Warwickshire v Lancashire: Bob Willis Trophy final, day one – live!

Belying the weather-forecast, the sun is beaming down on St John’s Wood. This might – might be the second and final Bob. The ECB are putting in a recommendation to the meeting of county chairmen and CEOs here at Lord’s tomorrow that the Bob is not played next year.

The five minute bell is rung and out come the County Champions, all sprightly and bright, followed by the runners-up. Both teams line up facing the pavilion, we think in memory of Bob Willis. I can’t see many in the ground, perhaps a hundred.

Lancashire: Balderson, Davies, Wells, Bohannon, Vilas, Jones, Croft, Wood, Bailey, Blatherwick, Parkinson.

Warwickshire: Rhodes, Bresnan, Briggs, Burgess, Hain, Johal (first-class debut), Lamb, Miles, Norwell, Sibley, Yates.

Good morning from Lord’s! The two teams are on the ground practising, Lancashire to the right, Warwickshire to the left, as I look from the media centre, and there is no sign in their vigour of any end-of-season douleur. Weather check: Paul Allot is in trousers and the MCC flag is blowing away.