2018 English cricket season - wikipedia 2018 English cricket season 2018 ( 2018 ) English cricket season ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 English cricket season will run between 1 April and 27 September. It is the 119th in which the County Championship has been an official competition and will feature first - class, one - day and Twenty20 cricket competitions throughout England and Wales. The season will see mens international tours by Pakistan, Australia and India, with Pakistan and India playing Test matches against England. The South African and New Zealand women 's teams will also tour England, each playing three One Day International matches against the England women 's cricket team. The three teams will also compete in the 2018 England women 's Tri-Nation Series Twenty20 competition. The 18 first - class counties are competing in the 2018 County Championship, One - Day Cup and T20 Blast competitions, whilst women 's teams will compete for the 2018 Women 's Cricket Super League, Women 's County Championship and for the Women 's T20 Blast competition. The 2018 Minor Counties Championship, MCCA Knockout Trophy and a new Twenty20 competition will be competed for by the Minor Counties of England and Wales and club cricket will be played throughout both countries. Contents 1 International tours 1.1 Pakistan tour 1.2 South Africa women tour 1.3 England in Scotland 1.4 Australia tour 1.5 Tri-Nation series 1.6 New Zealand women tour 1.7 India tour 2 MCCU matches 3 County Championship 4 One - Day Cup 5 Twenty20 Cup 6 Women 's County Championship 7 Women 's Super League 8 Minor Counties Competitions 9 See also 10 References International tours Three mens international sides will tour England and Wales during the season : Pakistan, Australia and India. Pakistan also visited Ireland midway through the tour and played the Irish team 's first Test match at Malahide near Dublin. In preparation for this match the Irish team played a first - class match against Somerset at Taunton in April. At the end of their tour Pakistan will play two T20 matches in Scotland on 12 and 13 June. The England team will also play a One Day International ( ODI ) against Scotland in Edinburgh in June. The South African women 's team will tour England to play three One Day International matches against the England women 's cricket team in June and to compete in the 2018 England women 's Tri-Nation Series Twenty20 competition against England and New Zealand. New Zealand will then play three One Day Internationals against England in July. In addition the West Indies men 's side will play a single Twenty20 International against a Rest of the World XI team at Lord 's in May 2018 to raise funds for stadiums damaged by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Pakistan tour Main article : Pakistani cricket team in England in 2018 Pakistan will play two Test matches against England at Lord 's and Headingley the end of May and beginning of June. Ahead of the Tests, two first - class matches were played against Kent and Northants. Their match against Ireland took place after the two first - class county matches, and a two - day match was played against Leicestershire between this and the first Test against England. Pakistan won the first Test match by nine wickets on the fourth morning, playing `` superbly but unspectacularly '' to beat England comprehensively. The match was the first time England had lost the opening Test match of an English summer in 23 seasons. The BBC 's cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew called England 's performance `` truly dreadful '' and was shocked that England could be `` outplayed so comprehensively by a touring team at home in May '' whist praising Pakistan as looking `` sharper, better drilled and more prepared ''. Pakistan 's `` focus on basics '', coaching and management were praised by The Express Tribune, whilst former Pakistan bowler Waqar Younis claimed that the win was his country 's best at Lord 's. Writing on CricInfo, George Dobell 's view was that England 's defeat was the `` culmination of several years ' of ECB policies that have disrespected Test cricket ''. South Africa women tour Main article : South Africa women 's cricket team in England in 2018 South Africa women will play three ODIs against England in June. The matches will form part of the qualification process for the 2021 Women 's Cricket World Cup. England in Scotland Main article : English cricket team in Scotland in 2018 England will play one ODI against Scotland at The Grange Club in Edinburgh on 10 June. This will be the England team 's only away fixture during the 2018 English season. Australia tour Main article : Australian cricket team in England in 2018 Australia and scheduled to play five One Day International and one Twenty20 International matches against England in June. They will play two warm - up one - day matches against Sussex and Middlesex at the start of the month. Tri-Nation series Main article : 2018 England women 's Tri-Nation Series The England, South Africa and New Zealand women 's teams will compete in a T20I competition. The series will feature seven matches, six played on a round - robin basis in June with the most successful two teams playing a final on 1 July at Chelmsford. The series will feature three days of round - robin matches, each with two matches played back - to - back. Four of the fixtures will be played at Taunton and two at Bristol. New Zealand women tour Main article : New Zealand women 's cricket team in England in 2018 New Zealand women will play three ODIs against England after the completion of the tri-series in July. These matches will also form part of the qualification process for the 2021 World Cup. India tour Main article : Indian cricket team in England in 2018 India will tour between July and September, playing five Test matches, three ODIs and one T20I against England. Ahead of the Test matches, which will be played in August and September, one first - class match will be played against Essex. Before arriving in England, India will play two T20Is against Ireland at Malahide. Mccu matches Main article : 2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches The season began on 1 April with the first of three rounds of matches between first - class counties and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams. Each first - class county played one first - class match against a university side before the start of the County Championship season later in the month, although a number of the matches were abandoned due to rain or wet outfields. County Championship Main article : 2018 County Championship The men 's County Championship season began on 13 April and is scheduled to finish on 27 September with each team playing 14 matches. Each county will play one day / night match spread over four rounds of the competition from June to August. One - day Cup Main article : 2018 Royal London One - Day Cup The One - Day Cup competition is being played in a block of matches starting on 17 May. Teams are be organised in two geographical divisions, with each team playing eight 50 - over fixtures. Teams will play every other team in their division with the final group games scheduled to be played on 7 June. A series of play - off matches will determine the