Sussex will start the 2015 County Championship season by taking on both clubs promoted from division two.
Ed Joyce’s men kick off the summer at neighbours Hampshire on Sunday April 12 before welcoming Worcestershire to Hove the following week.
Sussex will bring down the curtain on their Championship campaign with a potentially decisive trip to Yorkshire at Headingley on September 22 having hosted the reigning champions four weeks earlier.
The Sharks launch their NatWest T20 Blast challenge with a trip to Canterbury on May 15 while Horsham will stage their opening match in the Royal London One-Day Cup against Lancashire on July 26.
Horsham also stages the Championship game against Nottinghamshire while Arundel will host the NatWest T20 Blast clash with Surrey on June 14 followed by the Championship clash with Durham.
The only other outground Sussex are due to visit during the season will be Swansea for their Royal London One-Day Cup game against Glamorgan on August 5.
Coach Mark Robinson said: “There are always things you are not happy with, especially with the format the way it is at the moment, but I would say the fixtures are better than last season for us.
“We haven’t got a period where we are either playing or travelling for 31 days out of 33 although there are still tough little spells we will have to cope with.
“It is not ideal but at least we are aware of the pitfalls now. We know the challenges we will be facing from having to switch between formats so quickly so hopefully we’ll be able to cope better.
“It will be a tough start to the season as Hampshire will have come up from division two with that expectation and excitement you get at the start of the summer.
“We would have probably preferred to have Yorkshire in the first game rather than the last game as they would probably be missing a lot of (England) players but you have to take what you are given.”
APRIL
DATE OPPOSITION VENUE COMP
2-5 Leeds/Bradford MCCU Hove UNI
7-8 Surrey Hove PSF
12-15 Hampshire Ageas Bowl LVCC
19-22 Worcestershire Hove LVCC
26-29 Durham Riverside LVCC
MAY
10-13 Middlesex Hove LVCC
15 Kent Canterbury T20
17 Gloucestershire Hove T20
22 Somerset Taunton T20
24-27 Warwickshire Hove LVCC
29 Middlesex Hove T20
JUNE
1-4 Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge LVCC
7-10 Hampshire Hove LVCC
12 Essex Hove T20
14 Surrey Arundel T20
15-18 Durham Arundel LVCC
19 Hampshire Ageas Bowl T20
21 Glamorgan SWALEC T20
26 Gloucestershire Bristol T20
28-1 Warwickshire Edgbaston LVCC
JULY
2 Middlesex Lord’s T20
3 Kent Hove T20
5-8 Somerset Taunton LVCC
10 Glamorgan Hove T20
17 Hampshire Hove T20
19-22 Nottinghamshire Horsham LVCC
24 Surrey Oval T20
26 Lancashire Horsham 50L
27 Hampshire Ageas Bowl 50L
30 Nottinghamshire Hove 50L
AUGUST
2 Kent Canterbury 50L
3 Middlesex Hove 50L
5 Glamorgan Swansea 50L
7-10 Middlesex Lord’s LVCC
12-15 T20 quarter-finals TBC T20
17 Warwickshire TBC-away 50L
19 Essex Hove 50L
21-24 Yorkshire Hove LVCC
25-27 RLODC quarter-finals TBC 50L
29 T20 finals day Edgbaston T20
SEPTEMBER
1-4 Worcestershire New Road LVCC
6&7 RLODC semi-finals TBC 50L
14-17 Somerset Hove LVCC
19 RLODC final Lord’s 50L
22-25 Yorkshire Headingley LVCC
KEY
UNI - University match
PSF - pre-season friendly
LVCC - County Championship
T20 - NatWest T20 Blast
50L - Royal London One-Day Cup
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