Surrey v Middlesex, Essex v Warwickshire and more: county cricket – live!

I am once again at the Oval, where news today is that it is too windy for the extendable floodlights to be extended, so we're on natural light only. I've also been warned that play might be suspended if wind speeds threaten to exceed those at which hauling around the massive covers becomes unsafe. So it might not be raining, and it might both not be raining and also really quite bright, but play would still be suspended. In short, hold on to your hats. I imagine that similar problems are being wrestled with by groundsmen across the country this morning. I can't help imagining out-of-control hover covers running out of control under unexpectedly massive wind power, but maybe that's just my inner optimist.