22 wickets fall between Somerset and Durham as hosts take 105-run first innings lead
Yorkshire end day on 282-4 against Division One leaders Surrey
Sussex bowled out for 204 by Essex; second-placed Notts reach 241-5 at Hampshire; Worcestershire battle to 262-8 against Warwickshire
Rehan Ahmed and Lewis Hill make hundreds for Division Two leaders Leicestershire at Derbyshire
Kent collapse from 148-3 to 155 all out versus Glamorgan
Max Holden hits 137 for Middlesex against Northamptonshire; Matty Hurst makes 105 for Lancashire away to Gloucestershire
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Warwickshire v Worcestershire 159-4
It's probably fairly even as the third and final session of the day begins at Edgbaston.
Can either the Bears or Pears grab the initiative by the close of play?
Clarke c Middleton b Fuller 32 (Hants v Notts 105-3)
Hampshire have held a catch.
Two have gone down in the slips but Fletcha Middleton hangs onto a good one at backward point as Joe Clarke tries to send a James Fuller delivery away to the boundary.
It's a loose shot from Clarke and a bonus for Hampshire just before tea.
Derbys v Leics 241-3
Off we go again in the meeting of the top two at Derby.
The leaders, Leicestershire are in a strong position with Lewis Hill 15 runs short of becoming the second centurion of the innings.
Hants v Notts 101-2
A rank long hop is pulled away to the boundary by Joe Clarke to bring up the Notts 100.
Freddie McCann has 59 but was dropped in the last over.
Sussex 204 v Essex 1-0
We are under way in the Essex reply.
Dean Elgar and Paul Walter are out in the middle and Elgar collects a single from the first over bowled by Gurinder Sandhu.
Hants v Notts 94-2
A second catch goes down in the Hampshire slips.
This time Joe Weatherley can't hang on as Sonny Baker finds the edge of Freddie McCann's bat.
Warwickshire v Worcestershire 159-4
A single from Brett D'Oliveira sees him bring up a more than useful 50 partnership with Ethan Brookes.
The captain has 45, and Brookes 24, as the Pears have battled hard since lunch, only losing Adam Hose to a run-out.
It has been hard graft for both teams with Warwickshire very accurate if struggling for inspiration.
Tea: Sussex 204 all out v Essex
Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex
Image source, Adrian HarmsA good performance from Essex winning the toss and exploiting the conditions to the full.
All 10 wickets fell to catches with 'keeper Michael Pepper taking five.
Sussex didn’t help their own cause with some loose shots, but on a wicket giving encouragement to the bowlers, Sussex are far from out of this game.
Salt c Bracey b Akhter 12 (Glocs v Lancs 160-5)
Phil Salt had a life in the previous over from Zaman Akhter when Cameron Bancroft put him down at first slip on eight.
But he has gone now after a superb grab behind the stumps from James Bracey.
Akhter has a third wicket (3-33) but had the gods been against him, he might have missed out on that one with his towel falling out of the back of his trousers in his delivery stride.
Fortunately for him Salt, did not seem to notice but would have been within his rights to pull out of the shot.
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Games are at various stages due to the rain stoppages we have had during the course of the day, so here are the current scores with some games at tea and others still on the field.
Division One
Utilita Bowl: Hampshire v Nottinghamshire 92-2
Taunton: Somerset 62-1 v Durham 145
Hove: Sussex 204 all out v Essex
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Worcestershire 67-3
Scarborough: Yorkshire 211-2 v Surrey
Division Two
Derby: Derbyshire v Leicestershire 241-3
Cardiff: Glamorgan 2-0 v Kent 155
Cheltenham: Gloucestershire v Lancashire 160-5
Northwood: Middlesex 247-1 v Northamptonshire
Tea: Glamorgan v Kent 155 all out
Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales
Glamorgan claimed six wickets for seven runs in mid-afternoon as Kent fell apart after reaching 148-3, with Timm van der Gugten and James Harris taking three apiece and Joe Denly unable to resume after suffering a leg injury in the morning.
Chris Benjamin and Daniel Bell-Drummond steered them to a solid position of 111-2 at lunch, but when Benjamin was judged lbw to spinner Ben Kellaway for 23, the Kent innings stalled and eventually fell apart.
Van der Gugten removed Joey Evison for 14, had Harry Finch also caught behind for one and Matt Parkinson first ball, while Harris got the key wicket of Bell-Drummond for 42, leg-before.
Zain Ul-Hassan's second ball dismissed Wes Agar and Harris had Matt Quinn caught behind as the last three failed to contribute, with Grant Stewart left stranded.
Derbys v Leics 241-3
All very comfortable for the Division Two leaders after a calamitous start.
They have recovered from 0-2 to head into the interval at 241-3.
Rehan Ahmed (115) struck a fourth championship century of the season but since his dismissal Lewis Hill (85*) and captain, Peter Handscomb (39*) have looked at ease.
Second-placed Derbyshire need some quick wickets.
Yorks 211-2 v Surrey
Surrey will feel a little aggrieved not to have the hosts three down with James Wharton getting away with a stumping on 39.
But Yorkshire have dug in well for a position of strength in this first innings with the two young White Rose batsman going well for a 104-run partnership for the third wicket.
Kohler-Cadmore c&b Wagner 40 (Somerset 62-1 v Durham 145)
Somerset bring up the half-century without loss with eight from the over from Ben Raine but Durham hit back in the next to end an aggressive cameo from Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
Neil Wagner had gone for 14 in his first over and six in the first two balls of his second but TKC skies one trying to pull it to the midwicket boundary and the bowler takes the catch.
Wagner sends him on his way with an aggressive roar and that will be tea at Taunton.
Sandhu c Cook b Porter 13 (Sussex 204 all out v Essex)
Image source, Rex FeaturesJamie Porter finishes with 4-30 from 12.4 overs as Gurinder Sandhu clips one on the leg side into the waiting hands of Sam Cook.
We will take tea before the Essex reply gets under way.
Middlesex 245-1 v Northamptonshire
Image source, Rex FeaturesWell batted Max Holden as he gets onto the back foot off Yuzvendra Chahal and hits it to the cover boundary for four.
It's a third Championship ton of 2025 for the left-hander and this has come off 182 balls.
Fine acceleration too, with the second 50 off 57 balls after it took him 125 for the first half-century.
Sussex 201-9 v Essex
All very frustrating for Essex as Henry Crocombe edges down to the vacant third-man fence to bring up the Sussex 200.
Crocombe and Gurinder Sandhu have added 31 runs for the last wicket.
Middlesex 239-1 v Northants
A first Championship game for Middlesex and a first 50 for the New Zealand batter.
He eases Yuzvendra Chahal into the offside for a single to bring up his 73-ball half-century.
Harris c&b Akhter 29 (Glocs v Lancs 142-4)
Marcus Harris tries to pull that through the on side but succeeds in putting the ball straight up.
The catch is taken calmly by Zaman Akhter in his follow through about three or four yards in front of the batsman.
Yorks 211-2 v Surrey
James Wharton knocks a couple off Will Jacks to bring up his half century in 111 balls.
It is the 12th first class half for Wharton and adds to two centuries and the partnership with Will Luxton is up to 104 as the last over before tea starts.
