{"id":296009,"date":"2023-11-23T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296009"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:24:22","slug":"surrey-to-launch-county-championship-title-defence-against-lancashire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/surrey-to-launch-county-championship-title-defence-against-lancashire\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey to launch County Championship title defence against\u00a0Lancashire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Surrey will begin their 2024 County Championship title defence at\u00a0Lancashire as the ECB reveal the domestic season calendar&#8230; with the T20 Blast Finals Day returning to its traditional September slot<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The ECB revealed their full domestic calendar for the 2024 season on Thursday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>County champions Surrey will start their 2024 title defence at Lancashire at Old Trafford after the ECB released the full fixture list for next year&#8217;s domestic season.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey won their 22nd County Championship title last season after holding off the challenge of Essex.<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Batty&#8217;s side&#8217;s pursuit of a third-successive title will start on April 5 with the match at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Essex will travel to Nottinghamshire for their opening match of the season, while last year&#8217;s Division Two champions Durham host Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>Worcestershire will travel to Warwickshire in their first tie back in Division 1 and Kent welcome Somerset.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/01\/78138347-0-image-a-42_1700702217724.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>County Championship champions Surrey will begin their title defence at Lancashire in April<\/p>\n<p>Four rounds of County Championship fixtures will take place in April, with the season running until September 26.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Vitality Blast is scheduled to begin on May 30, with reigning champions Somerset launching their title defence the following day by hosting Essex.<\/p>\n<p>With bitter rivals Lancashire and Yorkshire not in the same County Championship, with the former in Division One and latter in Division Two, it&#8217;s not until July 12 until we have a &#8216;War of the Roses&#8217; clash &#8211; via the Vitality Blast. Emirates Old Trafford will be a raucous atmosphere on that Friday night as Lancashire &#8216;welcome&#8217; their familiar foe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup will also start in May.<\/p>\n<p>The Charlotte Edwards Cup will be the first tournament to conclude with finals day of the T20 event held on June 22.<\/p>\n<p>Finals day for the Blast will take place on September 14 at Egbaston. Held in mid-July in the past two summers, the move &#8211; which will appease staunch supporters &#8211; comes partly because the men&#8217;s T20 World Cup\u00a0in the West Indies and United States being staged in June.<\/p>\n<p>After the Blast, the\u00a0Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy concludes one week later.<\/p>\n<p>The One Day Cup launches on July 24 with the final scheudled to be held at Trent Bridge on September 22.<\/p>\n<p>The final takes place four days before the final matches of the County Championship season, which will start on September 26.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/09\/78150901-12782323-image-a-1_1700730974466.jpg\" height=\"384\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lancashire (left) and Yorkshire will meet in the T20 Blast on July 12 at Emirates Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12782323\/Surrey-begin-2024-County-Championship-title-defence-Lancashire-ECB-reveal-domestic-season-calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Surrey will begin their 2024 County Championship title defence at\u00a0Lancashire as the ECB reveal the domestic season calendar&#8230; with the T20 Blast Finals Day returning <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/surrey-to-launch-county-championship-title-defence-against-lancashire\/\" title=\"Surrey to launch County Championship title defence against\u00a0Lancashire\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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