Kent live on Sky Sports Six times

SUMMER OF LIVE CRICKET ON SKY SPORTS

SKY SPORTSwill feature every county live during a new look domestic season as part of anunrivalled summer of cricket.

The Kent Spitfires have been confirmed as appearing live on Sky Sport six times this summer. Five of the matches will be in the new NatWest T20 Blast competitions, two at home, Essex 11 June, and Somerset 18 July, plus three away, Hampshire 5 June, Surrey 2 July and Sussex 11 July.

From May Sky Sports will show every county team live during the 2014 domestic season including the new Royal London One-Day Cup now played in a 50-over format, and the NatWest T20 Blast, the new name for the domestic T20 competition.

The schedule of live county cricket on Sky Sports begins with the first of three LV=County Championship matches, and continues with 39 NatWest T20 Blast fixtures, including a Middlesex double header in the first weekend, and 15Royal London One-Day Cup matches beginning with The Roses match at Old Trafford.

A busy summer of international cricket on Sky Sports includes live coverage of England’s Tests, ODIs and T20s against Sri Lanka and India plus an ODI against Scotland. The fifth Test between England and India will be the 200th to be shown live on Sky.

Bryan Henderson, cricket executive producer for Sky Sports, said: “We’ve got all the stories covered this summer with a new schedule and new competitions. There’s every county live, all of England’s matches, plus lots of features and programmes. It’s going to be a great summer of cricket with Sky Sports.”

The summer of cricket forms part of an unrivalled schedule of sport across six Sky Sports channels, including the end of the football season, golf’s US Open and US PGA Championship, summer international rugby, US Open tennis, every F1® Grand Prix^TM and The 2014 Ryder Cup.

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Cricket coverage on Sky Sports is available on TV, PC and on the move via mobile and tablet devices, thanks to Sky Go. Sky Sports News HD provides daily cricket reports, views and analysis while skysports.com, the UK’s leading commercial sports website, provides live cricket scores, interviews and news.

2014 SUMMER CRICKET EXCLUSIVELY LIVE ON SKY SPORTS

International coverage

One-Day International

Friday 9 May Scotland v England ODI Aberdeen

NatWest Series ODI/T20

Tuesday 20 May England v Sri Lanka T20 Kia Oval

Thursday 22 May England v Sri Lanka 1st ODI Kia Oval (d/n)

Sunday 25 May England v Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Emirates Durham

Wednesday 28 May England v Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Emirates Old Trafford (d/n)

Saturday 31 May England v Sri Lanka 4th ODI Lord's

Tuesday 3 June England v Sri Lanka 5th ODI Edgbaston (d/n)

Investec Test Series

Thursday 12 – 16 June England v Sri Lanka 1st Test Lord's

Friday 20 – 24 June England v Sri Lanka 2nd Test Headingley

Wednesday 9 – 13 July England v India 1st Test Trent Bridge

Thursday 17 – 21 July England v India 2nd Test Lord's

Sunday 27- 31 July England v India 3rd Test Ageas Bowl

Thursday 7- 11 August England v India 4th Test Emirates Old Trafford

Friday 15 – 19 August England v India 5th Test Kia Oval

One-Day Match

Saturday 5 July MCC v Rest of the World Lord’s

NatWest Series ODI/T20

Monday 25 August England v India 1st ODI Bristol

Wednesday 27 August England v India 2nd ODI Cardiff

Saturday 30 August England v India 3rd ODI Trent Bridge

Tuesday 2 September England v India 4th ODI Edgbaston

Friday 5 September England v India 5th ODI Headingley

NatWest Women's International T20 Series 2014

Monday 1 September England women v South Africa 1st T20 Chelmsford

Wednesday 3 September England Women v South Africa 2nd T20 Northampton

Sunday 7 September England Women v South Africa 3rd T20 Edgbaston

U19 ODI Series 2014

Friday 22 August England U19 v South Africa U19 Derby

Sky live fixtures…3

County Cricket Coverage

NatWest T20 Blast

Friday 16 May Nottinghamshire v Lancashire

Saturday 17 May Middlesex v Essex

Saturday 17 May Middlesex v Sussex

Sunday 18 May Somerset v Surrey

Friday 23 May Birmingham Bears v Yorkshire

Thursday 29 May Derby v Northamptonshire

Friday 30 May Surrey v Middlesex

Sunday 1 June Leicestershire v Birmingham Bears

Thursday 5 June Hampshire v Kent

Friday 6 June Lancashire v Yorkshire

Saturday 7 June Worcestershire v Durham

Sunday 8 June Gloucester v Glamorgan

Wednesday 11 June Kent v Essex

Thursday 19 June Birmingham Bears v Northamptonshire

Friday 20 June Essex v Middlesex

Wednesday 25 June Glamorgan v Hampshire

Thursday 26 June Middlesex v Gloucestershire

Friday 27 June Yorkshire v Lancashire

Saturday 28 June Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire

Sunday 29 June Durham v Derby

Tuesday 1 July Yorkshire v Leicestershire

Wednesday 2 July Surrey v Kent

Thursday 3 July Northamptonshire v Birmingham Bears

Friday 4 July Gloucestershire v Sussex

Sunday 6 July Hampshire v Somerset

Tuesday 8 July Birmingham Bears v Nottinghamshire

Friday 11 July Sussex v Kent

Tuesday 15 July Sussex v Glamorgan

Wednesday 16 July Surrey v Somerset

Friday 18 July Kent v Somerset

Tuesday 22 July Essex v Hampshire

Wednesday 23 July Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire

Thursday 24 July TBC

Friday 25 July TBC

Friday 1 August Quarter Final 1

Saturday 2 August Quarter Final 2 & 3

Sunday 3 August Quarter Final 4

Saturday 23 August Finals Day

Royal London One-Day Cup

Saturday 26 July Lancashire v Yorkshire

Tuesday 5 August Sussex v Durham

Wednesday 6 August Kent v Glamorgan

Tuesday 12 August Warwickshire v Surrey

Wednesday 13 August Essex v Hampshire

Thursday 14 August Middlesex v Nottinghamshire

Sky live fixtures…4

Wednesday 20 August Group B final round

Thursday 21 August Group A final round

Tuesday 26 August Quarter Final 1

Thursday 28 August Quarter Final 2 & 3

Friday 29 August Quarter Final 4

Thursday 4 September Semi Final

Saturday 6 September Semi Final

Saturday 20 September Final

LV= County Championship

Sunday 4 – 7 May Durham v Yorkshire

Monday 15 – 18 September TBC

Tuesday 23 – 26 September TBC

Fixtures correct at time of publication.

All subject to change.