Ben Watts
BBC Radio Kent

Credit to Matty Hurst with the way he's gone about this innings so far because we saw a completely different style of knock from when he came into the crease and Lancashire were 40-7 and it was broke or bust type of stuff from him yesterday.

He's really been patient so far in this innings.

It's getting decidedly gloomy at Lord's and the floodlights have burst into life.

There's been a definite change of gear after lunch from the Middlesex batters.

Sam Robson has made 70 and Leus du Plooy moves to 64 with his eighth boundary.

Middlesex looking strong.

Not a great first over this afternoon from Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who spears one ball down the leg side and bowls an overpitched delivery on the line of off.

Both balls are dispatched for four by Derbyshire captain David Lloyd for four runs.

The fifth ball of the over is again leg side and clipped through mid wicket for four more.

Still a mountain to climb for Derbyshire though.

Jack Tattersall guides Kiran Carlson down to third man and some scurrying between the wickets form Jack Brook brings three and takes the Yorkshire lead past 250.

A bit more width again from Matt Parkinson as Matty Hurst turns a leg side ball square for two.

A well-flighted ball is driven and well stopped in the covers.

Just the two from the over.

A very loose, wide ball from Matt Parkinson to start but the over ends as a maiden nonetheless.

The Aussie overseas bowler Wes Agar is back into the attack to bowl to George Bell from the Statham End.

Bell gets his first run of the afternoon with a careful push to point for a single.

Matt Hurst leaves outside off.

The last ball is a bit leg side and clipped square for one.

A Harry Brook single and a two from Jonathan Tattersall in the first over after lunch from Kiran Carlson.

Brook brings out a stylish cut to dispatch Jamie McIlroy's first ball of the afternoon session to the boundary and then collects a single to move to 43.

McIlroy aims a kick at the turf as he turns back to his mark as Tattersall helps himself to two more followed by a single. The lead is 248.

We're 83 overs into the innings and still no sign of the new ball yet.

Openers David Lloyd and Luis Reece return to the middle with a simple mission. Bat, bat and bat.

Simple in theory anyway.

Lloyd is on strike first this afternoon, facing Jayden Seales.

The bell has rung and George Bell (41 not out) returns to the middle with Matt Hurst, who is on 15.

Leg spinner Matt Parkinson to bowl to Hurst from the Anderson End.

Leus du Plooy and Sam Robson are back out in the middle as they look to chip away at that 148-run deficit.

They're six runs away from a century partnership, too.

Ben Mike to open up for Leicestershire.

How many more before the declaration comes?

The lead is 237 as Harry Brook and Jonathan Tattersall go back out to bat.

Kiran Carlson opens for Glamorgan.

Guy Swindells
BBC Radio London

Sam Robson and Leus du Plooy, if not without the odd alarm, have batted very well.

They have put on 94 together for the third wicket and if they carry on for another hour afterwards then Middlesex will be in a very strong position indeed.

Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 224-6 v Kent 261

Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire 248 & 19-0 v Sussex 479

Lord's: Middlesex 158-2 v Leicestershire 306

Headingley: Yorkshire 458-4 v Glamorgan 221

The Derbyshire openers see out a mini session of play lasting five overs and go into lunch with all 10 second-innings wickets in hand.

The Sussex tail wagged ferociously this morning after the early loss of Jack Carson and Cheteshwar Pujara, pushing the innings lead up to 233.

Three wickets each for Derbyshire's Daryn Dupavillon and Jack Morley.

Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

England batter Joe Root is certainly making the most of his early-season time with Yorkshire as he cruised to a second century in the space of four matches, driving fluently from the start and reaching three figures in exactly 100 balls in the very welcome Headingley sunshine.

The labouring visitors did not help themselves when Colin Ingram shelled a simple slip catch off Mir Hamza when Finlay Bean was still on his overnight score of 140.

Bean and Root cruised on in a remorseless run-a-ball partnership of 265 until the persevering leg-spinner Mason Crane turned one sharply to bowl Bean for 173 and earn Glamorgan their first point of the game.

Root was finally trapped lbw by seamer James Harris for 156 off 165, but with Harry Brook quickly into his stride, Yorkshire had maximum points before the new ball came, with an afternoon declaration in prospect.

George Bell cuts Joe Denly into the off side for one as Grant Stewart does the fielding.

Quite an even session of play this morning with Kent grabbing two wickets and Lancashire batting with good fluency and determination for a slender lead.

Matty Hurst gets a single off the last ball into the off side and that's lunch. He's 15 not out and George Bell is unbeaten on 41.

Remember, Bell could've been caught at slip by Zak Crawley off the bowling of Parkinson this morning. Not an easy chance though.

Scott Read
BBC Radio Lancashire

A little partnership building again for Lancashire but they need something sizable.

It looked something was developing between George Balderson and George Bell and it was, they got to 75. The biggest partnership of the match.

Yorkshire have continued on their merry way this morning and piled on 163 more runs to take their lead to a commanding 237.

Finlay Bean and Joe Root both passed 150 before falling to Mason Crane and Jamie Harris respectively.

Harry Brook has played within himself but biffed 37 off 50 balls, and Jonathan Tattersall has 24 off 23 balls.

Middlesex have worked themselves into a strong position at Lord's.

The hosts lost Max Holden to the fifth ball of the morning, but Leus du Plooy (55*) and Sam Robson (65*) have batted with discipline against tight Leicestershire bowling, particularly from Ben Mike.

Both have brought up their fifties, in somewhat contrasting styles, to take their second-wicket partnership to 94.

They have moved to 158-2 and trail by 148.

Matt Parkinson drops a tad short and Matty Hurst pulls the ball away for one.

The leg spinner returns to bowling over the wicket and Hurst plays and misses. Just.

Hurst defends. Time for one more over before lunch.