In a close finish last year at Chelmsford, Essex beat Notts by only four runs. This year Nottinghamshire have ground advantage and Gary Sobers's men may gain their revenge.
During the tea interval at 4.10* Profile of a Cricketer: 'Lance' Gibbs (Warwickshire and West Indies) by Jim Laker
Frank Bough introduces the programme which includes news of today's other fixtures:
Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Hampshire v Warwickshire, Northamptonshire v Kent, Somerset v Leicestershire, Surrey v Worcestershire, Sussex v Lancashire, Yorkshire v Derbyshire
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