YORKSHIRE will open their 2008 County Cricket Championship challenge against Shane Warne's Hampshire at Headingley.
The Tykes, whose 2007 title bid faltered towards the end of the campaign, will host Hampshire on April 23.
The season starts with a Friends Provident Trophy clash against defending champions Durham at the Riverside on April 20.
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Yorkshire's Scarborough Festival programme starts with a NatWest Pro40 encounter with Kent on Monday, August 25.
The club's first Roses tussles with Lancashire will be the Friends Provident Trophy ties, which will be held at Old Trafford on May 11 and at Headingley on May 28.
The first Roses Championship match of the season will be staged at Headingley, starting on May 30. The return match at Old Trafford gets underway on August 12.
Yorkshire will also face their greatest rivals home and away in the Twenty20 Cup, with the Headingley clash on June 18 and the Old Trafford return on June 20.
The season ends with a trip to county champions Sussex on September 24.
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