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Thursday morning at 10.30am.

The time of year when we start to plan our summer.

3 days to go.

Fixture dates to look out for:

Yorkshire games at Scarborough
Yorkshire v Lancashire Twenty20
Notts v Yorkshire
Middlesex v Yorkshire

Just over 24 hours to go now.

The announcement has been postponed due to the death of Phil Hughes.

This is the right thing to do.

Difficult to get excited about the new season under the circumstances

Fixtures will be out tomorrow i believe...however they clearly aren't the priority right now.

10.30 am they are released.

I had no stomach for it today.

The fixtures have been released.

The full list -

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cric ... =5;class=6

Only 2 possible championship matches as aged relative won't go on a Sunday. I thought that 1 of our 50 over games was to be at Campbell Park and I can't see it. Maybe there has to be some negotiation with MK Parks.

Quite pleased with Yorkshire's early season fixtures, largely against opposition capable of getting a result with a depleted squad.

Having a good study at the fixture list and mid-season it's just sheer congestion. Between Friday 19th June and Monday 10th August, Yorkshire are playing 35 days out of 52. Barely enough time for rest let alone preparing between the different formats.

I thought the idea of extending the season was to ease fixture congestion, but the ECB are taking a scattergun approach of scheduling fixtures. Cue complaints of player burnout, tournaments devalued due to worn out wickets and teams fielding weakened sides.

Scarbados though, DH

I might very well go

Hampshire v Sussex as the season opener. I wasn't expecting that.

Season starts next month.

Or even this month if you count the MCC v Yorkshire game in Abu Dhabi.