Yorkshire Deon Kruis will make his first appearance of the season in place of Matthew Hoggard for the match away to Durham and Simon Guy continues to deputise behind the stumps for Gerard Brophy, who has a badly bruised hand.

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Warwickshire The only unbeaten county in all competitions this season are enjoying a break this week before their Friends Provident Trophy match against Yorkshire on Monday. Heath Streak is grateful for the rest after two injections in his back this season.

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Durham On the 125th anniversary of the club’s formation, the county start a match against Yorkshire at the Riverside, a month after losing to the leaders at Headingley Carnegie. Paul Wiseman and Mitchell Claydon have been included in a 13-man squad.

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Lancashire With no first-team fixture until the Friends Provident Trophy match at home to Scotland on Sunday, Paul Horton will captain the second XI away to Surrey at Sutton in a match that starts today. Gary Keedy, Tom Smith and Iain Sutcliffe also play.

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Hampshire Michael Carberry, who suffered a knee injury during the winter, makes his first championship appearance of the season away to Kent. He replaces Chris Benham. Shaun Udal, the former England off spinner, is also in the Hampshire squad.

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Surrey Jimmy Ormond, the seam bowler, will be out for two weeks after tearing a hamstring playing for the second XI. Mohammad Akram, who has been suffering from back spasms, should be fit to play against Ireland at the Brit Oval on Sunday.

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Sussex Michael Yardy, the vice-captain, has started hitting tennis balls after breaking a finger in the opening match of the season against MCC at Lord’s nearly six weeks ago. Yardy has been badly missed during the county’s disappointing start to the season.

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Kent Simon Cook, dropped from the side that lost away to Durham, is recalled to play against Hampshire in the match starting today. “He has become the leader of our bowling unit and something of a father figure,” Graham Ford, the coach, said.

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Worcestershire Dewald Nel, the Scotland seam bowler, has signed for the rest of the season and will play against Sussex in the match starting tomorrow. Nel, 26, will be freed for Scotland’s matches against India, Pakistan and West Indies.

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