After the first three weeks of this season's competition, Derbyshire, found themselves heading the League. Northamptonshire's challenge, spearheaded by Hylton Ackerman and Mushtaq Mohammed, could prove a stumbling block.
During today's tea interval at approximately 4.0 Lord's Taverner Alan Curtis reads "Dingley Dell v All Muggleton" by Charles Dickens.
Neil Durden-Smith introduces the programme which includes news of today's other fixtures: Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire v Essex
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