{"id":421027,"date":"2026-02-12T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:00:10","slug":"middlesex-mens-2026-pre-season-matches-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421027\/","title":{"rendered":"MIDDLESEX MEN&#8217;S 2026 PRE-SEASON MATCHES ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIDDLESEX MEN&#8217;S 2026 PRE-SEASON MATCHES ANNOUNCED<\/p>\n<p>Middlesex Cricket can today announce its men\u2019s pre-season matches ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s squad will take on Hampshire, Nottinghamshire and Oxford UCCE in a series of multi-day matches as the players prepare for the season opener against Gloucestershire in the Rothesay County Championship at Lord\u2019s from Friday 3rd April.<\/p>\n<p>Fixtures against Hampshire and Nottinghamshire will be played away from home, with Middlesex playing at the Utilita Bowl and Trent Bridge respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Hampshire will be entertaining us for a two-day match in Southampton on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st March \u2013 with play commencing at 11am.<\/p>\n<p>Following this, Middlesex will play a UCCE side for the first time since 2019 when Oxford visit Merchant Taylors\u2019 School for a three-day match between 24th and 26th March with play starting at 11am.<\/p>\n<p>Kindly note that due to the match taking place during term time, this encounter at Merchant Taylors&#8217; School will be played behind closed doors \u2013 however a stream will be provided for those wishing to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Our pre-season matches conclude at the end of March with a two-day encounter against Nottinghamshire on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th, with play on both days beginning at 11am.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to welcoming members and supporters to Lord\u2019s in April as competitive action returns. Don\u2019t forget there\u2019s still time to join as a member and you can do so by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.middlesexccc.com\/memberships\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIDDLESEX MEN&#8217;S 2026 PRE-SEASON MATCHES ANNOUNCED Middlesex Cricket can today announce its men\u2019s pre-season matches ahead of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-421027","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\/421027","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=421027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}