Durham Men will kick off their 2025 Rothesay County Championship campaign on the road taking on Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Friday 4 April before back-to-back home fixtures against Warwickshire and Yorkshire in Chester le Street.
Durham Women will take to Seat Unique Riverside for the first time on Wednesday 23 April hosting Essex in their opening Metro Bank One-Day Cup fixture, with Durham Men placed in Group B alongside Sussex Sharks, Somerset, Kent, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Warwickshire – taking on Sussex Sharks in their opening group clash on Tuesday 5 August.
Two Rothesay County Championship clashes will be played in the middle of the summer, as Durham take on newly promoted Sussex on Sunday 22 June and Division One Champions Surrey on Tuesday 29 July.
Rothesay will be the title sponsor for the County Championship for the next three years, and Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s and men’s competitions.
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.
The Rothesay County Championship will begin on Friday 4 April with eight rounds in April and May. The two rounds at the end of June and two rounds at the end of July will see Kookaburra balls used, before three rounds in September to finish the domestic summer.
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.
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Rothesay County Championship – Division One: Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.
Format: Each county plays 14 Rothesay County Championship matches (seven home and seven away). The county that tops the table at the end of the 14 matches is crowned champion, with the bottom two counties in the table relegated to Division Two.
Metro Bank One-Day Cup Men’s
Group B: Kent Spitfires, Yorkshire, Somerset, Lancashire, Durham, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Middlesex, Sussex Sharks.
Format: Each county plays the other eight counties in their group once (four home and four away games). The top county in each group at the end of the group stage progresses directly to the semi-finals. The second and third-placed counties at the end of the group stage progress to the quarter-finals.
Metro Bank One-Day Cup Women’s
Group: Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze, Warwickshire.
Format: Each county plays the other seven counties home and away for a total of 14 group-stage matches. The top four counties at the end of the group stage progress to the semi-finals.