And that's where I'll wrap things up.

Myself and Katie Whyatt will be back tomorrow from 10:15 BST, for what promises to be another cracking day.

Let's hope the clouds part a little.

Until then, goodbye.

Unsurprisingly, it's got too dark and they're off for the day.

And that's the end of day one in this latest round of County Championship games!

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Jonathan Trott is certainly a thorn in the Durham side. On a pitch which has been difficult to bat on because of dampness and dullness in Birmingham, he has continued where he left off at Chester-le-Street a few weeks ago.

He now has 400 runs against Durham in four innings in the County Championship and One-Day Cup this year and will return to the crease on 67 tomorrow.

But Warwickshire struggled from the off with Chris Rushworth taking the wicket of Dom Sibley at the end of the third over of a shortened morning. In doing so he reached 400 wickets in first-class cricket and 381 have come in the championship for Durham.

He also saw off Tim Ambrose for 15 later in the day, with Warwickshire 184-6 when bad light ended play at 17:20 BST and with 28 overs lost in the day.

Surrey batsman Dean Elgar told BBC Radio London's Mark Church:

"It was quite a good bowling performance by Essex, they created a lot of opportunities, but luck was on our side and we'll take it.

"It was really tough after lunch where they settled into a gameplan and made a lot of work for myself and Burnsy (Rory Burns).

"He's doing everything right (to play Test cricket). It seems like his game's taking off, but I'm putting no-one's career in my hands. He looks solid, his game's developed a lot."

Fraser Lawrence: Points must be deducted this time at Taunton. Serial offenders and 22 wickets in a day is beyond a joke.

I'm fairly sure the ECB will be taking a look Fraser.

There are still eight overs remaining at Derby.

Glamorgan are 30 points adrift at the bottom of Division Two and will be desperate for a second win of the season.

For those of you just logging on, you can catch up on an extraordinary first day at Taunton with a look at the match report.

With time called at Bristol with Gloucestershire on 208-7 against Middlesex, there's just the one game remaining this evening.

It's at Derby where Glamorgan are 9-0 in reply to Derbyshire's 251 all out.

You can listen to commentary from the remaining few overs by clicking on the tab at the top of this page.

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Well, that was alright.

Lancashire survive Dom Bess' final over of day one, but they face an uphill struggle to avoid defeat in this game.

The wicket is turning miles and they're already into the third innings. Don't rule out a result in a day and a half at Taunton.

Yorkshire's bowlers will sleep a little easier tonight after those four late wickets.

But Notts are still in a decent position thanks to that opening stand of 182 between Ben Slater and Kraigg Brathwaite.

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And there ends a day which has just about belonged to Division One leaders Surrey.

Three late wickets have kept Essex in the game, but Surrey haven't got away from them.

It could be a pivotal day at Chelmsford tomorrow.

After bad light prompts an 18 minute delay, they call stumps between Warwickshire and Durham. Warwickshire will resume tomorrow morning on 184-6 with Jonathan Trott (67 not out) and Jeetan Patel (10 not out) at the crease.

They're not going to get back on at New Road, that's the close.

It's been another opening day in which the bowlers have dominated.

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After bad light stops play, the umpires decide there is no prospect of bowling the remaining 7.3 overs tonight and call stumps.

Sussex will resume tomorrow on 323-8.

Somerset's other spinner Dom Bess is opening the bowling from the other end.

Can the hosts pick up another wicket before stumps? A 21st of the day!

Lancashire have six overs left to survive on this crazy first day at Taunton.

Just to add to the madness, Jack Leach is opening the bowling.

They've been off at Worcestershire for about 10 minutes now, I must have missed that one.

It's been a long old day.