Essex bat

Essex won the toss and will bat in bright, warm and windy weather.

Warwickshire: Westwood, Ord, Maddy, Troughton, Clarke, Ambrose, Barker, Woakes, Carter, Imran Tahir, Rankin.

A seagull has just winged it's elegant, almost regal way, across the ground.

Ord makes his championship debut.