Summary

  • Essex's Jordan Cox scores a century against 2024 champions Surrey at Chelmsford

  • Colin Ackermann scores 116 for Durham against Notts

  • Captain Jonny Bairstow makes 10 as Yorkshire are bowled out for 121 by Hampshire

  • Kasey Aldridge takes 5-36 as Somerset dismiss Worcestershire for 154

  • Tom Clark and John Simpson make hundreds for Sussex against Warwickshire

  • Lancashire bowl out Middlesex for 260 at Lord's in Division Two

  • England's Zak Crawley falls for one as Kent are all out for 231 against Northants

  • Derbyshire's Luis Reece takes 6-52 against Gloucestershire

  • Leicestershire reach 65-1 at the close after bowling out Glamorgan for 229

Live Reporting

Chris Harby, Glenn Speller, Paul Grunill and Lennan Tomlins

  1. 100 runs

    100 for Colin Ackermann

    Notts v Durham 241-5

    Colin AckermannGetty Images

    Happy birthday, Colin Ackermann.

    The Durham batter looks settled and in the mood for a big daddy hundred, to coin the term of Graham Gooch, as he brings up three figures for the 27th time in his long first-class career.

    And the first ton of this summer's championship.

    It’s come off 174 balls, lit up by 15 fours and a six.

    More importantly he’s adding some very important runs. He came in at 24-2 and has battled hard to wrest the initiative back from the hosts.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Stoneman b Hill 46 (Hants 70-1 v Yorks 121)

    Out of nowhere, Yorkshire have a wicket.

    George Hill angles one in to Mark Stoneman and an inside edge costs him his leg stump. Cue sighs of relief on a warm afternoon for the Tykes.

    Nick Gubbins is in at three.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Walter c Foakes b Fisher 95 (226-3)

    Oh that's a tough one to take.

    Matthew Fisher digs a short one in down the leg side and Paul Walter just looks to help it on its way down to the long-leg boundary.

    But Walter can only get a feather on it and Ben Foakes takes a diving catch.

    We almost need a crane to lift Walter off the pitch he is so crestfallen.

    We will wait a little longer for our first centurion of the season.

  4. 6 runs

    Hants 70-0 v Yorks 121

    Dom Bess isn't going to get away with that as Mark Stoneman pulls a flat full toss away for the second six of his innings.

    The former Durham and Middlesex left-hander is now 46 not out.

  5. 100 runs

    100 partnership

    Essex 226-2 v Surrey

    Paul Walter picks up a single and in doing so brings up the 100 partnership with Jordan Cox.

    There's a touch of gloves between the pair, nothing too demonstrative.

    Surrey need the tea break because they are toiling with no reward.

  6. Notts v Durham 237-5

    Colin Ackermann is within four of a century on his 34th birthday as faces Josh Tongue.

    The ball is thudding off the bat as Tongue bends his back to summon some extra pace. He guides the fifth delivery to third man and picks up two.

    The century will have to wait. Will he beat Paul Walters to the honour of the first championship ton of 2025?

  7. Essex 225-2 v Surrey

    Sonia Twigg
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    At no point have Essex been running away with it.

    They've not been piling on the runs particularly quickly, Surrey have done well to keep them pegged back.

    It's just flat, and it's just not offering a lot for the bowlers. The runs will come the longer the batters stay, not to take anything away from Surrey.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Davies lbw Sutton 4 (Middx 237-6 v Lancs)

    One becomes two for Ollie Sutton as he removes Jack Davies.

    Lancashire have fought back well after Middlesex reached 215-3 with Ryan Higgins and Leus du Plooy, who is still there on 41, seemingly well set.

  9. 50 runs

    50 for Jordan Cox

    Essex 221-2 v Surrey

    It took him a while to get going but Jordan Cox goes to 50 for the home side.

    Normal service has been resumed for the former man of Kent.

  10. Hants 61-0 v Yorks 121

    Can Yorkshire find a wicket before tea?

    In truth, there have been very few major alarms for the Hampshire openers so far.

    Neither is in any kind of hurry - having bowled out the Tykes so cheaply, there is plenty of time for platform building.

  11. Warks v Sussex 229-4

    Tom Clark sweeps Rob Yates away for a boundary.

    Yates has gone for 31 runs from his four overs - i'm no expert but the experiment may not be working.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Dickson b Finch 11 (Somerset 39-3 v Worcs 154)

    The wickets continue to tumble at Taunton.

    Somerset lose opener Sean Dickson who looks to drive Adam Finch but plays all around a straight ball which hits middle and off stumps.

    The Pears are fighting back hard.

    Tom Banton comes to the middle.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Geddes c Harris b Sutton 10 (Middx 232-5 v Lancs)

    Ollie SuttonRex Features

    It's a big moment for Ollie Sutton who claims his maiden first-class wicket as Ben Geddes holes out to Marcus Harris.

    We can't tell you much about Ollie except that he played a single One-Day Cup game last summer and took the wicket of Kent teenager Ekansh Singh.

  14. Essex 213-2 v Surrey

    Dan Lawrence gets one to grip and turn away from Paul Walter's outside edge.

    Simon Harmer in the Essex dressing room may have just glanced up from his crossword...

  15. Hants 56-0 v Yorks 121

    Dom Bess on for Yorkshire, who decide spin is the way to go.

    His first over is a maiden and the second costs him just a single.

    It seems an age since Bess played 14 Tests for England - but in reality, the most recent was only in 2021.

  16. Division Two update

    Leicestershire have another Glamorgan wicket in the bag with Ben Mike having Timm van der Gugten caught behind for 10. The home side are 168-7 in the 58th over.

    Northants are pressing to try and wrap up the Kent tail, having removed Harry Finch for 16 - the visitors are 219-8 in the 58th over.

    Graeme van Buuren has reached his first fifty of the summer off 83 balls for Gloucestershire, who are 182-6 in the 55th at Derby.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Lammonby c Brookes b Taylor 8 (Somerset 33-2 v Worcs 154)

    Tom Taylor has bowled a fine spell her and picks up a second wicket.

    The right-armer bowls around the wicket to the left-hander, probing at off-stump.

    Tom Lammonby plays a half-hearted cut which takes a top edge and flies to Ethan Brookes at second slip who cups it two-handed above his head. Nice take.

    Tom Abell joins Sean Dickson.

    I'll apologise for the number of Toms in this post.

  18. 50 runs

    50 partnership

    Notts v Durham 222-5

    With Fergus O'Neill off the pitch receiving treatment, Dillon Pennington continues.

    He sends down a ragged over which goes for 12, typified when he strays down leg and Graham Clark tickles it away to the short boundary for the second four of the over.

    It brings up the 50 partnership for the sixth wicket, off 73 balls. Very important runs for the visitors.

  19. 200 runs

    200 up for Sussex

    Warks v Sussex 202-4

    EdgbastonAdrian Harms - BBC Sussex

    The visitors get to 200 with a delicate dab down to the fine-leg fence by John Simpson.

    Sussex are doing a great job here after a worrying start at 40-3.

  20. 200 runs

    200 up for Essex

    Essex 200-2 v Surrey

    Paul Walter hammers Dan Lawrence down to long-on for a single to enter the nineties.

    Jordan Cox picks up another single before taking another in the following over to rack up the Essex 200 in the 55th over.