Tom Westley bowls the first over after lunch for Essex after lunch.

It's now Simon Harmer from the Radcliffe Road End - eight overs remain until the second new ball.

Notts 209-4 in their second innings, a lead of 153.

Rikki Clarke comes on for the first over after lunch.

But he almost immediately gets despatched twice to the boundary by Tom Fell. Five fours for the makeshift opener now. Nine off the over. Fell now onto 26.

The lead is up to 115.

Keshav Maharaj with the first over after lunch, looking to add to his two morning wickets. One off the over.

Josh Bohannon then comes on at the other end. One off that one too.

Four overs to go to the new ball.

Remember we've already had one result today, with Kent boosting their promotion hopes and ending those of opponents Middlesex with a three-wicket Championship win at Lord's.

You can read the report of that match here.

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With England finishing their summer of Test action with victory over India yesterday, the end of the County Championship campaign is in full focus.

Mike Taylor
BBC WM

Warwickshire have been thoroughly professional in this game so far and continued that businesslike approach this morning, to set up a clear chance of a three-day victory.

Their pursuit of a full hand of batting bonus points turned out to have been expertly paced, Chris Woakes and Jeetan Patel requiring just 10 of the available 12 balls to lash the 16 runs required to earn the fifth.

Patel instantly declared, keeping the game fully in round figures, with a lead of 300, and, in an extended opening spell, Keith Barker claimed the first three Leicestershire wickets without the assistance of any of his colleagues - two clean bowled, one LBW.

Patel himself then appeared with an arm ball that befuddled the hitherto diligent Harry Dearden on several occasions before he played back to it once too often in the final over before lunch.

Nick Webb
BBC Wales Sport

Gloucestershire are already heading for a three-day victory in Cardiff after the departing Craig Miles claimed three wickets in the opening two overs of the second innings.

Strangely news of Miles’ departure to Warwickshire broke while he was at the crease, adding some useful tail-end runs with David Payne.

Timm van der Gugten, who finished with 4-66 in 38 overs, dismissed Gloucestershire’s overnight batsmen, Ben Charlesworth for 66 and Jack Taylor for his season’s best 112.

For Glamorgan, the misery goes on.

We're at lunch in our seven remaining matches - this is how the land lies:

Division One

• Yorkshire 209 & 219-6 v Lancashire 252
• Worcestershire 336 & 38-0 v Surrey 268
• Nottinghamshire 177 & 208-4 v Essex 233

Division Two

• Durham 103 & 332-6 v Sussex 122
• Glamorgan 137 & 6-3 v Gloucestershire 353
• Leicestershire 100 & 69-4 v Warwickshire 400-9 dec

• Northamptonshire 255 v Derbyshire 189-8

Essex fight back in the last hour after Notts had dominated at Trent Bridge.

Notts captain Steve Mullaney is on one, alongside Ben Duckett who is 12 not out with the hosts leading by 152 runs.

Nine more overs after lunch until the second new ball becomes available for Essex.

After conceding a 68-run first-inning to bottom side Worcestershire, Surrey have so far failed to make a second-innings breakthrough at New Road.

Worcestershire openers Daryl Mitchell (14) and Tom Fell (17) have come through a tricky 13 overs against Tom Curran, Jade Dernbach and two overs of Surrey's main man Morne Morkel to reach 38-0.

The visitors had needed maximum batting points to seal a first title triumph since 2002 but, after resuming on 213-6, they lost their last four wickets for 55 runs.

A 176-run lead for Yorkshire on day three in Leeds.

Tim Bresnan on 8. Matthew Waite on 4.

Lancashire have claimed three morning wickets, two of them going to South Africa Test left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who removed both overnight batsmen Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Gary Ballance LBW.

But the Red Rose need four more afternoon wickets and pretty cheaply.

Admittedly they made 317 to win in the fourth innings to beat Worcestershire at Southport 12 days ago. But, in this climate, at Headingley, in the nerve-jarring tension of a Roses match, you wouldn't fancy them chasing much more than 200 to win.

This Roses match is still very much in the balance.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Newcastle

A fantastic innings by Cameron Steel has just come to an end with the young opener out for 160, his second highest score in first-class cricket.

After all of the chaos of yesterday, when 11 wickets fell by lunch, Steel has helped to turn this game with a knock which restored calm in Chester-le-Street.

Steel faced 273 balls and added partnerships of 72 with Alex Lees, 55 with Michael Richardson and 79 with Paul Collingwood.

Sussex were desperate to get the new ball in their hands but have struggled to make an impact with it. Paul Collingwood, whose highest championship score this season was 44 at Arundel, now has 38.

Collingwood interestingly shook the hand of every Durham player earlier - how much should we read into that?

With Kent having beaten Middlesex by three wickets this morning, there are still four games ongoing...

Warwickshire look poised to return to the top of Division Two - they have Leicestershire 48-3 in their second innings and lead by 252 runs at Grace Road. Keith Barker has taken a timely 3-17 on the day the Bears signed fellow fast bowler Craig Miles for next season.

Durham's Cameron Steel has moved to 156 not out - they're 293-5 against promotion-chasers Sussex and closing in on a third batting point. Durham lead by 274 runs there.

Jack Taylor has gone for 111 for Gloucestershire, who are now 337-8 in their first innings and leading Glamorgan by 200 runs at Sophia Gardens.

Derbyshire are 167-7 in their first innings against Northants, who made 255. That one seems in the balance.

A tidy start for Worcestershire at New Road as Division One's bottom club look to build on their 68-run first-innings lead against table-toppers Surrey.

Daryl Mitchell and Tom Fell survive the first five overs from Tom Curran and Jade Dernbach.

Fresh from his first-innings 69, Fell has already hit three boundaries in his 13.

Image source, Rex Features

Notts have passed their first-innings score at Trent Bridge, moving onto 181-2.

Luke Fletcher is still there on 35 with Jake Libby on five.

It's a lead of 125 runs now for Notts - the Essex bowlers are keeping them quiet but the wickets haven't come yet.

A thin inside edge from Sam Billings finds the boundary and Kent beat Middlesex by three wickets to go top of Division Two as it stands.

It's been a hard-fought game mainly gloomy conditions at Lord's, but 19 points for Kent take them to 195 overall and really puts the pressure on Sussex in the promotion race.

Captain Billings finishes on 31* with Harry Podmore 1* for Kent, while Middlesex now cannot mathematically win promotion this season.