Summary

  • Day two of nine matches in the last round of the 2024 County Championship season

  • Play only possible at Somerset, Notts, Glamorgan & Yorkshire

  • Play abandoned at Essex, Leicestershire, Durham, Sussex & Worcestershire

  • One of Lancashire, Notts or Warwickshire will be relegated from Div One

  • Notts need 10 points to guarantee safety, Bears five

  • Yorkshire & Middlesex going for promotion from Div Two

  • Yorkshire need 10 points to seal promotion

Live Reporting

Chris Harby, Ben Pheazey & Harry Everett

  1. rain stops play

    Off again at Taunton as the scores draw level

    Somerset 136 & 60-4 v Hants 196

    These two umpires would be very good at the hokey-kokey, in out, in out...

    Bit sharper, heavier rain in fairness this time does deserve a departure once more.

    Could this be curtains for day two?

    We definitely will not get 12 more overs in today anymore as the full sheets come out and many spectators scarper.

    Scores level so Hampshire will have to bat tomorrow once they take Somerset's remaining six wickets.

  2. Is that safety for Notts?

    Notts 302-6 v Warwickshire

    Notts v Warwickshire match actionRex Features

    Rob Lord is off the mark from his 11th ball as he strokes Craig Miles through extra cover for a stylish four.

    That brings up the 300 and batting point #2 in the 77th over.

    It means if Notts avoid defeat, they'll get the 10 points they need to stay up.

    How many more can they add? Plenty of overs in the tank, but not so many wickets.

    Warwickshire need just a further three points to guarantee their safety.

    It's all bad news for Lancashire.

  3. wicket

    WICKET Sales b Hill 17

    Yorks v Northants 79-4

    Comprehensive.

    James Sales looks to leave the ball from George Hill, which swings in to smack the leg stump.

    That really curved.

    This is a tough watch for any away supporters.

    Northants are in tatters as Saif Zaib joins George Bartlett in the middle.

  4. Yorks v Northants 79-3

    James Sales is well forward to Matt Fisher, perhaps trying to negate the swing.

    He gets a single off the third ball, playing in front of square on the leg side.

    George Bartlett is half forward, pushing Fisher defensively into the off side.

  5. Notts 297-6 v Warwickshire

    Having reached his half century, Kyle Verreynne collects a 10th boundary backward of point from the next ball.

    Craig Miles is loose again and Verreynne cuts to collect three successive boundaries.

    Will Rhodes, into his third over, causes more problems as he beats the edge of new batter Rob Lord.

    Just the single from the over and Rhodes now has figures of 1-3.

  6. Yorks v Northants 78-3

    Close! James Sales plays and misses with the bat well away from his body and briefly looks up to the skies in frustration.

    Matt Fisher nips a ball back and the ball strikes Sales on the thigh pad.

    He looks unperturbed but that must sting a bit, surely. Maiden over.

    George Bartlett is nearly foxed himself but pulls his bat inside the line at the last moment facing George Hill, who is nipping the ball in.

    Another maiden over.

  7. 50 runs

    50 for Kyle Verreynne

    Notts 287-6 v Warwickshire

    Kyle Verreynne battingRex Features

    Kyle Verreynne drives Craig Miles through extra cover and the South African wicketkeeper batter reaches fifty for the 34th time in his first-class cricket.

    He's had to rein in his attacking instincts a tad against some tight bowling, but gets there in 70 balls, with nine fours.

  8. Back on in Taunton

    Somerset 136 & 54-4 v Hants 196

    14.2 overs to be bowled then, can Hampshire finish this tonight or will James Rew, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and any other Somerset batters take this into a third day?

    Stay tuned to find out...

    Liam Dawson to complete his eighth over from the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion End.

    Somerset still trail by six runs.

  9. Yorks v Northants 78-3

    16 overs left if the light holds.

    James Sales tries to drive a wider ball from Matt Fisher through the off side but the ball is picked up at extra cover.

    Sales is drawn forward and beaten outside off by the last ball.

    Maiden over.

    George Bartlett is forward to George Hill, defending into the off side.

    The fourth ball is driven down the ground for four runs.

