Lumb back in Hampshire frame

After his omission from the Friends Provident t20 quarter-final, Michael Lumb returns for Hampshire's championship match

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Michael Lumb looks set to return to Hampshire’s side for their important LV= County Championship match against Lancashire at the Rose Bowl.

Lumb, a member of England’s World Twenty20-winning side, was not selected for the Friends Provident t20 quarter-final win over Warwickshire Bears at Edgbaston.

Michael Bates will make his championship debut, after first-choice wicketkeeper Nic Pothas was ruled out for the rest of the season. Dominic Cork will captain Hampshire, who are third-bottom in Division One.

Lancashire are without opening batsman Stephen Moore, who dislocated his right shoulder in their FP t20 quarter-final defeat at Essex.

Hampshire squad: Dominic Cork (captain), Jimmy Adams, Michael Lumb, Sean Ervine, Liam Dawson, James Vince, Michael Carberry, Michael Bates (wicketkeeper), Danny Briggs, James Tomlinson, Neil McKenzie, David Balcombe.

Lancashire squad: Glen Chapple (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Mark Chilton, Steven Croft, Gareth Cross, Kyle Hogg, Paul Horton, Gary Keedy, Simon Kerrigan, Sajid Mahmood , Luke Procter, Daren Powell, Tom Smith, Luke Sutton (wicketkeeper).

The veteran Australian leg-spinner Bryce McGain will make his Essex debut in their trip to play second-bottom Kent at Canterbury.

McGain, a mid-season overseas replacement for Danish Kaneria, looks set to edge out the left-arm spinner Tim Phillips.

Ravi Bopara will also feature for Essex, but Alastair Cook is on England duty.

Essex squad: James Foster (captain and wicketkeeper), Mark Pettini, Jaik Mickleburgh, Ravi Bopara, Matthew Walker, Tom Westley, Tim Phillips, Grant Flower, David Masters, Bryce McGain, Chris Wright, Maurice Chambers, Andy Carter.

In Division Two, Surrey’s attack for the local clash with Middlesex at Lord’s is weakened by the absence of Andre Nel, but offset by the return of Jade Dernbach and Tim Linley.

Nel, the South African fast bowler, was instrumental in Surrey defeating Northamptonshire by an innings at the Brit Insurance Oval.

Dernbach suffered a side strain on the same ground last month bowling in the Friends Provident t20, while Linley injured his foot in the championship game with Derbyshire at Chesterfield.

Surrey squad: Rory Hamilton-Brown (captain), Tom Lancefield, Steven Davies (wicketkeeper), Mark Ramprakash, Usman Afzaal, Stewart Walters, Matthew Spriegel, Gareth Batty, Stuart Meaker, Tim Linley, Chris Tremlett, Jade Dernbach.

Monty Panesar could miss Sussex’s visit to Leicestershire through a minor injury, as the Division Two leaders continue their promotion chase.

Panesar, Yasir Arafat, Jimmy Anyon and Ragheb Aga are all named in a 15-man squad for the game at Grace Road, while Luke Wright is now fit to bowl.

Sussex squad: Michael Yardy (captain), Jimmy Anyon, Yasir Arafat, Ragheb Aga, Corey Collymore, Murray Goodwin, Liam Hatchett, Ed Joyce, James Kirtley, Chris Nash, Monty Panesar, Andrew Hodd (wicketkeeper), Ollie Rayner, Michael Thornely, Luke Wright.