Surrey champions begin 2024 season in Lancashire

For the second consecutive season, Lancashire will host the reigning champions in the first round of Division matches 1, which begins on Friday, April 5.
The teams played a draw in the rain to start the 2023 season, but Red Rose County won comfortably at The Oval in June.
No team 'won three consecutive County Championship titles from Yorkshire. in 1968 while Surrey won seven consecutive crowns between 1952 and 1958.
Division 2 champions , Durham, host Hampshire while promoted runners-up Worcestershire begin with a derby against local rivals Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Worcestershire then head to Trent Bridge to face Nottinghamshire as they play their first two matches at exterior as new The road land is next to the River Severn and is prone to early season flooding.
Relegated Middlesex begin life in the second tier against Glamorgan at Lord's while Northamptonshire, who finished bottom of Division 1, are away at Sussex.
The County Championship will begin with eight consecutive rounds played from Friday to Monday each week during April and May.
After a break for the T20 Blast, and before the England Men's Summer Test, the Championship County returns with back-to-back rounds in late June and early July, with each county playing one home and one away game.
After no cricket championships in August last summer, two rounds will take place during the month this year, starting on Thursday 22 and Thursday 29 August.
The first half of the month will once again be reserved for the Hundred Men and Women and the One Day Cup.
The final round of the Championship campaign begins on Thursday, September 26.
This season, the points awarded for a tie will increase from five to eight after last season's change, although batting bonus points will continue to be awarded for scores from 250 to 450 in the first round.
Test usage of Kookaburra balls will double from two rounds of four-way championship matches, half of them in the season-opening block and two towards the back. in the countryside.
There will also be a one-year trial of the use of hybrid pitches for league matches
One-day formats
All 126 matches in the T20 Blast group stage, except four, will take place Thursday and Friday. nights or weekends - an increase of 29 from last season.
There will also be a record 22 T20 Blast/ Charlotte Edward...

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Surrey champions begin 2024 season in Lancashire

For the second consecutive season, Lancashire will host the reigning champions in the first round of Division matches 1, which begins on Friday, April 5.

The teams played a draw in the rain to start the 2023 season, but Red Rose County won comfortably at The Oval in June.

No team 'won three consecutive County Championship titles from Yorkshire. in 1968 while Surrey won seven consecutive crowns between 1952 and 1958.

Division 2 champions , Durham, host Hampshire while promoted runners-up Worcestershire begin with a derby against local rivals Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

Worcestershire then head to Trent Bridge to face Nottinghamshire as they play their first two matches at exterior as new The road land is next to the River Severn and is prone to early season flooding.

Relegated Middlesex begin life in the second tier against Glamorgan at Lord's while Northamptonshire, who finished bottom of Division 1, are away at Sussex.

The County Championship will begin with eight consecutive rounds played from Friday to Monday each week during April and May.

After a break for the T20 Blast, and before the England Men's Summer Test, the Championship County returns with back-to-back rounds in late June and early July, with each county playing one home and one away game.

After no cricket championships in August last summer, two rounds will take place during the month this year, starting on Thursday 22 and Thursday 29 August.

The first half of the month will once again be reserved for the Hundred Men and Women and the One Day Cup.

The final round of the Championship campaign begins on Thursday, September 26.

This season, the points awarded for a tie will increase from five to eight after last season's change, although batting bonus points will continue to be awarded for scores from 250 to 450 in the first round.

Test usage of Kookaburra balls will double from two rounds of four-way championship matches, half of them in the season-opening block and two towards the back. in the countryside.

There will also be a one-year trial of the use of hybrid pitches for league matches

One-day formats

All 126 matches in the T20 Blast group stage, except four, will take place Thursday and Friday. nights or weekends - an increase of 29 from last season.

There will also be a record 22 T20 Blast/ Charlotte Edward...