Rain stops play at Northampton and tea interval takenpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time

15:28 BST

Northants 413-9 v Glam 467

Northants progress from 309-5 to 413 today before rain forces the players off the field.

That might be the end of Day Three.

A draw is the most likely result here. Tea will be taken now.

Ekansh Singh picks up his first run of the afternoon, guiding Tom Bailey to backward point for a single to move to 6*.

Slow going at Canterbury as more clouds skid across the weak sun.

Finlay Bean - like partner Adam Lyth - is under way with a boundary. He steers Lewis Gregory down to third man, very much a deliberate stroke, that one.

Streaky start by Adam Lyth, who drives at a ball from Josh Davey and edges past the cordon and down to third man for four.

Davey gets his fourth delivery all wrong and it runs away for four byes despite a despairing leg-side dive by keeper James Rew.

Tea is being taken at Lord's and Grace Road, where the teams have been off the field because of rain.

No sign of a resumption at Leicester, where Gloucestershire are 8-0 in their second innings, with the covers still in place

Lovely shot from Joey Evison who drives George Balderson down the ground past mid-on for a four, which takes the Kent lead past 150.

Another couple take him to 19* from 35 balls with Ekansh Singh still on five after facing 33 deliveries.

It was just after 11.00 am when the players had to go off at Taunton, and all that has happened since then was an abortive attempt to restart the game about an hour later, followed by Somerset's declaration.

We have cricket now, though, and Adam Lyth and Finlay Bean are in the middle to open the batting in Yorkshire's first innings.

Josh Davey will bowl the opening over.

It's raining at Northampton. Drizzling to be more accurate.

We're playing on for now.

Asitha Fernando is in the attack and Ben Whitehouse survives an appeal for caught behind off an inside edge.

The Sri Lankan pace bowler has three slips, bowling fast and straight.

A play and miss trying to block.

Maiden over. Now Saif Zaib will face off spinner Kiran Carlson on 143.

10 more runs will take Zaib to 1200 for the season.

The first six runs of the afternoon come from one ball as Joey Evison gets a thick outside edge past the slips to the vacant boundary at third, and it's a no-ball from Tom Bailey to add insult to injury.

Seven off the over, and Kent lead by 147.

Now we're going to try and restart at 15:30.

Hold on to your hats and umbrellas.

No surprise but an early tea will be taken at 15:20 BST... we'll see what happens after 15:40, though the covers are coming off under silvery skies in SE11.

Good over from George Balderson, a maiden.

The last ball tempts Ekansh Singh into a jab with his hands at the ball outside off but he doesn't make contact with bat or glove and Matty Hurst's catch behind the timbers counts for nothing, bar preventing byes.

Kent's lead remains 140.

Joey Evison (8*) and Ekansh Singh (5*) are back out in the middle after a three hour break.

Let's enjoy it while it lasts...

Here comes James Harris.

There goes James Harris! Ben Whitehouse is stuck on the crease, edging between first and second slip.

A streaky four but it still takes Northants to 400 in 88 overs.

There has been precious little cricket at Lord's so far today - just 10 overs in fact. But hope springs eternal and the umpires will take a look at 3.10pm.

Rain stops play at New Roadpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time

15:05 BST

Notts 4-1 - target 136

The covers are back on the square right on cue for the planned resumption.

But this may not be too serious as there are some players on the outfield having some fielding drills.

The playing area is now covers free at the County Ground.

Yorkshire will start their first innings at 3.20pm, with 43 overs to be bowled, if all goes according to plan.

Well, that's good news.

Notts need another 132 to beat the Pears and seriously challenge Surrey at the top of the tale.

The county champions are currently still off the field for rain.

The rain has cleared and the covers are off, we'll be back under way at 15:10 BST with tea scheduled for 16:00 BST (don't start, I know....) and 40 overs remaining in the day with Kent leading by 140 runs.