T20

17 Kent h T20 F

19 Kent h CC2

24 Surrey h T20 F

July

2 Sussex a CC2

7 Sussex h T20 F

8 Middlesex a T20

10 Gloucestershire h T20

14 Hampshire a T20 F

15 Pakistan A h TOM F tbc

17 Derbyshire h CC2

22 Somerset h T20 F

24 Somerset a 50L

26 Essex a 50L

28 Sussex a T20 F

29 Essex a T20 F

31 Hampshire h 50L

August

1 Surrey a 50L F

3 Northamptonshire h CC2

13 Worcestershire a CC2

23 Sussex h CC2

31 Northamptonshire a CC2

September

6 Gloucestershire h CC2

12 Essex a CC2

20 Leicestershire a CC2


Gloucestershire

March

31 Durham MCCU h UNI

April

10 Essex a CC2

17 Derbyshire h CC2

24 Worcestershire h CC2

May

8 Kent a CC2

15 Glamorgan h CC2

20 Sussex h T20 F

22 Northamptonshire h CC2

29 Worcestershire a CC2

June

2 Middlesex a T20

3 Kent a T20

5 Somerset a 50L

6 Glamorgan a 50L F

8 Middlesex h 50L F

10 Glamorgan h T20 F

14 Hampshire h 50L F

16 Essex a T20 F

17 Somerset h T20 F

25 Hampshire a T20

26 Sussex a T20

27 Leicestershire a CC2

July

1 Somerset a T20

6 Surrey h T20 F

8 Kent h T20 F

10 Glamorgan a T20

13 Essex h CC2

17 Essex h T20

20 Leicestershire h CC2

24 Sussex h 50L

27 Surrey a 50L F

29 Middlesex h T20 F

31 Kent a 50L

August

2 Essex h 50L F

13 Sussex a CC2

23 Kent h CC2

31 Derbyshire a CC2

September

6 Glamorgan a CC2

12 Northamptonshire a CC2

20 Sussex h CC2


Hampshire

April

4 Cardiff MCCU h UNI

10 Warwickshire h CC1

17 Yorkshire a CC1

May

1 Middlesex h CC1

8 Lancashire a CC1

22 Nottinghamshire h CC1

27 Middlesex a T20

29 Middlesex a CC1

June

2 Kent h T20 F

3 Glamorgan a T20 F

5 Essex h 50L

7 Middlesex a 50L

8 Kent a T20 F

14 Gloucestershire a 50L F

15 Surrey h 50L F

17 Sussex h T20 F

19 Somerset a T20

24 Essex a T20 F

25 Gloucestershire h T20

26 Somerset h CC1

July

1 Surrey a T20 F

3 Durham a CC1

8 Essex h T20 F

10 Warwickshire a CC1

14 Glamorgan h T20 F

15 Sussex a T20 F

17 Surrey h CC1

22 Middlesex h T20 F

26 Kent h 50L F

27 Sussex a 50L F

29 Somerset h T20 F

31 Glamorgan a 50L

August

2 Somerset h 50L F

4 Lancashire h CC1

13 Nottinghamshire a CC1

23 Somerset a CC1

31 Yorkshire h CC1

September

6 Surrey a CC1

20 Durham h CC1


Kent

April

5 Loughborough MCCU h UNI

10 Worcestershire a CC2

24 Leicestershire a CC2

May

1 Glamorgan h CC2

8 Gloucestershire h CC2

15 Northamptonshire a CC2

20 Somerset h T20 F

22 Derbyshire a CC2

29 Leicestershire h CC2

June

2 Hampshire a T20 F

3 Gloucestershire h T20

5 Surrey h 50L

8 Hampshire h T20 F

10 Sussex a T20 F

12 Glamorgan h 50L

14 Somerset h 50L

15 Essex a 50L

17 Glamorgan a T20 F

19 Glamorgan a CC2

24 Middlesex h T20 F

26 Derbyshire h CC2

30 Sussex h T20 F

July

1 Essex a T20 F

3 Essex a CC2

7 Somerset a T20

8 Gloucestershire a T20 F

15 Surrey h T20

17 Sussex h CC2

22 Essex h T20 F

24 Middlesex a 50L

26 Hampshire a 50L F

29 Surrey a T20 F

31 Gloucestershire h 50L

August

2 Sussex a 50L F

3 Worcestershire h CC2

23 Gloucestershire a CC2

31 Sussex a CC2

September

6 Northamptonshire h CC2

20 Essex h CC2


Lancashire

April

11 Cambridge MCCU a UNI

17 Nottinghamshire h CC1

May

1 Somerset a CC1

8 Hampshire h CC1

15 Durham a CC1

21 Derbyshire h T20

22 Surrey h CC1

27 Durham h T20 F

29 Yorkshire a CC1

June

3 Yorkshire h T20 F

