WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club will launch their 2002 season with a home County Championship match against Gloucestershire, starting on April 19.
Their following game will be a Championship encounter at North-amptonshire, which will open on April 24.
The County's group matches in the Benson and Hedges Cup are against Gloucestershire (home, April 29), Northamptonshire (away, May 1), Warwickshire (away, May 3), Glamorgan (home, May 5) and Somerset (away, May 6).
After being promoted last season, Worcestershire will open their Norwich Union League Division One campaign with a home clash against Somerset on May 19.
Their first away game in the competition will be against Yorkshire at Headingley on June 4.
The County's full provisional programme of fixtures for the 2002 are:
APRIL
19 Gloucestershire CCh New Road
24 Northamptonshire CCh Away
29 Gloucestershire BHC New Road
MAY
1 Northamptonshire BHC Away
3 Warwickshire BHC Away
5 Glamorgan BHC New Road
6 Somerset BHC Away
8 Glamorgan CCh New Road
15 Essex CCh New Road
19 Somerset NUL New Road
21/22 Quarter-final BHC -
29 Cornwall CGT Away
31 Gloucestershire CCh Away
JUNE
4 Yorkshire NUL Headingley
6/7 Semi-finals BHC -
9 Leicestershire NUL Away
12 Durham CCh Away
16 Durham NUL Away
18 Fourth round CGT Away
22 Final BHC Lord's
23 Warwickshire NUL New Road
26 Durham CCh New Road
30 Durham NUL New Road
JULY
3 Middlesex CCh Lord's
7 Somerset NUL Away
10 Essex CCh Southend
14 Kent NUL Away
16 Quarter-final CGT -
19 Northamptonshire CCh New Road
28 Yorkshire NUL New Road
31 Semi-finals GGT -
31 India T New Road
AUGUST
4 Glamorgan NUL New Road
7 Nottinghamshire NUL (F) New Road
8 Nottinghamshire CCh Home
14 Derbyshire CCh Away
19 Warwickshire NUL (F) Away
27 Middlesex CCh New Road
31 FINAL CGT Lord's
SEPTEMBER
1 Kent NUL New Road
3 Glamorgan NCL (F) Away
5 Glamorgan CCh Away
11 Nottinghamshire CCh Away
15 Nottinghamshire NUL Away
18 Derbyshire CCh New Road
22 Leicestershire NUL New Road
Key: BHC: Benson & Hedges Cup; CGT: Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy; CCh: County Championship; CGT: Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; NUL: Norwich Union League; T: Tourist match.
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