Warwickshire 36 for 1 (7 overs). Trott 15, Bell 20.

Digging out a Mahmood yorker, Bell snapped his bat handle.

On a cloudy, breezy afternnoon the Pennines are a rather charming fusions of green, blue and grey on the horizon.

From the Derby Mercury: September 9, 1757:
"On Thursday last a match at Cricket was played at Brampton Moor by eleven young men from Wirksworth against the same number from Sheffield for fifty pounds a side. At the latter end of the game the Wirksworth players were a considerable number of notches ahead of the others when a dispute arising about one of the Sheffield players being out some of them desisted playing again, whereby it was left undetermined, but we hear it has since been given in favour of the Wirksworth players and the money has been paid them. The match was played with the greatest spirit and activity on both sides which afforded the highest satisfaction to a larger concourse of persons of all ranks than were ever seen in this County on a like occasion."

Warwickshire 14 for 1 (2 overs). Trott 12, Bell 0.

From the sixth ball of the innings Trott, on 4, edged Hogg and Horton, at slip, let the catch through his fingers for four. From the seventh, Carter tried to leave his first ball, from Mahmood and gloved it to slip.

Carter out for a golden duck so, having suffered that fate in the second innings of the championship match, he ends the season with a hat-trick - out to each of his last three balls faced.

Lancashire 166 all out (39.5 overs).

Hogg was bowled through the gate by Botha for 5.

Croft hit the first six of the innings, straight off Piolet, from the second ball of the 38th over and repeated the stroke from each of the next two balls to bring the home crowd to life for the first time.

Then he tried again and Troughton took a fine catch running in from long-on.

Parry skied an intelligent slower ball from Carter to Botha at cover. Mahmood lifted Barker to Clarke at long on to leave one delivery unused.

A very gettable total but, on this wicket, no formality.

Lancashire 131 for 6 (35 overs). Croft 46, Hogg 1.

Croft and Cross added 63 in 13 overs before the latter fell lbw to Piolet for 34. Mullaney, on 10, swept at Botha and was adjudged lbw.

Warwickshire's fielders have executed a number of athletic dives in the field.

Lancashire need at last two big overs in the last five.

Lancashire 103 for 4 (27 overs). Croft 31, Cross 32.

Fifty partnership from 64 balls. The stand is gradually building momentum after a slow start. A lot of attacking strokes have been thwarted by the lack of pace in the pitch.

The 28th over was Piolet's first which went for six including a fortuitous inside-edged boundary.

Lancashire 67 for 4 (21 overs). Croft 15, Cross 14.

Chilton, on 4, pulled Barker loosely and Woakes took another simple catch at deep mid-wicket. Woakes bowled his spell straight through for an impressive 8-2-19-1.

Only six fours in the innings so far and two of those were streaky.

Barker 5-0-19-2. Clarke 2-0-8-0.

Not easy for batting. Lancashire playing two spinners.

Grey, chilly. No building noise today, it being the weekend.

Lancashire 42 for 3 (14 overs). Croft 9, Chilton 0.

Procter, two from 16 balls, tried a frustrated heave at Woakes and skewed the ball to Bell at mid-wicket. Woakes nipped in with a second maiden and then took a simple catch at deep mid-wicket when, from Barker's fourth legitimate ball, Horton, on 17, tried a premeditated leg-side lap but levered the ball far too square.

Warwickshire doing everything right so far and, although losing the toss, they will be chasing just like they like to.

Not a great batting wicket though so they wouldn't want to be chasing many more than 207.

Lancashire 19 for 1 (6 overs). Procter 1, Horton 5.

Smith reached 11 before missing an inswinger from Carter and falling lbw. Judging by the cheer that went up there are plenty of Bears followers in the good-sized crowd.

Procter, making his first-team debut, took 13 balls to get off the mark and has had treatment after taking a lifter from Carter on the hand.

Woakes opened with his maiden, his seventh in one-day cricket this season, making him Warwickshire's leading one-day maiden deliverer. Nifty.

But not as nifty as Sussex's Brian Langford. On July 27, 1969 in a John Player League match against Essex at Yeovil, the off-spinner bowled 8-8-0-0 in his team's two-wicket victory.

Lancashire won the toss and will bat. They are without Loye, Laxman and Chapple.

Warwickshire: Trott, Carter, Bell, Troughton, Ambrose, Clarke, Westwood, Botha, Barker, Woakes, Piolet.

Warwickshire's pre-play football match was slightly different. The players did not run around, instead power-walking, presumably to reduce the risk of injuries.

It's brightening up at Old Trafford. Ashley Giles is addressing his troops on the outfield, football poised nearby.

I'm sitting in a broadcasting box high at the Stretford End feeling a bit jaded and dog-eared and broken-armed. From an adjacent box a Lancashire-based broadcaster has just sung a rendition of "Who would buy this beautiful morning?" (from the musical Oliver Twist) and then knocked on the window and said: "Mr Halford, to commemorate the end of the season I have bought a quantity of cakes which are now available. The cake shop is now open."

There really are some very nice people around.