Introduced by Frank Bough

This 'local derby' between two sides whose position in the League Table shows how proficient they are in one-day matches, should provide a thrilling encounter.
Essex, a young side full of enthusiasm, attack from the start and the fifty runs scored by Keith Boyce in twenty-three minutes against Lancashire at the start of the series is setting the pace in the BBC-2's fastest fifty award.
Though Kent will be without the services of Colin Cowdrey, injured in a Sunday game against Glamorgan in May, he will be attending the match as a BBC commentator to add- his expert opinion on the play and players.
Commentary team at The Thames Board Mills Ground, Purfleet
John Arlott, Peter West, Jim Laker, Colin Cowdrey
Today's other fixtures: Glamorgan v. Gloucestershire, Hampshire v. Surrey,
Leicestershire v. Sussex, Middlesex v. Warwickshire, Northamptonshire v. Somerset, Nottinghamshire v. Worcestershire, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire
(Colour)