Direct from Peterborough
The Northamptonshire attack this season is strengthened by the arrival of Bedi, the Indian slow left-arm bowler whose immaculate length and direction had much to do with India's victory over England last season. Lancashire, already acknowledged as wonderful exponents of the one-day game, will be striving to regain the trophy they lost last year.
During the tea-interval at 4.10*: Profile of a Cricketer: Ian Chappell (South Australia and Australia) by John Arlott
Frank Bough introduces the programme, which includes news of all today's other fixtures.
Commentators at Peterborough John Arlott and Jim Laker