A beauty from Matt Critchley slides past the forward push of David Bedingham.

Harry Dukes shows a quick bit of glovework to whip off the bails, but Bedingham was safely in his ground.

Division One:

Chester-le-Street: Durham 358 & 64-1, Essex 488

The Oval: Surrey (359, 22 pts) beat Hampshire (151 & 197, 3 pts) by an innings and 10 runs

Edgbaston: Notts 400 &, Warwickshire 361

Kidderminster: Somerset 309-9 dec & 141-3, Worcestershire 451-9 dec

Division Two:

Bristol: Middlesex 203 & 449-7 dec, Gloucestershire 322 & 75-1

Leicester: Northants 453-7 dec, Leicestershire 360-8

Headingley: Yorkshire 450-5 dec & 13-0, Derbyshire 447

Notts hoist their fifty at Edgbastonpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 29 April

16:09 BST 29 April

Notts 400 & 50-1, Warwickshire 361

Nottinghamshire resume after tea and move to 50-1 in their second innings.

Haseeb Hameed now motoring on 27.

Ben Slater is on 16.

The Edgbaston crowd remain muted and unexcited - bit nonethless grateful to be seeing some cricket.

The cruel way the fixture list has unfurled for Warwickshire this season, with three home games in April, this is the last County Championship cricket in Birmingham now for 55 days - unti Sunday 23 June, when the Bears are due to host Hampshire.

Looks like Essex are opening with the spin twins of Matt Critchley and Simon Harmer after tea.

Alex Lees is closing in on 8,000 career runs in the County Championship, He needs 11 more. It would also mark his half-century should he get there.

He gets one of them from Critchley's opening over.

Somerset still trail Worcestershire by one run as they go to tea at Chester Road.

Tom Lammonby (52) and Andy Umeed (41) have added only a further 73 runs in another grim session.

Geoffrey Boycott would no doubt have loved this. Not too many of the windswept watchers would feel the same way.

Ollie Price (23*) and Cameron Bancroft (30*) have steadied the ship for Gloucestershire since Chris Dent’s early departure, however they still need 262 runs to win against Middlesex.

Leicestershire are 360-8 and trail Northants by 93. Ben Sanderson has figures of 4-67 for the visitors.

Yorkshire are 13-0 in their second innings against Derbyshire and lead by 16 runs.

One of the main themes of this afternoon's BBC radio commentary is just how much the wind has got up at Chester Road.

It woudn't normally be something to comment about - but the media team are spending this week under canvas in a press tent at Worcestershire's makeshift second home.

You can hear the wind on the effects microphone - and the occupants sound rather concerned that the tent will actually stay rooted to the ground.

Last over before tea coming up.

Phil Britt
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Nottinghamshire go to tea on 40-1, with Haseeb Hameed on 20 and Ben Slater on 12.

Notts are beginning to move away.

Almost certainly we'll be shaking hands come 4:50..

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Durham have negotiated a potentially tricky spell after Scott Borthwick’s early departure to all but secure a draw with Essex.

Alex Lees (39 not out) and Colin Ackermann (29 not out) have taken the hosts to 84-1 after Essex lost their last four wickets for 38 runs in a post-lunch dash to try and force a result.

Durham trail Essex’s first innings total by 46 with one session of the match remaining.

We can only wonder what might have been had day three not been lost to the rain.

Nick Gledhill
BBC Essex

If Essex don't take wickets by 5pm the deficit might be down to say 20 or 30 and then you probably would call it off.

But Essex will want to keep the contest going.

It's a long journey, particularly as they travel to Taunton for the next game.

Half-century for Tom Lammonbypublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 29 April

15:37 BST 29 April

Somerset 309-9 dec & 141-3, Worcestershire 450-8 dec

Tom Lammonby reaches his half-century at Chester Road.

It is his fourth already this season.

Andy Umeed looks poised for one too as Somerset creep to safety with the scores almost level.

With seemingly nothing to play for here in Birmingham, Notts skipper Haseeb Hameed has at least made the stattos half sit up and take notice.

He has moved into double figures. And that completes his set of four straight matches this season in which he has managed one failure and one proper double-figure score.

For the record . . .

34 and 10 v Essex

11 and 40 v Worcestershire

0 and 20 v Somerset

2 and 17* (and counting) v Warwickshire

Yes, it has got that desperate!

Colin Ackermann (26*) and Alex Lees (30*) reach their 50 partnership after the former hits Simon Harmer to the boundary.

Run out on 99, that is Peter Handscomb's fate against Northants. Leicestershire trail by 111 runs.

Half-century stand for Lammonby & Umeedpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 29 April

15:23 BST 29 April

Somerset 309-9 dec & 123-3, Worcestershire 450-8 dec

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

Somerset's fourth-wicket pair Tom Lammonby (40) and Andy Umeed (33) have now completed a half-century partnership.

Slow progress from Somerset - two runs an over or there about. But, in all honesty, we didn't expect anything else.

Durham find some run productivity in the 17th over with Colin Ackermann and Alex Lees both hitting a boundary each after the Essex attack had kept them quiet.

Derbyshire finish on 447 to trail Yorkshire by three runs. Zak Chappell’s big-hitting effort was a highlight later in the innings with his 78 coming in 61 balls with 8 fours and 4 sixes.

Peter Handscomb (99*) is creeping towards a century - he seems to have been in the 90s for an age. Leicestershire trail Northants by 122 runs.

Alex Lees has a scary moment after Shane Snater induces him into chipping a delivery towards mid-on but it drops short of the fielder.