South-coast opener for Yorkshire CCC as fixtures announced
The 2025 fixtures, published today, send the White Rose to the Utilita Bowl for a match that begins on April 4.
It is the first of seven Championship fixtures in less than eight weeks, with half of the four-day season over by May 26.
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The 50-over Cup will once more run while The Hundred is on, as Yorkshire seek not only for their first Championship title since 2015, but also their first one-day silverware since 2002.
They will be chasing their first T20 title when that competition starts at the back end of May, with the group stages running through June and July before September’s knockout stages.
Yorkshire’s four Championship fixtures in June and July, which include one at York and two at Scarborough, will be played with the Kookaburra ball in a continuation of the experiment of the last two years.
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It has proved controversial in some quarters, although a key change next year is that it will not be used in early season, with a combination of soft pitches and poor weather leading to just one positive result in the opening two rounds last season.
Surrey, who are aiming to become the first county to win four successive Championships since they themselves achieved the feat in the 1950s, are the first visitors to Scarborough in late July, followed by Division Two champions Sussex a week later.
Essex provide the opposition for York’s first Championship match for six years, and only its third ever, after last week’s announcement that the ground will stage its first men’s T20. Yorkshire women start their season on April 19 against Worcestershire at Leeds in the 50-over Cup.
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2025 FIXTURES
YORKSHIRE MEN
Rothesay County Championship Division One
April
4-7: Hampshire (A - Utilita Bowl)
11-14: Worcestershire (H - Headingley)
18-21: Durham (A - Riverside)
May
2-5: Warwickshire (H - Headingley)
9-12: Essex (A - Chelmsford)
16-19: Surrey (A - The Oval)
23-26: Nottinghamshire (H - Headingley)
June
22-25: Nottinghamshire (A - Trent Bridge)
29-Jul 2: Essex (H - York)
July
22-25: Surrey (H - Scarborough)
29-Aug 1: Sussex (H - Scarborough)
September
8-11: Somerset (A - Taunton)
15-18: Sussex (A - Hove)
24-27: Durham (H - Headingley)
Metro Bank One-Day Cup (50 overs)
August
5: Warwickshire (H - Scarborough)
8: Northamptonshire (A - Northampton)
12: Lancashire (H - York)
14: Somerset (H - York)
17: Middlesex (A - Radlett)
22: Durham (H - Scarborough)
24: Sussex (A - Hove)
26: Kent (A - Canterbury)
28: Quarter-finals
31: Semi-finals
September
20: Final (Trent Bridge)
Vitality Blast (20 overs)
May
30: Northamptonshire (H - Headingley)
June
1: Worcestershire (A - New Road)
6: Birmingham Bears (A - Edgbaston)
8: Leicestershire (H - Headingley)
11: Nottinghamshire (A - Trent Bridge)
13: Birmingham Bears (H - Headingley)
15: Durham (H - York)
20: Durham (A - Riverside)
July
4: Worcestershire (H - Headingley)
6: Derbyshire (A - Chesterfield)
11: Lancashire (A - Old Trafford)
13: Derbyshire (H - Headingley)
17: Lancashire (H - Headingley)
18: Leicestershire (A - Grace Road)
September
3/5/6: Quarter-finals
13: Finals Day (Edgbaston)
YORKSHIRE WOMEN
Metro Bank One-Day Cup League 2 (50 overs)
April
19: Worcestershire (H - Headingley)
26: Sussex (A - Hove)
May
3: Derbyshire (A - Derby)
15: Leicestershire (H - York)
August
2: Middlesex (H - Headingley)
9: Glamorgan (H - Weetwood)
16: Gloucestershire (A - Bristol)
25: Northamptonshire (A - Northampton)
30: Kent (A - Canterbury)
September
6: Semi-finals
14: Final (New Road)
Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup
May
5: Round One - Derbyshire Falcons (TBC)
10: Round Two - (if progress, v Staffordshire or Cumbria (TBC)
17: Round Three - (if progress, v Essex (TBC)
24: Quarter-finals
26: Finals Day (Taunton)
Vitality Blast Women’s League 2 (20 overs)
June
1: Derbyshire (H - Headingley)
8: Leicestershire (H - Headingley)
21: Derbyshire (A - Derby)
27: Worcestershire (H - Headingley)
29: Northamptonshire (A - Northampton)
July
13: Northamptonshire (H - Headingley)
18: Leicestershire (A - Grace Road)
20: Worcestershire (A - New Road)
26: Finals Day (Northampton)
MEN’S INTERNATIONALS
June
20-24: England v India (Test match - Headingley)
September
2: South Africa (One-day international)
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