Somerset CCC's 2013 fixtures leave door open for CB40 return to Bath
Somerset are leaving the door open on returning to Bath in 2013, having announced that they are yet to confirm a venue for their June 16 home CB40 clash with Leicestershire.
The county had been due to face Durham at the Recreation Ground last season, but the wet weather saw the fixture moved to Taunton.
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Chief executive Guy Lavender said Somerset are looking into the possibility of returning to Bath in 2013
However, there is a possibility Bath could host the Leicestershire 40-over match next summer, with Somerset chief executive Guy Lavender saying: “We are investigating the possibility of playing the match at Bath.
“That is pretty much why we have left it as a ‘TBC’ at the moment, and there are a other options too.
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“It will really depend on a range of issues connected to Bath, but in principle it is good to play some fixtures outside Taunton if we can.
“It has to be practical, though, and that means the pitch has got to be up to standard and it has to be commercially viable. We have kept the option available.”
Somerset will open their bid for a maiden County Championship title with two away fixtures – at Durham and Surrey – before playing their first match at Taunton when defending champions Warwickshire visit on April 25.
Australia visit for a four-day tour match on June 26, while England Lions play one-dayers at Taunton on August 22 and 24, both against the Bangladesh A side.
Somerset, meanwhile, will play five of their opening seven Friends Life t20 group matches at Taunton. Their campaign opens with a home match against Gloucestershire on July 5.
One of the highlights of Gloucestershire’s cricket fixtures for 2013 will be the arrival of Australia A in June.
With Ashes fever all set to take hold next summer, the Australia A team will take on Gloucestershire in a three-day game in Bristol, beginning on June 21.
On the domestic scene, Gloucestershire’s LV= County Championship season begins with an away fixture against Essex in Chelmsford on Wednesday, April 10, with their first home fixture against Northamptonshire on Wednesday, April 24.
Gloucestershire welcome Somerset to the County Ground on two occasions next summer – the first on Friday, July 26, for a Friends Life t20 encounter and then on Bank Holiday Monday, August 26, in the Clydesdale Bank 40 group stage.
Gloucestershire chief executive Tom Richardson said: “Next year promises to be a landmark year for Gloucestershire cricket.
“Our ground redevelopment project is well under way and we all eagerly anticipate the opening of our new pavilion during the latter part of the season.
“Hosting both Australia A in Bristol for a three-day match in June and England Lions (against Bangladesh) in August are added bonuses and we have much to look forward to next year.
“We are very excited to be introducing the Friends Life t20 to Cheltenham and are confident it will be a great success on what is a small outfield with the crowd very close to the action.
“We always try to have exciting fixtures at the Cheltenham College ground but, of course, we do have to take our place as one of 18 first-class counties in what is always a scheduling challenge.
“However, to have a four-day match against Worcestershire – our northern neighbours – and local matches against Glamorgan and Warwickshire is really good news.
“Kent are also good opponents, so we are pleased with the way it has gone.”
SOMERSET’S 2013 FIXTURES
APRIL
10 Durham (Emirates Durham ICG) LVCC
17 Surrey (Kia Oval) LVCC
25 Warwickshire (Taunton) LVCC
MAY
1 Cardiff MCUU (Taunton Vale) UNI
5 Unicorns (Taunton) CB40
7 Yorkshire (Headingley Carnegie) LVCC
11 Yorkshire (Headingley Carnegie) CB40
15 Middlesex (Taunton) LVCC
19 Middlesex (Taunton) CB40
22 Sussex (Horsham) LVCC
26 Leicestershire (Grace Road) CB40
28 Yorkshire (Taunton) LVCC
JUNE
2 Glamorgan (Taunton) CB40
4 Middlesex (Lord’s) CB40
6 Durham (Taunton) LVCC
14 Unicorns (Away – TBC) CB40
16 Leicestershire (Home – TBC) CB40
21 Derbyshire (Derby) LVCC
26 Australia (Taunton) 4-day
JULY
5 Gloucestershire (Taunton) T20
7 Northamptonshire (Taunton) T20
8 Sussex (Taunton) LVCC
12 Glamorgan (SWALEC Stadium) T20
14 Worcestershire (Taunton) T20
17 Northamptonshire (Northampton) T20
19 Glamorgan (Taunton) T20
21 Warwickshire (Taunton) T20
26 Gloucestershire (Bristol) T20
27 Worcestershire (New Road) T20
30 Warwickshire (Edgbaston) T20
AUGUST
2 Nottinghamshire (Taunton) LVCC
6 T20 quarter-finals x2
7 T20 quarter-final
8 T20 quarter-final
11 Gloucestershire (Taunton) CB40
12 Glamorgan (SWALEC Stadium) CB40
15 Yorkshire (Taunton) CB40
17 T20 Finals Day (Edgbaston)
20 Warwickshire (Edgbaston) LVCC
26 Gloucestershire (Bristol) CB40
28 Middlesex (Lord’s) LVCC
SEPTEMBER
3 Derbyshire (Taunton) LVCC
7 CB40 semi-final
9 CB40 semi-final
11 Surrey (Taunton) LVCC
21 CB40 final (Lord’s)
24 Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) LVCC
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