Essex v Surrey – The Bob Willis Trophy – Day One – Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford – Team News

Essex won the toss and elected to bat

Essex: Alastair Cook, Nick Browne, Tom Westley (Capt), Varun Chopra, Feroze Khushi, Paul Walter, Adam Wheater  (WK), Simon Harmer, Sam Cook, Jamie Porter, Aaron Beard

Surrey: Mark Stoneman (Capt), Ryan Patel, Scott Borthwick, Will Jacks, Jamie Smith (WK), Laurie Evans, Rikki Clarke, Gus Atkinson, Adam Finch, James Taylor, Amar Virdi

Umpires: BJ Debenham and CM Watts

Scorers: AE Choat and PJ Wolski

Match Referee: Peter Such