Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

The big question this morning was whether the pitch on which 20 wickets fell yesterday would flatten out under the influence of the roller and spring sunshine.

We now know the answer, which is 'not much'.

Batting has been hard work, against Somerset's exclusively seam-up attack, and Essex will be glad to go into lunch only four down, one of them the nightwatchman Sam Cook.

Their lead is now 123 with power to add, and Somerset won't fancy chasing much more than 200 - unless, of course, the pitch does indeed flatten out.

Nathan Gilchrist takes two almighty swipes at Luke Wells and doesn't connect with either.

The first prompts a few truncated shouts as it hits the batter's thigh and everyone misses the next which trundles down to the short fine leg boundary.

And that's lunch.

Nathan Lyon took the one wicket to fall as overnight and morning rain reduced the morning session to 40 minutes on day two.

He removed Wes Agar for 13, but the good news for Kent is that Joey Evison remains at the crease.

He has added 11 to his overnight 50 and Nathan Gilchrist is unbeaten on six as Kent look to nail down a first batting point - they need 11 more runs.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

I think both sides can take something out of this morning.

Somerset have picked up four wickets and three of them have been top-order batsmen.

And Essex have still got Cox and Critchley together.

Maybe the pitch is just starting to calm down a little bit.

It promises to be a fascinating afternoon.

Phoebe Graham
Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio Lancashire

Brilliantly bowled there from Nathan Lyon, clipping the top off-stump.

He just gave that delivery a little bit more flight and it turned in who beat Agar who went on to the backfoot and it just looked like it did him on the inside of his bat.

That's the breakthrough that Lancashire were looking for and they will be wanting to take the next couple of wickets before lunch if possible.

Jordan Cox and Matt Critchley safely play out Lewis Gregory's sixth over which costs a Cox single and that's lunch.

The match has continued to rattle along apace as the Taunton pitch gives assistance to the bowlers.

Somerset have kept themselves in it, removing Dean Elgar, Tom Westley, Nick Browne and nightwatchman Sam Cook.

Josh Davey was the pick with two wickets and he could have had more.

Cox (15*) came through a big lbw shout from Jake Ball and has helped steer the Essex lead to 123 at lunch with Critchley (16*).

This game remains right in the balance and could yet finish in two days.

Kent will face spin at both ends as Luke Wells comes on to bowl in tandem with Nathan Lyon.

A single apiece for Wes Agar and Joey Evison who tries an expansive drive with his final ball, but skews it harmlessly to square leg fielder. No run.

Nathan Lyon comes into the Lancashire attack.

His Australian compatriot Wes Agar steers the third ball away for his second boundary of the morning.

The spinner sends down a quicker ball but it goes down legside and beats everyone to concede four byes.

Nine from the over.

Dave Fletcher
BBC Radio Derby Sport

Luis Reece described it as a nearly day yesterday for Derbyshire which sort of fitted it quite perfectly.

Just when it looked like somebody was going to get going they tended to get out which is why they've only managed to get 246 altogether.

No big problems thus far for Kent batters Joey Evison (58) and Wes Agar (8) as Will Williams and George Balderson steam in.

It's an awkward 40-minute session to negotiate for the visitors.

They'd be delighted to get in unscathed and then set themselves again.

Scott Read
BBC Radio Lancashire

That alternation in the Kent batting line-up by bringing Grant Stewart in at eight rather than Matt Parkinson who drops down to 11 - that decision paid dividends yesterday.

Strengthening that lower order just helped stopped potentially something unravelling quite quickly for Kent. It could have got a little bit messy.

BIG appeal from Jake Ball but Jordan Cox remains at the crease.

Ball is furious and the slips all have their hands on heads as Cox misses a ball which has a hint of movement and thuds into his front pad.

It looked pretty plumb, but nothing doing.

Ball then gets one to jag in between Matt Critchley's pad and off-stump. Close!

Nick Gledhill
BBC Essex

Somerset got five wickets yesterday morning so that will be the minimum target here.

One of the ones that they got is the nightwatchman.

Now this partnership here between Jordan Cox and Matthew Critchley - if they can break it then they'll know that they are through to the less experienced batsmen in Noah Thain and Harry Duke.

Somerset will sense that the biggest danger comes from Cox and Critchley and if they can separate them and get them both out - you feel that they know the importance of these two out there at the moment.

So we're sort of back where we were yesterday if Somerset can get this next wicket quickly.

The Nick Browne wicket came at a good time for them.

We're tantalisingly poised.

Jake Ball into the attack and good fielding in the deep keeps Matt Critchley down to two.

It takes the Essex lead into three figures.

Ball then overpitches with the final two balls of his first over of the second innings and Critchley takes full value with back-to-back boundaries.

George Balderson was superb on day one with three wickets and opens proceedings this morning at Old Trafford.

Wes Agar dispatches his second ball for four, but the Lancashire is on the money for the rest of the over. Four dots.

Joey Evison will face his first ball of the day from Will Williams. He also opens his day two account with a four.

After losing an hour-and-half to rain, play will start at 12:30pm on day two.

Lunch will be slightly delayed until 1.10pm.

Glamorgan have lost their first wicket of the morning as spinner Dan Moriarty makes the breakthrough for Yorkshire, removing Chris Cooke for 24.

The visitors are 171-5 with Colin Ingram unbeaten on 45.

Guy Swindells
BBC Radio London

This has very much been Middlesex's morning.

Certainly Leicestershire in this pair of Louis Kimber and Peter Handscomb are fighting back well.

They came together when it was 50-3 and now it's 77-3.

Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex

It's been Derbyshire's morning, no question about that.

They didn't envisage being in this position.

It's been a wonderful innings by Jack Morley.