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title: "County Championship Div 1"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ron Alderman"
section: "County Cricket"
published: "2026-04-03T09:51:29Z"
modified: "2026-04-03T11:51:58Z"
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# County Championship Div 1

As Storm David batters the North-East of England this Easter weekend, it can only mean one thing – The start of the County Championship. Here is a quick preview of the first round of games in Division One.

## Glamorgan v Yorkshire

Newly promoted [Glamorgan](https://readcricket.com/2026/04/01/glamorgan-county-championship-2026-preview/) host [Yorkshire](https://readcricket.com/2026/03/28/yorkshire-county-championship-2026-preview/) at Sophia Gardens. Yorkshire will be looking to improve on their seventh place finish last season, whereas Glamorgan will want to show they are worth their place in Division One.

**[Glamorgan Match Squad](https://x.com/GlamCricket/status/2039724065649275195)**: Crane, Carlson (c), Kellaway, Gorvin, Ul Hassan, Hadley, McIlroy, Ingram, Cooke, Tribe, Dickson, van der Gugten, Byrom

**[Yorkshire Match Squad](https://x.com/YorkshireCCC/status/2039659147231117655)**: Bairstow (c), Bean, Bess, Cliff, Coad, Hill, Luxton, Lyth, Moriarty, Revis, Van Beek, Wharton, White, Whiteman

## Hampshire v Essex

Both sides will be looking to improve on their finishes last season, as [Hampshire](https://readcricket.com/2026/04/01/hampshire-county-championship-2026-preview/) ended the season in eighth, and [Essex](https://readcricket.com/2026/04/01/essex-county-championship-2026-preview/) in sixth. Hampshire will be looking to new signing Codi Yusuf to get in the wickets, as he did for Durham last season with 19 wickets. Essex, on the other hand, will be relying on South African International Wiaan Mulder with both bat and ball.

**[Hampshire Match Squad](https://x.com/hantscricket/status/2039690900368924729)**: Abbott, Albert, Baker, Brown (c), Currie, Dawson, Gubbins, Jack, Lehmann, Mayes, Prest, Weatherley, Yusuf

**[Essex Match Squad](https://x.com/EssexCricket/status/2039705705872036251)**: Akhtar, Thain, Harmer, Cook, Pepper, Critchley, Westley (c), Walter, Snater, Porter, Allison, Elgar, Mulder

## Leicestershire v Sussex

Last season’s Division Two winners [Leicestershire](https://readcricket.com/2026/03/29/leicestershire-county-championship-2026-preview/) will want to mark their return to Division One for the first time since 2003 with a win against a Sussex side, who are starting the season with a 12 point deduction due to financial issues. [Sussex](https://readcricket.com/2026/04/02/sussex-county-championship-2026-preview/) surprised a few people last season, finishing in fourth in their return to Division One Cricket.

**[Leicestershire Match Squad](https://x.com/leicsccc/status/2039734603125338147)**: Holland (c), Ahmed, Budinger, Cox, Eskinazi, Green, Hill, Hull, Patel, Scriven, Singh, Weatherald, Wood

**[Sussex Match Squad](https://x.com/SussexCCC/status/2039644011850240184)**: Carson, Clark, Coles, Crocombe, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Ibrahim, Lamb, Leaning, Price, Robinson (c), Simpson, Tear

## Somerset v Nottinghamshire

Last season’s third and first place teams face off, as Champions [Nottinghamshire](https://readcricket.com/2026/03/26/nottinghamshire-county-championship-2026-preview/) will be looking to start their defence with a win against [Somerset](https://readcricket.com/2026/03/28/somerset-county-championship-2026-preview/) at Taunton.

**[Somerset Match Squad](https://x.com/SomersetCCC/status/2039711953170338307)**: Kohler-Cadmore, Thomas, Lammonby, Abell, Rew, Goldsworthy, Gregory (c), Vaughan, Pretorius, Overton, Leach, Ball, Shaw, Ogbourne

**[Nottinghamshire Match Squad](https://x.com/TrentBridge/status/2039712174038212809)**: Hameed (c), Ahmen, Clarke, Giles, Haynes, Hutton, James, Lord, McCann, Patterson-White, Pennington, Slater, Stone, Verrynne

## Warwickshire v Surrey

[Warwickshire](https://readcricket.com/2026/03/27/warwickshire-county-championship-2026-preview/), who finished fifth last season, host last season’s runners-up Surrey at Edgbaston. [Surrey](https://readcricket.com/2026/03/30/surrey-county-championship-2026-preview/) will be looking to go one better this season, after missing out on the title by 16 points.

**[Warwickshire Match Squad](https://x.com/WarwickshireCCC/status/2039696988971610467)**: Barnard (c), Bamber, Booth, Davies, Gilchrist, Hain, Lintott, Malik, Mousley, Smith, Thompson, Webster, Woakes, Yates

**[Surrey Match Squad](https://x.com/surreycricket/status/2039729688625463766)**: Burns (c), Abbott, Albert, Clark, Fisher, Foakes, Lawes, Lawrence, Patel, Pope, Sibley, Smith, Taylor, Topley

Follow this link for the preview of the [Division Two](https://readcricket.com/2026/04/03/county-championship-div-2/) games.