Spinner Matt Critchley is in the attack for Essex.

His first ball is tossed up and Lewis Goldsworthy plays late to drive the ball off side for one.

Jack Leach gets off the mark with a couple pushed behind cover point on the front foot.

Captain-keeper and now opener Lewis McManus will get the innings started with rookie Arush Buchake.

He's a busy man.

McManus to face opposition captain Ian Holland.

Maiden over from Ed Barnard.

Now Michael Booth is going to have a bowl from around the wicket to Ben Slater, who plays late to nudge to deep third for one.

Haseeb Hameed has one hand off the bat going forward and the ball runs off a thick edge wide of the slips for two.

A play and a miss! Hameed takes a moment to compose himself before the next ball. He sees out the over.

No rest for Ben Raine who takes off his pads, might have a quick cup of coffee if he's lucky, and rummages for his bowling boots.

Just 10 minutes after walking off with a second first class century of his career, he is back at the day job with Adam Lyth is in his sights.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham have missed out on a third batting point by just four runs, as Jack White took three wickets on the second morning of this match to pick up his first five wicket haul for Yorkshire.

He took two wickets in a maiden over in the fourth over of the day. He took Matty Potts' middle stump out of the ground when he was on 31. That ended an excellent stand for the eighth wicket with Ben Raine at 87 runs.

White then bowled Daniel Hogg for a fourth ball duck and a few overs later saw off Ben Raine for 101. Raine looked to pull the ball through the legside but edged down to George Hill at third man. White finished with figures of 20.2 overs, 5-69.

How important could that missed point prove to be come the end of the game and relegation though?

Durham survived relegation here on the final day of the 2006 season - by half a point! A nervy couple of days beckon.

Keaton Jennings has just fallen one short of a half-century as Lancashire lose their first wicket of the innings.

Timm van der Gugten, who top-scored with the bat for Glamorgan with 53, pins Jennings lbw for 49.

George Scrimshaw wraps up the innings with a short ball that Josh Hull feathers to captain-keeper Lewis McManus down the leg side.

This is a more than handy total against a Northants side missing the batting of Luke Procter and Ricardo Vasconcelos.

Back in a few minutes.

Ajeet Singh Dale is going out with a bang for Gloucestershire.

He is leaving the county to join Lancashire at the end of this season and wants to bid a fond farewell to the West Country.

Dale is on 5-96 from his 23 overs.

The next wicket he'll want to get is Leus du Plooy, who is now on 180 not out.

Four more to Ben Slater, this time clipping Nathan Gilchrist to square leg on the back foot.

Bowling change. Ed Barnard is on in place of Ethan Bamber and he strikes Haseeb Hameed on the pad.

Decent LBW shout but just outside the line.

A shorter, wider ball is smashed through cover on the back foot for four.

Notts are getting a bit of momentum now.

Oh, half appeal for caught behind off the last ball, which Hameed pushes at going forward. Not out.

150s for Madsen & Reecepublished at 11:09 BST 25 September

11:09 BST 25 September

Kent v Derbyshire 438-2

The transition from day one to day two has done nothing to stem the constant flow of runs from Derbyshire.

Both Wayne Madsen and Luis Reece have passed 150 this morning and their partnership is approaching 300.

Kent have just sent on their eighth bowler of the innings.

Kevan James
BBC Radio Solent commentator

I have to say that this is absolutely horrendous. This was not on the cards at all.

Hampshire really did need a good day today to get a long way ahead of Surrey, put them under pressure and ease everybody's fears.

Great shot from Haseeb Hameed, back and across to Ethan Bamber to drive through cover for four.

Ben Slater is beaten outside off stump by Nathan Gilchrist at the other end.

He's off the mark! His 22nd ball faced is full and driven through cover point for four.

Another 33 would take him to 1000 runs for the season. Just saying.

100 for Rainepublished at 11:04 BST 25 September

11:04 BST 25 September

Yorks v Durham 344-9

Ben Raine pings a full ball towards deep midwicket where there is perhaps one and a half runs on offer at any other time.

But he scuttles the first so quickly and turns for a second.

The throw comes in just as Shafiq Ghafari is arriving back at the non-strikers and Raine has his second first class century.

This has been a terrific knock from the seamer/all-rounder and Durham are now four runs from the third batting point.

50 for Craig Overtonpublished at 11:02 BST 25 September

11:02 BST 25 September

Essex v Somerset 369-6

He reaches the landmark in just 54 balls with a single scooped into mid wicket off Jamie Porter.

Nine fours in that knock so far.

Nathan Gilchrist is round the wicket to Ben Slater, angling the ball in and making run scoring very tough.

Slater is still looking for his first runs.

He plays and misses outside off. Gilchrist bowls a touch shorter and Slater shoulders arms.

Slater is nearly cut in half by one short ball, angling in but survives.

Raine dropped on 97published at 11:00 BST 25 September

11:00 BST 25 September

Yorks v Durham 342-9

Ben Raine moves to within one hit of a century with a beautifully-timed clip off his legs off Matt Milnes which sails for six over the square boundary.

Still nine short of the third batting point.

Now he flashes at a low full toss from Jack White and is dropped by Dom Bess diving to his right at extra cover.

A single keeps the strike.