Essex still attacking with four slips for Porter but Warwickshire have got through the opening 10 overs without a great deal of alarm, Rhodes on 12, Sibley five.

We are going to have some spin after eight overs at Edgbaston as Simon Harmer enters the fray, hoping to emulate that six-wicket second innings haul against the Bears earlier this summer.

Aborted appeal from Sam Cook and he's in a sad mood as he realises Will Rhodes has got an inside edge on this one as it thuds into his pads bang in front of the stumps. To compound matters the seamer is then flicked away to the mid-wicket boundary by the left-hander.

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Watchful from Warwickshire in the opening six overs and England could do with some of that sticktability at the top of the order from Dom Sibley (two from 19 balls) in partnership with Will Rhodes (three from 22 balls).

Big Morne Morkel is still a dangerous customer with that steepling bounce and movement away from the right handers off the seam, but Hampshire are a steady 6-0 from the opening five overs at the Ageas Bowl.

Four slips in place for Essex but the sun has broken through at Edgbaston and the pitch looks a beautiful biscuit colour. How many wickets can Essex glean on the opening day having elected to bowl first with the uncontested toss?

Quite a new-look Somerset side since the last round of Championship matches, as pointed out by Stephen Lamb.

Steady start for the hosts with five runs off four overs so far.

Back-to-back maidens from Yorkshire's Ben Coad and Steven Patterson.

Warwickshire openers Will Rhodes and Dom Sibley negotiate the opening three overs against the Essex new ball attack of Jamie Porter and Sam Cook.

We've just seen one of the widest non-wides for some time, Morne Morkel seaming one away that had first slip diving for cover but umpire Ian "Gunner" Gould decided not to penalise him. Looks a green-tinged wicket at the Ageas Bowl, with Felix Organ and Ian Holland the opening batsmen for Hampshire.

It looks like we could get something close to a full day's play in all of our second division games too!

Sunny and a light breeze in London, where Middlesex play Durham at Lord's.

Elsewhere, light cloud and a gentle breeze expected at Bristol, Manchester, Leicester and Worcester.

Somerset overseas player Murali Vijay dons the pads first up for Somerset with Steven Davies.

Ben Coad will bowl first.

He's likely to be in the slip cordon today, but he'll be hoping he gets a bat later.

Zak Crawley and Daniel Bell-Drummond are opening the innings for Kent.

Remember, Zak has been talked about as a possible England opener.

Luke Fletcher to bowl.

Australian Peter Siddle took five wickets in the first innings when Essex beat Warwickshire by 187 runs at Chelmsford in July. He's elsewhere now of course but spinner Simon Harmer is in the side and he took six wickets in the second innings in that match.

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Warwickshire: Rhodes, Sibley, Banks, Hain, Lamb, Burgess, E Brookes, H Brookes, Patel, Hannon-Dalby, Garrett.

Essex: Browne, Cook, Westley, Lawrence, Bopara, Ten Doeschate, Wheater, Harmer, Beard, Cook, Porter.