County Championship Essentials: Match-by-match previews of round 5

Match times, streaming information, tickets and travel, team news, weather forecast, head-to-head records, predictions and everything else you need to know for every match ahead of the latest round of the County Championship...

The County Championship's fifth round of 2021 begins on May 6. 

Click on the links below to read The Cricketer's match previews, including form, head-to-head records, TV, radio and streaming details, team news, weather forecasts and match predictions.

Group 1

Nottinghamshire v Essex

Warwickshire v Worcestershire

Group 2

Hampshire v Somerset

Leicestershire v Surrey

Middlesex v Gloucestershire

Group 3

Lancashire v Glamorgan

Northamptonshire v Sussex

Yorkshire v Kent