County season preview
Skysports.com's team-by-team guide to 2008
Last updated: 14th April 2008
Ahead of the start of the LV County Championship on Wednesday, skysports.com offers a comprehensive preview of the new season.
It promises to be an exciting domestic summer with Sussex chasing a title hat-trick in what looks a very closely matched Division One.
To help get you up to speed for the new campaign, we have put together a county-by-county guide looking at the prospects of each of the 18 first-class teams.
We are also keen to hear your views on everything county related and - if you fancy backing up your opinions with hard cash - check out the latest Skybet odds.
As well as keeping in touch throughout the season with skysports.com's scorecentre, the Sky Sports cameras will provide plenty of live coverage from all four domestic competitions - the FP Trophy, LV County Championship, Twenty20 Cup and NatWest Pro40.
| COUNTY-BY-COUNTY GUIDE |
| Derbyshire |
| Durham |
| Essex |
| Glamorgan |
| Gloucestershire |
| Hampshire |
| Kent |
| Lancashire |
| Leicestershire |
| Middlesex |
| Northamptonshire |
| Nottinghamshire |
| Somerset |
| Surrey |
| Sussex |
| Warwickshire |
| Worcestershire |
| Yorkshire |
| Fixture |
|---|
| Sunday 18th May |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Glamorgan vs Hampshire |
| Scotland vs Yorkshire |
| Somerset vs Worcestershire |
| Essex vs Middlesex |
| Kent vs Surrey |
| Durham vs Lancashire |
| Ireland vs Leicestershire |
| Nottinghamshire vs Warwickshire |
| Tuesday 20th May |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Hampshire vs Worcestershire |
| Thursday 22nd May |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Derbyshire vs Lancashire |
| Result |
|---|
| Friday 16th May |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Essex vs Kent Kent won by 106 runs. |
| Ireland vs Warwickshire Ireland won by 4 wickets. |
| Sunday 11th May |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Worcestershire vs Hampshire Worcestershire won by 9 wickets. |
| Kent vs Sussex Kent won by 9 wickets. |
| Scotland vs Durham Durham won by 46 runs. |
| Surrey vs Essex Essex won by 156 runs. |
| Gloucestershire vs Somerset Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets. |
| Lancashire vs Yorkshire Lancashire won by 3 wickets. |
| Nottinghamshire vs Leicestershire Nottinghamshire won by 2 wickets. |
| Warwickshire vs Northamptonshire Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets. |
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