Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

A spectacular maiden century from Leicestershire opener Sol Budinger lit up Grace Road before tea as he took the Glamorgan attack apart, hitting 118 off 102 balls.

It was a ferocious effort from a batter known for his entertaining stroke-play in all formats, with a couple of sixes making short work of the nervous nineties.

Rishi Patel weighed in with 70 as the Foxes raced along in contrast to Glamorgan’s first-day struggles against the Kookaburra ball.

Zain Ul Hassan eventually claimed the wickets of both openers but Leicestershire had already earned themselves a commanding position which should see them in front by the end of a day they dominated from the first over, when Ben Green claimed two wickets.

Mike Taylor
BBC WM commentator

There’s rarely much wrong with posting a total of 498.

But Somerset might have some regrets at not going on to post an even more imposing total, and therefore making the follow-on target all the more challenging.

A succession of attacking strokes from the lower order saw the last five wickets fall for only 40.

Tom Latham accompanied his captain Alex Davies, who played tidily but seemed to keep hitting fielders, until tea. The last time there was a similarly flat pitch here, Latham pounded the Surrey attack for 184, and might fancy his chances on this one too.

200 up for Hampshirepublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 23 June

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Essex 296 v Hants 201-4

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Tilak Varma carves Simon Harmer away for four behind square on the off side and Hampshire move past 200.

They trail Essex by 95 with six wickets in hand.

Fairly uneventful start to the Lancashire reply in Blackpool.

James Anderson's side are 13 without loss after three overs - aided by three no-balls from errant early Kent bowling.

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An expansive Colin Ackermann drive races away for four runs off Jofra Archer - probably the first bad ball he's bowled and the England man is in his 12th over.

His spells so far today have consisted of four overs and six overs.

50 for the Bearspublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 23 June

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Warwickshire 50-1 v Somerset 498

Craig Overton has gone for just seven off his first three overs as Somerset skipper this week.

Tom Latham looking his supreme, solid best whilst Alex Davies is looking surprisingly calm feeling no pressure of the scoreboard, flatness of the pitch, criticism by members of his captaincy nor having two international batters below him in this game.

Still no spin yet, Miggy Pretorius combining with his North Devonian attack leader.

50 partnershippublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 23 June

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Durham 165-3 v Sussex 361

Ollie Robinson and Colin Ackermann bring up a 50 partnership with the latter swinging Gurinder Sandhu to the mid-wicket fence for four and then cutting the next ball away for a single.

The deficit is under 200.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham added 101 runs in the afternoon session on day two, but lost three wickets doing it. One of those to the returning Jofra Archer.

The England bowler started off fairly routinely in the morning session, bowling only four overs in his first spell.

But in the second he seemed to move up a few gears and got Emilio Gay lbw, with a quicker delivery which looked to be yorker-length. Gay was out for 37.

Durham trail by 210 runs at tea but it is a slowish track at the moment and there are still plenty of runs to be had.

Jofra Archer is on for Sussex straight after tea - he has 1-19 from his 10 overs so far.

His first ball flies past the outside edge of Ollie Robinson's bat while the next one finds the edge but doesn't carry to John Simpson behind the stumps.

There's a really strong breeze blowing at the Riverside but we do have bright sunshine.

New ballpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 23 June

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Worcs 214 v Surrey 256-6

Worcestershire take the new ball and Ben Allison (4-41) has it in his hands.

They need to make full use of it and, it goes without saying, keep the deficit as low as possible.

50 for Dan Lawrencepublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 23 June

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Worcs 214 v Surrey 256-6

A half century for Dan Lawrence from 80 balls with six fours.

Despite that mid-innings collapse, Lawrence can still take the game away from Worcestershire.

Ask Me Anything

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BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team have been asking for your questions...

Here's one on how the scoring scoring system works in the County Championship.

How do points work in the County Championship?

In the County Championship, the maximum number of points a team can earn in one match is 24 points.

The winning team is awarded 16 points, while the losers are earn none for the result. Draws and a tie give teams eight points each.

On top of that, teams can earn up to eight additional bonus points based on their batting and bowling performances in the first innings of the match, even if the team goes on to lose the match.

During the first innings, a team can earn up to five batting bonus points, starting at 250 runs and maxing out at 450 or more.

When a team is bowling, it can earn up to three additional points depending on how many wickets are taken.

Read more on the scoring system in our piece here

50 Partnershippublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 23 June

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Worcs 214 v Surrey 247-6

After losing five wickets for 50 runs, Dan Lawrence and Jordan Clark have restored some order for Surrey.

They bring up their 50 stand with a pushed single by Lawrence who moves to 45.

After being given the run-around in the field and losing Adam Lyth to the first ball of their innings, Yorkshire fans would have been forgiven for viewing this game with a glass-half-empty attitude.

However, Finlay Bean and James Wharton have applied themselves and taken the visitors to 65-1 at the tea break.

They need plenty more in the final session of day two.

Because there are 104 overs to be bowled today, making up for yesterday's rain delay, tea is taken with 38 overs remaining in the day.

Just the four seamers tried by Somerset so far, as yet for just Rob Yates' wicket, Migael Pretorius having him strangled down leg for 17.

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Three wickets for Sussex but a good session for Durham.

Jofra Archer picked up his first red ball wicket for four years as he trapped Emilio Gay lbw and has taken 1-19 from his 10 overs.

Fynn Hudson-Prentice has bowled tidily for his 2-18 from 10 overs.

Gay had played well for his 37 while skipper Alex Lees (34) was dismissed from the fourth ball after lunch.

It's evenly poised but Ollie Robinson (28*) and Colin Ackermann (24*) have looked in control since coming together and do like to score quickly.

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What a session.

Worcestershire took five wickets for 50 runs at one point in the afternoon with Ben Allison (4-41) the chief destroyer including a double-wicket maiden.

The home side have also had five penalty runs added to their total after Mitchell Santner showed clear dissent to the umpire when given out lbw.

The champions looked rattled but should still be able to take a healthy first innings lead with Dan Lawrence (44*) going through the gears.

Two maxes for Agarpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 23 June

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Lancashire v Kent 368-9

Wes Agar, now 35no off 46 balls, having a bit of fun for Kent.

He smashes Luke Wells for back-to-back sixes.