Jason Gillespie's first competitive match as Yorkshire's new first-team coach will be an LV= County Championship Division Two meeting with Kent at Headingley.

The White Rose begin their quest to bounce back to the top tier of English cricket on Thursday, April 5 against Rob Key's side, who they also face at Canterbury at the back end of the month.

The two fixtures against Kent come either side of a three-day friendly against Leeds/Bradford University and another Championship match against Essex at Headingley.

The 2012 county fixture list, announced this morning, also sees Yorkshire almost certainly playing four of their 16 Championship matches on outgrounds.

Although not confirmed yet, Hampshire are likely to travel to Scarborough on May 16 before Gloucestershire visit the North Marine Road venue during Festival week, which kicks off with a 40-over match against Warwickshire on August 27.

The dates for the Scarborough Festival have been confirmed.

Gillespie and captain Andrew Gale also take their side to face Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay on June 6 and Derbyshire at Chesterfield on July 18, with a 40-over meeting against the same opponents coming immediately after the latter fixture.

Yorkshire will hopefully be celebrating Championship promotion against Essex at Chelmsford, where they go during the final week of the season (September 11-14).

There are no obvious problems with the 2012 list, such as the three back-to-back away games they faced against Lancashire, Somerset and Sussex in the space of 15 days last season.

They were then only given one day in between to prepare for the start of the Friends Life t20 campaign, while next season it will be five days between the end of the Colwyn Bay match and the 20-over opener against Durham at Headingley on June 15.

The only two Roses meetings are Twenty20 encounters, with the Headingley fixture on June 29 and the Old Trafford return - under lights - a week later.

If Yorkshire can reach t20 Finals Day for the first time, they will have to go to Cardiff's SWALEC Stadium on Saturday August 25, while the Clydesdale Bank 40 Final takes place at Lord's on Saturday September 15.

One thing that will frustrate Yorkshire and their supporters is the lack of a home Championship match between June 2 and August 15, while there is only one day of cricket at Headingley in the month of July.

Meanwhile, new coaches Paul Farbrace and Richard Damms begin work at Headingley on Thursday.

Yorkshire Fixtures 2012

APRIL
5 Kent, Headingley Carnegie (LVCC2)
13 Leeds/Bradford MCCU, Headingley Carnegie (UNI)
19 Essex, Headingley Carnegie (LVCC2)
26 Kent, Canterbury (LVCC2)
MAY
2 Leicestershire, Headingley Carnegie (LVCC2)
6 Kent, Headingley Carnegie (CB40)
9 Gloucestershire, Bristol (LVCC2)
16 Hampshire, TBC (LVCC2)
20 Derbyshire, TBC (CB40)
24 Sussex, Hove (CB40)*
27 Unicorns, TBC (CB40)
30 Northamptonshire, Headingley Carnegie (LVCC2)
JUNE
3 Northamptonshire, Headingley Carnegie (CB40)
6 Glamorgan, Colwyn Bay (LVCC2)
15 Durham, Headingley Carnegie (T20)
17 Leicestershire, Headingley Carnegie (T20)
18 Derbyshire, Derby (T20)*
22 Durham, Emirates Durham ICG (T20)
24 Nottinghamshire, Scarborough (T20)
27 Leicestershire, Grace Road (T20)
29 Lancashire, Headingley Carnegie (T20)
JULY
5 Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge (T20)*
6 Lancashire, Old Trafford (T20)*
8 Derbyshire, Headingley Carnegie (T20)
11 Hampshire, The Rose Bowl (LVCC2)
18 Derbyshire, Chesterfield (LVCC2)
22 Derbyshire, Chesterfield (CB40)
27 Leicestershire, Grace Road (LVCC2)
AUGUST
1 Northamptonshire, Northampton (LVCC2)
7 Warwickshire, Edgbaston (CB40)*
9 Northamptonshire, Northampton (CB40)*
12 Unicorns, TBC (CB40)
15 Derbyshire, Headingley Carnegie (LVCC2)
19 Sussex, Headingley Carnegie (CB40)
22 Kent, Canterbury (CB40)*
27 Warwickshire, Scarborough (CB40)
28 Gloucestershire, Scarborough (LVCC2)
SEPTEMBER
4 Glamorgan, Headingley Carnegie (LVCC2)
11 Essex, Chelmsford (LVCC2)

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