Apologies are due to Dan Moriarty.

Having concluded there was no turn for the left-arm spinner, his second over suggests otherwise as he gets a couple of deliveries to fizz off the surface and bamboozle the Essex batters.

Michael Pepper and Noah Thain battling hard to survive until the lunch interval and beyond.

Ben Kellaway doesn't get his front foot anywhere near it but makes a clean contact as he puts Ekansh Singh away for four to bring up a century stand with Andy Gorvin. Not a single crumb of wicket-taking comfort for Kent so far this morning.

First over of spin in this Essex innings, with Yorkshire deciding to see whether left-armer Dan Moriarty can extract some turn from the surface.

The answer appears to be no after Moriarty's first six balls, but those cost him just a single to Noah Thain and Yorkshire will be content to keep the runs down.

As we've seen already in this game, cutting off the flow of runs inevitably brings wickets eventually. With that said, they'd like another before lunch.

A flashing square drive off Dan Lawrence brings Zen Malik four runs, the first of his innings. He looks to be one of those very wristy players.

There must be some very weary Kent fielders out there.

Matt Parkinson loops up a leg-break and Ben Kellaway drives it handsomely over mid-off and away for four.

He is 134 not out and the home side have still to take a wicket today.

100 for Marcus Harrispublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 10 May

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Northants 238 v Lancs 226-4

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There was a certain inevitability about it - and he's been given two lives in this innings - but that is another hundred for Marcus Harris.

Harris crashes James Sales past point for his 15th boundary and reaches three figures from 188 balls.

It's the third time he's hit a century in nine innings since joining Lancashire at the start of the season.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

It's the simplest of catches that Verreynne will ever take and Middleton is gone.

You've got to feel a bit for Middleton, Verreynne didn't seem to know how to celebrate that wicket.

It's come out completely out of the blue, Middleton could maybe consider himself a bit unlucky. It didn't seem as though it was ball of the century but it behaved as though it was.

Let-off for Barnardpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 10 May

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Warks 450-5 v Surrey

Should have been two in successive overs for Surrey.

Ed Barnard - on 78 - cuts uppishly off Dan Lawrence and James Taylor fails to hold a straightforward chance at point.

Matthew Revis has come on for his first bowl of this game, but he's yet to match the accuracy of his fellow Yorkshire seamers.

Revis was loose on the leg side and Michael Pepper gratefully pulled him to the boundary before the next ball turned into a slow full toss that took the batter somewhat by surprise.

It's some mild respite for Essex, who have been under the cosh this morning and desperately need a partnership to dig themselves out of trouble.

Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex

A good morning for Sussex, making early inroads into the Worcestershire top order.

With Ollie Robinson back on the field after appearing to have a leg injury, Sussex are back to a full compliment of seam bowlers, and they have done the damage.

Ari Karvelas, making his first appearance of the season has been the pick of the bowlers, removing Gareth Roderick with a beauty which left the right hander to be caught in the slips, and should have accounted for Kashif Ali, who was dropped before he’d scored by Tom Alsop at first slip.

Henry Nicholls who dislocated a finger fielding yesterday has steadied the Worcestershire ship, but on a pitch giving some assistance to the bowlers Sussex are currently on top

Following two wayward deliveries down the leg-side, Tom Latham pulls Tom Lawes down to fine leg for four to take him to 176 not out - which we are told is the highest score on debut for Warwickshire.

As good a position as Warwickshire are in, they are going to need to take 20 wickets to win this game and that is going to be a big ask on this pitch.

Dropped catches at Northamptonpublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 10 May

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Northants 238 v Lancs 217-4

Northamptonshire's trio of slip fielders now share an unwanted statistic - they have all dropped catches this morning.

Marcus Harris, slashing outside off stump, was put down at second slip by Ricardo Vasconcelos - and then Luke Wells, already dropped by James Sales, gained another life when Calvin Harrison failed to cling on at third.

Harris is now into the 90s and Wells must also feel his luck is in today as Lancashire move closer to that Northants total of 238.

Ben Kellaway cover drives for four off George Garrett as Glamorgan's total passes 450.

The young right-hander is now 124 not out.

Surrey continue to toil as Tom Latham and Ed Barnard reach a 150 partnership for Warwickshire.

The two batters have each contributed 73 to the stand - Barnard is 73 not out and Latham now has 172.

It must be a first.

The entire United Arab Emirates team retired with their score on 192-0 and rain looming in a Women's World Cup qualifier against Qatar.

They then bowled out Qatar for 29 to win by 163 runs.

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