Hampshire's opening pair have begun their innings steadily. Nick Gubbins has just clipped Josh Tongue to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs and then, a couple of deliveries later, the left-hander plays a deft shot off the hips which runs to the square leg boundary.

Sam Robson reaches for it a bit but strokes Ben Aitchison away for the first four of the match at Lord's Aitchison is sharing the new ball with Rory Haydon, who has made quite an impact in Derbyshire's last couple of games.

A bit of respite for the hosts as Ollie Price drives Harry Conway down the ground for four - and now the runs column outnumbers the wickets.

Slightly too full there from Conway.

Still four slips in play. Nervous times for Gloucestershire.

Fynn Hudson-Prentice shares the new ball with Robinson, but he drifts one into the leg side for an easy clip behind square for four off the bat of Josh Thomas.

A good, full length from Ollie Robinson at the other end and Jordan Hermann defends on the front foot.

Maiden over.

A couple of boundaries off James Anderson's first over to settle Worcestershire down early on day one in Southport.

This is the first time Lancashire have played at Southport for a couple of seasons and there is a good crowd to meet them on the coast.

Tom Bailey's first ball provides a lbw shout from the slip cordon but the umpire shakes his head.

Harry Conway strikes with his second ball, drawing Cam Bancroft forward and hitting him on the pad.

The hosts are 0-2 inside two overs.

The Aussie opener gets a decent stride in but that looked pretty adjacent on the knee roll.

Miles Hammond to bat next.

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No Ben Stokes bowling at Beckenham - yet.

Matthew Potts shares the new ball with Ben Raine and is right on the money straight away, conceding just a single for Ben Dawkins from his opening over.

No early alarm bells in Taunton as Somerset get their first runs via a tuck to fine leg off the bat of Hermann, facing Robinson.

A green looking square here though!

We are playing in Southampton, where Toby Albert has got off the mark with a boundary through the covers in the first over to begin proceedings.

We are about to see Josh Tongue from the other end...

We have begun in some lovely sunshine at Edgbaston. Ethan Bamber has taken the new ball and is bowling to Zain-ul-Hassan, who played the third delivery of the over with soft hands and so the outside edge did not carry to Beau Webster in the slip cordon.

Four Essex slips in place for Rishi Patel. He takes a pace down the track and leg-glances Jamie Porter for the game's first four.

We are under way at Headingley - and the first ball is given as a wide!

Fair to say Surrey's Dan Worrall hasn't found his line in the opening over.

Ben Raine, the country's leading wicket-taker, bowls the first over for Durham at Beckenham, where the commentators are of the opinion that this should be a good batting track.

Zak Crawley is under way with a streaky four to third man from a thick edge from Raine's second delivery - but two balls later unfurls a glorious off-drive for a second boundary.

Josh Thomas will get the Somerset innings started with Jordan Hermann, on Somerset debut.

Hermann will face Sussex skipper Ollie Robinson first up this morning.

Nice blue skies overhead at Headingley this morning and after winning the toss Surrey captain Rory Burns has decided he wants to have a bowl first.

Yorkshire's Adam Lyth and Will Luxton will open the batting.