{"id":404614,"date":"2026-02-02T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404614\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:08:11","slug":"2026-fixture-update-somerset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404614\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Fixture Update &#8211; Somerset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                2026 Fixture Update<\/p>\n<p>Somerset County Cricket Club can today announce a number of updates to the 2026 fixture list.<\/p>\n<p>Somerset Men<\/p>\n<p>PRE-SEASON<\/p>\n<p>A three-day pre-season match against Glamorgan will be held at the Cooper Associates County Ground beginning on Friday March 27th.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL COUNTY FIXTURES<\/p>\n<p>Somerset will once again play two fixtures against our National County Partners in 2026<\/p>\n<p>A T20 match against Devon will be played at Exmouth CC on Monday May 11th with a 50-over fixture against Cornwall scheduled for Friday July 3rd at Wadebridge CC.<\/p>\n<p>Somerset CCC Director of Cricket, Andy Hurry outlines the importance of the fixtures. \u201cThe annual matches against our National County partners continue to be an important element of the domestic calendar,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cThe mutually beneficial relationships that we have with our National County Partners continue to go from strength to strength and these fixtures play an important role within these ongoing partnerships. We are extremely grateful to Exmouth CC and Wadebridge CC for hosting these matches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the National County fixtures, Nigel Mountford. Chief Executive of Devon County Cricket Club said: \u201cDevon are delighted that Somerset have agreed to play us again this year. We are looking forward to the T20 fixture at Exmouth Cricket Club on Monday May 11th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really enjoy being able to challenge ourselves against a strong Somerset XI. The match is also very useful to us as it precedes our National Counties T20 competition. Hopefully good weather will bring in another large crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cornwall Cricket Team Manager, Godfrey Furse added. \u201cThe confirmation of the showcase game with Somerset on the 3rd of July at Wadebridge is terrific news. Over the last few years, we have had some really good competitive games with our friends from Somerset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s terrific for our young players to test themselves against one of the best white ball squads in the country. It\u2019s also an opportunity for spectators young and old to see our lads compete against a professional outfit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70107\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1222\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/168314429_208100587777852_4848343494840568042_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Somerset Women<\/p>\n<p>PRE-SEASON<\/p>\n<p>Somerset will play a 50-over match against Hampshire at the Cooper Associates County Ground on Tuesday April 7th.<\/p>\n<p>VENUE CONFIRMATION<\/p>\n<p>We are also in a position to confirm the venues for the following matches:<\/p>\n<p>Somerset v Essex: Wednesday April 29th\u00a0\u2013 Taunton Vale Sports Club<br \/>Somerset v The Blaze: Wednesday May 13th \u2013 Exmouth CC<br \/>Somerset v Warwickshire: Wednesday June 17th \u2013 Exmouth CC<br \/>Somerset v Lancashire: Wednesday September 9th \u2013 Taunton Vale Sports Club<br \/>Surrey v Somerset: Saturday September 12th \u2013 Kia Oval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Fixture Update Somerset County Cricket Club can today announce a number of updates to the 2026 fixture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-404614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}