MIDDLESEX MEN'S FIRST ELEVEN AND SUNRISERS WOMEN'S ELITE FIXTURES UNVEILED FOR 2023 SEASON
We are delighted today to be able to announce the fixtures for the 2023 season, with both the Middlesex Men's First Eleven and Sunrisers Women's Elite fixtures now released.
Despite there being plenty of debate in recent months over the future scheduling of the domestic season, the structure of the Men’s game in 2023 will remain largely unchanged, as reported, closely replicating that of 2022, with the season split into five distinct blocks, which each block primarily centred around one of the three formats of the game.
2023 kicks off with a block of six County Championship fixtures between early April and the end of May, followed by the Vitality Blast T20 competition, which begins at the end of May and runs through to the first week of July. Within this T20 block there is one County Championship fixture sandwiched in, in late June, and then, upon completion of the Blast group stages, a further three further County Championship matches will be played in the height of the summer, between early July and the end of the month. Attention then turns to the fifty-over competition, which will be played alongside the Hundred during the month of August, before the season concludes with the remaining four County Championship clashes of the season to be played in September.
Lord’s will again host six of Middlesex’s seven home County Championship matches, plus four of our home Vitality Blast matches, and one of our One-Day Cup fixtures. All other home fixtures will be played at out-ground venues, with Merchant Taylors School again chosen to host our one Championship match away from Lord’s, plus, in 2023, two of our Vitality Blast matches. Radlett will again host a T20 Blast clash, plus two of our home One-Day Cup matches, with the venue of our one other One-Day Cup match away from Lord’s still to be confirmed.
Middlesex’s early season block of fixtures sees four of our opening six County Championship matches being played at home, all at Lord’s, with Essex up first at the Home of Cricket, beginning on 6th April, with Nottinghamshire, Kent, and Somerset also coming to St John’s Wood early in the season. Our two away fixtures in this opening block see us heading to Northampton and Surrey.
Our Blast campaign also gets underway with a home clash at Lord’s, when we take on London rivals Surrey on Thursday 25th May. Our next three home Blast clashes are all at out-grounds, with two at Merchant Taylors’ against Gloucestershire and Glamorgan, and then one at Radlett against Hampshire, with our final three home T20 clashes all being played at Lord’s, against Sussex, Kent and finally Essex.
We kick off our fifty-over One-Day Cup campaign away to Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl on 1st August, with home fixtures against Surrey, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire all being played at out-grounds, with Lord’s hosting our match against Lancashire on Sunday 20th August.
The final block of the season sees us playing three of our remaining County Championship fixtures away from home, at Essex, Lancashire, and Nottinghamshire, with one home clash in this finishing block against Warwickshire in the penultimate round of the season.
Middlesex members also get free entry into all Sunrisers home matches in 2023 (with the exception of the double header at Northampton on 31st May), and the Women’s Elite fixtures were also released today!
The highlight of Sunrisers season will undoubtedly be them making their maiden appearance at Lord’s in 2023, when they’ll finally get to play on the hallowed turf of the Home of Cricket! Their debut at Lord’s will be part of an exciting double-header fixture on Thursday 25th May, with Sunrisers vs South East Stars up first in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, followed by the Middlesex vs Surrey Vitality Blast clash right afterwards.
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All of Middlesex Men’s and Sunrisers fixtures in full can be seen below:
MIDDLESEX MEN'S FIRST ELEVEN 2023 FIXTURES
- Thurs 6 - Sun 9 Apr: Middlesex v Essex at Lord's - LV=CC 1
- Thurs 13 - Sun 16 Apr: Northamptonshire v Middlesex at The County Ground Northampton - LV=CC 1
- Thurs 20 - Sun 23 Apr: Middlesex v Nottinghamshire at Lord's - LV=CC 1
- Thurs 27 - Sun 30 Apr: Middlesex v Kent at Lord's - LV=CC 1
- Thurs 11 - Sun 14 May: Surrey v Middlesex at Kia Oval - LV=CC 1
- Thurs 18 - Sun 21 May: Middlesex v Somerset at Lord's - LV=CC 1
