LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Durham, Day One
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10.00am TOSS & TEAMS
Durham have won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire team: Keaton Jennings, Michael Jones, Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris, Rocky Flintoff, Matty Hurst (wkt), Ben Walkden, George Balderson (capt), Noman Ali, Tom Bailey, Mitch Stanley.
Lancashire make two changes with Noman Ali and Ben Walkden returning in place of James Anderson and Arav Shetty.
Durham team: Alex Lees (capt), Colin Ackermann, Mayank Agarwal, Kasey Aldridge, Brydon Carse, Emilio Gay, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Ben McKinney, Duanne Olivier, Callum Parkinson, Ollie Robinson (wkt).
9.00am
We have fine, sunny conditions at Emirates Old Trafford ahead of our final game of the season against Division Two champions Durham in the Rothesay County Championship.
HOURS OF PLAY
Start 10.30am, Lunch 12.30pm, Tea 3.10pm or when 32 overs remain to be bowled, Close 5.30pm or once 96 overs have been bowled.
TEAM NEWS
Lancashire
There are no changes to the squad from the previous round of matches last week, with the same 14 players who were picked to travel to Canterbury to face Kent once again in contention to face Durham.
Paul Coughlin is still out of the squad with injury, whilst Ajeet Singh Dale and Luke Wells remain long-term absentees.
Squad: James Anderson (capt), Noman Ali, Tom Aspinwall, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Josh Bohannon, Rocky Flintoff, Marcus Harris, Matty Hurst (wkt), Keaton Jennings, Michael Jones, Arav Shetty, Mitch Stanley, Ben Walkden.
Durham
Emilio Gay has been named in a 14-player squad and is set for his first appearance in the Rothesay County Championship since May, after playing in all six of England’s Test matches this summer.
Ben Raine and Ben Stokes have been rested whilst leg spinner Shafiqullah Ghafari returns.
Squad: Alex Lees (capt), Colin Ackermann, Mayank Agarwal, Kasey Aldridge, Brydon Carse, Graham Clark, Emilio Gay, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Ben McKinney, Duanne Olivier, Callum Parkinson, Mathew Potts, Will Rhodes, Ollie Robinson (wkt).
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