Summary

  • Live text and radio commentary from nine games

  • Sonny Baker and Sam Cook in the wickets after England release

  • Brydon Carse takes two and Kasey Aldridge 5-16 as D2 leaders Durham skittle Glos

  • Division One leaders Notts v third-placed Warwickshire washed-out

  • Hat-trick for Henry Crocombe as second-placed Somerset dismissed for 202 at Sussex, in fifth

  • Essex dismiss Surrey for 183; Hampshire on top after being ousted for 162 at Glamorgan

  • Yorkshire and Leicestershire finely-poised before rain ends day's play

  • Kent, second in D2, on top at third-placed Northants after delayed start

  • Derbyshire v Middlesex and Worcestershire v Lancashire washed-out

  • England release Sonny Baker, Sam Cook, Ollie Pope, Matt Fisher and Shoaib Bashir to counties

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  1. Weather outlook

    Nine games due to start at 11:00 BST

    The covers on the pitch at ScarboroughShutterstock

    Not sure if you've noticed, but it's been very wet for much of the country this morning.

    We're expecting some delayed starts across the land as a band of heavy rain heads north, with the possibility of sunshine and thundery showers to follow in its wake.

    Here's the latest from our colleagues at BBC Weather.

  2. Division Two fixtures

    Four games due to start at 11:00 BST

    Division Two:

    Derby: Derbyshire v Middlesex

    Chester-le-Street: Durham v Gloucestershire

    Northampton: Northamptonshire v Kent

    Worcester: Worcestershire v Lancashire

  3. Round 10 fixtures in Division One

    Five games due to start at 11:00 BST

    If you have plans across the next four days, it may be best to cancel them... this should be an absorbing week of County Championship cricket.

    Division One:

    Chelmsford: Essex v Surrey

    Cardiff: Glamorgan v Hampshire

    Hove: Sussex v Somerset

    Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire

    Scarborough: Yorkshire v Leicestershire

  4. Welcome along

    Nine games due to start at 11:00 BST

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    Morning all.

    We're firmly in the business end of the County Championship season and it's shaping up to be one of the most dramatic on record,

    Five matches remain and there are titles, promotions and relegations which need to be settled across the next four weeks.

    Mother Nature has reared her head for this final round of August action and there's the possibility of play being impacted today, but with a full slate of games there's plenty to get through first.

    Let's bring you up to speed before the bell sounds in about 25 minutes from now.