Key events
To Old Trafford, where the outfield is busy with slip catching practise and bowling run ins. Derbyshire have won the toss and have sent Lancashire in to have a bat.
Division Two table
Middlesex 22
Derbyshire 16
Lancashire 14
Durham 13
Northamptonshire 12
Kent 11
Worcestershire 11
Gloucestershire -1
Division one table
Essex 22
Warwickshire 16
Nottinghamshire 13
Somerset 13
Glamorgan 12
Surrey 11
Sussex 10
Yorkshire 10
Leicestershire 3
Hampshire 2
Fixtures
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex v Somerset
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan
The Oval: Surrey v Leicestershire
Hove: Sussex v Warwickshire
Headingley: Yorkshire v Hampshire
DIVISION TWO
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Durham
Canterbury: Kent v Northamptonshire
Old Trafford: Lancashire v Derbyshire
Lord’s: Middlesex v Worcestershire
Preamble
Good morning! Welcome to round two of this Championship summer – all cherry blossom and leftover hot cross buns . We have another full set of matches and can start to divine whether last week’s wins for Sussex, Essex and Middlesex were anything more than early season luck. Play starts around the grounds at 11am, do join us.