The fixtures for the Specsavers County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup have been announced.
Essex start their County Championship campaign away to Hampshire at The Ageas Bowl on Friday 5 April.
Shortly after is a mouth-watering trip to The Kia Oval to face reigning champions and rivals Surrey, which starts on Thursday 11 April.
The Essex Eagles kickstart their Royal London One-Day Cup season away to Glamorgan on Wednesday 17 April, whilst the first home fixture of the 2019 season is two days later when Middlesex make the short trip to Chelmsford on Friday 19 April.
The first Battle of the Bridge is dated for Sunday 5 May when we travel to face Kent Spitfires in the penultimate game of the Royal London One-Day Cup campaign.
The first County Championship match at The Cloudfm County Ground is in mid-May when Nottinghamshire come to Chelmsford for what has always been an entertaining fixture.
The play-off matches for the Royal London One-Day Cup are set for Friday 10 May with the semi-final matches proceeding two days later on the Sunday, whilst the final at Lord’s itself is on Saturday 25 May.
Focus then returns to the Specsavers County Championship with six games in as many weeks, with eye-catching home fixtures against Somerset and Yorkshire dated for Monday 24 June and Sunday 7 July.
The final home game of the season sees Surrey come to The Cloudfm County Ground on Monday 16 September whilst the side will travel to Somerset for the final match of the year on Monday 23 September.
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