Summary

  • County Championship resumes after two-month break; first of six rounds of matches across the next six weeks

  • Zak Crawley hits 81 for Kent away to Middlesex - his highest score of the season

  • Surrey bowl out leaders Notts for 184 at The Oval

  • Opener Josh Thomas scores century for Somerset at home to Essex

  • Yorkshire dismissed for 173 by Hampshire; Leicestershire batters struggle at home to Glamorgan

  • Over half of the overs lost at Derbyshire v Durham, Gloucestershire v Worcestershire and Lancashire v Northants

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  1. Substitution for Surrey

    Surrey v Notts 113-8

    Josh Blake has been drafted in from a Surrey second XI match to replace Ryan Patel for the rest of this game.

    Patel suffered a painful looking hand injury while trying to take a low catch at leg-slip.

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    WICKET

    Clark lbw b Booth 30 (Sussex 98-3 v Warwickshire)

    Michael Booth strikes again in his second over.

    It's his second wicket in six balls as he traps Tom Clark for 30.

    Suddenly, Warwickshire have come alive.

  3. Tea at Northwood

    Middlesex v Kent 271-4

    The players are off at Merchant Taylor's School and Sam Northeast has batted through the whole session to reach 87.

    He lost Zak Crawley for 81, but we know Northeast can go big and that would set Kent up for a strong first innings total.

  4. Have the Bears not fully exploited the cloud?

    Warwickshire v Sussex 98-2

    Adrian Harms
    BBC Radio Sussex at Edgbaston

    Looks like rain on the horizon at Edgbaston as the loss of Sussex skipper Tom Haines ended a partnership of 69 with Tom Clark which had steadied the Sussex ship after the earlier loss of Daniel Hughes.

    In helpful bowling conditions, having won the toss this morning, Warwickshire may feel they haven't fully exploited the cloud cover that has hung around Edgbaston.

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    WICKET

    Kelly c Cooke b Van der Gugten 16 (Leic 72/5 v Glamorgan)

    Well, we'd just come back on at Leicester and straight away Glamorgan take their fifth wicket.

    Nick Kelly edges the fourth ball after the resumption with a forward defensive and is caught behind.

  6. Latest scores

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    Division One

    • Utilita Bowl: Hampshire v Yorkshire 121-9
    • Leicester: Leicestershire 72-5 v Glamorgan
    • Taunton: Somerset 248-3 v Essex
    • The Oval: Surrey v Nottinghamshire 104-8
    • Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Sussex 96-2

    Division Two

    • Derby: Derbyshire v Durham 5-0
    • Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 107-5 v Worcestershire - no further play today
    • Old Trafford: Lancashire v Northamptonshire 29-0
    • Northwood: Middlesex v Kent 261-4

  7. Back under way in Derby

    Derbyshire v Durham 5-0

    The OurCoop County Ground is now fit for play after a heavy downpour during the morning session.

    Durham resume on 5-0 in the third over, with Alex Lees and Ben McKinney their not-out batters.

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    WICKET

    Stone c Lawes b Worrall 3 (Surrey v Notts 104-8)

    Dan Worrall had just asked Tom Lawes to move closer from midwicket and sure enough Olly Stone turns one to that position and Worrall has his second.

    It'll be interesting to see how Surrey fare on this green pitch when they come to bat, which looks likely to be soon.

  9. Tea at Taunton

    Somerset 248-3 v Essex

    Henry Nicholls raising his bat in Somerset coloursGetty Images

    A lovely position for Somerset to be in after being put in to bat this morning.

    New boy Henry Nicholls is on 60, with former skipper Tom Abell not out on 26.

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    WICKET

    Chohan lbw b Neal 5 (Hampshire v Yorkshire 120-9)

    Left-arm spinner Andrew Neal has his third wicket of the innings.

    Jafer Chohan is struck on the back pad, bang in front of the stumps. As plumb as you'll see.

    Hampshire need one more wicket before they can start their reply with the bat.

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    WICKET

    Haines c Yates b Booth 49 (Sussex 90-2 v Warwickshire)

    Warwickshire claim their first wicket of the afternoon session as Sussex skipper Tom Haines departs for 49 - a wicket for Michael Booth in his first over.

    Haines nicks to second slip off only Booth's second ball.

    Sussex skipper Tom Haines batting at EdgbastonPaul France

    Tom Haines has now had three innings at Edgbaston - and is still to reach 50

  12. Lancashire v Northants 21-0

    Lancashire have four slips in place waiting for any edges but none have been forthcoming.

    Ricardo Vasconcelos is his usual busy self as he has made his way to 13 with Luke Procter offering more obduracy at the other end.

  13. 250 runs

    250 up for Kent

    Middlesex v Kent 260-4

    A beautiful off-drive from Sam Northeast takes him to 83 and ends a profitable over off Eathan Bosch.

    It is worth 15 and helps Kent tick past their first batting point.

    They have 49 more overs to try to rack up a few more.

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    WICKET

    Coad c Brown b Jack 21 (Hampshire v Yorkshire 111-8)

    Ben Coad's entertaining cameo comes to an end on 21 as he edges behind off the bowling of Eddie Jack, who gets his second wicket of the day.

  15. Rain ends play early at Cheltenham

    Glos 107-5 v Worcs

    The heavy rain brings a premature end to the day's play at Cheltenham College.

    With a parched outfield, and barely any grass, rain could turn it into mud very quickly so it will need to dry out thoroughly.

    Definitely Worcestershire's day thanks to Ben Allison's three wickets, but Tommy Boorman has offered some resistance with an unbeaten 51.

  16. 100 runs

    100 up for Yorkshire

    Hampshire v Yorkshire 101-7

    There was a stage when it didn't look like they would get there, but Ben Coad and Dom Bess have guided Yorkshire past the 100-mark at Utilita Bowl.

    Their eighth-wicket stand is currently worth 18 - the second-highest partnership of the innings.

  17. 50 runs

    50 partnership

    Warwickshire v Sussex 79-1

    The two Toms, Haines and Clark are doing a steady job for Sussex.

    They have put on 58 for this second wicket at Edgbaston.

    Haines is two away from a half-century with Clark the more junior partner on 19.

    Also blue skies being reported over Birmingham, from beyond the City End. Maybe the rest of the day's play is going to be smiled on from up above.

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    WICKET

    Verreynne c Thomas b Lawes 22 (Surrey v Notts 98-7)

    The seventh-wicket resistance is ended by Tom Lawes who now has three victims.

    Kyle Verreynne guides the ball straight to Adam Thomas at point.

  19. Derbyshire-Durham set for 16:00 BST resumption

    Derbyshire v Durham 5-0 (rain stopped play)

    Positive news from Derby. If there's no more rain, play will resume in about 25 minutes.

  20. sun

    Play under way at Old Trafford

    Lancashire v Northants 0-0

    After a wait of four-and-a-half hours, we have cricket at Old Trafford.

    Lancashire have won the toss and are bowling.

    Josh Bohannon is captaining the side while there are Red Rose debuts for Pakistan spinner Noman Ali and Ben Walkden.

    We have a scheduled 48 overs of play.