John Turner is trying to bounce Lewis McManus out but the ball is really taking off about halfway down the track and McManus ducks easily.

A half volley on leg stump is pushed through wide long on for four and Northants have 400 in 109 overs.

That's another batting point in the bag.

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Matt Fisher bowls a full length and Mark Stoneman plays and misses.

More late swing on a fifth stump line. Clever bowling.

Another maiden over.

Sensible batting from Northants, finding the gaps to take five singles off an over from John Turner.

Er, bit of an unusual gap in play as Josh Bohannon appears to be putting keeper pads on and trying to pull his trousers over the top.

I'm not making this up.

Play resumes and Justin Broad sweeps Tom Hartley past Bohannon and through deep square leg for four.

Bohannon is at leg slip with a multiplicity of pads and head gear.

Four more past Anderson Phillip at square leg.

No leg slip any more. Bohannon is saving the single instead.

Essex's reply is under way in Nottingham.

Paul Walter grabs a single off the opening ball of the innings from Dillon Pennington.

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Very much a patience game for Hampshire as Gubbins continues to leave Kemar Roach outside off stump.

At the other end, Mark Stoneman defends Matt Fisher resolutely down the ground.

Maiden over.

Worcestershire put up a superb rearguard batting display to salvage a draw against Somerset last weekend.

They don't have such a big first-innings total to contend with this time, but it's still a sizeable one by Yorkshire, so how will they fare in reply.

A tidy opening over from Ben Coad costs just three runs but Gareth Roderick finds the boundary off Jack White in the next, via a thick edge.

John Turner is in the attack for the first time today and bowls a tight off stump line to start with a maiden over.

Tom Hartley comes on for a stint of left arm spin at the other end and Justin Broad sweeps fine for a couple.

15 more needed for a fourth batting point.

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We've had 105 overs and time is running out for a fourth batting point for Durham, but that's not worrying Matthew Potts.

He's just pulled Michael Booth into the car park for six and followed that up next ball with a four. He now has 69.

Durham have lost the services of Ben McKinney this morning. He was caught behind, down the legside by young keeper Kai Smith, off the bowling of Ethan Bamber, when on 153.

He and Potts added 120 for the eighth wicket and took Durham to a third batting point.

A beauty from Matt Fisher as he gets Mark Stoneman to play and miss outside the off stump.

Three slips in and another play and miss. Late swing, back of a length.

Stoneman tries to cut a wider ball from the crease and misses.

Surrey are really piling the pressure on.

Bowling change at the Riverside and it is time for young spinner Taz Ali. He hustles his opening delivery on to Daniel Hogg, who tucks it away for one run.

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Michael Booth drops short and Matthew Potts has plenty of time to swivel and pull it away over square leg for six.

Booth doesn't learn the lesson and Potts repeats the shot, this time for four, before taking a single to cover and moving to 69 not out.

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Sam Cook bowls number 11 Dillon Pennington to bring the Notts innings to an end - three runs short of 350 and a third batting point.

Cook has taken both of the remaining Notts wickets this morning and finishes with figures of 4-44.

Kyle Verreynne can hold his head up high after finishing unbeaten on 128 from 242 balls.

A great knock from him but he's run out of batting partners unfortunately.

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Lancashire have put the squeeze on for much of this morning but Lewis McManus has battled through to a deserved 50 with a pull in front of square off Anderson Phillip for four runs.

His 15th career 50 and his sixth for Northants.

97 balls with eight fours.

Nick Gubbins is leaving the ball well as Kemar Roach again seams the ball "seemingly" at will on a length.

We have a bowling change and Matt Fisher is coming on for Dan Worrall at the other end.

He settles into a line just outside the off peg and Mark Stoneman leaves the ball.

Fisher is round the wicket and Stoneman blocks into the covers.

Battling is hard work at present here. Maiden over.

Kent's Harry Finch brought up his half-century from 68 balls, 10 of those finding the fence, but was pinned infront by Ryan Higgins who has 3-33 and back-to-back wicket maidens.

Jas Singh and debutant Kashif Ali are trying to close the 33-run deficit to Middlesex with just two Kent wickets remaining.

If you're planning to go to Canterbury on Monday, perhaps make alternative plans...

Miles Hammond has passed 50 for Gloucestershire but they have lost Matt Taylor for two. The hosts are 384-4 against Glamorgan at Bristol.

Leicestershire's final wicket stand has reached 60 and ensured maximum batting points. Logan van Beek is 75* and Tom Scriven has 22* as the Foxes are 461-9 against Derbyshire at Grace Road, having been put in, of course.

Four runs to Justin Broad, driving Tom Bailey beautifully through long on.

Anderson Phillip is bowling with real fire at the other end and nearly cuts Lewis McManus in half with a ball that beats a back foot block, seams across him and is taken on the leg side by Matty Hurst.

Maiden over.

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Ever the professional, the newly knighted Sir James Anderson was out testing his fitness before the start of day two in Lancashire's game against Northants at Old Trafford.

The 42-year-old has said that he doesn't see why he can't carry on playing for another two or three years but a calf problem has prevented him making a contribution for the Red Rose thus far.

We look forward to seeing you in the whites in a few weeks, Sir James.