LANCASHIRE will begin their County Championship campaign with a home clash against Warwickshire next season.

Peter Moores’ men then face a trip to Essex before hosting Kent after the 2010 domestic fixtures were announced today.

The Roses matches book-end the new Friends Provident t20, which is being played throughout June and July, with the first at Headingley starting on May 29 and the return at Old Trafford beginning on June 28.

And Lancs face a tough finish to the Championship season, as their last four games see them travel to Nottinghamshire and Somerset as well as hosting Hampshire at an outground – most likely to be Liverpool - before ending against this year's runners-up Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford.

Lightning’s opening one-day game is at The Oval where they take on Surrey Lions in the new Clydesdale Bank 40 League on April 25, with their first home match in the competition against Glamorgan on May 2.

They face a trip to Durham for the first of their Friends Provident T20 group matches on June 4, while the Old Trafford Twenty20 Roses match is scheduled for a Friday night on July 9 and is set to be a sell out.

There is an early start to Lancashire’s first-class season as they travel to Durham University for a three-day game beginning on April 3 before the Championship gets underway on April 15.

LANCASHIRE CCC 2010 FIXTURES

LV= COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (4 days) & FIRST-CLASS
Hours of play:  11am – 6pm, Lunch 1pm, Tea 3.40pm. Matches in September start 30 minutes earlier

APRIL
Sat 3-Mon 5 Durham UCCE  (Racecourse) 
Thur 15-Sun 18 WARWICKSHIRE  (OLD TRAFFORD)
Wed 21-Sat 24 Essex (Chelmsford)
Tue 27-Fri 30 KENT (OLD TRAFFORD)

MAY
Tue 4-Fri 7 SOMERSET (OLD TRAFFORD)
Mon 17-Thur 20 Warwickshire (Edgbaston)
Mon 24-Thur 27 ESSEX (OLD TRAFFORD)
Sat 29-Tue 1 Yorkshire (Headingley)

JUNE
Mon 28 -Thur 1 YORKSHIRE (OLD TRAFFORD)

JULY
Tue 20-Fri 23 Durham (Riverside)
Thur 29-Mon 1 Hampshire (Rose Bowl)

AUGUST
Mon 9-Thur 12 DURHAM (OLD TRAFFORD)
Wed 18-Sat 21 Kent (Canterbury)
Tue 24-Fri 27 Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge)
Tue 31-Fri 3 HAMPSHIRE (HOME OUTGROUND, tbc)

SEPTEMBER
Tue 7-Fri 10 Somerset (Taunton)
Mon 13-Thur 16 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (OLD TRAFFORD)


ECB 40 LEAGUE (1 day, 40 overs per side)

APRIL
Sun 25 Surrey Brown Caps (Brit Oval) 1.45pm

MAY
Sun 2 GLAMORGAN DRAGONS (OLD TRAFFORD) 1.45pm
Mon 3 SOMERSET SABRES (OLD TRAFFORD) 1.45pm
Sun 9 Sussex Sharks (Hove) 1.45pm
Sun 16 Worcestershire Royals (Worcester) 1.45pm
Sun 23 SURREY BROWN CAPS (OLD TRAFFORD) 1..45pm

JULY
Sat 24 ECB RECREATIONAL XI (OLD TRAFFORD) 1.45pm

AUGUST
Tue 3 SUSSEX SHARKS (D/N) (OLD TRAFFORD) 4.40pm
Sun 8 Glamorgan Dragons (Colwyn Bay) 1.45pm
Mon 16 Somerset Sabres (D/N) (Taunton) 4.40pm
Mon 30 ECB Recreational XI  (Away, tbc) 1.45pm

SEPTEMBER
Sat 4  WORCESTERSHIRE ROYALS (HOME OUTGROUND, tbc) 12.45pm
Sat 11 Semi-Finals (as drawn) 12.45pm
Sat 18 Final (Lord’s) 12.45pm

FRIENDS PROVIDENT T20 (1 day, 20 overs per side)

JUNE
Fri 4 Durham Dynamos (Riverside) 6.00pm
Wed 9 NORTHANTS STEELBACKS (OLD TRAFFORD) 5.30pm
Fri 11 LEICS FOXES (OLD TRAFFORD) 5.30pm
Sun 13 Warwickshire Bears (Edgbaston) 2.30pm
Tue 15 Notts Outlaws (Trent Bridge) 5.30pm
Thur 17 Yorkshire Carnegie (Headingley) 5.40pm
Sun 20 WARWICKSHIRE BEARS (OLD TRAFFORD) 2.30pm
Tue 22 DURHAM DYNAMOS (OLD TRAFFORD) 5.30pm
Fri 25 Leics Foxes (Leicester) 5.30pm

JULY
Fri 2  WORCESTERSHIRE ROYALS (OLD TRAFFORD) 5.30pm
Sun 4 Derbyshire Falcons (Chesterfield) 2.30pm
Fri 9 YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE (OLD TRAFFORD) 5.30pm
Sun 11 DERBYSHIRE FALCONS (OLD TRAFFORD) 1.30pm
Wed 14 NOTTS OUTLAWS (OLD TRAFFORD) 5.30pm
Thur 15 Northants Steelbacks (Northampton) 5.30pm
Sun 18 Worcestershire Royals (Worcester) 2.30pm
Mon 26 & Tue 27 Quarter-Finals

AUGUST
Sat 14 Finals Day (Rose Bowl)

TOUR MATCH (1 day, 50 overs per side)
Thur 8 July LANCS v INDIA ‘A’ or NEW ZEALAND ‘A’  (OLD TRAFFORD) 10.45am
India and New Zealand both qualify for the ‘A’ team Triangular Tournament Final on 8 July at Trent Bridge, this match v Lancashire will not take place   

2010 INTERNATIONALS AT OLD TRAFFORD
Fri 4-Tue 8 June ENGLAND v BANGLADESH (npower Test Match) 11.00am
Sun 27 June  ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA (NatWest One-Day International) 10.45am
Fri 21-Mon 24 July India ‘A’ v New Zealand ‘A’ (4 day ‘A’ Team Test) 11.00am

NB: Fixtures, venues and timings can be subject to change.

Tickets go on sale on Monday, for details call the ticket office on 0161 282 4040  or visit www.lccc.co.uk