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Domestic cricket on Sky Sports: here's how to follow the action

Will Essex defend their Specsavers County Championship title?
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Follow all the domestic cricket action across Sky Sports this summer.

The 2018 Specsavers County Championship season gets underway on Friday and you can stay right up-to-date with all the action as it happens - whatever the competition - online and via mobile. Here's how:

skysports.com and Sky Sports App: our digital platforms will bring you all the scorecards, latest news and reaction from county cricket, as well as match round-ups.

Sky Sports Cricket: watch selected matches from the Royal London One-Day Cup, Vitality T20 Blast, Kia Super League and County Championship.

Sky Sports News will be around the grounds keeping you updated with all the action across both divisions.

Sky Go: stay with the action online, on iPhone, iPad or selected Android smartphones with the Sky Go app.

COUNTY CRICKET IN 2018 - selected live matches. For full coverage details click here.

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Royal London One-Day Cup

Nottinghamshire begin the defence of the title they won in such impressive fashion against Surrey - thanks in no small part to Alex Hales' 187no - by travelling to Emirates Old Trafford.

Thursday 17th May: Lancashire v Nottinghamshire
Friday 18th May: Durham v Yorkshire
Monday 21st May: Hampshire v Surrey
Wednesday 23rd May: Glamorgan v Cardiff

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Alex Hales hit a record breaking innings as Nottinghamshire beat Surrey to win the One-Day Cup.

Vitality T20 Blast

Nottinghamshire also feature in the first match in front of our cameras in the newly-named T20 competition as the road to Finals Day, on Saturday 15th September, begins.

Wednesday 4th July: Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire
Thursday 5th July: Middlesex v Surrey
Wednesday 11th July: Gloucestershire v Kent
Sunday 15th July: Worcestershire v Yorkshire

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Nottinghamshire Outlaws completed the white-ball double with victory over Birmingham Bears

Kia Super League

Sky Sports will show 12 matches from the Kia Super League this summer - almost double the amount of games broadcast from the 2017 competition.

Sunday 22nd July: Western Storm v Yorkshire Diamonds
Wednesday 25th July: Southern Vipers v Loughborough Lightning
Friday 27th July: Yorkshire Diamonds v Lancashire Thunder
Sunday 29th July: Western Storm v Loughborough Lightning

Western Storm celebrate after winning the  2017 Women's Kia Super League Final
Image: Western Storm celebrate after winning the 2017 Women's Kia Super League Final

County Championship

Essex won their first pennant since 1992 last summer - but can they defend it? Our cameras will once again catch the climax to the competition.

Tuesday 18th September: penultimate round
Monday 24th September: final round

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Captain Ryan ten Doeschate said Essex's success is down to the winning environment created by coach Chris Silverwood.

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