Image source, Rex Features

A good day for East Midlands cricket fans with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire both victorious.

Not so good for Warwickshire, who were just two wickets away from beating Worcestershire when rain prevented any further play at New Road.

Notts lead Division One by 10 points from unbeaten Surrey, with the Bears fourth, two points behind Sussex, while Derbyshire are second in the second tier behind clear leaders Leicestershire.

The County Championship will return for round nine on 22 June. Make way for the T20 Blast!

Division One

Surrey 279 & 289-7 v Essex 217 & 479

Match drawn

Worcestershire 181 & 181-8 v Warwickshire 227 & 280

Match drawn

Yorkshire 159 & 299 v Nottinghamshire 228 & 393-8 dec

Nottinghamshire won by 163 runs

Division Two

Derbyshire 587-5 dec v Kent 326 & 247 (f/o)

Derbyshire won by an innings and 14 runs

Northamptonshire 469 & 259-6 dec v Gloucestershire 379-8 dec & 214-6

Match drawn

Image source, Getty Images

Just a very quick women's cricket update to tell you that Lancashire Thunder have beaten The Blaze by three wickets, via the DLS method' at Taunton and will now take on Surrey in the final of the T20 County Cup.

Seren Smale and Ellie Threlkeld shared an unbroken stand of 72 to see them home with an over to spare.

You can listen to the final here.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

Overton is gone!

The problem is that that wicket will take up time!

Porter has a five-fer, there are still three wickets required.

But now the clock has ticked over past 6pm and they are shaking hands.

It is a shame about the weather, but it has been a great game nonetheless

Jamie Overton is caught at slip by Matt Critchley to give Jamie Porter yet another five-for but that is the final action at The Oval, with the weather spoiling what could have been an exciting finish.

Having been set 418 to win, Surrey looked vulnerable at 167-5 after a burst of three wickets by Jamie Porter.

But Sam Curran batted well for 77 and added 71 with Jamie Overton to use up 24 overs of a stop-start day.

Surrey take 12 points to go second, 10 behind leaders Notts, and retain their unbeaten record, while Essex earn 11 and stay third from bottom.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

Here goes Chris Silverwood, he is tearing around to get the ball to pick up from the boundary and get back to Jamie Porter to try and get one more Simon Harmer over in.

Image source, Getty Images

Frustration for the visitors as persistent rain has called a halt to the final day at New Road.

Warwickshire were seemingly closing in on victory with just two wickets left to get before the players went off for bad light before tea.

Worcestershire have a lot to thank Matthew Waite and Ethan Brookes for with the pair delaying an inevitable away victory after the hosts lost four quick wickets in the morning session.

Chris Woakes and Chris Rushworth will take great pride in excellent bowling performances across the two innings and the experienced swing duo picked up three-for in the second.

Both sides come away from this local derby with 11 points.

Jamie Overton clips a boundary to square leg and brings up a 50 stand with Jordan Clark.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

It has been dropped at leg slip by Shane Snater!

That would have made it so interesting!

Dropped catchpublished at 83.1 overs

83.1 overs

Surrey 285-6 v Essex

Jordan Clark glances a ball from Jamie Porter and Shane Snater cannot hang onto the catch at leg slip moving to his left. It's a single.

Don Topley
BBC Essex

Jamie Porter go and make a name for yourself!

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

They might get another one in here, it is not quite six o'clock!

Jamie Porter is running to the spot.

Simon Harmer beats the outside edge in between being twice flicked away to square leg for two and four by Jamie Overton.

The right-hander then drives the final delivery through mid-on for two more. But Essex are going to have an extra over because it isn't 18:00.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

Clark and Overton have done this very well, they have a punch of gloves.

Essex need to pull something quite remarkable out of the bag in this final over.

Another boundary to third man for Jordan Clark, who then ends the over with a rock-solid forward defensive stroke.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

Jamie Porter has bowled really well today, 4-79.

Five slips as Jamie Porter charges in.

Jordan Clark bisects numbers three and four and finds the third man boundary.

Don Topley
BBC Essex

It was a monumental effort from Surrey to get back into this game.

Surrey are a top side.

Well played Surrey. A single from that over but no breakthrough for Essex. They have 12 balls left to take four wickets - unless they can bowl the two overs in less than 10 minutes and squeeze in a another.

Two leg slips, two short legs...Jamie Porter angles one in and Jamie Overton flips it down to long leg for four.

Overton is 35 not out, Jordan Clark has 13.

The new ball is taken but Simon Harmer will continue with it.