Yorkshire to start County Championship counterclaim during home to Hampshire as opening 2016 fixtures are revealed

Full County Championship fixtures to be denounced on Dec 2
Champions Yorkshire play Hampshire during Headingley on Apr 17
Promoted Surrey and Lancashire both face Notts in their openers
The seven-match T20 Blast foe starts on Friday, May 20

Phil Blanche, Press Association

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18:11 GMT, 1 Dec 2015

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Yorkshire will a start a counterclaim of their County Championship pretension during home to Hampshire on Apr 17.

The reigning champions, who will play a normal deteriorate curtain-raiser opposite an MCC XI in Abu Dhabi from Mar 20-23, start their Division One debate a week after a initial turn of matches on Apr 10.

Durham perform Somerset, Nottinghamshire acquire newly-promoted Surrey and Hampshire horde Warwickshire in a opening turn of fixtures.

The 2015 County Championship Division One champions Yorkshire start their counterclaim opposite Hampshire

England spinner Adil Rahid celebrates a final wicket of Yorkshire's record-breaking deteriorate in 2015

England spinner Adil Rahid celebrates a final wicket of Yorkshire’s record-breaking deteriorate in 2015

Middlesex, who finished runners-up to Yorkshire final season, also have to wait until Apr 17 to start their championship debate when Warwickshire are a visitors to Lord’s.

Lancashire, behind in a tip moody after a one-year absence, also make a belated start to a deteriorate opposite Nottinghamshire during Trent Bridge.

In Division Two, Essex perform Gloucestershire on Apr 10 and Worcestershire acquire Kent following their relegation from a tip flight.

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Sussex also suffered relegation final deteriorate and they start life in Division Two divided to Northamptonshire.

Glamorgan and Leicestershire get their championship campaigns underway in Cardiff on Apr 17 while Derbyshire also start out that day divided to Gloucestershire.

The T20 Blast foe starts on Friday, May 20 with 7 matches in total.

The T20 Blast, won this year by Lancashire, will start on Friday, May 20, with any side personification 7 matches

Holders Lancashire Lightning will be during home to Derbyshire and there are derby clashes between Nottinghamshire and Birmingham and Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

Elsewhere, Worcestershire are during home to Durham, Kent horde Somerset, Surrey revisit Essex and Sussex make a outing to Gloucestershire.