The season curtain-raiser is underway at Lords, with the MCC currently 84/1 from 25.1 overs against reigning CC champions Sussex. Alistair Cook and Owais Shah are unbeaten on 41 and 38 respectively after Nick Compton fell to James Kirtley for a duck.

Teams:

MCC: NRD Compton, AN Cook*, OA Shah, AGR Loudon, ZK Sharif, APR Gidman, SM Davies+, A Rashid, M Hoggard, G Onions, SJ Harmison.

Sussex: MH Yardy*, AJ Hodd, MJ Prior, CJ Liddle, RSC Martin-Jenkins, LJ Wright, RJ Kirtley, CD Hopkinson, MW Goodwin, OP Rayner, CD Nash.