MICHAEL Roberts will captain a Berkshire XI against Middlesex in their opening pre-season friendly at Merchant Taylor's School on Sunday (11am).

Squad: Roberts (c) (Henley), Gilmour (Downend), Davies (Henley), A Carter (Wokingham), Rishton (Finchampstead), Burgess (Sunbury), A Dewes (Finchampstead), Stevenson (Datchet), Bahrami (Osterley), Gregory (Downend), Odell (Guildford), Firth (Boyne Hill).