Day one of round three in the County Championship
Div One: Durham v Yorks, Essex v Worcs, Hants v Somerset, Sussex v Surrey, Warwickshire v Notts
Essex bowled out for 179, Sussex batters dominate
Div Two: Derbys v Northants, Kent v Gloucs, Lancs v Leics, Middlesex v Glamorgan
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Sussex 222-2 v Surrey - rain delay
Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator
Sussex have had a very good day so far with a little spell from Surrey before and after lunch.
Tom Haines and Tom Alsop have done a very good job.
Revis c Ackermann b Rhodes (Durham v Yorks 190-6)
Colin Ackermann doesn't make the same mistake again having dropped one earlier grabbing Matthew Revis at second slip off the bowling of Will Rhodes.
The wicket brings a second bowling point for Durham which is good news for the hosts but also brings a confident Dom Bess to the crease fresh from his 107 in the second innings against Worcestershire.
Essex 163-7 v Worcestershire
On a quicker, bouncier surface, I'm sure Michael Pepper would be, well, peppered with short stuff to test his mobility on that injured leg but Worcestershire are resisting anything of the sort and keeping it full giving the ball every chance to do something - which it has all day.
Pepper is clearly in some discomfort and isn't moving freely but, that said, has just sent a very nice cover drive to the boundary for his first four off Tom Taylor.
Simon Harmer at the other end has just clipped Jacob Duffy's first ball of a new over sweetly through mid-wicket for four.
Sussex 222-2 v Surrey
They are taking an early tea as expected and the groundstaff here at Hove are busy getting the bigger covers in place so it looks as if more rain could be on its way.
Just a reminder that we've got no play at the moment in the games between Sussex and Surrey, Warwickshire and Notts, Derbyshire and Northants and Lancashire and Leicestershire.
Durham v Yorks 173-5
Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle
James Wharton went for the big hit and he's neither kept it down or gone to try and clear Ben McKinney, which would be quite a task.
It's a decent catch from McKinney, he had his eyes on it all the way.
Yorkshire are having a day that's hard to judge and Durham are probably sensing the moment to get on top again.
Derbyshire 210-4 v Northants - tea
Andrew Radd
BBC Radio Northampton
The long-anticipated rain has finally arrived here at Derby, and the umpires have decided to take an early tea at 1510 BST.
It's been a fascinating day's cricket so far, with Luke Procter picking up two quick wickets to justify his own decision to bowl first and leave the hosts reeling at 29 for three.
Wayne Madsen and Brooke Guest then repaired the damage with a 169-run stand, only for Madsen to edge an innocuous-looking delivery from Justin Broad through to the wicketkeeper shortly before the players left the field.
Derbyshire's new (and noisy) hover cover is in place, although the rain isn't particularly heavy at present.
Sussex 222-2 v Surrey
Or it could be bad light with a bit of rain thrown in at the same time.
Sussex will be very happy with their afternoon's work as the players troop off for what common sense suggests should be an early tea.
The hosts have added 96 without loss since lunch with Tom Haines looking good on 87 and Tom Alsop playing nicely enough on 36.
Surrey skipper Rory Burns did not seem particularly happy with the decision (or possibly the decision to carry on an over back) but his demeanour is probably more to do with score than conditions with Sussex refusing to bend to Surrey's attack.
Snater c Brookes b Duffy 24 (Essex 146-7 v Worcestershire)
Big relief for the Pears as they finally see the back of a dangerous-looking Shane Snater.
The Netherlands all-rounder has had a good time - smoking a huge six and two other boundaries in his 24 from 27 balls.
But his cavalier approach has cost him - but only after some clever captaincy from Brett D'Oliveira.
The ball after sending Ethan Brookes from third slip to deep third, Snater top-edged a smear at Jacob Duffy and Brookes took an excellent catch in the deep diving forward.
Michael Pepper is out with a runner - Charlie Allison.
Essex need him. Even on one leg.
Image source, Rex FeaturesSussex 218-2 v Surrey
Isabelle Duncan
BBC Test Match Special
Tom Haines is really in control.
They are looking very settled these two, the two Toms.
