County will open Blast campaign at the College

April May June July UNI, H CC 2, H 50L, H 50L, A 50L, H 50L, A 50L, H 50L, H

5-7 Oxford MCCU .......................................... 11-14 Derbyshire .......................................... 17 Surrey ........................................................... 21 Middlesex ................................................... 23 Kent .............................................................. 26 Hampshire ................................................ 28 Somerset .................................................. 30 Glamorgan ...............................................

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5 Sussex ........................................................... 7 Essex .............................................................. 14-17 Glamorgan ......................................... 20-23 Durham ............................................ 27-30 Lancashire ................................

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11-14 Sussex ................................................... 17-20 Leicestershire .................................. 24-27 Glamorgan ........................................ 30 Australia A ..............................................

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2 Australia A ................................................. 7-10 Middlesex ............................................. 15-18 Leicestershire ............................... 19 Glamorgan ............................................ 21-24 Worcestershire ............................. 25 Middlesex .............................................

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10-13 Sussex .................................................. 16-19 Worcestershire ................................ 23-26 Northamptonshire .......................

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27 Essex ............................................................

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1 Glamorgan ............................................... 2 Essex ........................................................... 4 Sussex .......................................................... 7 Kent ............................................................. 9 Surrey ........................................................ 11 Middlesex ..................................................... 13 Hampshire .............................................. 16 Somerset ................................................ 18-21 Derbyshire .......................................... 23 Somerset ................................................ 29 Kent .......................................................... 30 Sussex ....................................................

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50L - Royal London One-day Cup CC2 - Specsavers County Championship Div 2 T20 - Vitality Blast

T20F - Vitality Blast, floodlit match TOM - Tourist match , one day

UNI - Universities match

All home games played at Bristol, except: * - at Cheltenham College

** - venue to be arranged

GLOUCESTERSHIRE will open their Vitality Blast campaign at the Cheltenham festival with games against Glamorgan and Middlesex next summer.

The county’s jewel in the crown will start on July 15 with a Championship game against Leicestershire, and Worcestershire will also visit for a four-day game from July 21-24.

The Blast game with Glamorgan is on Friday July 19, and they face Middlesex on July 25.

Gloucestershire will be in T20 action at The Brightside Ground, Bristol for a further five matches which include the highlight of the summer, a home Friday night derby clash against local rivals Somerset on August 23.

The county will also welcome Australia A, on June 30 and July 2 for two 50 over matches

Western Storm will be playing two fixtures at the Brightside Ground in 2019, they will be featuring in the “doubleheader” fixture on Tuesday August 13 against Loughborough Lightning which will then be followed by Gloucestershire and Hampshire in the Vitality Blast.

Western Storm will then welcome Southern Vipers to Bristol on Tuesday August 20.

Supporters can look forward to a packed programme of international cricket as England’s play a Royal London One-day match against Pakistan on Tuesday May 14.

Bristol will also be hosting three Cricket World Cup matches in June, featuring Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri-lanka and Bangladesh.

Gloucestershire’s Royal London One-day Cup campaign will start on Wednesday April 17 when they face Surrey and the county welcome local rivals Somerset to Bristol on Sunday April 28.

Gloucestershire Chief Executive Will Brown said: “2019 represents probably the busiest year of cricket in the Club’s recent history with an anticipated 54 days of cricket played across Bristol and Cheltenham.

“We are set to host up to eight international fixtures including three yet to be announced ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up fixtures at the end of May.”