The 2023 season of the County Championship will begin on April 6 — here’s the full match list, timings and the schedule for the edition, along with the venues and dates for each of the two divisions.

The 123rd edition of the County Championship will be played between 18 teams, with ten sides in Division One and another eight in Division Two – find the full schedule of the tournament here.

County Schedule 2022: Divisions

Division One:

Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Somerset, Warwickshire, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Northamptonshire

Division Two:

Sussex, Durham, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Leicestershire

County Championship 2023: Full match list and schedule

*All timings local

April 6 – April 9

Division One

Hampshire v Nottinghamshire (Southampton) – 11 am
Lancashire v Surrey (Old Trafford) – 11 am
Somerset v Warwickshire (Taunton) – 11 am
Middlesex v Essex (Lord’s) – 11 am
Kent v Northamptonshire (Canterbury) – 11am

Division Two

Sussex v Durham (Hove) – 11 am
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (Cardiff) – 11 am
Derbyshire v Worcestershire (Derby) – 11 am
Yorkshire v Leicestershire (Headingley) – 11 am

April 13 – April 16

Division One

Warwickshire v Kent (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Surrey v Hampshire (The Oval) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Somerset (Nottingham) – 11 am
Essex v Lancashire (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Middlesex (Northampton) – 11 am

Division Two

Gloucestershire v Yorkshire (Bristol) – 11 am
Durham v Worcestershire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Derbyshire (Leicester) – 11 am

April 20 – April 23

Division One

Middlesex v Nottinghamshire (Lord’s) – 11 am
Somerset v Lancashire (Taunton) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Hampshire (Northampton) – 11 am
Kent v Essex (Canterbury) – 11 am

Division Two

Worcestershire v Gloucestershire (Worcester) – 11 am
Glamorgan v Durham (Cardiff) – 11 am
Sussex v Yorkshire (Hove) – 11am

April 27 – April 30

Division One

Middlesex v Kent (Lord’s) – 11 am
Warwickshire v Surrey (Edgbaston) – 11 am

Division Two

Durham v Derbyshire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
Gloucestershire v Sussex (Bristol) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Glamorgan (Leicester) – 11 am

May 4 – May 7

Division One

Hampshire v Warwickshire (Southampton) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire (Nottingham) – 11 am
Somerset v Northamptonshire (Taunton) – 11 am
Essex v Surrey (Chelmsford) – 11 am

Division Two

Worcestershire v Sussex (Worcester) – 11 am
Derbyshire v Leicestershire (Derby) – 11 am
Yorkshire v Glamorgan (Headingley) – 11 am

May 11 – May 14

Division One

Warwickshire v Essex (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Lancashire v Somerset (Old Trafford) – 11 am
Surrey v Middlesex (The Oval) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire (Northampton) – 11 am
Kent v Hampshire (Canterbury) – 11 am

Division Two

Durham v Yorkshire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
Derbyshire v Gloucestershire (Derby) – 11 am
Glamorgan v Worcestershire (Cardiff) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Sussex (Leicester) – 11am

May 18 – May 21

Division One

Hampshire v Northamptonshire (Southampton) – 11 am
Surrey v Kent (The Oval) – 11 am
Middlesex v Somerset (Lord’s) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Essex (Nottingham) – 11 am

Division Two

Worcestershire v Leicestershire (Worcester) – 11 am
Sussex v Glamorgan (Hove) – 11 am
Gloucestershire v Durham (Bristol) – 11 am

June 11 – June 14

Division One

Lancashire v Hampshire (Southport) – 11 am
Essex v Somerset (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire (Nottingham) – 11 am
Kent v Surrey (Canterbury) – 11 am

Division Two

Durham v Glamorgan (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
Gloucestershire v Leicestershire (Bristol) – 11 am
Derbyshire v Yorkshire (Chesterfield) – 11 am
Sussex v Worcestershire (Hove) – 11 am

June 25 – June 28

Division One

Hampshire v Middlesex (Southampton) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Kent (Northampton) – 11 am
Surrey v Lancashire (The Oval) – 11 am
Essex v Warwickshire (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Somerset v Nottinghamshire (Somerset) – 11 am

Division Two

Glamorgan v Sussex (Cardiff) – 11 am
Yorkshire v Gloucestershire (Headingley) – 11 am
Worcestershire v Derbyshire (Worcester) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Durham (Leicester) – 11 am

July 10 – July 13

Division One

Surrey v Nottinghamshire (The Oval) – 11 am
Middlesex v Northamptonshire (Northwood) – 11 am
Kent v Warwickshire (Canterbury) – 11 am
Somerset v Hampshire (Taunton) – 11 am
Lancashire v Essex (Blackpool) – 11 am

Division Two

Glamorgan v Leicestershire (Cardiff) – 11 am
Sussex v Derbyshire (Hove) – 11 am
Worcestershire v Yorkshire (Worcester) – 11 am
Durham v Gloucestershire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am

July 19 – July 22

Division One

Warwickshire v Lancashire (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Hampshire (Nottingham) – 11 am
Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s) – 11 am
Essex v Kent (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Somerset (Northampton) – 11 am

Division Two

Yorkshire v Sussex (Headingley) – 11 am
Derbyshire v Durham (TBC) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Worcestershire- (Oakham) – 11 am

July 20 – July 23

Division Two

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Cheltenham) – 11 am

July 25 – July 28

Division One

Hampshire v Essex (Southampton) – 11 am
Warwickshire v Middlesex (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Lancashire v Northamptonshire (Old Trafford) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Kent (Nottingham) – 11 am
Somerset v Surrey (Taunton) – 11 am

Division Two

Derbyshire v Glamorgan (Derby) – 11 am
Yorkshire v Durham (Scarborough) – 11 am

July 26 – July 29

Division One

Gloucestershire v Worcestershire (Cheltenham) – 11 am

September 3 – September 6

Division One

Hampshire v Somerset (Southampton) – 11 am
Surrey v Warwickshire (The Oval) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Lancashire (Northampton) – 11 am
Essex v Middlesex (Chelmsford) – 11 am

Division Two

Durham v Sussex (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (Worcester) – 11 am
Yorkshire v Derbyshire (Scarborough) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Gloucestershire (Leicester) – 11 am

September 10 – September 13

Division One

Kent v Nottinghamshire (Canterbury) – 11 am
Warwickshire v Northamptonshire (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Lancashire v Middlesex (Old Trafford) – 11 am

Division Two

Glamorgan v Yorkshire (Cardiff) – 11 am
Sussex v Leicestershire (Hove) – 11 am
Gloucestershire v Derbyshire (Bristol) – 11 am

September 19 – September 22

Division One

Surrey v Northamptonshire (The Oval) – 11 am
Middlesex v Warwickshire (Lord’s) – 11 am
Lancashire v Nottinghamshire (Old Trafford) – 11 am
Essex v Hampshire (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Somerset v Kent (Taunton) – 11 am

Division Two

Derbyshire v Sussex (Derby) – 11 am
Worcestershire v Durham (Worcester) – 11 am
Leicestershire v Yorkshire (Leicester) – 11 am

September 26 – September 29

Division One

Warwickshire v Somerset (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Nottinghamshire v Middlesex (Nottingham) – 11 am
Hampshire v Surrey (Southampton) – 11 am
Kent v Lancashire (Canterbury) – 11 am
Northamptonshire v Essex (Northampton) – 11 am

Division Two

Durham v Leicestershire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (Cardiff) – 11 am
Sussex v Gloucestershire (Hove) – 11 am
Yorkshire v Worcestershire (Headingley) – 11 am