After the announcement of the Vitality Blast fixtures for 2026 earlier this week, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today released next summer’s fixtures for the Rothesay County Championship and the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.

Middlesex will play five County Championship matches at Lord’s in 2026, with Gloucestershire their first opponents on the opening day of the county season, Friday 3 April, fresh from them being the last visiting side to the Home of Cricket at the end of 2025.

Worcestershire will be the opponents a week later, making their first trip to Lord’s in any format since 2021, before Durham embark on the journey south in early May as they return to Division Two of the Championship.

Derbyshire, who drew with Middlesex at Lord’s in September of this year, also visit in May before Northamptonshire round off the Championship season at the Home of Cricket in late September – their first red-ball visit to the Ground since 2018.

As per recent seasons, Lord’s will also host one of Middlesex’s Group B matches in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup – against Yorkshire on Sunday 2 August - with the competition being played alongside The Hundred.

Rothesay County Championship Fixtures at Lord’s in 2026

Friday 3 – Monday 6 April – Middlesex v Gloucestershire
Friday 10 – Monday 13 April – Middlesex v Worcestershire
Friday 1 – Monday 4 May - Middlesex v Durham
Friday 15 – Monday 18 May – Middlesex v Derbyshire
Thursday 24 – Sunday 27 September – Middlesex v Northamptonshire

Metro Bank One-Day Cup

Sunday 2 August – Middlesex v Yorkshire

Vitality Blast

Friday 22 May – Middlesex v Kent (Vitality Blast Women’s League 2)
Friday 22 May – Middlesex v Kent Spitfires (Vitality Blast Men’s Competition – South Group)
Sunday 24 May – Middlesex v Leicestershire Foxes (Vitality Blast Women’s League 2)
Sunday 24 May – Middlesex v Surrey (Vitality Blast Men’s Competition -– South Group)