Direct from The Park, Buxton.
Could 1972 be Middlesex's year? Certainly this very experienced side have made their best start in both the County Championship and the League for many years and under the astute captaincy of Mike Brearley may well recapture the form which made them such a fine side in the late 40s.
Derbyshire are also well placed in the League. In the televised match against Yorkshire, Fred Trueman showed that he has lost none of his glamour nor crowd appeal.
During the tea interval at 4.10* Profile of a Cricketer: Fred Titmus (Middlesex and England) by Jim Laker
David Vine introduces the programme which includes news of all today's other fixtures
Commentators at Buxton, John Arlott and Jim Laker