- Thurs 25 May: Middlesex v Surrey Cricket at Lord's - T20
- Fri 26 May: Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex at Ageas Bowl - T20
- Mon 29 May: Middlesex v Gloucestershire at Merchant Taylors' School - T20
- Wed 31 May: Middlesex v Glamorgan at Merchant Taylors' School - T20
- Fri 2 June: Somerset v Middlesex at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton - T20
- Sun 4 June: Gloucestershire v Middlesex at The Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol - T20
- Tues 6 June: Middlesex v Hampshire Hawks at Radlett CC - T20
- Thurs 8 June: Middlesex v Sussex Sharks at Lord's - T20
- Fri 16 June: Middlesex v Kent Spitfires at Lord's - T20
- Sun 18 June: Middlesex v Essex Eagles at Lord's - T20
- Thurs 22 June: Surrey Cricket v Middlesex at Kia Oval - T20
- Fri 23 June: Kent Spitfires v Middlesex at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury - T20
- Sun 25 June: Hampshire v Middlesex at the Ageas Bowl - LV=CC 1
- Fri 30 June: Essex Eagles v Middlesex at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - T20
- Sun 2 July: Glamorgan v Middlesex at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - T20
- Thurs 6 July: T20 Quarter-final at venue TBC - T20 QF
- Fri 7 July: T20 Quarter-final at venue TBC - T20 QF
- Mon 10 - Thurs 13 Jul: Middlesex v Northamptonshire at Merchant Taylors' School - LV=CC 1
- Sat 15 July: T20 Semi-Finals and Final at Edgbaston - T20 Finals Day
- Wed 19 - Sat 22 July: Middlesex v Surrey at Lord's - LV=CC 1
- Tues 25 - Fri 28 July: Warwickshire v Middlesex at Edgbaston - LV=CC 1
- Sun 30 July: Berkshire v Middlesex at venue TBC - National County 50
- Tues 1 Aug: Hampshire v Middlesex at Ageas Bowl - 50L
- Sat 5 Aug: Middlesex v Surrey Cricket at venue TBC - 50L
- Fri 11 Aug: Essex Eagles v Middlesex at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - 50L
- Sun 13 Aug: Kent Spitfires v Middlesex at Beckenham - 50L
- Tues 15 Aug: Middlesex v Notts Outlaws at Radlett CC - 50L
- Fri 18 Aug: Leicestershire Foxes v Middlesex at Uptonsteel County Ground - 50L
- Sun 20 Aug: Middlesex v Lancashire Cricket at Lord's - 50L
- Tues 22 Aug: Middlesex v Yorkshire Vikings at Radlett CC - 50L
- Fri 25 Aug: 50 League Play off at venue TBC - 50L QF
- Tues 29 Aug: 50 League semi-final at venue TBC - 50L SF
- Mon 4 - Thurs 7 Sept: Essex v Middlesex at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - LV=CC 1
- Sun 10 - Wed 13 Sept: Lancashire v Middlesex at Emirates Old Trafford - LV=CC 1
- Sat 16 Sept:50 League Final at Trent Bridge - 50L Final
- Tues 19 - Fri 22 Sept: Middlesex v Warwickshire at Lord's - LV=CC 1
- Tues 26 - Fri 29 Sept: Nottinghamshire v Middlesex at Trent Bridge - LV=CC 1
SUNRISERS ELITE WOMEN'S 2023 FIXTURES
- Sat 22 Apr: Southern Vipers v Sunrisers at Ageas Bowl - RHFT
- Sat 29 Apr: Sunrisers v The Blaze at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - RHFT
- Mon 01 May: Sunrisers v Northern Diamonds at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - RHFT
- Fri 05 May: Sunrisers v South East Stars at Radlett CC - RHFT
- Wed 10 May: Thunder v Sunrisers at venue at Sale CC - RHFT
- Thu 18 May: Sunrisers v Central Sparks at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - CEC
- Thu 25 May: Sunrisers v South East Stars at Lord's - CEC
- Sat 27 May: Thunder v Sunrisers at Emirates Old Trafford - CEC
- Sun 28 May: Northern Diamonds v Sunrisers at Headingley - CEC
- Wed 31 May: Sunrisers v Western Storm at The County Ground, Northampton - CEC
- Sun 04 Jun: The Blaze v Sunrisers at Trent Bridge - CEC
- Wed 07 Jun: Southern Vipers v Sunrisers at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove - CEC
- Sat 10 Jun: TBC at New Road - CEC Final
- Sat 10 Jun: TBC at New Road - CEC SF
- Sun 02 Jul: Sunrisers v Southern Vipers at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - RHFT
- Tue 11 Jul: SE Stars v Sunrisers at The County Ground, Beckenham - RHFT
- Sat 15 Jul: Sunrisers v Thunder at The County Ground Northampton - RHFT
- Sat 22 Jul: Central Sparks v Sunrisers at New Road, Worcester - RHFT
- Mon 24 Jul: Western Storm v Sunrisers at Cheltenham - RHFT
- Tue 05 Sep: Sunrisers v Western Storm at Radlett CC- RHFT
- Sun 10 Sep: Sunrisers v Central Sparks at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford - RHFT
- Wed 13 Sep: The Blaze v Sunrisers at Welbeck CC - RHFT
- Sat 16 Sep: Northern Diamonds v Sunrisers at Seat Unique Riverside - RHFT
- Thu 21 Sep: TBC at venue TBC - RHFT playoff
- Sun 24 Sep: TBC at The County Ground, Northampton - RHFT Final
