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Lancashire opener Keaton Jennings has two from 30 balls.

It's been that sort of morning for the batters so far at Headingley.

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Middlesex v Notts is the big Division Two clash this week at Lord’s.

Notts sent in, saw Ben Slater go, but have jumped out to a bright start at 38-1.

Worcestershire have lost Ed Pollock having been sent in at Derbyshire and are 25-1.

Glamorgan chose to field at Chester-le-Street and have removed in-form Durham opener Sean Dickson with the home side 15-1.

Ben Stokes is playing again for Durham and likely to bat at six.

Leicestershire intact having batted first against Sussex at Grace Road. They’re 22-0.

Northants should probably have won a couple of games already but a failure to ram home excellent positions against Gloucestershire and Essex added to a hefty defeat at Surrey and it’s an average start to the season for them.

Champions Warwickshire drew at Lancashire last week and have chosen to field at Edgbaston.

30 minutes gone and no wickets in Division One.

It really has been a season for the batters so far!

Is that good news for England with their Test series against New Zealand getting under way three weeks today?

Tom M: Essex fan here. Why is there a rest week in the Championship? Surely with schedule pressure from four formats teams could manage after a four day break to put a team together and use that extra week for playing cricket in prime conditions and not on Halloween.

As Gloucestershire, and others, will testify Tom, the schedule is tough enough with all these back-to-back games.

It’s often only one proper day off when you factor in recovery and travel.

Do we really want the premier competition to not feature the strongest XIs?

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A maiden apiece for Jordan Thompson and Haris Rauf.

It's a cagey start at Headingley with neither side wanting to give an inch.

Ryan Patel is off to a flier for Surrey.

The opener swats Matt Milnes for six to go to 23 off 17 balls.

It hasn’t been the start to the season Gloucestershire were after with two draws and three defeats.

Injuries have certainly not helped.

They used 19 players across the first five games and have been forced to call in three loanees to play this week.

One of whom - Zak Chappell - has taken the new ball after the Glosters chose to field.

But no joy in the opening 20 minutes at the Seat Unique Stadium.

ncolerfc92: Why are teams winning the toss and bowling first unless the pitches have green tinge then it looks odd with the good weather forecast over next few days

Six of the eight sides chose to bowl first this morning. Only the one wicket to fall so far for Notts.

Pakistan paceman Haris Rauf is back for Yorkshire after missing their last match against Essex through injury.

He starts by conceding a single which gets Keaton Jennings off the mark.

The sun has also popped out at Headingley.

Division One leaders Surrey have chosen to bat first at Beckenham.

Five games, three wins and two draws for Surrey so far this season, including an innings defeat of Northants last time out.

Kent are bottom of the table and winless in their opening four matches.

Ryan Patel and Rory Burns are in the middle for the visitors.

Well that's a nice start for Lancashire!

Jordan Thompson overpitches his first ball and left-hander Luke Wells drives him through the covers to the rope.

Jordan Thompson has the ball in his hand for Yorkshire, Lancashire opener Luke Wells will face the first ball.

It's cool and cloudy at Headingley, but most importantly dry.

As ever there will be live ball-by-ball ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ local radio commentary from all eight matches.

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Play is getting under way at all eight grounds...

Div One

• Gloucestershire v Somerset - Gloucs bowling
• Kent v Surrey - Surrey batting
• Warwickshire v Northants - Warwickshire bowling
• Yorkshire v Lancashire - Yorkshire bowling

Div Two

• Derbyshire v Worcestershire - Derbyshire bowling
• Durham v Glamorgan - Glamorgan bowling
• Leicestershire v Sussex - Leics batting
• Middlesex v Nottinghamshire - Middlesex bowling

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It's a first meeting of the campaign for these two old foes.

Both have made unbeaten starts - a season in which they'll both have ambitions of lifting the County Championship crown.

Joe Root lines up for Yorkshire against his mate James Anderson in Red Rose colours, but we'll have to wait a while to see them square off as Lancashire are batting first.

The weather is set fair and it promises to be a cracker.

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Morning!

We're into round six of this fast-moving County Championship season and it could well be the best yet.

The Roses match at Headingley, the Cider derby between Gloucestershire and Somerset and new England captain Ben Stokes looking to follow his record-breaking century for Durham are just some of the highlights.

All the action coming up in 10 minutes...