Summary

  • Lancs beat Yorks by 26 runs

  • Jason Roy hits 109 in Surrey victory

  • Chris Gayle makes 49 off 23 balls

  • Wins for Glos, Glam & Northants

  • Birmingham, Somerset & Derbys win

  1. wicket

    WICKET Stevens (b Tye 11)published at 18:17 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 83-4 (11.5 overs) v Gloucestershire

    Andrew Tye has another one! Darren Stevens is beaten for pace and has his stumps re-arranged. So much for the Kent number five stamping his authority on this game...

  2. wicket

    WICKET Westley (c&b Gregory 40)published at 18:17 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 91-4 (12.2 overs)

    Another set-back for Essex as Tom Westley's promising knock comes to an end.

    He wildly mistimes one and after a long time in the air, Lewis Gregory takes the caught and bowled to keep the visiting team in check.

  3. Team newspublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Glamorgan v Hampshire (18:30 BST)

    Glamorgan, who have won the toss at Sophia Gardens, are unchanged from their defeat by Essex and will bowl.

    Hampshire, who include James Vince and boom boom himself, Shahid Afridi, are also unchanged after beating Kent by nine runs last night.Glamorgan: Rudolph (c), Lloyd, Ingram, Donald, Cooke, Wagg, Meschede, Steyn, Hogan, van der Gugten, Cosker.

    Hampshire: Carberry, Vince (c), Adams, Wheater, Afridi, Sammy, Ervine, Dawson, Berg, Andrew, Best.  

  4. Stevens looking to step uppublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 78-3 v (11 overs) Gloucestershire

    Kent's Sam Northeast is doing his best to keep the scoreboard ticking over with 29 off 25 balls

    New partner Darren Stevens, on the other hand, wants to get on with it straight away, driving Liam Norwell through mid-on for his first boundary.

  5. Team newspublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Northants v Worcestershire (18:30 BST)

    Big-hitting Richard Levi is in for Northants at the top of their order. 

    But, Worcestershire welcome back Moeen Ali from England duty who'll line up alongside the in-form Brett D'Oliveria.

    Worcestershire: Ali, Kholer-Cadmore, Mitchell (c), Clarke, Kervezee, D'Oliveria, Whitely, Cox (wk), Leach, Henry, Shantry.

  6. Team newspublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Lancashire v Yorkshire (18:30 BST)

    The news from the middle at Old Trafford is that Yorkshire have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.

    Lancashire have a few big hitters in their side, including Martin Guptill, Karl Brown and Jos Buttler.

    Yorkshire bring in England pair Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.

    Lancashire: Guptill, Petersen, Brown, Croft (c), Buttler, Livingstone, Clark, Lilley, Parry, Wagner, Edwards.  

    Yorkshire: Lees (c), Willey, Root, Bairstow, Ballance, Rhodes, Bresnan, Plunkett, Rashid, Patterson, Coad.

  7. wicket

    WICKET Billings (c Norwell b Howell 7)published at 18:08 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 65-3 (9.4 overs) v Gloucestershire

    We've almost reached the halfway point in the Kent innings and they're still struggling to time the ball on a wicket where batting looks tricky.

    As if to prove the point, Sam Billings goes trying to force the pace, top edging Benny Howell for Liam Norwell to take a decent running catch in the backward point region.

  8. wicket

    WICKET Bopara (c Jayawardene b Waller 8)published at 18:06 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 67-3 (9.1 overs)

    Essex being strangled by Somerset's slower bowlers in the middle overs and Ravi Bopara is gone.

    Not one to remember from the Essex captain as he took 15 balls over those eight runs.

    Mahela Jayawardene takes the steepling catch in the deep off Max Waller's pin.

  9. Worcestershire win the tosspublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Northants v Worcestershire (18:30 BST)

    Visiting captain Daryl Mitchell has called correctly in one of our 18:30 starts at Northampton.

    Worcestershire have elected to bat first at the County Ground.

  10. Looks like they've made it....published at 18:01 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 59-2 (7 overs)

    If you remember earlier (see 17:29), Essex's media guys were having a bit of a nightmare journey to Taunton.

    Good news is they've finally arrived and it looks like a cracker of an evening as Essex look to rebuild again through Tom Westley and captain Ravi Bopara. 

  11. Gloucestershire hold early advantagepublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 53-2 (8 overs) v Gloucestershire

    Kent have finally brought up the 50 in the eighth over thanks to a Sam Billings single, but they're not finding it easy as the Gloucestershire bowlers continue to mix it up. Benny Howell's first over costs just four.

  12. Glorious evening in Birminghampublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Birmingham Bears v Durham (19:00 BST)

    BBC Newcastle's Martin Emmerson seems to be enjoying himself in the early evening sunshine in Birmingham!

    Team and toss news from that one in about 45 minutes.

  13. Tye-ing Kent in knotspublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 41-2 (6 overs) v Gloucestershire

    Australian Andrew Tye enters the attack and makes an immediate impact. After three dot balls first up, he gets Daniel Bell-Drummond for 25, with keeper Gareth Roderick taking a skier.

    It means just a Sam Northeast single in the final over for Kent before the end of the Powerplay.

  14. wicket

    WICKET Lawrence (c Waller b Gregory 22)published at 17:53 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 51-2 (5.1 overs)

    Lewis GregoryImage source, Rex Features

    I'm going to stop praising Essex's early efforts here as every time I do, a wicket falls.

    Dan Lawrence's promising innings has come to an end after he cut one straight to the hands of Max Waller at point off seamer Lewis Gregory.

  15. Essex keep tickingpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 51-1 (5 overs)

    Essex haven't been held back by that early loss of Jesse Ryder.

    Dan Lawrence and Tom Westley have both been finding the rope with regular intervals to bring up the visitors' 50 early on.

  16. Bell-Drummond moves through the gearspublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 34-1 (4 overs) v Gloucestershire

    Daniel Bell-Drummond gives the Kent innings some real momentum with successive boundaries - the first two of the innings - at the start of Liam Norwell's second over, and follows it off with two more to bring 16 off the over.

  17. wicket

    WICKET Ryder (c Davies b C Overton 7)published at 17:42 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 17-1 (2.3 overs)

    Jesse RyderImage source, Rex Features

    Commentator's curse as Somerset strike through the returning Craig Overton and Jesse Ryder is caught behind by Ryan Davies at the second attempt.

    No big innings for the big-hitting Kiwi tonight.

  18. Watchful startpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex 14-0 (2 overs)

    Jesse Ryder and Dan Lawrence making patient progress in the opening overs for Essex.

    A boundary each for the openers.

  19. wicket

    WICKET Denly (c Taylor b Norwell 2)published at 17:38 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Kent 13-1 (1.4 overs) v Gloucestershire

    A great start for Gloucestershire! Joe Denly tries to hit Liam Norwell over the top through the offside, but only succeeds in picking out Jack Taylor in the covers.

  20. Let's playpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 3 June 2016

    Somerset v Essex

    Play under way at Taunton as Essex open up with Jesse Ryder and Dan Lawrence against the bowling of Yasir Arafat.