Kent’s 2015 schedule will see an Australian double-header at Canterbury and the return to The County Ground at Beckenham.
Kent will open their LV= County Championship campaign with trips to Essex and Lancashire before their first home game against Leicestershire at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence on Sunday May 3rd.
Friday night is NatWest T20 Blast night starting on Friday, May 15 with the visit of Sussex to Canterbury.
Beckenham will host two Friday evening T20 Blast clashes against local rivals Surrey on May 29 and Gloucestershire on June 5 either side of a LV= Championship match against Surrey on May 24-27.
The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence will still host the bulk of the cricket with visits from both the Australian touring sides in an exciting Ashes summer included in most Kent memberships.
The Australian men play their first Ashes tour fixture on June 25-28 in the middle of a busy domestic calendar.
Canterbury Week, the world’s oldest cricket festival, begins on Sunday August 2nd with a Royal London One-Day Cup clash with Sussex.
The four-day LV= Championship game returns to the week after feedback from Members and Supporters, with Northamptonshire the opponents on Tuesday to Friday August 4-7.
A 50-over clash against Lancashire closes the week before the bonus of Canterbury’s first Test Match with England v Australia women on August 11-14.
Kent Cricket CEO Jamie Clifford said: “2015 is shaping up to be a landmark year for Kent Cricket. The fixture programme has a good range of matches.
“Hosting the opening game of the men’s Ashes tour and our first ever Test Match as England play Australia in the only Women’s Ashes Test in an extended Canterbury Week is a huge honour for the Club.
“The new facilities at Beckenham will not only help the Club bring through new talent but also host top-class games in metropolitan Kent.
“Supporters who live and work in London, North and West Kent will have more cricket on their doorstep with a new 2,000-seater stand at Beckenham providing great views of the action and improved hospitality facilities.
“We will be back at Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury Cricket Week returns to its traditional format with the LV= Championship game on weekdays and weekend daytime Royal London One-Day Cup games.”
The Tunbridge Wells Festival will take place in late July with Essex the visitors and two potential limited-overs games subject to a commercial partnership being agreed.
Essex are the visitors in the LV= Championship on July 19-22 with a potential Natwest T20 Blast match v Glamorgan and a Royal London One-Day Cup clash versus Essex on July 26th.
Kent will end their 2015 season at home to Gloucestershire in the County Championship with Geraint Jones making a return to Canterbury on Monday 14th September with his new side.
FULL KENT FIXTURE LIST
Sunday 12th April 2015 Kent v Loughborough MCCU 3days Canterbury
Sunday 19th April 2015 Essex v Kent CC2 Chelmsford
Sunday 26th April 2015 Lancashire v Kent CC2 Old Trafford
Sunday 3rd May 2015 Kent v Leicestershire CC2 Canterbury
Sunday 10th May 2015 Kent v Glamorgan CC2 Canterbury
Friday 15th May 2015 Kent v Sussex T20 Canterbury
Monday 18th May 2015 Gloucestershire v Kent CC2 Bristol
Friday 22nd May 2015 Hampshire v Kent T20 Ageas Bowl
Sunday 24th May 2015 Kent v Surrey CC2 Beckenham
Thursday 28th May 2015 Middlesex v Kent T20 Lord’s
Friday 29th May 2015 Kent v Surrey T20 Beckenham
Sunday 31st May 2015 Somerset v Kent T20 Taunton
Friday 5th June 2015 Kent v Gloucestershire T20 Beckenham
Sunday 7th June 2015 Kent v Derbyshire CC2 Canterbury
Friday 12th June 2015 Kent v Hampshire T20 Canterbury
Thursday 18th June 2015 Kent v Essex T20 Canterbury
Friday 19th June 2015 Surrey v Kent T20 The Oval
Saturday 20th June 2015 Northamptonshire v Kent CC2 Northampton
Thursday 25th June 2015 Kent v Australia 4 days Canterbury
Friday 3rd July 2015 Sussex v Kent T20 Hove
Sunday 5th July 2015 Leicestershire v Kent CC2 Grace Road
Friday 10th July 2015 Kent v Somerset T20 Canterbury
Sunday 12th July 2015 Gloucestershire v Kent T20 Cheltenham
Monday 13th July 2015 Surrey v Kent CC2 The Oval
Friday 17th July 2015 Kent v Glamorgan T20 TBC
Sunday 19th July 2015 Kent v Essex CC2 Tunbridge Wells
Friday 24th July 2015 Essex v Kent T20 Chelmsford
Sunday 26th July 2015 Kent v Essex 50L TBC
Tuesday 28th July 2015 Glamorgan v Kent 50L SWALEC Stadium
Thursday 30th July 2015 Kent v Hampshire 50L Canterbury
Friday 31st July 2015 Middlesex v Kent 50L Radlett CC
Sunday 2nd August 2015 Kent v Sussex 50L Canterbury
Tuesday 4th August 2015 Kent v Northamptonshire CC2 Canterbury
Saturday 8th August 2015 Kent v Lancashire 50L Canterbury
Tuesday 11th August 2015 Eng Women v Aus Women INT Canterbury 4 days
Monday 17th August 2015 Nottinghamshire v Kent 50L Trent Bridge
Wednesday 19th August 2015 Warwickshire v Kent 50L Edgbaston
Friday 21st August 2015 Derbyshire v Kent CC2 Derby
Tuesday 1st September 2015 Kent v Lancashire CC2 Canterbury
Wednesday 9th September 2015 Glamorgan v Kent CC2 SWALEC Stadium
Monday 14th September 2015 Kent v Gloucestershire CC2 Canterbury