Oh my!

Ben Slater's heart will have been in his mouth as he takes on a Bas de Leede and almost picks out the tall figure of Ben McKinney in the deep.

It drops just over his head and almost clears the rope, but it's four.

But that's more convincing as de Leede overpitches and Slater pounces, driving through cover for his second boundary of the over. A single takes the opener to 33.

Tawanda Muyeye takes a single off the first ball of the day off James Hartshorn to move to 81*. He was dropped on nought yesterday afternoon, remember.

Jack Leaning picks up his fourth boundary with a pleasant stroke through the covers a couple of balls later to move to 19.

The deficit is down to 167.

Rain stops play at Edgbastonpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 24 August

14:01 BST 24 August

Warks 337 & 35-1 v Somerset 239

Just the 12 balls and then it starts raining again.

In that spell, we saw a boundary apiece from Alex Davies and Will Rhodes and 10 dot balls.

The hover cover is put into position, but there is high hopes this is only going to be a short delay.

up for Glamorganpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 24 August

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Derbys 429 v Glamorgan 168 & 50-1

Sam Northeast is the new Glamorgan batter and dabs Pat Brown down into the leg-side for a single as they reach 50 for the loss of Billy Root. They need another 211 to avoid an innings defeat.

The sun has been shining at Worcester, no really, and play will begin on day three under blue skies.

Tawanda Muyeye will resume Kent's salvage effort after an eye-catching 80* from 84 deliveries with Jack Leaning unbeaten at the other end on 15 from 39 at the other end.

The Pears still lead by 172 with 66 overs remaining in the day and will be looking for quick wickets to dampen any hopes of a Kent revival.

Ben Raine strays on to the pads of Ben Slater who clips him away through midwicket for his third boundary.

Honours then to the bowler who zips one past Slater's outside edge and then gets another ball to nip away and beat the opener.

Joe Clarke then gets off the mark from his seventh ball as he turns Bas de Leede past square leg to his near namesake Graham Clark in the deep and runs three.

First ball of the afternoon is a bit of a freebie from Jordan Thompson and James Coles flicks it unerringly through square leg for four. Five dot balls complete the over.

100 partnership for Gloucestershirepublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 24 August

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Glos 261-3 v Leics 402

Josh Hull tries a short one from round the wicket and Ben Charlesworth pulls it over mid-wicket for six - the perfect way to post a century stand with James Bracey.

Gloucestershire are 141 behind as Tom Scriven begins the next over.

Day three is go go go, with blue skies peeking through patches of unthreatening, if grey, clouds.

As always on these types of days, hats off to the ground staff for mopping things up so efficiently. Only 34 overs have been lost, so 70 overs are to be bowled from now until close.

Alex Davies and Will Rhodes have stomped out to the middle in search of runs to extend Warwickshire's 125-run lead.

Josh Davey starts up with the delivery which requires Davies to defend.

Believe it or not, there are shadows on the grass at Scarborough.

Sussex need another 71 runs to make Yorkshire bat again as they begin the afternoon session.

Tom Alsop is eight not out and James Coles has yet to score.

Big session for Notts - in more ways than one.

The forecast for the final day is not great and Durham will be keen to wrap things up today and not rely on any favours from the weather gods tomorrow.

Notts, on the other hand, have some hope to cling on to. Ben Slater takes a rather streaky single off Bas de Leede's first over after lunch to cut the deficit to 245.

The sides face an extended afternoon session to 4:15 BST after this morning's delayed start.

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Glos 253-3 v Leics 402

Image source, Rex Feat

James Bracey clips Tom Scriven through mid-wicket for four to reach 50 from 81 balls and earn Gloucestershire their first batting point.

Play at Derby and Ben Kellaway cracks Zak Chappell's second delivery away square for four.

First innings duck notwithstanding, the 20-year-old is making a decent impression in only his third first-class game.

That one is a bit fortunate, though, as Chappell squares him up and the ball runs away to the third man boundary off the outside edge.

Kellaway is 33 not out and Glamorgan are now 214 behind.

Whatever the two Gloucestershire batsmen have been doing this morning, it has clearly got them in the mood for run-making.

That is simply glorious by Ben Charlesworth, who drives a Tom Scriven half-volley back past the stumps for his first boundary of the day.

He is now 111 not out.

A nice start for James Bracey, who helps himself to back to back boundaries off Josh Hull - a square cut and cover drive - and goes past 800 County Championship runs for the season.

The first over following the morning washout costs Hull 11 runs as Bracey progresses to 44 not out.

Suddenly things are looking brighter at a number of our grounds.

Play will begin at 13:30 BST at Bristol, with Gloucestershire 175 behind.

Ben Charlesworth is 105 not out.

The umpires have been out to the middle at the County Ground and decided that play can start at 13:40 BST.

Glamorgan will resume 222 in arrears but with their openers Billy Root and Ben Kellaway together after surviving 12 overs last evening.

Derbyshire have not yet won a Championship game this season - this is their chance.

Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves is planning to turn the club into a limited company in the hope of attracting investment from around the world.

He has injected £6m since being re-elected in February to put the club's finances on a "relatively even keel".

You can listen to the full BBC West Yorkshire Sport interview below.