Summary

  • Watch live video stream from Lord's by using play icon above

  • Somerset face Essex in the five-day Bob Willis Trophy final at Lord's

  • Essex won toss & chose to bowl

  • Somerset close on 119-4 as rain interrupts day one

  • BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra & joint BBC Somerset-BBC Essex radio commentary also available

  • Have your say on the future of red-ball county cricket #bbccricket

  1. Toss newspublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 23 September 2020

    Somerset v Essex (10:30 BST)

    Unsurprisingly on such a cool, cloudy morning at Lord's, Essex have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.

    The pitch looks fresh for this five-day contest and the sun is occasionally peering through.

    Team news to follow...

  2. Watch and listen across BBC Sportpublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 23 September 2020

    We've got you well and truly covered for ways in which you can follow this Bob Willis Trophy for the next five days.

    Thanks to a partnership with both the England and Wales Cricket Board and Sky Sports, you can watch this match live on the BBC Sport website and App as well as through the BBC iPlayer.

    If you're out and about, tune in your DAB Digital Radio to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra for live ball-by-ball radio commentary.

    That coverage is also available at the top of this page along with a joint commentary from BBC Radio Somerset and BBC Essex.

    You can search through the live coverage options at the top of this page.

  3. The best two teamspublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 23 September 2020

    Somerset v Essex (10:30 BST)

    Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Lord'sImage source, BBC Sport

    At the end of a season like no other, it's reassuring to see a familiar sight once again.

    While the background of this famous ground has changed somewhat in the last year and working as a journalist is now a very different experience indeed, it's good to be back and ready to see arguably the best two county teams in the country battle it out for another trophy.

    Fingers crossed those grey clouds stay away too!

  4. What they're playing forpublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 23 September 2020

    Bob Willis Trophy final

    Bob Willis TrophyImage source, Getty Images

    The Bob Willis Trophy, devised especially for this shortened domestic season and named in honour of the late, great former England captain, has been based on a design by his wife Lauren Clark.

    Lauren (pictured above) has captured Bob's iconic right-arm fast bowling action in a cuboid design which she has also painted.

    She is expected to present the winners with the trophy at the end of the final along with ECB chairman Ian Watmore.

    Bob Willis TrophyImage source, Getty Images
  5. We meet again...published at 10:00 British Summer Time 23 September 2020

    Somerset v Essex (10:30 BST)

    Alastair CookImage source, Rex Features

    23 September, 2019 - Taunton: Somerset and Essex, the top two in Division One, meet in the final round of the County Championship.

    A rain-affected draw sees Essex crowned champions for the second time in three years.

    23 September, 2020 - Lord's: Somerset and Essex meet in the inaugural Bob Willis Trophy after topping their respective groups with four wins and a draw each.

    What will be the outcome this time?

    Lord'sImage source, Rex Features