Wiltshire have included five survivors from the last time they played in the NCCA Cluberly Championship Western Division One in their side as they return to the top-flight after a five-year absence against Herefordshire at Eastnor starting on Sunday.

Wiltshire were relegated in 2021, the first season of the new divisional structure, but secured promotion last summer when they edged out Dorset by a point to take the Western Division Two title.

They return to Division One with the spine of their 2021 team in captain Ed Young, batters Jack Mynott, Jake Goodwin and Will Naish and off-spinner Joe King all available to face Herefordshire.

There are Championship debuts for off-spinner Alfie Johnson and seam bowler Sam Freestone who have both featured in Wiltshire’s white ball side this season. Former Herefordshire batter Cyrus Shafi will face his old county having joined the Potterne club this season.

Herefordshire have made five changes to the side beaten by Devon in their Championship opener at Sidmouth with one former Worcestershire batter, Taylor Cornall, replacing another in George Rhodes.

Opening batter Hasan Mahmood, all-rounders Joel Cox and Roshan Venkataraman and Worcestershire Academy batter Seth Essenhigh also return.

Oxfordshire, who were beaten by Berkshire in their opening match, host Devon at Banbury where Sussex batter Harrison Ward returns from Vitality Blast duty.

Seamer Jack Warner is set for his Championship debut with Sravan Konidena, batter Julian Laird and leg-spinner Henry Welch also called up.

Devon have made just one change with Sam Elstone coming in for the unavailable Lawrence Walker.

Buckinghamshire, the defending national and Eastern Division champions, make the long trip to faceNorthumberland at Benwell Hill.

Buckinghamshire are missing former England Under-19 batter Aaryan Sawant who made his debut against Staffordshire but has since been recalled by Middlesex.

Josh Lincoln is unavailable this weekend so batters Rhys Nicholas and Ewan Cox and all-rounder Ryan Friend have been included in a 12-man squad.

Northumberland give a debut to Newcastle seamer Harry Lumsden and recall two former Durham batters in Sol Bell and Harry Crawshaw.

Slow left-armer Oli McGee, who missed the opening round defeat by Suffolk, also comes into the side.

Staffordshire, who were heavily beaten by Buckinghamshire last time out, have made two changes forCambridgeshire’s visit to Checkley in the other Eastern Division One match.

Seamer Sam Atkinson comes in for Jake Garlick, who has been recruited by Warwickshire for their Metro Bank Cup campaign, and Tom Moulton replaces Callum Hawkins.

Cambridgeshire have included Warwickshire Under-18s wicketkeeper/batter Oli Dandy for his National Counties debut and batter Callum McLean has been included in a 12-man squad for what would be his first county appearance in five years.

Leg-spinner Mo Rizvi is missing as he has been contracted by Leicestershire for the duration of the Metro Bank Cup.

Bedfordshire begin their Eastern Division Two campaign against Norfolk at Sprowston where two players with first-class experience, former Hampshire batter Oli Soames and ex-Sussex all-rounder Abi Sakande, will make their seasonal debuts. Sakande’s last appearance in the competition came in 2017 when he played for Oxfordshire against Wiltshire.

Norfolk have made one change to the side that drew with Lincolnshire with batter Enoch Uthayarajan called up for his competitive debut having played in the Showcase matches against Kent on Wednesday. Uthayarajan replaces Freddie Fairey.

Hertfordshire have included Potters Bar wicketkeeper/batter Henry Hawkins in their side for his county debut against Lincolnshire at Hitchin.

Lincolnshire make two changes to the side that drew with Norfolk with Tom Currie and seamer Sam Jarvis called up. Jarvis’s only previous Championship appearance came for Bedfordshire two years ago.

Lancashire batter Kesh Fonseka will make his debut for Cheshire in their Western Division Two opener againstDorset at Wimborne.

Cheshire also give a debut to Toft wicketkeeper Liam Clorley and there are first Championship outings for seamers Archie Barraclough of Bradford & Bingley and Sandbach’s Jack Collett.

Former Yorkshire and Derbyshire slow left-armer David Wainwright will captain Cheshire on his seasonal debut.

Dorset make four changes to the side that beat Wales NC at Ebbw Vale with batters Finn Gordon, Dylan Church and Alex Eckland returning along with seamer Will Bere who makes his first appearance of the season.

Experienced Oswestry all-rounder Warrick Fynn is one of three changes for Shropshire for Wales NC’s visit to Bridgnorth.

Fynn will make his seasonal debut and Shrewsbury batter Finn Jones his first appearance in the competition.

Shifnal batter Joe Johnson is recalled having made 415 runs in six Championship innings last season.

All-rounder Theo Wylie is missing as he is required by Warwickshire for Metro Bank Cup duties and former Worcestershire batter Tom Fell and ex-Yorkshire spinner Sam Wisniewski are also missing.

Wales have made five changes to the side beaten by Dorset as none of their contingent of Glamorgan are available this weekend.

Batters Mathew Ryan and Hugo Caldicott, leg-spinner Alex Russell, seamers Matt Marriott and Jonathan Davies are called up with Davies in line for a Championship debut.

NCCA CLUBERLY CHAMPIONSHIP

July 26-28 (11am)

Eastern Division One

Benwell Hill: Northumberland v Buckinghamshire.

Checkley: Staffordshire v Cambridgeshire.

Western Division One

Eastnor: Herefordshire v Wiltshire.

Banbury: Oxfordshire v Devon.

Eastern Division Two

Sprowston: Norfolk v Bedfordshire.

Hitchin: Hertfordshire v Lincolnshire.

Western Division Two

Bridgnorth: Shropshire v Wales NC.

Wimborne: Dorset v Cheshire.

SHOWCASE MATCH

Wednesday July 22

Sprowston: Kent 284 (Grant Stewart 45 not out, Arthur Wilcox 4-55), Norfolk 185 (Hamidullah Qadri 42). Kent won by 99 runs.