Summary

  • Essex beat Warwickshire by an innings & 164 runs

  • Match figures of 14-128 for Simon Harmer

  • Lancs beat Hants by an innings & 30 runs

  • Worcs chase 399 to beat Kent

  • Clarke & Mitchell hit tons

  • Durham beat Glamorgan for first win of 2017

Live Reporting

Gary Smee

  1. Durham pressing for victory

    Durham 402 v Glamorgan 295 & 183-7 - lunch

    Nick Webb
    BBC Wales Sport

    Durham are well placed for their first Championship win of the season with Glamorgan just 76 runs ahead at lunch with three wickets remaining.

    Nightwatchman Lukas Carey has top-scored with 49 before Chris Rushworth removed his off-stump.

    Barry McCarthy then claimed three cheap wickets with Aneurin Donald and David Lloyd out for ducks, followed by Graham Wagg for 5.

    Colin Ingram on 30 is Glamorgan's last hope, and he was dropped at cover off Rushworth just before lunch.

  2. wicket

    WICKET Ali (lbw b Yasir Shah) 63

    Worcestershire 336 & 164-2 v Kent 260 & 474

    That swings things back in Kent's favour on the stroke of lunch - Moeen is back in the hutch.

    Yasir Shah traps the England all-rounder lbw for a fine 63 off just 55 balls.

    It's given Worcestershire a chance, but they could have done with him slapping another 100 on top of that.

  3. Essex going clear

    Essex 541-9 dec v Warwickshire 283 & 83-8

    ChelmsfordRex Features

    When Essex wrap up victory, they'll take 22 points from the game.

    It'll put them 25 clear of Yorkshire currently in second at the halfway point of the season.

    Lancashire look set to beat Hampshire, so they'll move up to second and 100 points - 14 behind Essex.

    Start dreaming Essex fans - a first County Championship title since 1992 is becoming a reality.

  4. wicket

    WICKET Patel (lbw b Harmer) 8

    Essex 541-9 dec v Warwickshire 283 & 82-8

    That's number 12 for Simon Harmer! And another lbw.

    He can't do anything wrong. Jeetan Patel is the victim this time, caught in front, see ya later.

    The Essex spinner now has 12-121 in the match, unsurprisingly his best ever figures.

  5. 50 runs

    Fifties for Moeen & Mitchell

    Worcestershire 336 & 156-1 v Kent 260 & 474

    Moeen Ali and Daryl Mitchell have batted superbly so far.

    Both batsmen pass 50 and their third-wicket stand goes past 100.

    243 more needed for the Pears.

  6. Harmer equals personal best

    Essex 541-9 dec v Warwickshire 283 & 78-7

    Mike Taylor
    BBC WM

    Two wickets in two balls for Simon Harmer - equaling his personal best now of 11 in a match - have accelerated Essex towards victory.

    Rikki Clarke and Tim Ambrose held them up for nearly an hour, until Clarke, stretching well forward, offered only his front pad to a big off-break and struggled to hide his disappointment at being despatched lbw.

    Keith Barker popped up a catch off his pad first ball, leaving Warwickshire with only three wickets in hand and lunch still in the oven.

  7. wicket

    WICKET Ervine (b Jarvis) 13

    Lancashire 593 v Hampshire 395 & 69-7

    Who's going to win first, Lancashire or Essex?

    Kyle Jarvis rattles Sean Ervine's timbers and Hants are on the brink.

  8. wicket

    WICKET Barker (c Foster b Harmer) 0

    Essex 541-9 dec v Warwickshire 283 & 74-7

    Two in two for Simon! Hat-trick ball coming up.

    Big Keith Barker nicks his first ball behind to give Harmer his second five-wicket haul of the match.

    Jeetan Patel survives the next delivery, so no hat-trick, but Warwickshire are going down with a whimper.

    Simon HarmerRex Features
  9. 6 runs

    Maximum for Moeen

    Worcestershire 336 & 136-1 v Kent 260 & 474

    Worcestershire are absolutely flying at New Road.

    Moeen Ali biffs Yasir Shah for four and then goes even bigger. SIX.

    He's raced up to 48 off 45 balls, the hosts need another 263 to win.

