Key events
First wicket of the day!
Derbyshire are 0-1 at New Road! Harry Came is out lbw to an in-ducked from Joe Leach off the last ball of the first over.
A pathetic fallacy at Old Trafford, where the clouds are crying at Tanya Aldred’s absence from this blog.
David Payne is also back from injury (hip) for Gloucestershire, who have won the toss at Chelmsford and will bat against Northants.
Happy news from Scarborough: Ben Coad is going to play his first match of the season against Hampshire after his return from long-term injury.
Essex have won the toss at Chelmsford and will bat first. Which, when you see this pitch, is no kind of a surprise at all. Get ready for Harmerball.
FYI, Simon Harmer has 226 wickets at Chelmsford at 17.48, including 21 five wicket-hauls.
Surrey have won the toss and will field. And everyone looks so jolly about it.
Fixtures
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex v Somerset
Cheltenham: Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Kent
The Oval: Surrey v Warwickshire
Scarborough: Yorkshire v Hampshire
DIVISION TWO
Riverside: Durham v Middlesex
New Road: Worcestershire v Derbyshire
Preamble
Well hello hello! Today’s CCLive is coming to you from The Kia Oval, where Surrey will be taking on Warwickshire in Division One.
No one wants to hear the pilot on their plane coming over the tannoy and telling them that this is their maiden flight. But I’ve got to be honest with you: this is my CCLive debut, so if you experience any turbulence today, you’ll know who to blame. A fixtures list will be with you imminently, just as soon as I’ve found the switch that turns the engine on.