Introduced by Frank Bough
Lancashire are proving to be the side to beat. Currently leading the table they have lost only once and then to Essex, when Keith Boyce hit the Lancashire bowlers for fifty in twenty-three minutes to set the pace in the BBC-2's Fastest Fifty Award.
Commentary team at Grace Road, Leicester: John Arlott, Richie Benaud, Jim Laker
Today's other fixtures: Essex v. Surrey, Glamorgan v. Derbyshire, Gloucestershire v. Worcestershire, Middlesex v. Hampshire, Somerset v. Yorkshire
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(to 18.30)