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Div One: Durham v Somerset, Hants v Surrey, Kent v Essex, Lancs v Warwickshire, Worcs v NottsNo play before lunch between Lancashire and WarwickshireChris Harby, Alex Hoad, Paul Grunill and Deepak Mahay.His second, following Keith Barker's maiden, brings a moral victory for the bowler as he induces a leading edge from Rory Burns which flies through the vacant gully area to the rope.
Luis Reece chops Matt Taylor down to third man for four in the opening over and when Ajeet Singh Dale is short and wide in the second, David Lloyd clatters it through the covers for another.Billy Byrom edges Salisbury's second ball just short of Peter Handscomb in the slips. The Leicestershire bowler then beats the opener's edge with his fourth ball.Ian Holland's first ball for Leicestershire following his loan move from Hampshire is a no-ball.
A couple of twos and a single for Clark off the opening over from Ethan Bamber have the visitors off and running.Back in the team following a hamstring problem, he's out there to open and takes strike to Ben Raine.Essex skipper Tom Westley won the toss and elected to bat first so Dean Elgar and Nick Browne stride out into the middle at sun-drenched Canterbury.
Hampshire have Toby Albert in for Ali Orr and give a debut to Michael Neser. They will be hoping for a similar result to last summer's corresponding fixture - played in September conditions - when they beat Surrey by 52 runs.
Both Cox and Critchley also made centuries as Kent clung on for a high-scoring draw at Chelmsford in April. Sussex had a nervy, but impressive win of their own last weekend at Headingley as they bounced back from a heavy defeat at Glamorgan with a 21-run victory over Yorkshire, as England bower Ollie Robinson took seven wickets in a low-scoring clash.are still looking for their first win of the season but sit third as the division's only other undefeated side after six draws. They host sixth-placed Glamorgan.
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