There were thoughts that Riley Meredith would play this match, and Craig Overton could have a rest, but with captain Lewis Gregory's groin issue, Overton was rested from Friday's T20 loss at Gloucestershire's Bristol home.

Gregory bowled two wicket-less overs for 20 on Friday night, will his red-ball prowess and the sheer pace of the Aussie quick Meredith be missed on a typically flat Trent Bridge pitch with one very short boundary?

Jake Ball and Craig Overton with little to worry Haseeb Hameed or Ben Slater in the first four overs.

Great fielding from first Tom Lammonby and then Andy Umeed saves a couple of otherwise inevitable boundaries.

For a split second it looked as though Graeme van Buuren was caught behind in the Vishwa Fernando over but the ball is short of Yorkshire keeper and captain Jonny Tattersall diving to his left.

Was that an inside edge?

A wicket maiden nonetheless, which saw the departure of James Bracey.

Jordan Clark is working up a head of steam at New Road.

After rapping Gareth Roderick on the glove, he forces Kashif Ali back into his stumps but a thick edge runs away for four.

Time for the return of spinner Dan Lawrence.

One half volley comfortably pushed to the short boundary on this lightning paced outfield by Ben Slater, otherwise five dots to start from Jake Ball against his former colleague.

Kent openers Marcus O'Riordan and Ben Compton are in the middle trying to eat into that mammoth Lancashire score.

O'Riordan gets off the mark with a single second ball, before Tom Bailey sends down a very wide delivery.

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Warwks 254 v Hants 298 & 253-5

Hampshire pass 250 in the 80th over as Liam Dawson cuts Jacob Bethell square for three.

Warwickshire take the new ball straight away but retain a defensive field for Chris Woakes.

Liam Dawson leaves Woakes outside off and defends a straighter fifth ball down the ground.

The fifth ball pings off an outside edge as Dawson is squared up defending but the ball lands safely to third man for one.

Oliver Hannon-Dalby will bowl from the Pavilion End.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

This is going to be a crucial phase of the game for Nottinghamshire.

They really can't afford to have any sort of collapse of any proportions between now and the close today.

Matt Cole
BBC Radio Kent

Kent are going to need some senior players to stand up and be counted when they come out and bat.

Lancashire are in a fantastic position.

Haseeb Hameed takes two off the Craig Overton over.

1-63 he took in the first innings, that one being the batter he has just bowled six deliveries at.

One cuts back at the former Lancs opener, the rest fairly comfortably played.

Jake Ball to share the new ball duties back on familiar territory, can he seam one to take the left-handed Ben Slater's outside edge?

Another six for Tom Alsop - this time off Josh Hull - and Sussex are 252-4 against Leicestershire, a lead of 419. Alsop is 56 not out.

Emilio Gay and Ricardo Vasconcelos have posted a 50 stand for Northants against Glamorgan. The visitors are now 59-0, with a deficit of 152.

Tight bowling from Derbyshire at the moment at Lord's - but they need it as Middlesex are 98-2 and 192 in front.

Miles Hammond seizes on a bit of width from Jordan Thompson, driving the bowler through wide mid off for four.

James Bracey picks up three at the other end and Hammond has four more driven down the ground off George Hill.

Gloucester remain a long way back but this fifth wicket pair are finding some form.

Stand-in skipper Craig Overton will of course take the new ball, from the Stuart Broad End for starters.

Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater to open the batting.

How will the ball behave and how quickly will Somerset turn to spin in this heat?

Jacob Bethell is into the attack and Liam Dawson pushes into the on side for no run.

Hampshire have changed tack here of late, looking to grind out runs.

James Vince gets a single off Dan Mousley and Dawson nudges a leg side ball behind square for one more.

Vince will keep the strike with a nudge into the on side.

Warwickshire will have to decide when to take the new ball, which is available after the next over.

Matt Cole
BBC Radio Kent

Geroge Balderson was clearly looking to move the score along.

That was an edge and Harry Finch takes it.

An absolute flurry from a Kent point of view but this is in the (match) context, of course.

Migael Pretorius is left stranded on 95* still a superb innings but he is understandably disconsolate.

He cannot get his second ever first-class century nor his first in England as he runs out of partners.

Jake Ball has let him down, he could not survive one ball from Dillon Pennington who in turn gets his Michelle fifer, 5-96 with another quick, straight delivery.

10 minutes for Pretorius to mourn whilst he slowly gets his bowling boots strapped on, maybe he and Ball himself will unleash their frustration on the Notts top order in a few minutes time.