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The Specsavers County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures for the 2019 have been revealed.
The fixtures were announced at 10am on Tuesday with the Vitality Blast announcement expected at 5pm on the same day.
Kent secured promotion from Division 2 of the County Championship in 2018 and will be playing Division 1 cricket in 2019, the first time since 2010.
Kent will host County Champions Surrey at Beckenham from Monday, May 20 to Thursday, May 23.
Their first match of the season will be a trip to Somerset on April 5 while the first match at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence will be against Yorkshire on May 14.
They will also be hoping to go one better in the One-Day Cup in 2019 after reaching the final last season but were beaten by Hampshire.
Their campaign gets underway against Hampshire at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence on April 17 with the final to be played at Lord's on May 25.
The club also announced they will be facing Pakistan in a one-day tour match at Beckenham on Saturday, April 27, who will be preparing for the World Cup in England.
Kent Cricket’s Specsavers County Championship Division One fixtures in full:
Friday, April 5 – Monday, April 8: Somerset v Kent, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Thursday, April 10 – Sunday, April 13: Warwickshire v Kent, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Tuesday, May 14 – Friday, May 17: Kent v Yorkshire, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, Canterbury
Monday May 20 – Thursday, May 23: Kent v Surrey, The County Ground, Beckenham
Monday, May 27 – Thursday, May 30: Essex v Kent, The CloudFM County Ground, Chelmsford
Monday, June 10 – Thursday, June 13: Kent v Somerset, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, Canterbury
Monday June, 17 – Thursday, June 20: Kent v Nottinghamshire, The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
Sunday, June 30 – Wednesday July 3: Kent v Warwickshire, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, Canterbury
Sunday, July 7 – Wednesday, July 10: Surrey v Kent, Kia Oval, London
Saturday, July 13 – Tuesday, July 16: Hampshire v Kent, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Sunday August 18 – Wednesday, August 21: Kent v Essex, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, Canterbury
Tuesday September 10 – Friday September 13: Nottinghamshire v Kent, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Monday, September 16 – Thursday, September 19: Yorkshire v Kent, Emerald Headingly, Leeds
Monday, September 23 – Thursday, September 26: Kent v Hampshire, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, Canterbury
Kent Cricket’s 2019 Royal London One Day Cup fixtures in full:
Wednesday, April 17: Kent Spitfires v Hampshire, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, 2pm
Friday, April 19: Somerset v Kent Spitfires, The Cooper Associates County Ground, 11am
Sunday, April 21: Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks, The County Ground, Beckenham, 11am
Tuesday, April 23: Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires, The Brightside Ground, Bristol, 11am
Thursday, April 25: Glamorgan v Kent Spitfires, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 11am
Thursday, May 2: Surrey v Kent Spitfires, Kia Oval, London, 11am
Sunday, May 5: Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles, The County Ground, Beckenham, 11am
Tuesday, May 7: Kent Spitfires v Middlesex, The Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence, 2pm
Friday, May 10: TBC v TBC – QUARTER FINALS
Sunday, May 12: TBC v TBC – SEMI FINALS
Saturday, May 25: TBC v TBC – FINAL, Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 11am