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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Adam Lanigan, Clive Eakin, Ged Scott & Phil Cartwright

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Martindale c Foakes b Clark 13 (Surrey v Notts 70-6)

    A battling debut in difficult conditions from Ben Martindale but he's gone for an unlucky 13.

    He edges a Jordan Clark delivery to Ben Foakes behind the stumps and looks up to see the umpire's finger raised.

  2. Hants and Abbott back in the groove

    Hampshire v Yorkshire 76-5

    Dan George
    BBC Sport England at Utilita Bowl

    What a way for Hampshire and Kyle Abbott to resume play after the rain delay.

    It took a little while for the umpire to raise his finger but when he did the crowd in the pavilion let out the biggest cheer we've had today.

    George Hill is the new Yorkshire batter in the middle.

  3. It's raining still at Leicester

    Leics 71-4 v Glamorgan

    No sign of any improvement in the weather at Leicester sadly.

    They got a full morning session of play there but very little since.

  4. Pitch inspection

    Derbyshire v Durham 5-0

    The result of the pitch inspection at 14:30 is...

    Another pitch inspection at 15:00.

    Yes, it's one of those days in Derby.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Bairstow lbw b Abbott 3 (Hampshire v Yorkshire 76-5)

    First ball after the resumption!

    Another lbw decision goes in favour of Kyle Abbott, the third of the innings, to send Jonny Bairstow back to the pavilion.

    Abbott has 4-6 today, having taken 10 wickets in Hampshire's win at Headingley earlier this year. He's loving facing Yorkshire in 2026.

  6. 50 runs

    50 for Tommy Boorman

    Glos 103-4 v Worcs

    Tommy Boorman is on 47 as Fateh Singh is recalled into the attack and the slow left-armer's first ball is a half-tracker which allows Boorman to crack for four off the back foot.

    It brings up a very nice maiden half-century for the 21-year-old off 84 balls.

    His boundary also pushes the team's total into three figures in the 43rd over.

  7. dropped catch

    Dropped catch

    Surrey v Notts 61-5

    They haven't dropped any sitters but Surrey have missed out on some sharp chances.

    Jordan Clark sees Kyle Verreynne's straight drive late and can't get his hands on a caught-and-bowled.

  8. Surrey v Notts 61-5

    The sun is shining now at The Oval where Notts batters are trying to survive.

    Dan Worrall has beaten the bat of Ben Martindale a number of times but the debutant is still there.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Muyeye c Robson b Roland-Jones 13 (Middlesex v Kent 185-3)

    Tawanda Muyeye edges Toby Roland-Jones to Sam Robson at slip and Middlesex have their third wicket of the innings.

    Kent captain Daniel Bell-Drummond is the next man in.

  10. Resumption imminent at Hampshire

    Hampshire v Yorkshire 76-4

    They won't be off for too long at Utilita Bowl - play is scheduled to restart in about 10 minutes after a brief shower of rain.

  11. Middlesex v Kent 182-2

    Tawanda Muyeye, in at four for Kent, almost falls twice in two balls - firstly inside-edging just past his own stumps for four and then narrowly missing the ball having chased a wide one outside off stump.

    But he's still there on 12 and partner Sam Northeast is five away from a half-century.

  12. Early tea at Old Trafford

    Lancashire v Northants - start delayed

    Right, we have news from Old Trafford.

    There is going to be an early tea taken at 15:10 BST with play scheduled to start 20 minutes later at 15:30.

    Of course, that is dependent on no more rain in the next hour.

  13. rain stops play

    Rain stops play

    Hampshire v Yorkshire 76-4

    Uh oh.

    The TV pictures show a couple of members of Hampshire groundstaff slowly making their way over to where the big hover cover is located...

    And they're forced into a sprint as the rain starts to fall all of a sudden.

    Another delay.

  14. Pitch inspection at Derby

    Derbyshire v Durham 5-0

    The umpires are going to have a look at 14:30 to see if we can resume.

    Remember, this match has only had 16 balls of action so far.

  15. 50 runs

    50 up for Notts

    Nottinghamshire 50-5 v Surrey

    It's been an understandably careful start from Notts since the resumption.

    Just eight runs added by Kyle Verreynne and Ben Martindale against some probing bowling from Matt Fisher and Dan Worrall.

    The Notts scoring rate overall is barely at two-an-over but they know they need to build a partnership after a torrid morning,

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Crawley c Helm b Higgins 81 (Middlesex v Kent 167-2)

    Zak Crawley playing an offside stroke for KentShutterstock

    Zak Crawley is out... and that first Championship century of the season won't be coming today, although he has made his highest first-class score of the summer.

    He went after a wide one from Ryan Higgins and edged it to Tom Helm at slip.

    Middlesex break a second-wicket stand of 142.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Revis lbw b Abbott 33 (Hampshire v Yorkshire 64-4)

    Kyle Abbott breaks Yorkshire's fourth-wicket partnership, which contributed 55, by trapping Matt Revis in front for 33.

    The South African has figures of 3-3 off 9.3 overs. Ridiculous.

    Captain Jonny Bairstow is in at six for the visitors.

  18. 150 runs

    Somerset off and running again

    Somerset 162-2 v Essex (37 overs)

    Somerset breeze past the 150 mark - and successive fours from Henry Nicholls (34) takes his partnership with Josh Thomas to 68.

    The hosts are well and truly off and running again after lunch as the scoring rate edges back close to four and half an over.

  19. 50 runs

    50 partnership

    Glos 78-4 v Worcs

    Tommy Boorman has come out with a bit of extra pep since the lunch break.

    He has moved to 37 not out, going well past Ollie Price, and their partnership for the fifth wicket is now up to a round 50.

  20. Crawley going well

    Middlesex v Kent 160-1

    Kent's Zak Crawley is progressing nicely towards what would be his first County Championship century of the season.

    We all know how good the England Test opener can be when he's on song and he demonstrates that with a superb cover drive to move into the eighties.