Rothesay County Championship and Metro Bank One-Day Cup fixtures confirmed
The fixtures for the Rothesay County Championship and Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s and men’s competitions have today been confirmed.
It follows confirmation last week of the fixtures for the Vitality Blast and new Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup and completes a historic county schedule that will for the first time see women’s and men’s county teams play side-by-side in the Vitality Blast and Metro Bank One-Day Cup.
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Lancashire Cricket Men’s fixtures have been announced for the Rothesay County Championship, with the Red Rose set to kick off the season away to Middlesex at Lord’s on Friday 4 April 2025.
Six of the Club’s seven home matches in the Championship will be played at Emirates Old Trafford, starting against Northamptonshire on Friday 11 April and concluding against Middlesex in the penultimate game of the season on Monday 15 September before ending the season away to Glamorgan in Cardiff on Wednesday 24 September.
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Lancashire Men will also host Kent at Blackpool Cricket Club’s Stanley Park from Sunday 22 June to Wednesday 26 June.
The first block of the new Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s competition will be played in April and May before returning in July while the Metro Bank One-Day Cup men’s competition group stage will be held in August.
Lancashire Women start the women’s Metro-Bank One-Day Cup away to The Blaze at Trent Bridge on Wednesday 23 April and will play their first home match on Wednesday 30 April when they host Hampshire in Southport.
The Red Rose Women will conclude their regular fixtures away to Hampshire at Arundel on Saturday 13 September with the Utilita Bowl to host the first Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s Final on Sunday 21 September.
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Lancashire Men have been drawn in Group B of the men’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup, alongside Kent Spitfires, Yorkshire, Somerset, Durham, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Middlesex and Sussex Sharks.
The Red Rose Men will open their 50-over campaign against Northamptonshire Steelbacks in Sedbergh on Tuesday 5 August with another key date set for Tuesday 12 August when Dale Benkenstein’s side will take on Yorkshire in the Roses Match in York on Tuesday 12 August.
Lancashire Men will then make their return to Liverpool Cricket Club for two matches as they host Durham (20 August) and Warwickshire (22 August) at Aigburth before finishing the group stage at Emirates Old Trafford against Middlesex (26 August).
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Director of Cricket Performance Mark Chilton said: “It is an exciting day for everyone at the Club as we see the full fixture lists confirmed for our men’s and women’s teams in 2025.
“In terms of Lancashire Women, I know that the playing squad and coaching staff are all incredibly excited by the new Tier One set-up and to play alongside the men in the Vitality Blast - and to feature in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup competition for the first time as part of this new era.
“For our men’s team to start the season with a four-day fixture at Lord’s is very special and one that we are already looking forward to and working hard towards as we strive to make our return to Division One of the County Championship at the first time of asking.
“We are delighted to be staging six of our seven home matches in the County Championship at Emirates Old Trafford, where we feel we can prepare pitches to suit our strengths as we push for the victories required to earn promotion.
“Following positive discussions on both sides, we are really pleased to see men’s First Team cricket returning to Liverpool for the first time since 2021, when we will play two Metro Bank One-Day Cup matches in three days at Aigburth during August.
“Despite the fact that we won’t be staging a Men’s First Team fixture at Trafalgar Road during the 2025 season, I would like to reassure our Members and supporters that we maintain a positive working relationship with Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club.
“Lancashire Women will be playing two Metro Bank One-Day Cup matches in Southport during April and May, with our Men’s Second XI also set to play fixtures there during the 2025 season once the schedule has been finalised in the coming weeks.
“In addition to this, Southport have always been extremely accommodating in helping us to host our age-group fixtures. We thank them for their ongoing support and look forward to continuing that next season.
“With the number of top-class out grounds available to us across Lancashire, somebody is always going to be left disappointed, but Trafalgar Road is an out ground that we love to play at, and we hope to return in the future for Men’s First Team matches.”
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