Division One leaders Essex well-placed after two days against struggling Warwickshire
Second-placed Lancashire bowled out for 133 and 28-0 following-on in reply to Somerset's 335
Kumar Sangakkara makes 164 in his seventh County Championship century of season for Surrey
Essex 115-1 (32 over) v Warwickshire 201
Image source, Rex FeaturesVarun Chopra is in really good nick.
He's crunches a cover drive to the boundary, his 11th four of this innings, and has moved to 63 not out.
Despite a couple of near misses Tom Westley (23 not out) looks good too. He's playing as comfortably as ever off his pads. The runs are flowing in the sunshine for Essex. The deficit is under 100.
Leicestershire 354-8 v Worcestershire
Breakthrough for Division Two promotion-chasers Worcestershire at New Road...
Neil Dexter's 154-ball stay at the crease is ended by the India spinner.
Leicestershire added 69 for the eighth wicket there with Zak Chappell closing in on a half-century for the Foxes.
Gloucestershire 242-5 v Kent
Not as bright an outlook sadly across the Bristol channel where the wet weather has returned.
They're yet to see any action on the second day there...
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Essex 105-1 (31 over) v Warwickshire 201
Image source, Rex FeaturesWell bowled!
Warwickshire have handed 18-year-old Henry Brookes a debut in this match and he's just beaten England's number three Tom Westley with a beauty outside off stump.
The England under-19 international looks a good prospect. A couple of his deliveries have been up at 85mph.
Glamorgan 207 v Northamptonshire 59-2
Better news coming out of Cardiff after a delayed start due to overnight rain...
Lancashire 6-1 (7 overs) v Somerset 335
What sort of an innings are we going to see from young Haseeb Hameed today?
He batted 336 minutes for his 88 last week against Essex and will that Davies wicket see 'Baby'Boycott' dig in again?
He's off the mark early. Craig Overton has been very good so far with the new ball.
Image source, Rex FeaturesLancashire 6-1 (4.2 overs) v Somerset 335
Image source, Rex FeaturesBad news for Lancashire.
They have lost Alex Davies - their leading run scorer this season - in the fifth over of their reply to Somerset's 335.
It's a short-ish delivery from Craig Overton which is edged to Marcus Trescothick at second slip.
Liam Livingstone is the new batsman.
Essex 89-1 (27 over) v Warwickshire 201
Tom Westley is being tested early on by his England teammate Chris Woakes.
Woakes beats the outside edge on the first ball of his latest over and then finds it two balls later but the ball again goes through a gap in the slips to third man.
A really good battle.
Essex 85-1 (26 over) v Warwickshire 201
Essex may have lost an early wicket but Varun Chopra is carrying on in the same way he played last night.
He reached a 49th career first-class 50 with a textbook cover drive against his former club.
The knock has included 10 fours and has come from 84 balls.
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Surrey 416-3 (99.3 overs) v Yorkshire
And there is the century for Kumar Sangakkara with a delicate two into the offside off Steve Patterson.
It's come from 127 balls with 15 fours. He never seems to tire of run-scoring.
That's his seventh County Championship century this season.
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Essex 76-1 (24 over) v Warwickshire 201
Essex and England number three Tom Westley gets off the mark with a tentative push which is edged through the slips.
There is a little of extra pressure on him after a lean Test series against West Indies even though it ended with 44 not out at Lord's.
There'll be plenty of interest from the England hierarchy over the next hour or so. Haseeb Hameed will be batting for Lancashire any moment. Hi if you're reading Trevor...
Surrey 414-3 (91.1 overs) v Yorkshire
Image source, Getty ImagesKumar Sangakkara has resumed on his serene way with more runs under his belt at The Oval.
The Sri Lankan has already moved into the 90s this morning as well as helping Surrey to a fifth batting point and pushing his partnership with Ben Foakes (66 not out) past 150.
Essex 72-1 (32.1 overs) v Warwickshire 201
Early breakthrough for Warwickshire!
It's a lovely delivery from Keith Barker from over the wicket with his left-arm seam which squares up Nick Browne.
The batsman edges to first slip where Jeetan Patel takes a good low catch. The umpires have a check of the replay but that's absolutely fine. It carried.
Image source, Rex FeaturesSomerset 335 all out (97.2 overs) v Lancashire
It was a frustrating day yesterday for Lancashire but they've taken the final Somerset wicket on the eighth ball of the day.
Tom Bailey bangs one in to Jack Leach who just lobs the ball up in the air to gully.
Bailey ends with three wickets and now attention turns to the Lancashire batsmen.
Image source, Rex FeaturesEssex 70-0 (22 over) v Warwickshire 201
Essex openers Varus Chopra and Nick Browne have seen off the first over from Keith Barker at Edgbaston with a single to Chopra the only run.
The league leaders will have their eyes on a big lead by the end of the day.
Tom Westley is due in next and with the England selectors at the ground yesterday all eyes will be on him when he gets a bat as he looks to book that Ashes place.
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Image source, BBC SportI mentioned that weather forecast and the bad news is it is currently raining at Glamorgan and Gloucestershire.
The resumption of those matches is going to be delayed.
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Image source, Getty ImagesSo the big story this week is that Essex could clinch the title. The permutations are a little confusing so thankfully the County Championship provided this breakdown on their website...
There are some heavy showers around and strong winds forecast which could cause havoc with bowlers run ups but thankfully the worst of Storm Aileen seems to have passed.
Hopefully that means we'll get plenty of cricket today. The games are set up brilliantly. It should be a cracker.
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