  10. wicket

    WICKET Clarke (lbw b Harmer) 12

    Essex 541-9 dec v Warwickshire 283 & 74-6

    SIMON HARMER HAS 10 WICKETS IN THE MATCH!

    It's the spinner's third lbw of the innings too. Rikki Clarke is struck on the pad and sent packing.

    Essex are going to win this at a canter.

  11. Another one for Durham

    Durham 402 v Glamorgan 295 & 170-6

    Barry McCarthy strikes again for Durham!

    Aneurin Donald edges the Irishman to Ryan Pringle at slip and is gone for nought.

    Glamorgan's lead is still only 63.

  12. Back under way in Manchester

    Lancashire 593 v Hampshire 395 & 66-6

    Play resumes at Old Trafford after the rain delay and Kyle Jarvis immediately finds the edge of Lewis McManus.

    But it's safe, and flies down to the boundary. Hampshire will need plenty more luck to get out of this one in tact.

  13. Your England Test XI

    #bbccricket

    Chris: All good suggestions so far but Root has to bat 4

    Dominic Mawdsley: Cook, Jennings, Bairstow, Root, Stokes, Livingstone, Buttler (WK), Moeen, Wood, Broad, Anderson

    Paul Gilpin: Cook, Stoneman, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Buttler, Ali, Rashid, Wood, Broad, Anderson.

  14. First win for Durham?

    Durham 402 v Glamorgan 295 & 168-5

    Durham have just taken a fifth Glamorgan wicket - Barry McCarthy trapping Aneurin Donald lbw for a duck.

    Glammy lead by 61.

  15. Essex 541-9 dec v Warwickshire 283 & 71-5

    Tim Ambrose and Rikki Clarke haven't played a shot in anger in the last half hour.

    Runs aren't important for Warwickshire though, survival is the order of the day.

    Tim AmbroseRex Features

  16. 100 up for Worcestershire

    Worcestershire 336 & 106-1 v Kent 260 & 474

    Milestone one for Worcestershire - tick.

    The Pears reach 100-1 and they now require less than 300 to win. Moeen Ali is finding his feet, Daryl Mitchell is in the trenches.

    Surely they can't?

  17. Carey goes for 49

    Durham 402 v Glamorgan 295 & 165-4

    Nick Webb
    BBC Wales Sport

    Durham claimed two wickets in the first 80 minutes as they faced a Glamorgan side apparently determined to try to bat out the final day at the Riverside.

    Andrew Salter, promoted to number three, fell to his first aggressive shot of the day as he mis-hooked Matty Potts to mid-wicket on 26, giving the teenager his third wicket.

    Nightwatchman Lukas Carey survived a few dubious wafts outside off-stump but started to middle a few, hitting Barry McCarthy for six over mid-wicket to take the lead past 50.

    With Colin Ingram joining him, the run-rate began to rise but Carey was comprehensively bowled by Chris Rushworth on 49.

  18. Play to restart at 12.30

    Lancashire 593 v Hampshire 395 & 62-6

    Good news folks, the rain has stopped and they're getting under way at Old Trafford in 15 minutes.

    Yep, it certainly is exciting Jimmy!

    James AndersonRex Features

  19. Your England Test XI

    #bbccricket

    Richard Offord: Get Dan Lawrence in. He is the future, and every time he has gone up a level in his career he has adapted quickly

    Heinz Von Bakebean: Cook Jennings Ballance Root Bairstow Stokes Foakes Ali Wood Broad Anderson. Westley & Porter too important to Essex for call up

    Andrew: Cook Jennings Root Westley Ballance Bairstow Stokes Ali Broad Anderson Porter.

    Essex's Jamie Porter has 31 wickets for Essex this season, the third highest behind South African Sean Abbott and Yorkshireman Ben Coad.

  20. Pears have been there before

    Worcestershire 336 & 92-1 v Kent 260 & 474

    Worcestershire are no strangers to pulling off a big chase.

    Last July they successfully reached a target of 366 to beat Leicestershire by three wickets, led by Joe Clarke's brilliant 123.

    Moeen Ali is now on his way, stroking his first boundary off Mitch Claydon - Worcestershire need another 307.