    Bartlett is forward to the last ball to defend and gets a thick edge wide of the three slips for four.

  10. wicket

    WICKET James c Yates b Rhodes 2

    Notts 283-6 v Warwickshire

    Lyndon James is off the mark to his third ball as he flicks Craig Miles into the legside for two.

    Kyle Verreynne dabs into the offside for a single to move within three.

    But then another wicket falls! And a second bowling point for the Bears.

    Will Rhodes angles one towards the off stump of James who edges low to first slip where Rob Yates takes a smart two-handed catch, diving low to his right.

    Rob Lord is padded up and in.

  11. 17:20 BST resumption at Taunton

    Somerset 136 & 54-4 v Hants 196

    Still sunny, still blue skies, but the umpires and scorers seem to have chalked off a surprisingly hefty chunk of the overs remaining in the day.

    Just 14.2 overs to be bowled now.

  12. Yorks v Northants 70-3

    Yorkshire are within 10 points of Division One cricket and they won't mind this from James Sales!

    A loose drive outside off stump squirts the ball wide of a diving third slip for four.

    Frustrating for Matt Fisher but you'd fancy another chance is coming quite soon.

    George Bartlett defends down the ground facing George Hill and picks up his first runs (off his sixth ball) clipped to fine leg for two.

  13. Somerset 136 & 54-4 v Hants 196

    Covers are now completely removed and umpires inspecting, they seem happy, I am expecting players to emerge imminently so play can resume with at least 20 overs still to be bowled in the day.

  14. wicket

    WICKET McCann b Miles 130

    Notts 280-5 v Warwickshire

    Freddie McCann bowledRex Features

    Big wicket for the Bears!

    The returning Craig Miles comes round the wicket to Freddie McCann who produces a fine inswinging yorker which uproots the off stump.

    A superb 233-ball innings comes to an end.

    The 19-year-old has two centuries in five matches - exciting times ahead. Take a bow.

    Lyndon James is up next.

  15. Notts 279-4 v Warwickshire

    Will Rhodes bowling for WarwickshireRex Features

    Alex Davies decides to mix things up and brings on Will Rhodes on for his first bowl, replacing Danny Briggs at the Stuart Broad End.

    The Pavilion End as was.

    Freddie McCann swings and misses outside off stump raising some strangled cries from wicketkeeper and the solitary slip. Single from the over.

  16. Somerset 136 & 54-4 v Hants 196

    The covers came on, but are now being removed again, one of the umpires is sat in the dug out, should not be long here before resumption in further blue sky and sunshine.

  17. wicket

    WICKET Procter b Hill 25

    Yorks v Northants 64-3

    A big full toss from Jordan Thompson and James Sales clips that through square leg for four runs.

    The newly capped George Hill is in the attack for the first time in this game from the Howard Stand End.

    He's bowling round the wicket to Luke Procter, who works the ball to backward square for one.

    One more to Sales through backward square.

    Out! George Hill has his first wicket as a capped Yorkshire player and that's also a first bowling bonus point for the Tykes!

    Procteris half forward with an angled bat, playing into his stumps.

    George Bartlett to bat next.

  18. Back on at Cardiff

    Glamorgan 217-4 v Gloucestershire

    A passing shower has.. well, passed and we're back on the field.

    Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast has four and Chris Cooke is on 3.

    23 overs remaining.

    Zafar Gohar to bowl to Chris Cooke.

  19. Verreynne releases the pressure

    Notts 275-4 v Warwickshire

    Warwickshire have bowled well here after tea, restricting Notts by and large, but without breakthrough.

    But the pressure is released a little as Kyle Verreynne goes down the ground for back-to-back boundaries off Danny Briggs.

    The first narrowly evades the fielder at long on whose Superman dive cannot pull in the ball. The second is more convincing and almost earns the first six of the match.

  20. rain stops play

    Rain stops play at Cardiff

    Glamorgan 217-4 v Gloucestershire

    This is deeply frustrating for Gloucestershire, who have fought their way back into this match with three wickets for 12 runs in this session - all to the bowling of Matt Taylor.

    But frankly, 54 overs of play is riches compared to the complete absence of cricket in the second division yesterday due to rain.