Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex

A good opening hour for Sussex despite the loss of Tom Haines comprehensively bowled by Lewis Gregory.

John Simpson had no hesitation in batting first on what a looks a good pitch, albeit offering some early encouragement for the Somerset seamers.

Daniel Hughes was beaten on several occasions by both Josh Davey and Gregory but he’s battled through and together with Tom Clark have now added a half century partnership for the second wicket

Worryingly for Hampshire in addition to the Surrey run rate, Fletcha Middleton has left the field with a suspected finger injury.

Sonny Baker is in the attack for Hampshire now. Good pace and carry as he seams the ball away from Dom Sibley, who leaves it.

Maiden over.

88 runs in 17 overs beforehand so that is welcome respite.

Dan Hughes (22) and Tom Clark (15) have weathered a decent early effort from Lewis Gregory and Josh Davey to push Sussex up past the half century mark.

And they have now seen off a couple of overs of Blake Aldridge and Migael Pretorius with a degree of comfort, Clark hitting a couple of nicely timed boundaries off the latter's first over.

Jamie Smith can make batting look ever so easy. Even though it's not.

He forces a wide ball from Brett Hampton away off the back foot behind point for four to take the second-wicket partnership to 50 in 38 balls.

He follows that up with a front foot drive through the same region and clips four more on the front foot through square leg.

Early breakthroughs for Hampshire this morning but Surrey have really grasped some momentum.

The latest in the second division games away from Old Trafford...

Kent made made early breakthroughs against promotion rivals Middlesex at Kent, dismissing both openers cheaply.

Max Holden and Leus du Plooy are resisting but remain precariously placed at 37-2, adding 16 together in eight overs.

Gloucestershire are 58-0 against Glamorgan at Bristol, where opener (and captain) Cam Bancroft has 28 and Ben Charlesworth is on 15.

Derbyshire had an early breakthrough against Leicestershire at Grace Road, where Rehan Ahmed opened the innings with Sol Budinger and was bowled by Zak Chappell in the fifth over for 13.

The hosts are now 68-1 and Budinger is on 38, batting with Ian Holland, unbeaten on 15.

Surrey pass 50 in the 13th over as Dom Sibley is forward to Kyle Abbott, getting a thick outside edge wide of third slip for four.

He's on 19 now and Jamie Smith has 13.

Can they see Surrey through to lunch without further losses?

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Durham 50-1 v Warwickshire

Emilio Gay moves into the 30s with a couple of boundaries off Ed Barnard, the first a lovely leg-side clip and the second an open-faced glance to deep backward point, as Durham continue to make a positive start after losing Alex Lees in the opening over of the match.

ben McKinney is at the other end on 20*.

Northants captain Luke Procter is forward to drive George Balderson through the off side for two and the return throw knocks out middle stump just after the batter made his ground.

He's on 14.

Shot! Procter sees out the 14th over, driving Balderson down the ground for four.

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Yorkshire 54-0 v Worcestershire

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The White Rose have cruised past 50 in the opening 12 overs and Worcestershire are staring at the prospect of another arduous spell in the field after their Taunton trauma last weekend.

Tom Taylor has been the tightest bowler but Finlay Bean is growing in confidence and clips him away for three to move to 19 while Adam Lyth has 29 from 37 balls at the other end.

Have some of that!

Joe Clarke has had enough of this two-an-over rearguard action lark and has danced down the wicket and check-drived Jamie Porter for a six into the Radcliffe Road End.

Great shot and one which might break the shackles that Essex had managed to slip on to their hosts in the opening 11 overs.

Kyle Abbott bowls a loose ball down the leg side and that disappears fine for four leg byes.

The third ball is driven down the ground beautifully by Jamie Smith for four more.

Brett Hampton replaces Brad Wheal in the attack and his first ball is pushed into the off side for what should've been one but overthrows bring Dom Sibley five!

Smith tucks a leg side ball away fine for four and he gets four more driven through cover.

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Yorkshire 45-0 v Worcestershire

Yorkshire are well and truly motoring in the Headingley sunshine.

Jacob Duffy bangs one in short on Finlay Bean's hip and he swivels on a sixpence to hook away over the long leg boundary for six runs.

Duffy's first five overs have gone for 33 runs.

Adam Lyth looks poised on 24* with Bean now on 15* after a slightly nervier opening half-hour or so.

The latest in the second division games away from Old Trafford...

Kent have made early breakthroughs against promotion rivals Middlesex at Kent, where the visitors are 21-2.

Both openers have gone, Stephen Eskinazi and Nathan Fernandes, bowled by Grant Stewart and Nathan Gilchrist, with the hosts making light of missing Keith Dudgeon, who sustained an injury in training yesterday after an impressive debut at Wantage Road last week.

Gloucestershire are a bit more comfortable at this stage against Glamorgan at Bristol, where openers Cam Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth have guided the hosts to 25-0 in seven overs.

Derbyshire have an early breakthrough against Leicestershire at Grace Road, where Rehan Ahmed opened the innings with Sol Budinger and was bowled by Zak Chappell in the fifth over for 13.

The hosts are now 35-1 and Budinger is on 19.

Durham are slowly recovering after that nightmare start at the Riverside.

Ben McKinney has taken advantage of a little width from Ethan Bamber and Vishwa Fernando to find the ropes to move onto 13 with Emilio Gay finding a thick edge to pick up another off the Sri Lankan and producing a lovely punch through the covers off Bamber to reach 11.