County Championship 2022 Fixtures;
The County Championship 2022 returns to a two-division structure. For the first time since 2019 – with defending champions Warwickshire to host Surrey in the opening round.
The opening seven rounds of the County Championship. It will be played from Thursday to Sunday on successive weeks. However, there will be five rounds played during June and July. An increase from the three rounds during the same period last summer.
The Division One and Division Two titles are set to be decided in September. Moreover, with the final round of fixtures to be staged from 26-29 September.
Thursday 7 – Sunday 10 April 2022
Division One
Essex v Kent (The Cloud County Ground)
Hampshire v Somerset (Ageas Bowl)
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire (County Ground, Northampton)
Warwickshire v Surrey (Edgbaston)
Division Two
Glamorgan v Durham (Sophia Gardens)
Leicestershire v Worcestershire (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Derbyshire (Lord’s)
Sussex v Nottinghamshire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 April 2022
Division One
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire (Bristol County Ground)
Kent v Lancashire (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Somerset v Essex (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Surrey v Hampshire (Kia Oval)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Sussex (The Incora County Ground)
Durham v Leicestershire (Emirates Riverside)
Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan (Trent Bridge)
Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 April 2022
Division One
Kent v Hampshire (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire v Gloucestershire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire v Yorkshire (County Ground, Northampton)
Surrey v Somerset (Kia Oval)
Warwickshire v Essex (Edgbaston)
Division Two
Durham v Nottinghamshire (Emirates Riverside)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (Sophia Gardens)
Leicestershire v Derbyshire (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Worcestershire v Sussex (New Road)
Thursday 28 April – Sunday 1 May 2022
Division One
Essex v Northamptonshire (The Cloud County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Surrey (Bristol County Ground)
Hampshire v Lancashire (Ageas Bowl)
Somerset v Warwickshire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Yorkshire v Kent (Headingley)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (Incora County Ground)
Middlesex v Leicestershire (Lord’s)
Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire (Trent Bridge)
Sussex v Durham (The 1st Central County Ground)
Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 May 2022
Division One
Essex v Yorkshire (The Cloud County Ground)
Hampshire v Gloucestershire (Ageas Bowl)
Lancashire v Warwickshire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Surrey v Northamptonshire (Kia Oval)
Division Two
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (Sophia Gardens)
Sussex v Middlesex (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire v Durham (New Road)
Thursday 12 – Sunday 15 May 2022
Division One
Gloucestershire v Somerset (Bristol County Ground)
Kent v Surrey (Beckenham)
Warwickshire v Northamptonshire (Edgbaston)
Yorkshire v Lancashire (Headingley)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Worcestershire (Incora County Ground)
Durham v Glamorgan (Emirates Riverside)
Leicestershire v Sussex (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire (Lord’s)
Thursday 19 – Sunday 22 May 2022
Division One
Lancashire v Essex (Venue TBC)
Northamptonshire v Kent (County Ground, Northampton)
Somerset v Hampshire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Yorkshire v Warwickshire (Headingley)
Division Two
Middlesex v Durham (Lord’s)
Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire (Trent Bridge)
Worcestershire v Leicestershire (New Road)
Ben Duckett and Nottinghamshire will look to capitalise on their 2021 form to gain promotion from Division Two this summer
Sunday 12 – Wednesday 15 June 2022
Division One
Hampshire v Yorkshire (Ageas Bowl)
Kent v Gloucestershire (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Somerset v Surrey (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Warwickshire v Lancashire (Edgbaston)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Middlesex (Chesterfield)
Durham v Worcestershire (Emirates Riverside)
Glamorgan v Sussex (Sophia Gardens)
Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Sunday 26 – Wednesday 29 June 2022
Division One
Essex v Hampshire (The Cloud County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Lancashire (Bristol County Ground)
Northamptonshire v Warwickshire (County Ground, Northampton)
Surrey v Kent (Kia Oval)
Division Two
Nottinghamshire v Middlesex (Trent Bridge)
Sussex v Derbyshire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (New Road)
Monday 11 – Thursday 14 July 2022
Division One
Essex v Gloucestershire (The Cloud County Ground)
Hampshire v Warwickshire (Ageas Bowl)
Kent v Northamptonshire (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire v Somerset (TBC)
Yorkshire v Surrey (Scarborough)
Division Two
Durham v Derbyshire (Emirates Riverside)
Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire (TBC)
Middlesex v Worcestershire (Merchant Taylors School)
Sussex v Leicestershire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Tuesday 19 – Friday 22 July 2022
Division One
Gloucestershire v Hampshire (Cheltenham)
Northamptonshire v Lancashire (County Ground, Northampton)
Somerset v Yorkshire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Surrey v Essex (Kia Oval)
Warwickshire v Kent (Edgbaston)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire (Incora County Ground)
Leicestershire v Glamorgan (Uptonsteel County Ground) – starts on Wednesday 20 July
Middlesex v Sussex (Lord’s)
Monday 25 – Thursday 28 July 2022
Division One
Essex v Somerset (The Cloud County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire (Cheltenham)
Lancashire v Kent (Emirates Old Trafford)
Surrey v Warwickshire (Kia Oval)
Yorkshire v Hampshire (Scarborough)
Division Two
Durham v Middlesex (Emirates Riverside)
Nottinghamshire v Sussex (Trent Bridge) – starts on Tuesday 26 July
Worcestershire v Derbyshire (New Road)
Josh Bohannon averaged over 50 for Lancashire in the County Championship in 2021
Monday 5 – Thursday 8 September 2022
Division One
Hampshire v Northamptonshire (Ageas Bowl)
Kent v Essex (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire v Yorkshire (Emirates Old Trafford)
Somerset v Gloucestershire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Durham (Incora County Ground)
Glamorgan v Worcestershire (Sophia Gardens)
Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire (Trent Bridge)
Monday 12 – Thursday 15 September 2022
Division One
Northamptonshire v Surrey (County Ground, Northampton)
Warwickshire v Somerset (Edgbaston)
Yorkshire v Essex (Headingley)
Division Two
Leicestershire v Durham (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (Lord’s)
Sussex v Worcestershire (The 1st Central County Ground)
Tuesday 20 – Friday 23 September 2022
Division One
Essex v Lancashire (The Cloud County Ground)
Gloucestershire v Warwickshire (Bristol County Ground)
Hampshire v Kent (Ageas Bowl)
Somerset v Northamptonshire (The Cooper Associates County Ground)
Surrey v Yorkshire (Kia Oval)
Division Two
Durham v Sussex (Emirates Riverside)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (Sophia Gardens)
Leicestershire v Middlesex (Uptonsteel County Ground)
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire (New Road)
Monday 26 – Thursday 29 September 2022
Division One
Kent v Somerset (The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury)
Lancashire v Surrey (Emirates Old Trafford)
Northamptonshire v Essex (County Ground, Northampton)
Warwickshire v Hampshire (Edgbaston)
Yorkshire v Gloucestershire (Headingley)
Division Two
Derbyshire v Leicestershire (Incora County Ground)
Nottinghamshire v Durham (Trent Bridge)
Sussex v Glamorgan (The 1st Central County Ground)
Worcestershire v Middlesex (New Road)