First division

1 Yorkshire Anthony McGrath will miss the championship match against Durham at Headingley Carnegie with a chest infection, while Deon Kruis, the seam bowler, has been ruled out for four to six weeks with a strained left hamstring. Played 1 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 3 Points 22

2 Sussex Luke Wright bruised a rib in the victory over Kent and could be out for ten days, but Robin Martin-Jenkins, his fellow all-rounder, has recovered from flu and returns to face Warwickshire at Edgbaston today. Played 1 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 3 Points 22

3 Durham An unchanged team has been named to face Yorkshire at Headingley Carnegie today, when Durham will encounter Martyn Moxon, their former director of cricket, who left abruptly for Yorkshire last month. “It’s an interesting fixture,” Moxon said. Played 1 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 3 Bowling 3 Points 20

4 Warwickshire Heath Streak, the club captain, has decided to step down and Darren Maddy, the new signing from Leicestershire, will lead the team for the rest of the season. “The captaincy has been affecting my personal game,” Streak said. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 3 Points 12

5 Lancashire With no championship match this week, a young side led by Iain Sutcliffe will take on Durham UCCE in a three-day match at the Racecourse Ground, beginning today. Stuart Law may have to pass a fitness test to face Warwickshire on Sunday. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Batting 3 Bowling 2 Points 9

6 Surrey Mark Butcher, the captain, returns from a groin strain to lock horns with Shane Warne against Hampshire at the Brit Oval, starting today. Rikki Clarke, who has a foot injury, and Ian Salisbury (shoulder strain) face late fitness tests. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Batting 3 Bowling 2 Points 5

7 Kent The county rest Simon Cook, Martin van Jaarsveld and Yasir Arafat for their fixture against Cardiff UCCE in Canterbury today. Martin Saggers, the seam bowler, has recovered from a foot injury and is included. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Batting 1 Bowling 2 Points 3

8 Worcestershire “It’s not a case of resting people,” Vikram Solanki, the Worcestershire captain, said before the visit of Loughborough UCCE today. Matt Mason, the opening bowler, is still at least two weeks away from playing because of a shoulder injury. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Batting 0 Bowling 3 Points 3

9 Hampshire For their fixture against Surrey at the Brit Oval today, Hampshire add Michael Brown, who played in only four championship matches last year, and Dimitri Mascarenhas to the squad who beat Middlesex in the Friends Provident Trophy. Played 0 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 0 Bowling 0 Points 0

Second division

1 Nottinghamshire Will Jefferson, the 6ft 10in opening batsman who joined the county from Essex during the winter, is expected to make his debut in the match against Gloucestershire at Bristol, starting today. Played 1 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 3 Points 22

2 Derbyshire The match against Cambridge UCCE, starting today, is likely to include four debutants, including Akhil Patel, a 16-year-old all-rounder who will become the third-youngest first-class player in the club’s history. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 3 Points 12

3 Essex Andrew McGarry has been reregistered for the championship match against Glamorgan in Chelmsford after Mervyn West-field joined a casualty list including both Flower brothers, Tony Palladino, Graham Napier, Darren Thomas and Jahid Ahmed. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 2 Points 11

4 Somerset Sam Spurway retains his place as wicketkeeper against Leicestershire today despite the impressive debut by Craig Kieswetter last Sunday. “We don’t want to tire him [Kieswetter] out,” Brian Rose, the director of cricket, said. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 1 Points 10

5 Middlesex Chad Keegan, once regarded as a potential England all-rounder, is again giving cause for concern after missing the start of the season with a sore back. Keegan, 27, was the county’s player of the year in 2003. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Batting 5 Bowling 1 Points 10

6 Leicestershire Stuart Broad and Paul Nixon are expected to return for the Friends Provident Trophy match away to Worcestershire on Sunday, although Broad’s fitness is being monitored as he has inflammation around a knee tendon. Played 1 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Batting 2 Bowling 3 Points 5

7 Gloucestershire Marcus North and Ashley Noffke, the club’s overseas players from Australia, will make their championship debuts at home to Nottinghamshire. Grant Hodnett, a South African-born 24-year-old batsman, has been named in the 12. Played 0 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 0 For 0 Against 0 Points 0

8 Northamptonshire Monty Panesar will not be allowed to rush from the airport to play in the county’s opening championship match against Middlesex at Lord’s. Steven Crook, the emerging all-rounder, will go straight into the team. Played 0 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 0 Bowling 0 Points 0

9 Glamorgan The county open their championship campaign at Chelmsford without a spearhead, with Simon Jones needing at least another week to get his knee right. Huw Waters, the young seamer, hopes to be selected ahead of Dean Cosker, the spinner. Played 0 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 0 Batting 0 Bowling 0 Points 0