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. wicket

    WICKET Brookes b Parkinson 50

    Worcs 384-7 v Kent 171

    Two wickets in successive overs for Matt Parkinson.

    Ethan Brookes tries to sweep but only succeeds in dragging it into his stumps, barely with enough force to dislodge the bail.

    Brookes falls to his knees in his frantic attempt to stop it hitting the stumps - but to no avail.

  2. 6 runs

    Yorks 193-3 v Sussex 189

    We could be in for some fun and games now.

    Sean Hunt drops short and Jonny Bairstow helps it on its way for six.

  3. Hants v Essex 154-2

    "That is a mistake," says BBC Radio Solent's Kevan James of Tom Westley's wicket.

    "I got the feeling he was confident he was going to pump that down the ground and in the end he got too close to the bounce of the ball and couldn't get the elevation."

    That wicket brought the end of a previously thought unbreakable 144-run partnership between Westley and Dean Elgar.

  4. Division Two update

    Anuj Dal has just reached 50 from 88 balls with a boundary off Ned Leonard and Derbyshire are 348-6 after 93 overs, a lead of 180 over Glamorgan.

    Gloucestershire are regrouping following the loss of Cameron Bancroft and are 82-1 after 21 overs in reply to Leicestershire's 402 all out.

  5. 50 runs

    for Jonny Bairstow

    Yorks 187-3 v Sussex 189

    Just two balls after Will Luxton's 50, Jonny Bairstow reaches his half-century off 67 balls with two off Sean Hunt, steered to backward point.

    It's been a classy innings so far by the England man, which is exactly what you'd expect.

  6. 50 runs

    for Will Luxton

    Yorks 185-3 v Sussex 189

    Spinner Jack Carson starts his third over for Sussex.

    He drops short and Will Luxton pulls - he doesn't time it perfectly but two is enough to carry him to 50 from 101 balls.

  7. wicket

    WICKET: Montgomery c Lees b Wagner 8

    Durham 531-7 declared v Notts 116-5

    Another batter falls for the leg side trap.

    Have Notts never watched Neil Wagner play cricket?

    Have they not seen any New Zealand tests of the last 15 years?

    All too easy for Durham.

    Good catch by Alex Lees, but Wagner has 4-58 without even having to bend his back that much thus far.

    Hameed's dismissal did open the floodgates, 4-20 lost since then.

  8. wicket

    WICKET Westley c&b Dawson 64

    Hants v Essex 151-2

    A WICKET!

    Tom Westley has absolutely lashed it the ball straight back at Liam Dawson and it has stuck. Even with a helmet on, you could feel Westley's eyes rolling into the back of his head.

    That came 37 runs after Dawson was last given a chance to catch Westley out.

    Enter England released Jordan Cox.

  9. wicket

    WICKET D'Oliveira c Ogborne b Parkinson 97

    Worcs 371-6 v Kent 171

    Brett D'Oliveira has batted superbly this afternoon but he isn't going to be rewarded with the century his innings deserves.

    He goes after a wide one from Matt Parkinson and immediately drops the bat on the floor as he realises he's given it away - carving a catch to Alfie Ogborne at point.

    The Worcestershire skipper only faced 90 balls and hit 15 fours, putting on 85 for the sixth wicket with Ethan Brookes.

  10. 50 runs

    for Ben Foakes

    Surrey 262-3 v Lancs 204

    Ben FoakesRex Features

    A fourth half-century of the summer for Ben Foakes.

    His England career may well now be behind him with the success of his Surrey teammate Jamie Smith but he remains a class act.

    He drives Luke Wells for his eighth four and he goes to fifty in 94 balls.

  11. 50 runs

    for Ethan Brookes

    Worcs 367-5 v Kent 171

    Well batted, Ethan Brookes.

    He reaches his first Championship 50 of the season off 59 balls with a four to extra cover off Alfie Ogborne.

  12. 100 up for Middlesex

    Middx 100-1 v Northants 207

    Sam Robson, 44, and Max Holden, 14, have got the home side moving well again after the loss of Mark Stoneman and they bring the hundred up.

    Northants need a reply here or it could be a long afternoon.

    Dom Leech eight overs, four maidens, 0-15 on his debut for the county, a tidy start.

  13. Hants v Essex 147-1

    It is Bon Jovi time at Utilita Bowl.

    "What?" you cry reasonably at your screen.

    Well, we are 52 overs into the day's play with 52 overs left to play - with 104 overs scheduled today due to yesterday's washout.

    Dean Elgar (78) and Tom Westley (63) continue to be untroubled. They could be here for the next 52 overs.

  14. 350 up for Worcestershire

    Worcs 351-5 v Kent 171

    Ethan Brookes pushes Alfie Ogborne square and two runs takes the Worcestershire total past 350.

    Brookes then pushes to mid-on where a Matt Parkinson misfield gifts him a boundary and he moves to 46 not out.

    What's going on over there? A group of crowd members are gathered round a tree and looking up into the branches. Hope there isn't a cat stuck up there.

  15. wicket

    WICKET: Clarke c Parkinson b Wagner 3

    Durham 531-7 declared v Notts 108-4

    Neil Wagner again.

    He has bowled nearly 11 of the near 27 overs Durham have bowled thus far in this innings, the lion heart not slowing down in his late 30s.

    Proving far more successful in his Durham end of season first-class cameo so far than in a similar role for Somerset this time last season already, 3-50 he has.

  16. 250 runs

    up for Surrey

    Surrey 251-3 v Lancs 204

    Ben Foakes is now 42 and Rory Burns a season's best 127 as here we have two experienced heads calmly going about their business very smoothly on a sunny afternoon in SE11.

    They raise a century partnership and a first batting point.

    Lancashire's youngsters are staring down the barrel of a huge deficit.

  17. wicket

    WICKET Bancroft c Rahane b Scriven 39

    Glos 68-1 v Leics 402

    He scored 60 to push Leicestershire's total past 400 earlier in the day and now Tom Scriven has their first wicket.

    Cameron Bancroft tries to drive but the ball isn't there for the shot and Ajinkya Rahane takes a good slip catch by his left shoulder.

  18. 50 partnership for Yorkshire

    Yorks 167-3 v Sussex 189

    Will Luxton dabs a single to bring up a 50 stand with Jonny Bairstow, who begins the next over by launching Fynn Hudson-Prentice over mid-on twice in succession, both shots bringing him four runs.

    Bairstow is 37 not out and Luxton has 44.

    Jonny BairstowRex Features
  19. 50 runs

    for Tom Westley

    Hants v Essex 130-1

    The milestones keep getting written for Essex.

    This time it is Tom Westley raising the bat for an 87th first-class fifty. It has come in just over three hours of batting.

    Just beforehand, Dean Elgar hooked John Turner for six.

  20. Division Two update

    Cameron Bancroft hits back to back fours off Ben Green and Gloucestershire are 61-0 in the 14th over, replying to Leicestershire's 402 all out. Bancroft is 33 not out and Ben Charlesworth has 25.

    Derbyshire's lead over Glamorgan is rapidly approaching 150 at the County Ground. Anuj Dal finds the boundary off Timm van der Gugten and the home side are 316-6 in the 87th.