Hybrid pitches will be used for the first time in the 2024 County Championship season and, in a move that will please red-ball fans, matches will happen during every month of the season with two games in late August.
It was felt previously that hybrid pitches did not deteriorate enough for four-day cricket and so have been used only for white-ball games. But the England and Wales Cricket Board has decided that their steadfastness is more than offset by the opportunity to embrace technology and better allow grounds to cope with the volume of cricket played.
