The fixtures for the County Championship, which will be title sponsored by Rothesay for the next three years, and Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s and men’s competitions have been finalised.

Somerset will begin the quest for the Rothesay County Championship title with a home game against Worcestershire before traveling to Sussex and Hampshire ahead of a clash against champions Surrey.

Somerset’s county championship fixtures revealed (Image: Somerset CCC)

The Rothesay County Championship will begin on Friday, April 4, with eight rounds in April and May. The two rounds at the end of June and two rounds at the end of July will see Kookaburra balls used, before three rounds in September to finish the domestic summer.

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ROTHESAY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP – DIVISION ONE: Somerset, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.

FORMAT: Each county plays 14 Rothesay County Championship matches (seven home and seven away). The county that tops the table at the end of the 14 matches is crowned champion, with the bottom two counties in the table relegated to Division Two.

In the Metro Bank One day Cup, Somerset Men, who finished as runners up, will begin the competition with a trip to Radlett to take on Middlesex whilst Somerset Women start with an away fixture against Surrey at Beckenham.

Somerset will be in group B with Yorkshire, Kent Spitfires, Lancashire, Durham, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Middlesex and Sussex Sharks.