The schedule begins with Durham’s home clash with Yorkshire in the Friends Provident Trophy on 20th April. The Dynamos Twenty20 Cup clash with Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford will be shown live on Sky Sports on Tuesday 17 June as well as the floodlit match between Durham Dynamos and Somerset Sabres at the Riverside on Wednesday 23 July.
Two of Durham Dynamos away floodlit NatWest Pro40 fixtures are also scheduled to be televised, first up is Notts Outlaws on Tuesday 19 August followed by Hampshire Hawks on Monday 1 September.
Every county will feature at least four times, including one home match, in the initial 49 fixtures selected by Sky together with the ECB. The coverage includes:
Friends Provident Trophy: 14 matches including both semi-finals and final
Twenty20 Cup: 18 matches including all least three quarter-finals for the first time
NatWest Pro40: 31 matches including 23 day night games
LV County Championship: Three live matches, including Sussex vs Lancashire
Paul King, Sky Sports’ cricket producer, said: “Next summer is our biggest yet. The schedule is a mouth-watering line-up of cricket that I’m sure will excite all cricket fans. We’ve got more matches than ever before too, underlining our unrivalled commitment to county cricket.”
In the Sky Sports commentary box are some of the biggest names from cricket including Sir Ian Botham, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Bob Willis, David Lloyd, Michael Holding, Nick Knight and Paul Allott. Coverage is presented by Charles Colvile and Ian Ward with daily reports, news and views featured on Sky Sports News and skysports.com
Sunday 20 April Durham Yorkshire Chester-le-Street
Sunday 27 April Ireland Nottinghamshire Clontarf
Sunday 4 May Hampshire Gloucestershire Rose Bowl
Monday 5 May Surrey Kent The Oval
Thursday 8 May Sussex Surrey Hove d/n
Friday 9 May Glamorgan Gloucestershire Cardiff d/n
Sunday 11 May Warwickshire Northamptonshire Edgbaston
Tuesday 20 May Hampshire Worcestershire Rose Bowl d/n
Thursday 22 May Derbyshire Lancashire Derby d/n
Wednesday 28 May tbc tbc tbc
Wednesday 4 June Quarter Final tbc tbc
Friday 4 July Semi Final tbc tbc
Saturday 5 July Semi Final tbc tbc
Saturday 16 August Final tbc Lord’s
Wednesday 11 June Kent Sussex Canterbury
Thursday 12 June Worcestershire Gloucestershire Worcester
Saturday 14 June Somerset Warwickshire Taunton
Monday 16 June Middlesex Surrey Lord’s
Tuesday 17 June Lancashire Durham Old Trafford
Thursday 19 June Worcestershire Somerset Worcester
Friday 20 June Lancashire Yorkshire Old Trafford
Sunday 22 June Northamptonshire Glamorgan Northampton
Monday 23 June Hampshire Surrey Rose Bowl d/n
Tuesday 24 June Essex Sussex Chelmsford d/n
Thursday 26 June Yorkshire Leicestershire Headingley
Friday 27 June tbc tbc tbc
Monday 7 July Quarter Final tbc tbc
Tuesday 8 July Quarter Final tbc tbc
Wednesday 9 July Quarter Final tbc tbc
Saturday 26 July Finals Day Rose Bowl
Tuesday 15 July Worcestershire Nottinghamshire Worcester d/n
Wednesday 16 July Essex Yorkshire Chelmsford d/n
Thursday 17 July Lancashire Gloucestershire Old Trafford d/n
Wednesday 23 July Durham Somerset Chester-le-St d/n
Thursday 24 July Glamorgan Surrey Cardiff d/n
Monday 28 July Derbyshire Essex Derby d/n
Tuesday 29 July Leicestershire Warwickshire Leicestershire d/n
Monday 4 August Middlesex Somerset Lord’s d/n
Tuesday 5 August Essex Surrey Chelmsford d/n
Wednesday 6 August Warwickshire Northamptonshire Edgbaston d/n
Tuesday 12 August Kent Leicestershire Canterbury d/n
Wednesday 13 August Hampshire Sussex Rose Bowl d/n
Tuesday 19 August Nottinghamshire Durham Trent Bridge d/n
Thursday 21 August Derbyshire Yorkshire Derby d/n
Saturday 23 August Somerset Gloucestershire Taunton
Sunday 24 August Middlesex Hampshire Lord’s
Monday 25 August Sussex Lancashire Hove d/n
Wednesday 27 August Gloucestershire Middlesex Bristol d/n
Thursday 28 August Somerset Worcestershire Taunton d/n
Saturday 30 August Worcestershire Gloucestershire Worcester
Monday 1st September Hampshire Durham Rose Bowl d/n
Tuesday 2 September Surrey Kent The Oval d/n
Saturday 6 September Hampshire Worcestershire Rose Bowl
Sunday 7 September Leicestershire Northamptonshire Leicester
Monday 8 September Glamorgan Derbyshire Cardiff d/n
Tuesday 9 September Yorkshire Warwickshire Headingley d/n
Weds 10 September Nottinghamshire Lancashire Trent Bridge d/n
Thursday 11 September Sussex Middlesex Hove d/n
Saturday 13 September Pro40 Div 2 tbc tbc
Sunday 14 September Pro40 Div 1 tbc tbc
Sunday 21 September Pro40 Playoff tbc
Fixtures are subject to change. All information is correct at the time of publication.