SACA ANNOUNCES FIXTURE SCHEDULE FOR 2026 SEASON

SACA is today delighted to announce its full fixture list for the 2026 season, which will see the Academy play competitive fixtures against 16 of the 18 Professional County Clubs this year.

Following a breakthrough year in 2025, which saw SACA sides in action on 57 days of the season, and the total number of players to graduate from the Academy into the professional game reach 18, 2026 is again set to be a busy summer, with no fewer than 54 days of competitive action confirmed in the calendar across all three formats of the game.

The season gets underway in earnest in early April, when SACA compete in the first of 13 red-ball multi-day matches against First-Class County opposition, with Gloucestershire up first to kick off the season. This opening clash is followed by further red-ball fixtures against Surrey, Kent, Worcestershire and Somerset in April, Middlesex, Essex and Hampshire in May, Warwickshire and Durham in June, Worcestershire in August, and finally Northamptonshire and Derbyshire in September. 

SACA’s clash with Durham is their first encounter against the county, and completes the set, as the Academy will have now played competitively against all 18 of the First-Class Counties.

In May, attention turns to the T20 format of the game, when SACA take on Glamorgan in the first of eight T20 matches in their 2026 schedule, played across five match dates, with the Academy taking on Glamorgan, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire that month, followed by Lancashire in June.

SACA will compete in one early 50-over encounter in April, with Kent in opposition, with the lion’s share of one-day white-ball clashes taking place in the height of the summer over July and August, with fixtures against Yorkshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, and both Gloucestershire and Glamorgan twice.

After a successful launch in 2025, the 2026 season also sees the eagerly awaited return of SACA’s Remitly Festival, being played over three days in August, as the SACA squad compete in an intra-Academy competition to showcase the best of SACA’s talent.

Speaking of another busy summer ahead for the Academy, SACA Founder and Managing Director, Dr Tom Brown, commented:

“We are delighted to back up a strong fixture schedule in 2025 with another busy summer in 2026, with our sides taking on no fewer than 16 of the 18 First-Class Counties.

“Each and every fixture, across each of the three formats, provides our players with an opportunity to showcase their talents in front of their professional peers, and whilst the terrific shop window and potential springboard that this creates for our talented group of players, we will also be heading into this year’s fixtures aiming to stamp our authority in matches and build on some outstanding positive performances and results over the last couple of years.

“Our thanks go to all those in the professional game who have committed to fixtures against SACA in 2026 and we look forward to another competitive year on the field, and hopefully a few upsets along the way.”

The full 2026 SACA fixture list can be seen below:

Date                           Opposition                      Format

06 to 07 April             Northamptonshire             Red-ball, two-day

08 to 09 April             Surrey                                   Red-Ball, two-day

13 April                         Kent                                       White-ball, 50-over

14 to 16 April               Kent                                       Red-ball, three-day

20 to 22 April              Worcestershire                    Red-ball, three-day

27 to 29 April               Somerset                               Red-ball, three-day

04 May                          Glamorgan                            White-ball, T20

05 to 07 May                Middlesex                             Red-ball, three-day

05 to 07 May                Essex                                      Red-ball, three-day

11 to 13 May                 Hampshire                             Red-ball, three-day

15 May                           Northamptonshire                White-ball, T20

22 May                          Yorkshire                                 White-ball, T20

27 May                          Nottinghamshire                    White-ball, T20

08 to 11 June               Warwickshire                          Red-ball, four-day

15 to 17 June                Durham                                    Red-ball, three-day

30 June                         Lancashire                               White-ball, T20

10 July                           Yorkshire                                 White-ball, 50-over

14 July                           Surrey                                       White-ball, 50-over

15 July                           Warwickshire                          White-ball, 50-over

16 July                           Gloucestershire                      White-ball, 50-over

22 July                          Glamorgan                               White-ball, 50-over

28 July                          Northamptonshire                 White-ball, 50-over

29 July                          Gloucestershire                       White-ball, 50-over

03 August                     Glamorgan                               White-ball, 50-over

03 to 05 August          Worcestershire                        Red-ball, three-day

20 to 24 August (tbc) Intra-Academy                        Remitly Festival

09 to 11 September     Northamptonshire                 Red-ball, three-day

14 to 17 September     Derbyshire                               Red-ball, four-day