The Men’s County Championship will return next summer with all 18 First-Class Counties set to be in action when the opening round begins on Thursday 8 April. Fixtures and dates for the remodelled 2021 Men’s County Championship have been announced by England cricket board with Essex start their title defence at home against Worcestershire at the Cloudfm County Ground on Thursday 8 April.
2021 Men’s County Championship Group Stage fixtures
08-11 April, 2021
Northamptonshire v Kent (The County Ground)
Essex v Worcestershire (The Cloudfm County Ground)
Sussex v Lancashire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Middlesex v Somerset (Lord’s)
Leicestershire v Hampshire (Grace Road)
Gloucestershire v Surrey (Bristol County Ground)
Nottinghamshire v Durham (Trent Bridge)
Yorkshire v Glamorgan (Emerald Headingley)
Warwickshire v Derbyshire (Edgbaston)
15-18 April, 2021
Hampshire v Middlesex (Ageas Bowl)
Lancashire v Northamptonshire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Kent v Yorkshire (Canterbury)
Glamorgan v Sussex (Sophia Gardens)
Somerset v Gloucestershire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Derbyshire v Worcestershire (The Incora County Ground)
Essex v Durham (The Cloudfm County Ground)
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire (Trent Bridge)
Surrey v Leicestershire (Kia Oval)
22-25 April, 2021
Sussex v Yorkshire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Durham v Derbyshire (Emirates Riverside)
Kent v Lancashire (Canterbury)
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire (New Road)
Hampshire v Gloucestershire (Ageas Bowl)
Warwickshire v Essex (Edgbaston)
Middlesex v Surrey (Lord’s)
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan (The County Ground)
Leicestershire v Somerset (Grace Road)
29 April – 2 May, 2021
Lancashire v Sussex (Emirates Old Trafford)
Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire (The Incora County Ground)
Worcestershire v Essex (New Road)
Durham v Warwickshire (Emirates Riverside)
Gloucestershire v Leicestershire (Bristol County Ground)
Somerset v Middlesex (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Glamorgan v Kent (Sophia Gardens)
Yorkshire v Northamptonshire (Emerald Headingley)
Surrey v Hampshire (Kia Oval)
06 to 09 May, 2021
Yorkshire v Kent (Emerald Headingley)
Leicestershire v Surrey (Grace Road)
Warwickshire v Worcestershire (Edgbaston)
Middlesex v Gloucestershire (Lord’s)
Lancashire v Glamorgan (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire v Sussex (The County Ground)
Hampshire v Somerset (Ageas Bowl)
Nottinghamshire v Essex (Trent Bridge)
13 – 16 May, 2021
Essex v Derbyshire (The Cloudfm County Ground)
Sussex v Kent (The 1st Central County Ground)
Glamorgan v Yorkshire (Sophia Gardens)
Middlesex v Hampshire (Lord’s)
Durham v Worcestershire (Emirates Riverside)
Somerset v Surrey (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
20 – 23 May, 2021
Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire (Trent Bridge)
Essex v Warwickshire (The Cloudfm County Ground)
Derbyshire v Durham (The Incora County Ground)
Northamptonshire v Lancashire (The County Ground)
Kent v Glamorgan (Canterbury)
Hampshire v Leicestershire (Ageas Bowl)
Gloucestershire v Somerset (Bristol County Ground)
Surrey v Middlesex (Kia Oval)
27 – 30 May, 2021
Durham v Essex (Emirates Riverside)
Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire (Edgbaston)
Worcestershire v Derbyshire (New Road)
Lancashire v Yorkshire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Sussex v Northamptonshire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Surrey v Gloucestershire (Guildford)
Leicestershire v Middlesex (Grace Road)
3 – 6 June, 2021
Yorkshire v Sussex (Emerald Headingley)
Worcestershire v Durham (New Road)
Essex v Nottinghamshire (The Cloudfm County Ground)
Derbyshire v Warwickshire (The Incora County Ground)
Kent v Northamptonshire (Canterbury)
Glamorgan v Lancashire (Venue TBC)
Somerset v Hampshire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Leicestershire v Gloucestershire (Grace Road)
4 – 7 July, 2021
Lancashire v Kent (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire v Yorkshire (The County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Middlesex (Cheltenham)
Sussex v Glamorgan (The 1st Central County Ground)
Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire (Trent Bridge)
Warwickshire v Durham (Edgbaston)
Hampshire v Surrey (Ageas Bowl)
Somerset v Leicestershire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
11 – 14 July, 2021
Derbyshire v Essex (Chesterfield)
Durham v Nottinghamshire (Emirates Riverside)
Worcestershire v Warwickshire (New Road)
Yorkshire v Lancashire (Scarborough)
Gloucestershire v Hampshire (Cheltenham)
Middlesex v Leicestershire (Merchant Taylors’ School)
Surrey v Somerset (Kia Oval)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (Sophia Gardens)
Kent v Sussex (Beckenham)
Division Stage
Round 1: Mon 30 August – Thu 2 September
Round 2: Sun 5 – Wed 8 September
Round 3: Sun 12 – Wed 15 September
Round 4: Tue 21 – Fri 24 September
Bob Willis Trophy Final
27 September – 1 October, 2021
