Lancashire will be hoping to continue their superb start to life in Division One with another victory when they take on Somerset at Taunton in the four-day contest.
The Red Rose county started their Specsavers County Championship campaign with a convincing eight-wicket victory against Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford and, as a result, they are the only team to have a one-hundred percent record in the either division.
There were impressive debut performances from Neil Wagner, who claimed 11 wickets to rip through a strong Nottinghamshire batting line-up, taking five-wicket hauls in both innings, while Liam Livingstone top-scored with 70 in Lancashire's first innings.
Early-season conditions have, so far, got the better of Somerset's matches in the four-day contest, with both of their Championship fixtures against Durham and Surrey ending in weather-affected draws. The entire final day of their opening match against Durham was lost to rain, while their recent high-scoring encounter with Surrey was interrupted by snow.
Despite the frustrating start to their four-day campaign, Somerset veteran Marcus Trescothick continues to be a pillar for the side, as the 40-year-old former captain hit his 59th first-class century against Surrey to rescue his team from a potential defeat at The Oval. In doing so, Trescothick became Somerset's second highest run scorer in the Club's history, with only Harold Gimblett scoring more runs for the west country outfit.
For Lancashire, Taunton hold precious memories of their Championship success in 2011, when they lifted the Division One trophy for the first time in 77 years. The two teams have not played each other in the four-day contest since the summer of 2014 and since then the Red Rose have acquired former Somerset batsman, Alviro Petersen, who has gone on to be an important player at Old Trafford.
Petersen hit 155 for Somerset when the sides last met in Manchester, but the South-African batsman has since recorded the eighth-highest score in Lancashire's history, when he scored 286 against Glamorgan, another team that he used to represent.
Lancashire 12-man squad: Steven Croft (c), James Anderson, Tom Bailey, Karl Brown, Alex Davies (wk), Haseeb Hameed, Kyle Jarvis, Simon Kerrigan, Liam Livingstone, Alviro Petersen, Luke Procter, Neil Wagner.
Somerset 12-man squad: Chris Rogers (c), Marcus Trescothick, Tom Abell, James Hildreth, Roelof van der Merwe, Peter Trego, Ryan Davies (wk), Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Tim Groenewald, Jack Leach.
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