Remember Kevin Pietersen's 'flamingo' shot? Here's a left-handed version of the same thing, courtesy of Somerset's Matt Renshaw, who is now 87 not out against Nottinghamshire at Taunton.

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Australia have managed 283-6 in their 50 overs against Middlesex at Lord's, with Travis Head making 106 off 141 balls. Pace bowler Tom Barber was the pick of the county side's attack, with 3-62. You can see a full scorecard by clicking here.

More of your thoughts on the England A squad announced this morning. The Essex fans are still not amused.

from David Wood: "@bbctms, external@EssexCricket, external re Lions, good to see a proper wicketkeeper Ben Foakes (Essex boy) getting a go. But how does Jamie Porter miss out? What are they going to do when JimmyA retires? #bbccricket, external"

from trebor63: "Jamie Porter not in the England Lions? Surely worth a go! #bbccricket, external#Englishlions, external"

Jordan Clark is already on to 21, of which four have been boundaries.

The third of those was slightly fortuitous though, through third man, right where third slip would have been.

And Chanderpaul has now followed suit, smiting two fours of his own to reach 19.

Kent openers Sean Dickson and Daniel Bell-Drummond have posted a century stand against Gloucestershire in Bristol. The visitors are 101-0 in the 39th over, with Dickson 57 not out and Bell-Drummond on 41.

Usman Khawaja's first Championship innings for Glamorgan has come to an end. He was lbw to Keith Barker for four and the Welsh county are 79-4 in the 38th over against Warwickshire.

Durham are hanging on at the Riverside with Josh Coughlin and Ryan Davies still together against Derbyshire and the total 79-6 after 34 overs.

Ricardo Vasconcelos has moved on to 35 not out for Northants, who are 98-3 in the 34th over against Leicestershire at Wantage Road.

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Surrey 105-3 (27 overs) v Hampshire

There has been no resumption yet at the Ageas Bowl, with Rory Burns 56 not out for Surrey, and Ben Foakes on 10.

After 26 days of One-Day Cup cricket, something had to rub off. And Jordan Clark has come in at Old Trafford seemingly intent on still playing his shots.

Already, he has hit two of his seven deliveries to the boundary to move to 11.

A couple of early boundaries off Samit Patel's left-arm spin by George Bartlett, and one off Luke Fletcher, give Somerset a positive start to the afternoon at Taunton. Bartlett is now 24 not out, with Matt Renshaw on 54 at the other end.

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Kent 91-0 (34 overs) v Gloucestershire

Three runs off Matt Taylor carry Sean Dickson to a 108-ball half-century in Bristol, and he celebrates with a boundary at the start of the next over, bowled by Ryan Higgins.

The teams are out for the afternoon session in our seven County Championship games. There are usually some early wickets post-lunch, so let's see if that is the case again today.

England's women are struggling in their one-day international against South Africa at New Road. You can follow text commentary on that game here, but pace bowler Katherine Brunt has been having her say on how the talent pool can be widened.

Worcestershire's Travis Head is closing on a century for Australia in their one-day series warm-up game against Middlesex at Lord's. The tourists are 210-3 in the 41st over of their innings with Head 96 not out and Aaron Finch on 30.

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Australia batsman Usman Khawaja was four not out at lunch in his first Championship innings for the county after joining Glamorgan as a replacement for fellow countryman Shaun Marsh. But how did he come to join them? He has been explaining his reasons.

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Sports Editor, BBC Radio Kent

From the moment Kent captain Joe Denly won the toss and elected to bat, the visitors have looked mainly untroubled on a worn-looking but placid pitch at Bristol.

After a cagey start that saw Sean Dickson twice cut close to his stumps, the opening pair have made stately progress towards lunch, accelerating up to around four runs an over off the final 10 before the interval.

Sean Dickson (47 not out) has been the more aggressive of the batsmen, but Daniel Bell-Drummond has played the crisper shots – a drive through mid-wicket for four just before lunch being the pick of the day so far.

Ryan Higgins has been the best of the Gloucestershire bowlers – conceding just five off his seven overs of medium pace, and constantly nagging at the batsmen with his accuracy and swing.

A dismal morning at the Riverside for a weakened Durham side ended with a wicket as Graham Clark was caught behind off Tony Palladino for 19. South Africans Duanne Olivier and Hardus Viljoen claimed two wickets each as Durham slumped to 26-4 before Clark and Gareth Harte (20) staged a partial recovery with a stand of 38. Both are now gone, though, and Derbyshire will be hoping to make short work of the tail when play resumes.

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Zak Chappell was the stand-out performer with the ball for Leicestershire on the opening morning at Wantage Road. He bowled Rob Newton for 31 and later added the wicket of Northants skipper Alex Wakely for figures of 2-19 from six overs. Ben Raine claimed the other wicket to fall, Ben Duckett caught behind for 14. But Ricardo Vasconcelos batted for almost an hour and a half to reach lunch on 24 not out.

Surrey could hardly have made a worse start at the Ageas Bowl, where Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick both departed for ducks in the first over of play. Captain Rory Burns led the fightback as he and Ryan Patel (34) shared a stand of 82 - and Burns was still there on 56 at the interval.

Fidel Edwards and Brad Taylor are the Hampshire wicket-takers - the latter also running out Borthwick with a direct hit - while Dale Steyn's first bowl for the county in Championship cricket brought him 0-15 from eight overs.