Summary

  • Surrey captain Rory Burns scores 227 against Lancashire at The Oval

  • Ashton Turner becomes third Durham centurion as they declare on 531-7 against Notts

  • Dean Elgar and Jordan Cox hit centuries for Essex against Hampshire

  • Ed Barnard takes 5-54 as Warwickshire lead Somerset by 98 on first innings

  • Worcestershire's Brett D'Oliveira out for 97 against Kent, who need 276 to avoid an innings defeat

  • England's Jonny Bairstow scores 57 in first Championship game for Yorkshire since 2023

  • Ben Charlesworth scores an unbeaten 105 for Gloucestershire against Leicestershire

Live Reporting

Harry Everett, Alex Smith, Alex Winter and Paul Grunill

  1. Hants v Essex 353-6

    Mo Abbas doesn't get a hat-trick.

    Simon Harmer makes him wait and then once the ball is delivered he camps on the front foot and blocks the straight ball.

  2. WICKET Pepper c Prest b Abbas 0

    Hants v Essex 353-6

    MO ABBAS IS ON A HAT-TRICK!

    Michael Pepper is all movement as the ball angles in an takes his outside edge.

    A good low catch from Tom Prest to boot.

  3. Close of play at Chester le Street

    Durham 531-7 dec v Notts 220-8

    Notts are still in this game, but have not yet passed the follow on target.

    Haseeb Hameed and young Freddie McCann looked good together, sharing the highest partnership of the innings of 85, but after the former England opener fell caught down the leg side there ensued a collapse to 122-6.

    Neil Wagner and the leg side featured a lot in said collapse, some soft dismissals, but Lyndon James has showed fight alongside his lower-order to take time out of the game even if without scoring big runs.

  4. WICKET Walter c Gubbins b Abbas 14

    Hants v Essex 353-5

    Paul Walter's entertaining cameo is over with a clip to midwicket.

    Hampshire getting a few late wickets after a day in the dirt.

  5. wicket

    WICKET Moriarty c Simpson b Robinson 3

    Yorks 326 v Sussex 189

    Dan Moriarty goes for an ambitious drive off Ollie Robinson and edges through to the keeper.

    That's the end of the Yorkshire first innings and they lead by 137.

    Jordan Thompson is left unbeaten on 44, while spinner Jack Carson took 5-83 for the Division Two leaders.

  6. ouch!

    Hants v Essex 340-4

    Jordan Cox has been struck in a tender spot.

  7. 50 runs

    50 for Lyndon James

    Durham 531-7 dec v Notts 220-8

    The nowadays rarely seen leggie Scott Borthwick bowls what should be the penultimate over of the day.

    One single to Brett Hutton, then a two from last week's Lions skipper Lyndon James earns him a half-century, but still no batting bonus points for the visitors.

    Parkinson will have two close catchers for the start of day two's final over.

  8. 100 runs

    for Ben Charlesworth

    Glos 216-3 v Leics 402

    Ben CharlesworthRex Features

    What a way to reach only your second first-class hundred.

    He hits a full toss from Liam Treavskis for six to bring up a 50 partnership with James Bracey, and three balls later goes straight down the ground for another to reach 100 off 164 balls.

    He has hit three sixes and 14 fours in total in this innings.

  9. Close of play at Derby

    Derbyshire 429 v Glamorgan 168 & 39-0

    Job done by Billy Root and Ben Kellaway, who survive a testing 12-over min-session to see Glamorgan to 39-0 at stumps.

    Derbyshire added 310 to their overnight 119-2, with Anuj Dal making 94, Harry Came 84 and Wayne Madsen 70.

    They are looking for their first home Championship win over Glamorgan since 2019 and the Welsh county will need another 222 on day three to make them bat again.

  10. SURREY DECLARE

    Surrey 444-9d v Lancs 204

    But Tom Hartley's hat-trick ball will have to wait because Surrey have now declared.

    They'll get eight overs at Lancashire tonight and have a huge lead of 240.

  11. wicket

    WICKET: McKerr lbw Hartley 0

    Surrey 444-9d v Lancs 204

    And now Tom Hartley is on a hat-trick!

    Another full ball beats Conor Mckerr on the inside edge and he's plumb lbw.

  12. wicket

    WICKET: Lawes b Hartley 0

    Surrey 444-8 v Lancs 204

    Quadruple Nelson brings another wicket as Tom Lawes plays down the wrong line and Tom Hartley runs a delivery between his bat and pad.

    Lancashire can see the end of this day in the dirt now.

  13. Worcs 447 v Kent 171 & 99-2

    Good bowler though he is, Joe Leach isn't quick enough to bowl that length and Tawanda Muyeye pulls with ease for four at the start of a new over.

    A single is the only other addition and he is 75 not out off 71 balls.

  14. wicket

    WICKET: Burns c Hurst b Balderson 227

    Surrey 443-7 v Lancs 204

    Rory Burns' fabulous innings comes to an end.

    He goes to pull George Balderson from outside off and gets a big top edge that's very well caught by Matt Hurst sprinting out from behind the stumps towards square leg and diving forward.

    A rapturous reception for the Surrey captain as he walks off having raised his career best and put his side in a total control of this game.

  15. Worcs 447 v Kent 171 & 93-2

    Tawanda Muyeye has quietened down a little bit - but is still scoring at faster than a run per ball.

    A single off Adam Finch takes him to 69 and Jack Leaning drives the next through the covers for four.

    Six more overs to come at New Road.

  16. Surrey 443-6 v Lancs 204

    The scoring rate has gone up since Jordan Clark arrived and the fifty stand between he and Rory Burns has only taken 58 balls.

    With 12 overs still to come tonight and a lead of 239, I wonder if a declaration is in their minds?

  17. 6 runs

    Yorks 322-9 v Sussex 189

    Jack Carson has five wickets but Jordan Thompson spoils his figures a bit with back to back sixes down the ground to end his 20th over.

    Ollie Robinson will continue at the other end - the Yorkshire lead is 133.

  18. WICKET Critchley b Abbott 0

    Hants v Essex 325-4

    Kyle Abbott bowls the perfect delivery!

    The quick nips the ball back into the off stump bail. The fast bowler's postage stamp you might say.

    Matt Critchley has to go for a 13-ball duck.

  19. Career best for Rory Burns

    Surrey 431-6 v Lancs 204

    A wonderful day for Rory Burns becomes perhaps the best of his career as he reaches a new highest score.

    He reverse-sweeps and then cuts Tom Hartley for back-to-back fours and goes past the 219 not out he made against Hampshire, also at The Oval back in 2017.

    He'll be getting the drinks in tonight...

  20. wicket

    WICKET Yates c Rew b Overton 4

    Warwicks 337 & 5-1 v Somerset 239

    England Lions' opener Rob Yates caught by his teammate of last week, James Rew behind the sticks.

    Craig Overton bounces back from conceding five from his first two balls, and the talismanic captain has provided the first of 10 key pieces of cricket Somerset will hoping to get sorted as soon as possible tonight and tomorrow morning.

    This match keeps moving on at pace.

    Remember no Sam Hain in this match, Will Rhodes keeps his place at three and another hero of the Lions victory over Sri Lanka last week, Hamza Shaikh has Hain's number four spot.