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