Toby Bilton: Cook, Stoneman, Root, Ballance, Bairstow, Malan, Stokes, Mooen, Broad, Wood, Anderson. A few from Essex unlucky to miss out.

Thomas Moquet: Cook, Browne, Root, Lawrence, Moeen, Stokes, Bairstow, Porter, Broad, Wood, Anderson

tommy arnoldd: Cook Stoneman Root (C) Westley Stokes Bairstow (WK) Ali Rashid Broad Porter Anderson

Lots of love for Essex seamer Jamie Porter here. He currently has 33 wicket at an average of 23.42 in the County Championship this season. Impressive stuff.

Nick Webb
BBC Wales Sport

An astonishingly mature display from 16-year-old spinner Hamidullah Qadri on debut has made Derbyshire favourites for their first Championship win in 710 days.

Qadri has bowled virtually unchanged through the first session, dismissing Timm van der Gugten for 5 and key man Colin Ingram for 9.

With Owen Morgan falling to Jeevan Mendis for 7, it's been tortuous stuff for the home crowd.

Nick Selman has batted through the session for 30, but new batsman Aneurin Donald has already survived two short-leg chances, one regulation and one difficult, off Qadri.

Every nerve in the house is being jangled, with Glamorgan still 148 short of victory.

Rain stops playpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

16:12 BST 29 June 2017

Warwickshire 321 v Lancashire 273 & 178-4 - start delayed, rain

Prospects of play are not looking too encouraging at Edgbaston.

News when I have it...

Division One

• Yorkshire 27-1 v Surrey 516-7 dec - Match abandoned, draw
• Warwickshire 321 v Lancashire 273 & 178-4 - start delayed, rain
• Hampshire 211-9 dec & 50-2 v Somerset 147 - tea
• Essex 542-3 dec v Middlesex 246 & 113-3 - tea

Division Two

• Sussex 358-9 dec & 142-1 dec v Gloucestershire 150-1 dec & 30-3 - tea
• Notts 371 v Kent 180 & 214-7 - play to start at 16:30 BST
• Northants 261 & 289-7 dec v Leicestershire 157 & 161-2 - tea
• Glamorgan 237 & 64-4 v Derbyshire 288 & 160 - tea
• Durham 197 v Worcestershire 367 - Match abandoned, draw

It's also the end of the first session at Hampshire.

The game appears to be drifting towards a draw - Rilee Rossouw (14 not out) and James Vince (7 not out) will resume after the break with a lead of 114.

Bloomin' rain!

Ah, tea at 4pm - I wasn't quite sure if they were going to go off at 4.10pm because of Tuesday's washout.

In fairness, I still don't know if it's even called tea.

Anyway, the players are leaving the field - Nick Compton and Paul Stirling have made sure it was an even session after those three early wickets for Simon Harmer.

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Howzaaaaaat?!

Paul Stirling pops one up into the hands of Ryan ten Doeschate at silly-point off Dan Lawrence and the Essex skipper appeals for a catch.

The umpire shakes his head.

Probing over from the part-time spinner first up though.

Sussex have made some inroads at Hove. Gloucestershire openers Cameron Bancroft and Chris Dent have both been dismissed. Jofra Archer and Abidine Sakande with the wickets.

The away side need 321 to win - a total that is already feeling nominal. Sussex need eight wickets for the win.

Paul Stirling and Nick Compton have been together for 22 overs now.

It has to be said that apart from a couple of edges, they've looked relatively untroubled.

Essex will need to be patient. Dan Lawrence replaces Simon Harmer with five minutes to go until tea.

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Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

Play will start at 4.30pm, all being well with the weather.

There are 67 overs scheduled to be bowled and tea will be at 6.40pm (if play goes on that long).

Kent will resume on 214-7, a lead of 23 over Notts – but they are effectively eight wickets down as Darren Stevens won’t return to the crease after retiring hurt yesterday.

"Lunch" is now officially being taken, meaning a 16:10 BST start is possible, but after a brief brighter (or less grey) spell, the heavier drizzle is back.

After offering the possibility of an exciting finish today, the match looks increasingly condemned to finishing as a dead draw.

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Spinner Simon Harmer will be appearing on BBC Essex's Around the Wicket show on Saturday afternoon (14:00 BST - 18:00 BST).

Paul Hawkins will be chatting to the 28-year-old South African about his superb first season at the County Ground.

He'll also be taking calls from listeners. Well worth a listen!

Hamidullah Qadri has another wicket. The dangerous Colin Ingram is gone, having chipped the ball to mid-on for 9.

Aneurin Donald has been given a life too, having been dropped first ball off Qadri's bowling by Alex Hughes at short leg. Derbyshire are turning up the pressure.

Fifty for Comptonpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

15:42 BST 29 June 2017

Essex 542-3 dec v Middlesex 246 & 107-3

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Well batted Nick Compton.

Simon Harmer bowls one short and wide, his first bad ball of the day, and the Middlesex opener slaps him to the boundary to bring up his half-century off 111 balls.

It's a first fifty of the summer for Compton, but he'll want plenty more.

Cook spills onepublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

15:37 BST 29 June 2017

Essex 542-3 dec v Middlesex 246 & 101-3

There's the chance Essex wanted, but it's dropped.

Paul Walter finds Paul Stirling's outside edge, it flies to Alastair Cook at slip but he can't hold it.

Should have been taken.

Alex Winter
BBC Radio Northampton sport

Northants were frustrated last night, not taking a wicket in 16 overs they had under the floodlights and they continue to be a little frustrated on day four.

They did strike twice within the first seven overs to remove both openers but have since dropped Mark Cosgrove twice - both pretty straightforward chances - and Colin Ackerman is providing rather stubborn resistance.

Northants are still favourites to go and win this game but it's set to be hard work and a special Cosgrove innings could give Leicestershire a sniff.

Another cloudy day here and a little bit of movement with the pink ball but interestingly, the ball was changed just after the 30 over mark, exactly as it was yesterday afternoon.

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Match abandoned at Headingleypublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 29 June 2017

15:31 BST 29 June 2017

Yorkshire 27-1 v Surrey 516-7 dec

The 15:30 BST inspection has brought bad news I'm afraid. The bowlers' run-ups at the Kirkstall Lane End are not going to dry in time - game over, match drawn.

What an incredibly frustrating couple of days in West Yorkshire. The locals will want to forget this one in a hurry!

Yorkshire earn seven points, Surrey take 10 back to The Oval.

Ladies and gentleman - mid-summer in Chelmsford.

Meanwhile Middlesex bring up their 100 - it's been a good last hour for the visitors.

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This has been some innings from Nick Compton so far.

The former England opener moves to within six runs of his half-century with a boundary off Paul Walter - his fifth to go with a six.

100 balls and counting.

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