When can we expect these? Think we got them mid/late Nov last year for 2024.

It was 23 November last year so I assume similar this year.

Durham are holding a breakfast morning for members on 26 November because that is when the 2025 fixtures will be announced. Members can talk with players and coaches about the fixtures - a nice idea.

The T20 fixtures are out on Thursday followed by Championship and ODC on Tuesday 26th.

According to The Cricketer, efforts have been made in the 2025 T20 fixtures to decrease the number of occasions where counties are playing Blast matches on back-to-back days. Last year, the Bears kicking off their T20 season with an evening match in Durham followed by a match at Edgbaston the next afternoon was a particularly egregious example of this.

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4171567/vitality-blast-mens-competition-fixtures-2025

Am I the only one saddened by the fact that the name that appears on the list doesn't include our proper name, but only by a nickname which isn't unique to us as it's shared by others including Chicago, Bristol etc?

c2aw wrote:

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4171567/vitality-blast-mens-competition-fixtures-2025

Am I the only one saddened by the fact that the name that appears on the list doesn't include our proper name, but only by a nickname which isn't unique to us as it's shared by others including Chicago, Bristol etc?

Agreed I think it is an awful look- I picked up on it yesterday with the women's knockout fixtures being announced.
It's also clear from that schedule with the 100 to follow in August that there will hardly be any county championship cricket in the summer again!

GerryShedd wrote:

According to The Cricketer, efforts have been made in the 2025 T20 fixtures to decrease the number of occasions where counties are playing Blast matches on back-to-back days. Last year, the Bears kicking off their T20 season with an evening match in Durham followed by a match at Edgbaston the next afternoon was a particularly egregious example of this.

Oh dear, it's happening again twice to us as far as I can see.

Regarding the name, the BBC takes the "glass half full" approach by saying:
"One significant change is that the team based at Edgbaston are listed just as the Bears, suggesting that the name Warwickshire might be used in T20 again after 11 seasons playing under the Birmingham Bears banner."

Personally I prefer us being listed as just “Bears” rather than “Birmingham Bears”, but I would obviously prefer “Warwickshire” to either of those!

Can't find any start times for these games?

c2aw wrote:

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4171567/vitality-blast-mens-competition-fixtures-2025

Am I the only one saddened by the fact that the name that appears on the list doesn't include our proper name, but only by a nickname which isn't unique to us as it's shared by others including Chicago, Bristol etc?

It appears they have quietly dropped Birmingham but I won't rest until Warwickshire is fully reinstated to our name.