2019 English cricket season
The 2019 English cricket season will run between 26 March and 26 September. It will be the 120th in which the County Championship has been an official competition and will feature first-class, one-day and Twenty20 cricket competitions throughout England and Wales.
Cricket on 5
In June 2017 it was announced BBC Sport had secured rights to be the free to air partner of the ECB from 2020. The BBC will cover 11 live matches from the men's new city based T20 competition, 8 matches from the women's domestic T20 competition, 2 Live England Men's T20 Internationals & 2 Live Women's T20 Internationals. The BBC also secured the rights held by Channel 5 and will cover highlights of England Men's & Women's teams Test Matches, ODI & T20 internationals alongside live radio rights and clip rights for the BBC Sport website therefore Cricket on 5 rights will conclude at the end of the England domestic cricket season in September 2019 and Sunset and Vine association with cricket could end after 20 years on Channel 4 and Channel 5.