two finalists who will play at Lord 's on 30 June. Twenty20 Cup Main article : 2018 Vitality Blast The mens Twenty20 Cup competition will be played in a block of matches in the same geographical groups as the One - Day Cup. Group matches will be played in a block between 4 July and 17 August, each side playing 14 group - stage matches. The quarter - finals will be played between 23 and 26 August with final 's day on 15 September at Edgbaston. Women 's County Championship The 2018 Women 's County Championship began on 6 May and will be completed on 3 June. Each of the eight sides in Division One of the Championship will play seven one - day fixtures, once against each of the other teams. A separate Twenty20 competition will follow the County Championship between 10 June and 1 July with teams organised into a different set of divisions. Each Division One team playing eight matches, one against each of the other teams in the Division. Women 's Super League Main article : 2018 Women 's Cricket Super League During August 2018 the ECB announced that the Women 's Super League would be expanded for the 2018 season with more group games played. In 2018 each franchise will play each other both home and away with 10 group matches per side compared to the five group matches played in 2016 and 2017. The group stage of the competition will run from 22 July to 18 August with finals day taking place at Hove on 27 August. Minor Counties competitions Main article : 2018 Minor Counties Championship The Minor Counties Championship will run from June to September with teams organised in two divisions based on their geographical location. Each team will play six three - day matches against six of the nine other teams in their division. The divisional winners will qualify for the four - day Championship Final which will be played between 16 and 19 September at the Banbury Cricket Club Ground in Oxfordshire. The Minor Counties Knockout Trophy is being played on a straight knock - out basis over five rounds in 2018, a change from previous seasons. A new Twenty20 competition has replaced the group - stage games of the Knock - out Trophy and is being played at the beginning of the season. Counties have been placed in four geographical divisions of five teams for this competition, each playing eight matches over four match days, with both matches against an opposition team being played on the same day as a double - header. A Minor Counties T20 competition was trialled in 2015 but has not been played since. The first stages of the one - day competitions will be played at the start of the season with Championship matches moving towards the later half the cricket season. The Finals Days for both one - day competitions will be at the end of August at Wormsley Park in Buckinghamshire. See also International cricket in 2018 References Jump up ^ England schedule for 2018 confirmed, ECB, 2017 - 09 - 05. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ Ireland set to make Test debut against Pakistan next spring, RTÉ, 2017 - 10 - 12. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ Ireland to play Somerset in Test warm - up, BBC Sport, 2018 - 01 - 12. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ Scotland to host Pakistan in two T20 internationals in June 2018, BBC Sport, 2017 - 09 - 11. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. ^ Jump up to : England to host Australia in ODI series in 2018, plus Tests v Pakistan & India, BBC Sport, 2017 - 09 - 05. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. ^ Jump up to : England women to host South Africa, New Zealand in 2018, CricInfo, 2017 - 11 - 16. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ Lord 's to host West Indies v ICC Rest of the World XI fundraising T20I, International Cricket Council, 2018 - 02 - 14. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. ^ Jump up to : County cricket 2018 fixtures released as champs Essex face Yorkshire in opener, Wisden, 2017 - 11 - 29. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ Marks V ( 2018 ) Pakistan blow away woeful England to seal crushing victory in first Test, The Guardian, 2018 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 27. Jump up ^ Pakistan win over England their best at Lord 's - Waqar Younis, BBC Sport, 2018 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 28. ^ Jump up to : Abdul Majid ( 2018 ) Pakistan 's crème de la crème performance against England, The Express Tribune, 2018 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 28. Jump up ^ Shemilt S ( 2018 ) Pakistan beat England by nine wickets in first Test at Lord 's, BBC Sport, 2017 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 27. Jump up ^ Agnew J ( 2018 ) England v Pakistan : Hosts dreadful at Lord 's and do not look like a unit, BBC Sport, 2018 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 28. Jump up ^ Marks V ( 2018 ) Lord 's humbling should remind ECB that it is easier to sell a winning team, The Guardian, 2018 - 05 - 28. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 28. Jump up ^ Dobell G ( 2018 ) Dobell : England 's humiliation at Lord 's was an accident waiting to happen, CricInfo, 2018 - 05 - 27. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 28. Jump up ^ Ireland to host India in two T20s at Malahide in June, BBC Sport, 2018 - 01 - 10. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 13. Jump up ^ T20 tri-series : Ireland to face Scotland & Netherlands in new tournament, BBC Sport, 2018 - 04 - 03. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 13. Jump up ^ Fixtures, Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ County Championship : Champions Essex to start 2018 season at Headingley, BBC Sport, 2017 - 11 - 29. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ T20 Blast : Notts Outlaws start defence against Birmingham Bears in repeat of 2017 final, BBC Sport, 2018 - 11 - 28. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. ^ Jump up to : Royal London Women 's County One - Day Championship & Vitality Women 's County T20. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. Jump up ^ Mehta K ( 2017 ) Women 's Super League : Domestic T20 tournament to be expanded in 2018, BBC Sport, 2017 - 08 - 02. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. Jump up ^ Kia Super League : Western Storm start at home in expanded competition, BBC Sport, 2017 - 11 - 28. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. ^ Jump up to : Cornwall CCC Fixtures 2018, Cornwall County Cricket Club, 2018 - 01 - 16. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. ^ Jump up to : Heath M ( 2017 ) Suffolk Cricket 2018 fixtures revealed - full list here, Ipswich Star, 2017 - 11 - 22. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. Jump up ^ Minor Counties Cricket Explained, Devon County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. ^ Jump up to : Travers C ( 2017 ) Staffordshire County Cricket Club to play home match at new venue in 2018, The Sentinel, 2017 - 12 - 01. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 14. Jump up ^ Berkshire fixtures revealed while Dan Marles quits Finchampstead for High Wycombe, Bracknell News, 2017 - 12 - 07. 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Question: when does the english cricket season start 2018
Answer: 1 April