Key events
Fixtures
DIVISION ONE
TAUNTON: Somerset v Hampshire
CHESTER LE STREET: Durham v Kent start delayed. Lunch at noon.
TRENT BRIDGE: Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire start delayed. Inspection at noon
NEW ROAD Worcestershire v Lancashire – No play before lunch
CHELMSFORD: Essex v Surrey
DIVISION TWO
HEADINGLEY: Yorkshire v Northamptonshire start delayed
SOPHIA GARDENS Glamorgan v Gloucestershire start delayed
HOVE Sussex v Middlesex start delayed
GRACE ROAD Leicestershire v Derbyshire start delayed
Delays, delay, delays
Late starts at Chester le Street, Trent Bridge, New Road, Sophia Gardens, Grace Road, Hove and Headingley. Which leaves only Taunton, where Somerset won the toss and will bat against Hampshire, and Chelmsford, where Essex won the toss and will bat against Surrey.
Weather watch
Damp. According to the Met Office: A band of heavy rain will affect Northern Ireland, northern England, parts of north Wales, and for a time southern Scotland. Brighter to the south, but with heavy, locally thundery showers. Drier, brighter, but colder further north. Blustery in places.
Preamble
Hello! Apologies for the late start as we roll, in our bed socks, into the last round of the season. The weather is seasonable, the Champions crowned. But we do still need to work out who is joining Kent in Division Two and who is dancing up to join the big boys alongside Sussex. Play is due to start in eight minutes, but will the weather be kind?
