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2025 County Championship
Dates4 April 2025 – 27 September 2025
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
Participants18
Matches126
← 2024
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The 2025 County Championship is the 125th cricket County Championship season in England and Wales.[1][2] As in 2024, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. The season will start on 4 April and finish on 27 September 2025.[3][4][5] Surrey are the defending champions.[6]

Teams

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The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2024 season. The following teams took part in the County Championship:

Division One teams

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Team Primary home ground Captain Coach
Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Alex Lees Ryan Campbell
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Tom Westley Chris Silverwood
Hampshire Rose Bowl, Southampton Ben Brown Adrian Birrell
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Haseeb Hameed Craig Cumming
Somerset County Ground, Taunton Tom Abell Jason Kerr
Surrey The Oval, London Rory Burns Gareth Batty
Sussex County Ground, Hove John Simpson Paul Farbrace
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Alex Davies TBC
Worcestershire New Road, Worcester Brett D'Oliveira Alan Richardson
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds Jonathan Tattersall Anthony McGrath

  Team promoted from Division Two in 2024

Division Two teams

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Team Primary home ground Captain Coach
Derbyshire County Ground, Derby David Lloyd Mickey Arthur
Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Richard Dawson Sam Northeast
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol Cameron Bancroft Mark Alleyne
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Daniel Bell-Drummond Adam Hollioake
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Keaton Jennings Dale Benkenstein
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester TBC Alfonso Thomas
Middlesex Lord's, London Kane Williamson Richard Johnson
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton Ricardo Vasconcelos Darren Lehmann

  Team relegated from Division One in 2024

Division One

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April

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11–14 April 2025
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11–14 April 2025
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18–21 April 2025
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25–28 April 2025
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May

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16–19 May 2025
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23–26 May 2025
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June

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29 June–2 July 2025
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29 June–2 July 2025
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29 June–2 July 2025
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July

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22–25 July 2025
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29 July–1 August 2025
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29 July–1 August 2025
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September

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8–11 September 2025
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8–11 September 2025
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8–11 September 2025
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8–11 September 2025
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15–18 September 2025
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15–18 September 2025
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15–18 September 2025
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15–18 September 2025
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24–27 September 2025
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24–27 September 2025
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24–27 September 2025
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24–27 September 2025
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Division Two

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April

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18–21 April 2025
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May

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2–5 May 2025
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June

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22–25 June 2025
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Venue TBC

July

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September

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8–11 September 2025
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15–18 September 2025
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15–18 September 2025
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24–27 September 2025
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References

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  1. ^ "English cricket schedule 2025: County Championship and One Day Cup fixtures met with player welfare concerns". skysports.com. 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Rothesay County Championship fixtures 2025". ecb.co.uk. 26 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Surrey start County Championship title defence at Essex". BBC. 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Rothesay County Championship 2025 fixtures: All the matches, dates and schedule for 2025 competition". skysports.com. 28 November 2024.
  5. ^ Gardner, Alan (26 November 2024). "Men's county schedule stays the same for 2025 but revamp in the works". ESPN CricInfo.
  6. ^ "Surrey win County Championship for third year running". BBC Sport. 20 September 2024.


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