Somerset County Cricket Club’s new season will begin on Friday, April 3, when they welcome defending County Championship holders Nottinghamshire to the Cooper Associates County Ground.
The 2026 Rothesay County Championship will be played in three blocks of matches with each county playing a total of 14 matches.
Each county will play six matches during the first seven-week block, with all matches during that period starting on a Friday.
A mid-summer block of two games will be staged in June with each county playing twice.
The third block of matches begins on August 20th with each county playing six matches to complete the season.
The final round begins on September 24th.
Somerset begin the quest for their maiden County Championship title by welcoming reigning champions, Nottinghamshire to the Cooper Associates County Ground on Friday, April 3.
The final County Championship match of the season sees Somerset welcome Surrey to Taunton.
Metro Bank One Day Cup
The groups for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup Men’s Competition were randomly drawn, with each county playing the other counties in their group once.
GROUP A: Somerset, Gloucestershire, Kent Spitfires, Lancashire, Leicestershire Foxes, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Notts Outlaws, Surrey, Warwickshire.
The top team in each group progresses directly to a home semi-final.
The second and third-placed teams from either group meet in a quarter-final (August 14th) to earn the right to reach the semi-finals (August 16).
The final is staged at Trent Bridge on September 20.
The Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s Competition final will again be at Utilita Bowl in Southampton on Saturday, September 19.
GROUP: Somerset, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Surrey, The Blaze, Warwickshire, Yorkshire.
Each county will play 16 group-stage matches with each county playing the others home and away.
The top three counties at the end of the group stage will progress to the knockout stages.
The top county progresses straight into the final to meet the winner of the Eliminator between 2nd and 3rd place on September 16.
Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup
The unique cup competition, which was introduced last season, will see 37 counties looking to reach Finals Day at Emirates Old Trafford on August 29.
Twenty-eight counties enter the competition in the opening round before the nine Tier 1 counties are introduced in Round 3.
Somerset will enter at round three alongside Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire Thunder, Surrey, The Blaze, Warwickshire and Yorkshire.
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