Summary

  • 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

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Adam Williams

  1. Sunny skies in Uxbridge

    Middlesex v Hampshire

    After a wet outfield put any prospects of play on day one to bed, things are looking much better at Uxbridge.

    Middlesex v Hampshire should be under way on time.

    The news from the toss is that there hasn't been one and Hampshire will bowl first. They have suffered a blow this morning with skipper James Vince out with a hamstring injury.

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  2. How things stand

    County Championship scores on the opening day:

    Division One

    Middlesex v Hampshire - no play possible, wet outfield

    Somerset 330-9 v Lancashire

    Surrey 398-3 v Yorkshire

    Warwickshire 201 v Essex 69-0

    Division Two

    Glamorgan 207 v Northamptonshire 59-2

    Gloucestershire 242-5 v Kent

    Derbyshire 338-9 v Sussex

    Leicestershire 325-7 v Worcestershire

  3. Essex take step towards title

    Warwickshire v Essex

    Simon Harmer and Jamie PorterGetty Images

    Jamie Porter and Simon Harmer were the stars for Essex yesterday as they bowled Warwickshire out for 201 before the leaders' openers reached 69-0 at the close.

    Elsewhere, second-placed Lancashire were frustrated by a century by Somerset's Steven Davies as they look to keep the pressure on Essex.

    Surrey's Mark Stoneman played beautifully for another Championship ton - which almost certainly books his Ashes place - as his side piled on the runs against Yorkshire.

    In Division Two, Neil Dexter's century gave Leicestershire the better of day one against Worcestershire who could go top with a win.

  4. Hello there

    EdgbastonRex Features

    Good morning and welcome along to our coverage of day two of this week's eight County Championship fixtures.

    Essex had an excellent first day yesterday against Warwickshire at Edgbaston and know they could win a seventh Division One title with a win this week if Lancashire slip up at Somerset.

    Warwickshire themselves are in desperate need of points to aid their relegation fight, as do Somerset, and the Division Two promotion race is hotting up too.

    We'll cover it all right here on this page. Don't go anywhere.

  5. Premier League in 1992Getty Images

    1992.

    A year of a General Election, some new competition called the Premier League and Whitney Houston dominating the singles charts (you know the song).

    It was also the year Essex last won the County Championship.

    But could that barren spell end this week?