Cricket live on Sky

Sky Sports has confirmed its county cricket fixtures for next summer, with more live matches than ever.

Sky Sports has confirmed its county cricket fixtures for next summer, with at least 65 matches scheduled for broadcast - more than ever before. Every county will feature at least four times - including one home match - in the initial 49 fixtures selected by Sky together with the ECB. The coverage includes: Friends Provident Trophy: 14 matches including both semi-finals and final. Twenty20 Cup: 18 matches including all least three quarter-finals for the first time. NatWest Pro40: 31 matches including 23 day night games. LV County Championship: Three live matches, including Sussex vs Lancashire. Paul King, Sky Sports' cricket producer, said: "Next summer is our biggest yet. The schedule is a mouth-watering line-up of cricket that I'm sure will excite all cricket fans. We've got more matches than ever before too, underlining our unrivalled commitment to county cricket." The schedule begins with Durham's home clash with Yorkshire in the Friends Provident Trophy on 20th April, followed by World Cup heroes Ireland against Nottinghamshire in Dublin the following week. 14 matches have been scheduled for broadcast from next year's competition, including both semi-finals for the first time and two extra day night games.

Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup fans are treated to another busy schedule of fixtures beginning with holders Kent Spitfires' opening match against the Sussex Sharks at Canterbury on 11th June. 18 live games have been scheduled, including for the first time at least three quarter-finals, plus the Finals Day in its entirety. Well will also bring you the first ever televised Twenty20 Cup match at Lord's. The Worcestershire Royals' defence of their NatWest Pro40 crown begins against Nottinghamshire live on Sky Sports, the first of 31 live games from the competition, 23 of which are day night fixtures. There is also one extra LV County Championship game next summer with three games scheduled, including Sussex's clash with Lancashire beginning on 29th June. Coverage is in High Definition plus Dolby 5.1 surround sound, providing viewers with a cinema-like experience for those with compatible systems. In the Sky Sports commentary box are some of the biggest names from cricket including Sir Ian Botham, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Bob Willis, David Lloyd, Michael Holding, Nick Knight and Paul Allott. Coverage is presented by Charles Colvile and Ian Ward with daily reports, news and views featured on Sky Sports News and skysports.com. Sky Sports will also show England's home Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 matches against New Zealand and South Africa next summer, together with live coverage of all four county cricket competitions.

Date	Game	Competition
County Cricket live on Sky
Sun 20 April	Durham v Yorkshire	FP Trophy
Sun 27 April	Ireland v Nottinghamshire	FP Trophy
Sun 4 May	Hampshire v Gloucestershire	FP Trophy
Mon 5 May	Surrey v Kent	FP Trophy
Thu 8 May	Sussex v Surrey D/N	FP Trophy
Fri 9 May	Glamorgan v Gloucestershire D/N	FP Trophy
Sun 11 May	Warwickshire v Northamptonshire	FP Trophy
Tue 20 May	Hampshire v Worcestershire D/N	FP Trophy
Thu 22 May	Derbyshire v Lancashire D/N	FP Trophy
Wed 28 May	TBC	FP Trophy
Wed 4 Jun	Quarter-Final	FP Trophy
Fri 4 July	Semi-Final	FP Trophy
Sat 5 July	Semi-Final	FP Trophy
Sat 16 Aug	Final	FP Trophy
Wed 11 June	Kent v Sussex	Twenty20 Cup
Thu 12 June	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire	Twenty20 Cup
Sat 14 June	Somerset v Warwickshire	Twenty20 Cup
Mon 16 June	Middlesex v Surrey	Twenty20 Cup
Tue 17 June	Lancashire v Durham	Twenty20 Cup
Thu 19 June	Worcestershire v Somerset	Twenty20 Cup
Fri 20 June	Lancashire v Yorkshire	Twenty20 Cup
Sun 22 June	Northamptonshire v Glamorgan	Twenty20 Cup
Mon 23 June	Hampshire v Surrey	Twenty20 Cup
Tue 24 June	Essex v Sussex	Twenty20 Cup
Thu 26 June	Yorkshire v Leicestershire	Twenty20 Cup
Fri 27 June	TBC	Twenty20 Cup
Mon 7 July	Quarter-Final	Twenty20 Cup
Tue 8 July	Quarter-Final	Twenty20 Cup
Wed 9 July	Quarter-Final	Twenty20 Cup
Sat 26 July	Finals Day	Twenty20 Cup
Tue 15 July	Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Wed 16 July	Essex v Yorkshire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Thu 17 July	Lancashire v Gloucestershire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Wed 23 July	Durham v Somerset D/N	NatWest Pro40
Thu 24 July	Glamorgan v Surrey D/N	NatWest Pro40
Mon 28 July	Derbyshire v Essex D/N	NatWest Pro40
Tue 29 July	Leicestershire v Warwickshire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Mon 4 Aug	Middlesex v Somerset D/N	NatWest Pro40
Tue 5 Aug	Essex v Surrey D/N	NatWest Pro40
Wed 6 Aug	Warwickshire v Northamptonshire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Tue 12 Aug	Kent v Leicestershire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Wed 13 Aug	Hampshire v Sussex D/N	NatWest Pro40
Tue 19 Aug	Nottinghamshire v Durham D/N	NatWest Pro40
Thu 21 Aug	Derbyshire v Yorkshire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Sat 23 Aug	Somerset v Gloucestershire	NatWest Pro40
Sun 24 Aug	Middlesex v Hampshire	NatWest Pro40
Mon 25 Aug	Sussex v Lancashire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Wed 27 Aug	Gloucestershire v Middlesex D/N	NatWest Pro40
Thu 28 Aug	Somerset v Worcestershire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Sat 30 Aug	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire	NatWest Pro40
Mon 1 Sep	Hampshire v Durham D/N	NatWest Pro40
Tue 2 Sep	Surrey v Kent D/N	NatWest Pro40
Sat 6 Sep	Hampshire v Worcestshire	NatWest Pro40
Sun 7 Sep	Leicesterhire v Northamptonshire	NatWest Pro40
Mon 8 Sep	Glamorgan v Derbsyhire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Tue 9 Sep	Yorkshire v Warwickshire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Wed 10 Sep	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire D/N	NatWest Pro40
Thu 11 Sep	Sussex v Middlesex D/N	NatWest Pro40
Sat 13 Sep	TBC	NatWest Pro40
Sun 14 Sep	TBC	NatWest Pro40
Sun 21 Sep	Pro40 Play-Off	NatWest Pro40
29 Jun - 2 July	Sussex v Lancashire	LV County Championship
17 - 20 Sep	TBC	LV County Championship
24 - 27 Sep	TBC	LV County Championship