County Championship 2026: Sussex begin with trip to Leicester
Sussex will begin their 2026 County Championship Division 1 campaign away to promoted Leicestershire – while their One Day Cup campaign includes a home game at Arundel Castle.
The ECB have announced the fixtures for both the Men's Rothesay County Championship and Metro Bank One Day Cup competitions for 2026, as well as the Women's Metro Bank One Day Cup.
The 2026 Rothersay County Championship will commence on Friday, 3 April, with Paul Farbrace's Sussex travelling to last season's Division Two champions, Leicestershire, in the opening fixture.
The following week will see Sussex's first home fixture of the campaign as they host Warwickshire at The 1st Central County Ground on Friday, 10 April.
The 2026 season will begin with six County Championship fixtures before transitioning to the Vitality Blast - the fixtures of which were announced on Tuesday.
The season will also close with six County Championship matches - the latter of which will see Sussex travel to Utilita Bowl to take on Hampshire on Thursday, 24 September.
This year's Men's Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures will be pushed slightly forward than last year, with Sussex journeying to Neath to face Glamorgan in their opening match of the competition on Wednesday, 22 July.
Two days later, and it's up to Durham's Banks Homes Riverside for the second fixture of the tournament. Sussex will first host Yorkshire on Sunday, 26 July before next hosting Essex the following Wednesday (29 July) at Arundel Castle Cricket Ground.
The group stage will wrap up on Tuesday, August 11 at Radlett with Middlesex hosting Farbrace's Sharks.
The quarter-finals will take place three days later, on Friday, 14 August, with the semi-finals taking place on Sunday, 16 August.
The One Day Cup final is scheduled for Sunday, 20 September at Trent Bridge.
The Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s League 2 (Tier 2) will be reduced from nine to eight group-stage games with each county playing each other once this season.
Alexia Walker's side will travel to Leicestershire Foxes on Sunday, April 12 in the opening match of their One Day Cup campaign, with their first home game taking scheduled for a week later (Sunday, April 19) when they host Worcestershire Rapids at Hove.
Sussex Sharks Women will also be heading back to Arundel, where they'll take on Middlesex on Sunday, August 2 - four days after our Men play at the same venue.
The final group game will be on Sunday, August 16 as Sussex host Derbyshire Falcons. The Metro Bank One Day Cup semi-finals will take place on Sunday, 13 September, with the Final a week later, on Sunday 20 September.