WILTSHIRE will be hoping to take their championship form into the shortened version of the game when they entertain Buckinghamshire in the first round of the 50 overs a side Minor Counties Knockout Cup at Chippenham on Sunday.

They will be without former England spinner Richard Illingworth, who is unavailable, and his place goes to former Devizes seamer Richard Bedbrook, who was Wiltshire's leading wicket taker in 2001. Bedbrook, now playing for Beckenham, missed the whole of last season with a back injury.

The match starts at noon.