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Hi! It's another Monday morning in May, and during this week that may be terribly divisive, we have championship cricket to stay nice with us. There are many things to watch for: three games in division one and four in division two. In fact, we started yesterday, Derby v GlamorganDerby stays at 253-5 with a century for Luis Reece, now completely recovered from last year's broken feet.
Somewhere else Nottinghamshire (7th and shot down) go to the Isle of Wight where are the third places Hampshire He plays for county cricket for the first time since 1962. Ajinkya Rahane will make his debut for Hampshire and 20-year-old Jack Blatherwick may well make his Notts debut to win a Championship victory.
Kent and Surrey go to Beckenham where Surrey is boosted by Sam Curran, back from the IPL. Kent greeted Matt Renshaw – who could not really replicate his 2018 Somerset form – and replaced him. South African fast pitcher Wiaan Mulder, present for the next 7 games.
Somerset, gloriously upstairs, plays down the table Warwickshire, whose staff seemed fragile in Taunton. Can Dom Sibley score his seventh consecutive century in a first-class match? Warwickshire hopes better. There is still no Ian Bell, even if he beats the nets, but Sam Hain and Liam Norwell are back after an injury.
In division two, Durham (below) play Gloucestershire in Chester-le-street. Versatile players Brydon Carse and Ryan Pringle were named to the Durham team, with no place for Cameron Steel or Matt. Josh Shaw of Yorkshire is back in Gloucestershire for a fourth loan cycle.
There is a clash at the top of the table here at Old Trafford where Lancashire take charge Worcestershire. James Anderson returns for Lancashire.
At county level, the Derbyshire v Glamorgan game continues, Glamorgan strengthened by its impressive last-minute action against Gloucestershire last week.
And in Northampton, Northants to play Sussex, with Chris Jordan playing his first league game of the season for Sussex.
Elsewhere, one of the England World Cup players will get a terrible phone call today. Here are the thoughts of Ali Martin:
And that, on football, but I thought it might sound:
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