Division One

Yorkshire 50 & 329 v Essex 142 & 146

Yorkshire (19 pts) beat Essex (3 pts) by 91 runs

Somerset 429 v Lancashire 330-5

Nottinghamshire 302 & 280-3 v Hampshire 223

Surrey 434 v Worcestershire 228-2

Division Two

Leicestershire 440 v Durham 184 & 36-0 (following on)

Glamorgan 94 & 274 v Kent 174 & 3-0

Kent need to score 195 for victory

Middlesex 230 & 171-2 v Sussex 323

Derbyshire 318 & 209 v Warwickshire 439 & 89-2

Warwickshire (23 pts) beat Derbyshire (5 pts) by eight wickets

Two big lbw shouts from Tim Groenewald on Jordan Clark, but nothing doing.

Dane Vilas finishes the session unbeaten on 149. Lancashire trail by 99 runs.

It's day three in the match between Northamptonshire and Pakistan at Wantage Road and the tourists have been bowled out for 428, with Asad Shafiq remaining unbeaten on 186. It gave them a 169-run lead on first innings. You can hear commentary on the game by choosing the promo link at the top of the page.

Notts have lost three wickets in this session, but it hasn't slowed them down. Samit Patel and Ross Taylor have put on 46 runs together in just 5.2 overs so far.

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Middlesex 230 & 160-2 (48.2 overs) v Sussex 323

Nick Gubbins and Dawid Malan have been superb for Middlesex in this first session, safely moving the score along.

The pair have now put on 151 runs together in 46 overs. Malan has 83, while Gubbins is on 64. They trail Sussex by 67 runs now.

After a 100-minute delay to the start of play at Sophia Gardens, it takes eight deliveries for Kent to finish off Glamorgan's second innings as Matt Henry has Michael Hogan well-taken low at first slip by Sean Dickson.

The New Zealand pace bowler takes 4-59 for match figures of 8-90 and Kent need to score 195 to secure their second win of the season.

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It's not been an easy start to the summer for Yorkshire. David Willey and Liam Plunkett are both away on T20 duty overseas, and don't forget that their main spinner, Adil Rashid, has opted out of red-ball cricket for the time being.

Victory at Chelmsford, though, after being all out for 50 in the first innings will surely have the team thinking that they are capable of winning from any position.

It was a bold move by head coach Andrew Gale to send Jonny Bairstow out to open in the second innings, the kind of flexible thinking that should stand them in good stead in the months ahead.

Yorkshire's batting problems haven't gone away - yet - but what price on another title success now?

Martin Emmerson
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Leicestershire have enforced the follow-on. It's something my colleague Richard Rae hasn't seen them do and he has been commentating on their matches for five years.

The last time they did it was in 2010 and they won both that season against Northants and Surrey. Durham, for the record, have not won a game when following on.

There was once a t-shirt popular with Sunderland fans which said "I saw John Stead score for Sunderland".

Perhaps Durham could make some money with "I saw Aiden Markram score for Durham"?

But on a serious note, the batsmen have a massive job on their hands to save this one. The pitch is not misbehaving it is purely down to too many of them being out of nick. And the only way they can overcome that is by spending time in the middle. We'll see what happens.

Game over - and what a victory for Yorkshire at Chelmsford.

Peter Siddle, on 24, shapes to tickle Tim Bresnan away to fine leg, but doesn't make contact and the umpire adjudges him lbw.

It's the first time defending champions Essex have lost a Championship game since they went down by 11 runs to Glamorgan in September 2016 - and their will be some head-scratching as to how they can have let the game get away after skittling the Tykes for 50 on the first morning.

Seam bowler Steve Patterson takes a career-best 6-40, while Ben Coad, who removed Ryan ten Doeschate, James Foster and Simon Harmer in the space of 10 balls, finishes with 3-36.

Yorkshire take home 19 points, while Essex must settle for three.

Dane Vilas is seeing it like a football at Old Trafford. The South African has raced to 139 not out with a succession of boundaries.

The new ball is not doing anything for Somerset. It's racing to the boundary with regularity.

Here is Glamorgan's social media statement, external about why there hasn't been any play yet at Sophia Gardens:

"An early lunch was taken at 12noon on day 3 of Glamorgan’s @CountyChamp, external match against Kent @SophiaGardens, external

"After arriving at 8am, the groundstaff discovered that an overnight leak in the underground drainage system had created a damp patch on the square.

"With good drying conditions, plenty of time left in the game and hard work by the groundstaff, the small patch dried out, allowing play to commence at 12.40pm and only eight overs of play being lost.

"Glamorgan Cricket apologises for any inconvenience caused."

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It would be in keeping with the incredible turn of events in this game if Essex's last-wicket pair were to now see them to what would be an improbable victory.

Peter Siddle has hit three boundaries and is 17 not out, but it's surely too tall an order for the Australian and partner Sam Cook.

Tim Bresnan finds the edge of Cook's bat, but the ball lands just in front of the slips anjd runs away to third man for two. Yorkshire need one wicket - Essex need another 99 runs.

Fifty for Nick Gubbinspublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 6 May 2018

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Middlesex 230 & 137-2 (40.3 overs) v Sussex 323

Another potential England player reaches a landmark. Nick Gubbins was impressive in the North v South series in pre-season and is definitely on the radar of national selection.

He passes fifty with a four off George Garton in an innings which has included five fours and a six.

Aiden Markram has two runs!

The South African Test opener who averages 55 with four tons in his 10 Tests to date, started his County Championship career with three successive ducks.

But he's got two runs now. How many will follow?

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Surrey 434 v Worcestershire 186-2 (61 overs)

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It's been a patient knock by Tom Fell, who has reached a 126-ball fifty at the Oval with a cover drive for four off Conor McKerr.

Worcestershire are still 248 in arrears, but are looking good in their quest to save the follow-on with Fell and Joe Clarke on the verge of a half-century partnership.