4 Nottinghamshire a T20

5 Warwickshire h 50L

8 Northamptonshire a 50L F

10 Leicestershire h T20 F

12 Nottinghamshire h 50L

15 Yorkshire h 50L F

16 Northamptonshire h T20 F

19 Birmingham Bears a T20

20 Warwickshire h CC1

24 Worcestershire h T20 F

26 Middlesex a CC1

July

1 Yorkshire a T20 F

3 Nottinghamshire a CC1

8 Worcestershire a T20

13 Derbyshire a T20 F

15 Leicestershire a T20

16 Durham h CC1

22 Durham a T20 F

26 Leicestershire a 50L

27 Derbyshire a 50L F

29 Birmingham Bears h T20 F

31 Worcestershire a 50L

August

1 Durham h 50L F

4 Hampshire a CC1

13 Yorkshire h CC1

23 Surrey a CC1

31 Somerset h CC1

September

12 Middlesex h CC1

20 Warwickshire a CC1


Leicestershire

April

11 Loughborough MCCU h UNI

17 Glamorgan a CC2

24 Kent h CC2

May

1 Sussex a CC2

8 Northamptonshire h CC2

13 Sri Lanka h TOM

20 Northamptonshire h T20

22 Worcestershire h CC2

27 Yorkshire a T20 F

29 Kent a CC2

June

3 Derbyshire a T20 F

4 Durham h T20

5 Durham h 50L

7 Warwickshire a 50L F

10 Lancashire a T20 F

12 Northamptonshire a 50L

15 Worcestershire a 50L

17 Worcestershire h T20

19 Essex a CC2

24 Birmingham Bears h T20

26 Northamptonshire a T20

27 Gloucestershire h CC2

July

3 Worcestershire a CC2

8 Derbyshire h T20

10 Durham a T20

12 Nottinghamshire h T20

15 Lancashire h T20

17 Birmingham Bears a T20

20 Gloucestershire a CC2

24 Yorkshire h 50L

26 Lancashire h 50L

29 Nottinghamshire a T20 F

31 Nottinghamshire h 50L

August

1 Derbyshire a 50L F

4 Derbyshire h CC2

13 Northamptonshire a CC2

23 Essex h CC2

September

6 Sussex h CC2

12 Derbyshire a CC2

20 Glamorgan h CC2


Middlesex

April

11 Oxford MCCU a UNI

17 Warwickshire h CC1

24 Durham a CC1

May

1 Hampshire a CC1

8 Nottinghamshire h CC1

15 Surrey a CC1

22 Somerset h CC1

27 Hampshire h T20

29 Hampshire h CC1

June

2 Gloucestershire h T20

7 Hampshire h 50L

8 Gloucestershire a 50L F

10 Essex a T20 F

12 Sussex a 50L

14 Glamorgan a 50L F

16 Sussex h T20 F

17 Surrey a T20 F

23 Somerset h T20 F

24 Kent a T20 F

26 Lancashire h CC1

July

1 Sussex a T20 F

3 Yorkshire a CC1

8 Glamorgan h T20

10 Somerset a CC1

15 Somerset a T20

21 Surrey h T20 F

22 Hampshire a T20 F

24 Kent h 50L

26 Somerset a 50L

28 Essex h T20 F

29 Gloucestershire a T20 F

31 Essex h 50L

August

2 Surrey h 50L F

4 Surrey h CC1

13 Durham h CC1

31 Warwickshire a CC1

September

6 Nottinghamshire a CC1

12 Lancashire a CC1

20 Yorkshire h CC1


Northamptonshire

April

5 Oxford MCCU a UNI

10 Sussex h CC2

24 Essex a CC2

May

1 Derbyshire h CC2

8 Leicestershire a CC2

15 Kent h CC2

20 Leicestershire a T20

22 Gloucestershire a CC2

27 Derbyshire h T20 F

28 Essex h CC2

June

3 Worcestershire h T20 F

6 Nottinghamshire a 50L F

8 Lancashire h 50L F

10 Worcestershire a T20

12 Leicestershire h 50L

14 Yorkshire a 50L

16 Lancashire a T20 F

17 Durham h T20 F

22 Sussex a CC2

26 Leicestershire h T20

July

1 Birmingham Bears a T20 F

3 Derbyshire a T20

4 Derbyshire a CC2

8 Nottinghamshire h T20 F

10 Worcestershire h CC2

15 Durham a T20 F

19 Birmingham Bears h T20 F

22 Yorkshire a T20 F

24 Durham h 50L

26 Warwickshire a 50L

27 Worcestershire a 50L

29 Yorkshire h T20 F

31 Derbyshire h 50L

August

3 Glamorgan a CC2