Wharton c McKinney b Doggett 69 (Durham v Yorks 165-5)
James Wharton got a life on 52 but runs out of luck on 69, pulling right to Ben McKinney on the midwicket boundary.
He might well be a little sheepish when he gets back into the Yorkshire dressing room, too.
He was looking in great touch and Yorkshire could really have done with him kicking on beyond a flashy 69 but Brendan Doggett has a fourth and Durham have Yorkshire five down.
Essex 146-6 v Worcestershire
Contrasting approaches from the Essex batters here.
Simon Harmer has eight off 49 deliveries and is playing very watchfully.
Shane Snater has whacked, dabbed and smashed his way to 24 off 22 and looks like his got a train to catch.
Tom Taylor has nearly got through Harmer with another that's cut back a long way and whistled through the gap between bat and pad and gone over.
There's still plenty in this pitch. Maybe Snater's got the right idea. Have some fun while you can.
Sussex 205-2 v Surrey
Image source, Getty ImagesA late cut through backward point brings up the three figure stand for the Sussex pair (103 runs) and takes Haines to 78.
Rory Burns has kept the batters thinking with constant changes to the attack but he has a bit of thinking to do with Sussex looking in a strong position.
Essex 138-6 v Worcestershire
Frank Watson
BBC Hereford & Worcester
Simon Harmer has been very watchful. He's played sensibly, he's watched a little of carnage at the other end, Shane Snater has come in all guns blazing.
Worcestershire have kept nicking the odd wicket out since lunch and have missed a couple of chances as well which haven't been costly.
I think this is a pretty tricky surface to bat on.
Essex 138-6 v Worcestershire
One of those annoying moral victories for the bowler as Ben Allison gets one to rear up off just short of a length and induces a loose waft from Shane Snater that takes the edge and balloons up just out of reach of a diving Rob Jones at second slip.
It careers down to deep third for a single.
A couple more off the over to complete another very decent one from the former Essex man Allison.
Durham v Yorks 138-4
Fairly straightforward for Colin Ackermann at second slip off Ben Raine's bowling but he has snatched at it a little and put it down.
A life for James Wharton who has looked in control until then and one he capitalises on with a straight drive next ball which beats a pedestrian chase from Alex Lees at long off.
Durham v Yorks 137-4
Jonathan Doidge
BBC Radio Leeds cricket commentator
Even though I'm not straight on I'm nodding straight away because that just felt much more out than Finlay Bean's earlier in the day for me.
We thought we were going to be in for a Jonny Bairstow treat there but that just brings you back down to earth, just to say before you start to get carried away on this deck as a viewer of this match the next wicket is probably not going to be too far away because there's definitely something there all the time for those with ball in hand.
Image source, Rex FeaturesMiddlesex have just picked up three Glamorgan wickets in the space of 10 balls at Lord's to leave the visitors 118-5. That's some collapse from 108-1 shortly after lunch.
Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen has fallen for 89 against Northants but his side are still well placed on 205-4. Brooke Guest has 81.
Gloucestershire's Cameron Green has passed fifty against Kent with his side 170-4.
They're still off for rain at Emirates Old Trafford. Lancashire were 61-3 against Leicestershire when the wet stuff arrived at lunch.
Durham v Yorkshire 137-4
Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle
New Yorkshire skipper Jonny Bairstow looked becalmed earlier. He'd faced 18 balls for just one run.
England fast bowler Matty Potts then complained to the umpires about the state of the ball and it was changed in the 44th over. Bairstow objected to the change but was ignored by the officials, so he decided to let his bat do the talking.
He hit Potts for four fours in five balls and followed that up with another at the start of his next over. During that period of play James Wharton also reached his first 50 of the season.
But Bairstow's innings wasn't to last. He soon fell lbw to Ben Raine for 22.
Essex 131-6 v Worcestershire
Image source, Rex FeaturesBosh!
That's one way to take it back to Matthew Waite.
Shane Snater - a la Jordan Cox earlier - takes a shuffle down the track and launches the ball miles back over the bowler. It's huge.
Snater understandably holds the pose for a few seconds.
Then he pumps then next one for four through mid-on for good measure with one hand.
Then dabs the next to the fence at deep third.
14 off the over. Snater looking like he does this every day.
