Nick Gledhill
BBC Essex

Sam Northeast and Liam Dawson have completed their century partnership to further strengthen Hampshire's position and Northeast, who has a good record against Essex, now has his highest score for Hampshire.

Jamie Porter achieved some movement with the new ball but the pair have generally looked entirely comfortable on a benign pitch.

Hampshire should make 500 and insure themselves against defeat. Essex, without the injured Adam Wheater, will be grateful for the presence of Sir Alastair Cook when their turn comes to bat. This has the makings of a high-scoring draw.

Sam Northeast hoped his move to Hampshire last year might help boost his chances of playing international cricket. Things didn't quite work out the way he'd planned, but he has started this summer in the best way possible - with a big century. OK, he's not an opener, but clearly one fan things he has the kind of ability the selectors should be investigating.

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Matthew Waite replaces Duanne Olivier in the Yorkshire attack, and begins with a tidy maiden.

If that's the last we see of Olivier in this innings- and Yorkshire will hope they won't need him again- the South African will finish with figures of 5-96, having been 2-74 overnight.

A performance to excite Yorkshire fans.

Sam Northeast and Liam Dawson have now posted a hundred partnership as Hampshire continue to tighten their grip on the game at the Ageas Bowl.

Jamie Porter's burst with the new ball brought him no reward and Essex have now called up Matt Quinn to share the bowling duties with Sam Cook.

Northeast is now 137 not out, with Dawson on 34 after an anxious moment a little earlier on (see below).

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Looks like we'll have some cricket at Taunton this afternoon.

Following a second inspection, the umpires have ordered the players to take lunch at 12:30, with a view to starting play 40 minutes later.

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Leicestershire's Lewis Hill has just reached a 102-ball 50 with a single off Mir Hamza at Hove, where the visitors are 178-6 and now out in front against Sussex.

Middlesex are still struggling to polish off the Northants tail at Wantage Road, where the home side are now 361-7, with Luke Procter 33 not out.

Derbyshire's Ravi Rampaul has made a breakthrough against Durham, removing Matt Salisbury for 12. Jack Burnham is now at the crease, his first Championship innings since a one-year drugs ban was imposed in 2017, and the visitors are 83-4

It's been pretty menacing stuff from Duanne Olivier this morning, with Luke Fletcher's torso the latest to take a bit a of a battering.

Paul Coughlin is looking comfortable enough, however, dispatching a straight ball from Olivier to the midwicket boundary to move to 24 not out. 110 overs have elapsed, which means bonus points can no longer be scored in this innings. Nottinghamshire finish with four, Yorkshire with two.

Oh, close-ish...Steve Patterson, into the attack for Ben Coad, gets through Coughlin's defences, but the ball dribbles past the stumps.

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A big today for 18-year-old Will Buttleman, who is keeping wicket for Essex because of Adam Wheater's thumb injury (see 10:41 entry).

No joy for Essex, though, with Liam Dawson picking up two runs off Sam Cook to advance to 26 and secure a fourth batting point for Hampshire - and they have 22 overs left to complete a full set.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

Duanne Olivier has turned the tables on Nottinghamshire on the second morning of their match at Trent Bridge.

The South African quick has taken all three wickets to fall this morning. Joe Clarke lost his middle stump, Tom Moores drove to extra cover for 27 and then Stuart Broad was pinned lbw deep in his crease for a second-ball duck.

Olivier has 5-91.

England's Stuart Broad is the new man, and Duanne Olivier greets him with a nasty short ball first up.

And now he's got him! Super bowling from Olivier, who softened Broad up before swinging a yorker back into the England man and trapping him LBW.

That's five wickets on debut for Yorkshire's Kolpak signing. He struggled early on yesterday, but he's found his rhythm now.

One of the best bits of cricket news yesterday was Haseeb Hameed's return to form with a double century for Lancashire for Loughborough MCCU. His innings is over now, though, caught in the slips for 218. Lancashire are 417-6.

A bit of good fortune for Sam Northeast, who reaches for a wide delivery from Jamie Porter and slices an uppish thick edge through the gully area for four.

Porter digs the next one in short and Northeast flips it over the slip cordon for another boundary. Was that intentional? We'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Northeast now on 118 - and Essex badly need to get rid of him.

Yorkshire will feel another wicket will open the floodgates, here, but Tom Moores has picked up where he left off yesterday, batting patiently and putting away the bad balls.

The left-hander rocks on to his back foot and pulls to the boundary. 19 off 94 balls for the wicketkeeper batsman, now.

Paul Coughlin is settling in nicely at the other end, finding the boundary with a lovely cover drive off Duanne Olivier.

350 up for Notts, who score their fourth batting bonus point.

Essex hope for new-ball successpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 6 April 2019

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Hampshire 327-4 v Essex

The new ball is available at the Ageas Bowl and Essex call up Jamie Porter, who didn't have one of his best days on Friday when his one Hampshire wicket cost him 70 runs.

Sam Northeast has moved on to 110 not out, with partner Liam Dawson 18 not out, and their partnership is currently worth 64.

Welcome to the crease, Paul...published at 11:25 British Summer Time 6 April 2019

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Notts 338-6 v Yorkshire

New-batsman Paul Coughlin is greeted by Ben Coad in the most unfriendly fashion imaginable. The ball hits the Nottinghamshire all-rounder in the last place he'd have wanted it to. Nasty.

Coughlin took a little while to recover, but is now back on his feet. Now Coad rattles him on the glove! That looked painful too.

Good response from the 26-year-old, though, as he clips the final ball of the over off his pads for four.

All over for Jason Holder in his first innings for Northamptonshire. He pushes hesitantly forward to a good length delivery and a thin edge provides a simple catch for wicketkeeper John Simpson.

Holder made 40 and that is the 31st time that Ireland's Tim Murtagh has taken five or more wickets in a first-class innings.

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The first wicket of the day in Division Two has fallen at Hove, where Sussex's Ollie Robinson trapped Harry Dearden lbw for 40. Lewis Hill is still there on 41-1, with Leicestershire 152-6, just 21 in arrears.

Northants have made a steady start against Middlesex, adding seven runs so far to reach 317-6, with West Indies captain Jason Holder now 40 not out.

No joy yet for Derbyshire against Durham, with Ravi Rampaul conceding a boundary to Alex Lees, who has 20 out of the visitors' score of 63-3.