100 up for Pearspublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 31 August

12:52 BST 31 August

Essex 404 v Worcs 266 & 116-3

Rob Jones has got the broom out and and swept Simon Harmer for four straight boundaries. Harmer has his hands on his hips. Non-plussed.

He is onto 24 and Worcestershire are into three figures. They trail by just 22 with seven wickets in hand.

Yorkshire are rotating their spin options, with Adam Lyth chipping in to give Dom Bess or Dan Moriarty a breather now and then and they now have a new ball at their disposal.

Middlesex will be desperate not to lose another wicket before lunch, especially with two senior players at the crease in Leus du Plooy and Ryan Higgins.

But as well as survival, they also need to be mindful of trying to collect some batting points - with 23 more runs required to chalk up their first.

Dropped catchpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 31 August

12:50 BST 31 August

Notts 218-4 v Surrey 525

Freddie McCann has reached his century but he almost perishes to Will Jacks.

The 19-year-old slaps one to cover, but it's put down by Conor McKerr.

Can he go on and punish Surrey even more?

50 for Jake Libbypublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 31 August

12:49 BST 31 August

Essex 404 v Worcs 266 & 99-3

Jake Libby has not been at his most fluent this morning but brings up his half-century from 90 balls with his third four, off Paul Walter.

The visitors are within 40 runs of making Essex bat again, which will have been their minimum first target.

Glamorgan reach 550 and decide that will do.

No doubt about who the star of the show is.

Colin Ingram ends the innings unbeaten on 257 after almost ten hours at the crease and setting a seemingly endless number of records in the process.

A remarkable knock and one which gives his side a lead of pretty much 300.

Six for Joey Evisonpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 31 August

12:47 BST 31 August

Essex 404 v Worcs 266 & 235-9

Jacob Bethell dropped Joey Evison a few minutes ago and now has seen the fourth ball of his latest over deposited 20 rows back into the Hollies Stand for a six.

A four through midwicket follows two balls later as he moves to 65.

The deficit is 25.

Andy Umeed is still keen to come down the wicket to Ben Raine when he can, latching onto an short-pitched ball and swatting it through midwicket for four.

Umeed is 19 not out, with Lewis Goldsworthy on five as Somerset stretch their overall lead to 185.

100 for Freddie McCannpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 31 August

12:40 BST 31 August

Notts 213-4 v Surrey 525

Image source, Rex Features

Freddie McCann pushes Tom Lawes out into the offside and runs hard for two.

But he punches his fist on the first as he knows that is his first Nottinghamshire century.

What a landmark game for the 19-year-old, a day after 16-year-old Farhan Ahmed took seven wickets on debut.

His 100 has come off 194 balls with 11 fours.

This is a real test for 16-year-old Rocky Flintoff.

He is really being examined by this fine Hampshire attack, who do not give him any easy balls to get off the mark.

After a 10-ball duck yesterday, he waits until his 23rd ball for his first run today as he avoids the unwanted pair.

50 for Joey Evisonpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 31 August

12:39 BST 31 August

Warwickshire 420 v Kent 156 & 221-8

Joey Evison was dropped by a flying Jacob Bethell at midwicket from the previous delivery but he clips the next ball from Ed Barnard for six over cow corner.

His first six, with his four fours, take him to a defiant half-century from 55 deliveries.

A fine young player and a bright spark in the gloom of the Kent season.

Almost a third Lancashire wicket here.

John Turner gets one to bounce and lift on Luke Wells, but the ball flies just out of the reach of a diving second lip and down to the boundary for four.

100 for Wayne Madsenpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 31 August

12:33 BST 31 August

Sussex 607-8 v Derbyshire 229-8

A fine century in trying circumstances for Wayne Madsen.

He's kept the Derbyshire innings together after a top order collapse.

His score has made Derbyshire's total more respectable but his side only have two wickets left and are 377 runs behind.

50 partnership for Pearspublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 31 August

12:28 BST 31 August

Essex 404 v Worcs 266 & 74-2

Jake Libby and Kashif Ali have both ridden their luck somewhat this morning, but they have rebuilt nicely from 24-2 to make it 50 runs for this third wicket so far.

Tall Paul Walter has been brought into the attack, if only to mix up the angles of delivery, one might expect.

250 for Ingrampublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 31 August

12:27 BST 31 August

Glamorgan 508-8 v Leicestershire 251

Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

Glamorgan piled on the runs after starting the day on 431-7 with Colin Ingram on 206, having ticked off his career-best and the county’s quickest-ever tally of a thousand first-class runs for the summer.

After a quiet first half-hour, during which he should have been run out, Ingram stepped up the tempo against the toiling Foxes attack as he dominated the century stand with Mason Crane.

Spinner Rehan Ahmed kept things mostly tight until Crane belted him for six to bring up the 500 and the 250 lead for Glamorgan.

Ahmed had his revenge when he tipped a straight drive from Ingram onto the non-striker’s stumps to run Crane out for 49 but Glamorgan batted on for Ingram to reach 250 off 370 balls.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Brydon Carse notched the second century of his first-class career in fine style. He hit Kasey Alrdridge for a four and then two consecutive sixes to reach three figures.

He also played a key role in keeping Durham's hopes alive in this game, rescuing them from 170-6 yesterday, and a deficit of 322, to within a whisker of reaching the follow-on target of 343.

His century came in 161 balls and included 11 fours and four sixes. But moments after he reached the landmark Callum Parkinson was out for a duck at the other end.

He was caught at silly point by Tom Banton, off Jack Leach, to give the spinner the 28th five-for of his career. He finished with figures of 5-124.

However, Somerset have decided not to enforce the follow-on. They will bat again with 75 overs remaining in the day. They have decided to take the cautious approach having bowled 100 overs.

No danger of a king pair for Andy Umeed - he launches Somerset's second innings by giving Ben Raine the charge and slamming the ball to the cover boundary.

Maybe that's an early indication of the home side's tactics here - presumably to rack up runs as quickly as possible, build on their lead of 156 and try to stick Durham in again this evening?