2026 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AND ONE-DAY CUP FIXTURES RELEASED

2026 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AND ONE-DAY CUP FIXTURES RELEASED

Middlesex Cricket can today announce the Rothesay County Championship and Metro Bank One-Day Cup fixtures for both its men’s and women’s teams ahead of the 2026 season.

The 2026 season will start on Friday 3rd April with back-to-back home matches for the men as Gloucestershire and Worcestershire visit Lord’s respectively in successive weeks.

This year, Middlesex’s men will play two outground County Championship fixtures at Merchant Taylors’ School, with both Kent and Lancashire visiting Northwood.

Northamptonshire will be the visitors to Lord’s for the Club’s final match of the summer, with that fixture starting on Thursday 24th September.

Middlesex’s women will begin their season on Sunday 12th April as they travel to the Central Co-op County Ground to take on Derbyshire in the One-Day Cup.

They will be in a group of nine this year rather than the 10 that we saw in 2025 as Yorkshire will play in Tier One. The side’s four home matches in the competition will be played at Radlett Cricket Club, with their final game of the group stage taking place at the venue on Sunday 6th September against Glamorgan.

Should they qualify for the knockout stages, the semi-finals will take place on 12^th / 13^th September and the final will be held at The Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol on Sunday 20^th September.

As for the men, they have been placed in group B of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup group alongside: Derbyshire Falcons, Durham, Essex, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Sussex Sharks, Worcestershire Rapids and Yorkshire.

Our campaign will get underway at home against Essex on Tuesday 21^st July, with Glamorgan the visitors later in the week. The venue for our first two home games in the competition are still to be determined. Yorkshire will visit the Home of Cricket on Sunday 2^nd August.

The final group match will take place on Tuesday 11th August, as Sussex Sharks visit Radlett.

Should the team qualify, the quarter-finals will take place on Friday 14^th August, with the semi-finals on Sunday 16^th August. The final will be held at Trent Bridge on Sunday 20th September.

In the Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup, Middlesex will once again host Kent in the first round on Sunday 26^th April. The nine tier one counties will enter the competition in the third round. Finals day will be held at Emirates Old Trafford on Saturday 29^th August.

A full list of fixtures across all three competitions can be found below, with ticket details to be announced in due course. Men's and women's fixtures can be synced to your calendar by clicking HERE.

MIDDLESEX MEN’S ROTHESAY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES

• Middlesex v Gloucestershire – Friday 3^rd April (Lord’s)
• Middlesex v Worcestershire – Friday 10^th April (Lord’s)
• Northamptonshire v Middlesex - Friday 17^th April (County Ground, Northampton)
• Middlesex v Durham – Friday 1^st May (Lord’s)
• Lancashire v Middlesex – Friday 8^th May (Emirates Old Trafford)
• Middlesex v Derbyshire – Friday 15^th May (Lord’s)
• Worcestershire v Middlesex – Friday 12^th June (Visit Worcestershire New Road)
• Kent v Middlesex - Friday 19^th June (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
• Middlesex v Kent – Thursday 20^th August (Merchant Taylors’ School)
• Derbyshire v Middlesex – Thursday 27^th August (The Central Co-op County Ground)
• Middlesex v Lancashire – Wednesday 2^nd September (Merchant Taylors’ School)
• Durham v Middlesex - Tuesday 8^th September (Banks Home Riverside)
• Gloucestershire v Middlesex – Tuesday 15^th September (The Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol)
• Middlesex v Northamptonshire – Thursday 24^th September (Lord’s)

MIDDLESEX MEN’S METRO BANK ONE-DAY CUP FIXTURES

• Middlesex v Essex – Tuesday 21^st July (Radlett)
• Hampshire v Middlesex – Friday 24^th July (Utilita Bowl)
• Middlesex v Glamorgan – Sunday 26^th July (Radlett)
• Worcestershire Rapids v Middlesex – Friday 31^st July (Visit Worcestershire New Road)
• Middlesex v Yorkshire - Sunday 2^nd August (Lord’s)
• Durham v Middlesex – Friday 7^th August (South Northumberland CC)
• Derbyshire Falcons v Middlesex – Sunday 9^th August (The Central Co-op County Ground)
• Middlesex v Sussex Sharks – Tuesday 11^th August (Radlett)
  