13 Leicestershire h CC2

23 Worcestershire a CC2

31 Glamorgan h CC2

September

6 Kent a CC2

12 Gloucestershire h CC2


Nottinghamshire

April

5 Cambridge MCCU a UNI

10 Surrey h CC1

17 Lancashire a CC1

May

1 Yorkshire h CC1

8 Middlesex a CC1

15 Warwickshire h CC1

20 Birmingham Bears h T20 F

22 Hampshire a CC1

28 Durham h CC1

June

1 Durham a T20 F

4 Lancashire h T20

6 Northamptonshire h 50L F

8 Warwickshire h 50L F

10 Derbyshire h T20 F

12 Lancashire a 50L

15 Durham a 50L F

17 Yorkshire a T20 F

18 Worcestershire a T20

19 Surrey a CC1

24 Derbyshire a T20 F

26 Warwickshire a CC1

July

1 Durham h T20 F

3 Lancashire h CC1

8 Northamptonshire a T20 F

9 Worcestershire h T20

12 Leicestershire a T20

15 Yorkshire h T20 F

17 Somerset h CC1

22 Birmingham Bears a T20 F

24 Derbyshire h 50L

27 Yorkshire a 50L

29 Leicestershire h T20 F

31 Leicestershire a 50L

August

1 Worcestershire h 50L F

13 Hampshire h CC1

23 Yorkshire a CC1

31 Durham a CC1

September

6 Middlesex h CC1

20 Somerset a CC1


Somerset

April

10 Durham a CC1

17 Cardiff MCCU h UNI

24 Surrey a CC1

May

1 Lancashire h CC1

8 Warwickshire a CC1

15 Yorkshire h CC1

20 Kent a T20 F

22 Middlesex a CC1

28 Surrey h CC1

June

1 Sussex a T20 F

3 Essex h T20

5 Gloucestershire h 50L

8 Surrey a 50L F

10 Surrey h T20

12 Essex a 50L

14 Kent a 50L

15 Glamorgan h T20

17 Gloucestershire a T20 F

19 Hampshire h T20

23 Middlesex a T20 F

26 Hampshire a CC1

July

1 Gloucestershire h T20

3 Pakistan h TOM

7 Kent h T20

8 Surrey a T20 F

10 Middlesex h CC1

15 Middlesex h T20

17 Nottinghamshire a CC1

22 Glamorgan a T20 F

24 Glamorgan h 50L

26 Middlesex h 50L

29 Hampshire a T20 F

30 Sussex h 50L

August

2 Hampshire a 50L F

4 Durham h CC1

23 Hampshire h CC1

31 Lancashire a CC1

September

6 Warwickshire h CC1

12 Yorkshire a CC1

20 Nottinghamshire h CC1


Surrey

March

31 Loughborough MCCU h UNI

April

10 Nottinghamshire a CC1

24 Somerset h CC1

May

1 Durham h CC1

8 Yorkshire a CC1

15 Middlesex h CC1

20 Essex a T20 F

22 Lancashire a CC1

26 Glamorgan h T20 F

28 Somerset a CC1

June

3 Sussex a T20 F

5 Kent a 50L

8 Somerset h 50L F

10 Somerset a T20

14 Sussex h 50L

15 Hampshire a 50L F

17 Middlesex h T20 F

19 Nottinghamshire h CC1

24 Glamorgan a T20 F

25 Essex h T20

July

1 Hampshire h T20 F

2 Warwickshire h CC1

6 Gloucestershire a T20 F

8 Somerset h T20 F

11 Yorkshire h CC1

15 Kent a T20

17 Hampshire a CC1

21 Middlesex a T20 F

22 Sussex h T20 F

24 Essex a 50L

27 Gloucestershire h 50L F

29 Kent h T20 F

August

1 Glamorgan h 50L F

2 Middlesex a 50L F

4 Middlesex a CC1

13 Warwickshire a CC1

23 Lancashire h CC1

September

6 Hampshire h CC1

12 Durham a CC1


Sussex

April

5 Leeds/Bradford MCCU h UNI

10 Northamptonshire a CC2

17 Essex h CC2

May

1 Leicestershire h CC2

8 Derbyshire a CC2

15 Worcestershire a CC2

20 Gloucestershire a T20 F

28 Derbyshire h CC2

June

1 Somerset h T20 F

3 Surrey h T20 F

6 Essex h 50L F

8 Glamorgan a 50L F

10 Kent h T20 F

12 Middlesex h 50L

14 Surrey a 50L

16 Middlesex a T20 F

17 Hampshire a T20 F

22 Northamptonshire h CC2

26 Gloucestershire h T20

30 Kent a T20 F

July

1 Middlesex h T20 F

2 Glamorgan h CC2

7 Glamorgan a T20 F

