KEY: CC: County Championship; C&GT: Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; B&H: Benson & Hedges Cup; NCL: National Cricket League; TM: Tour match; F: friendly.

APRIL

20,21,22,23 CC Middlesex (Lord's) Draw

25,26,27,28 CC Sussex (New Road) Draw

29 NCL Sussex (Kidderminster) Won 5 wkts

30 B&H Northants (Kidderminster) Won 96 runs

MAY

2 B&H Glamorgan (Cardiff) Won 5 wkts

4 B&H Somerset (New Road) Lost 20 runs

6 B&H Gloucestershire (Bristol) Lost 21 runs

7 B&H Warwickshire (New Road) Lost 1 wkt

9,10,11,12 CC Hampshire (S'ton) Lost 124 runs

13 NCL Hampshire (S'ton) Lost 3 wkts

16,17,18,19 CC Derbyshire (New Road) Draw

20 NCL Derbyshire (New Road) Won 3 wkts

25,26,27,28 CC Gloucestershire (Bristol) Won 252 runs

JUNE

1,2,3 TM Australia (New Road) Lost 360 runs

6,7,8,9 CC Sussex (Horsham)

10 NCL Sussex (Horsham)

13,14,15,16 CC Warwickshire (New Road)

17 NCL Lancashire (New Road)

20,21,22 F Durham Univ (New Road)

24 NCL Glamorgan (Cardiff)

25 B&H Semi-finals

27 NWT Herts/Durham CB (Away)

29,30,1,2 CC Notts (New Road)

JULY

3 NCL Derbyshire (Derby) floodlit

5,6,7,8 CC Derbyshire (Derby)

11 C&GT C&GT (New Road)

14 B&H Final (Lord's)

15 NCL Middlesex (New Road)

18 NCL Lancashire (Old Trafford)

20,21,22,23 CC Gloucs (New Road)

24 C&GT Quarter-finals

25 C&GT Quarter-finals

31 NCL Durham (New Road)

AUGUST

2,3,4,5 CC Durham (Kidderminster)

8,9,10,11 CC Notts (Trent Bridge)

11 C&GT Semi-final

12 C&GT Semi-final

12 NCL Essex (Chelmsford)

15,16,17,18 CC Warwickshire (Edgbaston)

19 NCL Middlesex (Lord's)

22,23,24,25 CC Hampshire (New Road)

26 NCL Hampshire (New Road)

SEPTEMBER

1 C&GT Final (Lord's)

2 NCL Glamorgan (New Road)

5,6,7,8 CC Durham (Riverside)

9 NCL Durham (Riverside)

12,13,14,15 CC Middlesex (New Road)

16 NCL Essex (New Road)

KEY: CC: County Championship; C&GT: Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; B&H: Benson & Hedges Cup; NCL: National Cricket League; TM: Tour match; F: Friendly.