  

MIDDLESEX WOMEN’S METRO BANK ONE-DAY CUP FIXTURES

• Derbyshire Falcons v Middlesex - Sunday 12^th August (The Central Co-op County Ground)
• Middlesex v Gloucestershire – Sunday 19^th April (Radlett)
• Middlesex v Worcestershire Rapids – Sunday 10^th May (Radlett)
• Kent v Middlesex - Sunday 26^th July (St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury)
• Sussex Sharks v Middlesex - Sunday 2^nd August (Arundel)
• Middlesex v Northamptonshire Steelbacks - Sunday 9^th August (Radlett)
• Leicestershire Foxes v Middlesex – Sunday 16^th August (Venue TBC)
• Middlesex v Glamorgan – Sunday 6^th September (Radlett)

FULL VITALITY T20 WOMEN’S COUNTY CUP DRAW

Round One Draw:

Ties to be played on Sunday 26 April

• Match 1: Sussex Sharks vs. Norfolk
• Match 2: Cambridgeshire vs. Herefordshire
• Match 3: Suffolk vs. Buckinghamshire
• Match 4: Middlesex vs. Kent
• Match 5: Wiltshire vs. Berkshire
• Match 6: Gloucestershire vs. Cornwall
• Match 7: Dorset vs. Oxfordshire
• Match 8: Glamorgan vs. Devon
• Match 9: Derbyshire Falcons vs. Cheshire
• Match 10: Staffordshire vs. Cumbria
• Match 11: Worcestershire Rapids vs. Northumberland
• Match 12: Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs. Herefordshire
• Match 13: Leicestershire Foxes vs. Shropshire
• Match 14: Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire vs. Lincolnshire

Round Two Draw:

Ties to be played on Sunday 17 May

• Match 15: Dorset or Oxfordshire vs. Gloucestershire or Cornwall
• Match 16: Wiltshire or Berkshire vs. Glamorgan or Devon
• Match 17: Middlesex or Kent vs. Cambridgeshire or Hertfordshire
• Match 18: Suffolk or Buckinghamshire vs. Sussex Sharks or Norfolk
• Match 19: Leicestershire Foxes or Shropshire vs. Worcestershire Rapids or Northumberland
• Match 20: Derbyshire Falcons or Cheshire vs. Staffordshire or Cumbria
• Match 21: Northamptonshire Steelbacks or Herefordshire vs. Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire or Lincolnshire

Round Three Draw:

Ties to be played on Sunday 21 June:

• Match 22: Winner of Match 17 vs. Warwickshire Bears
• Match 23: Essex vs. Winner of Match 15
• Match 24: Yorkshire vs. Somerset
• Match 25: The Blaze vs. Durham
• Match 26: Winner of Match 19 vs. Surrey
• Match 27: Winner of Match 16 vs. Hampshire
• Match 28: Lancashire vs. Winner of Match 18
• Match 29: Winner of Match 20 vs. Winner of Match 21

Quarter Final Draw:

Ties to be played on Sunday 23 August

• Match 30: Winner of Match 27 vs. Winner of Match 24
• Match 31: Winner of Match 29 vs. Winner of Match 23
• Match 32: Winner of Match 22 vs. Winner of Match 26
• Match 33: Winner of Match 25 vs. Winner of Match 28

Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup Finals Day:

To be played on Saturday 29 August at Emirates Old Trafford

• Match 34 Semi-Final 1: Winner of Match 30 vs. Winner of Match 32
• Match 35: Semi-Final 2: Winner of Match 33 vs. Winner of Match 31
• Match 36: Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup Final