8 Pakistan h TOM

15 Hampshire h T20 F

17 Kent a CC2

21 Essex a T20 F

22 Surrey a T20 F

24 Gloucestershire a 50L

27 Hampshire h 50L F

28 Glamorgan h T20 F

30 Somerset a 50L

August

2 Kent h 50L F

4 Essex a CC2

13 Gloucestershire h CC2

23 Glamorgan a CC2

31 Kent h CC2

September

6 Leicestershire a CC2

12 Worcestershire h CC2

20 Gloucestershire a CC2


Warwickshire

March

31 Leeds/Bradford MCCU h UNI

April

10 Hampshire a CC1

17 Middlesex a CC1

24 Yorkshire h CC1

May

8 Somerset h CC1

15 Nottinghamshire a CC1

20 Nottinghamshire a T20 F

22 Durham h CC1

27 Worcestershire h T20 F

June

3 Durham h T20 F

5 Lancashire a 50L

7 Leicestershire h 50L F

8 Nottinghamshire a 50L F

10 Yorkshire h T20 F

15 Derbyshire h 50L F

17 Derbyshire a T20 F

19 Lancashire h T20

20 Lancashire a CC1

24 Leicestershire a T20

26 Nottinghamshire h CC1

July

1 Northamptonshire h T20 F

2 Surrey a CC1

8 Yorkshire a T20 F

10 Hampshire h CC1

15 Worcestershire a T20

17 Leicestershire h T20

19 Northamptonshire a T20 F

22 Nottinghamshire h T20 F

24 Worcestershire h 50L

26 Northamptonshire h 50L

27 Durham a 50L F

29 Lancashire a T20 F

August

1 Yorkshire a 50L F

4 Yorkshire a CC1

13 Surrey h CC1

23 Durham a CC1

31 Middlesex h CC1

September

6 Somerset a CC1

20 Lancashire h CC1


Worcestershire

March

31 Oxford MCCU a UNI

April

10 Kent h CC2

24 Gloucestershire a CC2

May

1 Essex h CC2

8 Glamorgan a CC2

15 Sussex h CC2

20 Durham h T20

22 Leicestershire a CC2

27 Birmingham Bears a T20 F

29 Gloucestershire h CC2

June

2 Yorkshire h T20

3 Northamptonshire a T20 F

5 Derbyshire h 50L

7 Yorkshire a 50L F

10 Northamptonshire h T20

12 Durham a 50L

15 Leicestershire h 50L

17 Leicestershire a T20

18 Nottinghamshire h T20

20 Derbyshire a CC2

24 Lancashire a T20 F

30 Durham a T20 F

July

1 Derbyshire h T20

3 Leicestershire h CC2

8 Lancashire h T20

9 Nottinghamshire a T20

10 Northamptonshire a CC2

15 Birmingham Bears h T20

22 Derbyshire a T20 F

24 Warwickshire a 50L

27 Northamptonshire h 50L

29 Pakistan h TOM

31 Lancashire h 50L

August

1 Nottinghamshire a 50L F

3 Kent a CC2

13 Glamorgan h CC2

23 Northamptonshire h CC2

31 Essex a CC2

September

12 Sussex a CC2

20 Derbyshire h CC2


Yorkshire

March

20 MCC a Other

April

11 Leeds/Bradford MCCU h UNI

17 Hampshire h CC1

24 Warwickshire a CC1

May

1 Nottinghamshire a CC1

8 Surrey h CC1

15 Somerset a CC1

27 Leicestershire h T20 F

29 Lancashire h CC1

June

2 Worcestershire a T20

3 Lancashire a T20 F

7 Worcestershire h 50L F

10 Birmingham Bears a T20 F

12 Derbyshire a 50L

14 Northamptonshire h 50L

15 Lancashire a 50L F

17 Nottinghamshire h T20 F

19 Derbyshire h T20

20 Durham a CC1

24 Durham a T20 F

26 Pakistan A h TOM

July

1 Lancashire h T20 F

3 Middlesex h CC1

8 Birmingham Bears h T20 F

10 Derbyshire a T20

11 Surrey a CC1

15 Nottinghamshire a T20 F

20 Durham h T20 F

22 Northamptonshire h T20 F

24 Leicestershire a 50L

27 Nottinghamshire h 50L

29 Northamptonshire a T20 F

31 Durham a 50L

August

1 Warwickshire h 50L F

4 Warwickshire h CC1

13 Lancashire a CC1

23 Nottinghamshire h CC1

31 Hampshire a CC1

6 Durham h CC1

12 Somerset h CC1

20 Middlesex a CC1

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