It's worth pointing out that Kent number nine Darren Stevens has 33 first-class centuries and 77 fifties, so Somerset aren't through to the tail just yet.

Ollie Robinson slices a fortunate boundary off Craig Overton to start the afternoon session at Taunton and Somerset will want to pick up these last two wickets very quickly.

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Ben Duckett is doing what Ben Duckett does, so far in this Notts second innings.

He has five boundaries already as he's raced onto 27 from just 24 balls. Since lunch the forgotten England batsman has clipped Ben Coad to the midwicket ropes twice.

Duckett will be hoping to push on after an impressive 43 first time around.

Chris Nash meanwhile is taking his time - he has 5 from 18 balls.

Tom Taylor has Danny Briggs caught behind at the start of the afternoon session at Hove and takes 10 wickets in a game for the first time.

The Leicestershire paceman's 4-75 gives him match figures of 10-122, and the Sussex second innings is ended next ball, the first of a new over, when Hill holds an edge from Harry Finch (48) from the bowling of Chris Wright.

The visitors need 230 to start the season with a win.

I was going to write this when all six matches were back playing after lunch, but we're getting on now.

At Taunton - Somerset v Kent - and Southampton - Hampshire v Essex - I can only assume they were tucking into hot food, as they're a little tardy.

I'm a little jealous (if that's true). It's just the tuna sarnies for me.

It could be that they simply finished a little later this morning. I know which version I prefer.

A group of spectators at Taunton attempt to recreate the video for We Can't Dance by Genesis - but miscount the number of people required.....

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While we take a short break before the post-lunch session, here's something for you to ponder.

We've had six players keeping wicket in the game between Hampshire and Essex (see 12:08 entry).

But what is the common noun for wicketkeepers?

How about a gauntlet of wicketkeepers?

If you can improve on that - get in touch with your suggestions.

Off-spinner Colin Ackermann has taken five wickets in an innings for the first time in his career, but Sussex have done enough to ensure Leicestershire will face a tricky chase in the fourth innings at Hove.

Harry Finch has 47 not out, having come to the crease when Stiaan van Zyl went early, but Ackermann dismissed Chris Jordan and Ollie Robinson in the same over - Robinson the third Sussex batsman dismissed for a duck during the morning.

Tom Taylor has 3-65 and needs one more wicket to take 10 in the match, but Leicestershire are 219 behind.

Division One

Hampshire 525-8 dec v Essex 106-4

Nottinghamshire 408 & 17-1 v Yorkshire 291

Somerset 171 v Kent 172-7

Division Two

Derbyshire 197 & 194-4 v Durham 171

Northamptonshire 445 v Middlesex 257-8

Sussex 173 & 298-8 v Leicestershire 252

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator

James Harris has batted with poise, patience and no shortage of class to rescue two batting points for Middlesex, although the follow-on remains 39 away at Wantage Road.

Toby Roland-Jones and Steven Finn both shared fifty stands with Harris in a morning session which only saw one wicket fall - the fewest in session in the match so far.

Northamptonshire, bowling with an older ball, haven't done much wrong but did have Harris put down on 25 by Jason Holder at second slip.

The new ball is available in four overs and may well usher the end of the visitors' first innings, but the Middlesex tail has shown the top order there's runs to be had out there if they are batting to save the day at some stage.

Matt Cole
Sports Editor, BBC Radio Kent

A tense morning for Kent's batsmen under grey skies and against a persistent and penetrative Somerset bowling attack at Taunton.

They've edged ahead of the home side's first innings total by way of sheer grit and determination, particularly from Daniel Bell-Drummond whose 33 lasted 104 minutes. He may have missed a half-century, but his innings put down an important marker after a wretched 2018 in red-ball cricket.

Somerset's seam quartet have barely bowled a bad ball, with Craig Overton often getting prodigious movement in the air. Lewis Gregory has the best return with 3-26 at lunch - his third wicket thanks to a superb high catch at second slip by the veteran Marcus Trescothick to see the end of Bell-Drummond.

Dave Fletcher
BBC Radio Derby Sport

Tom Lace hit a career-best 61 as Derbyshire strengthened their grip on the match at the County Ground.

His was the only wicket to fall in the morning session as the home side extended their lead to 224 runs.

Alex Hughes had moved on to 38 not out at the lunch interval on, while first-innings batting hero Harvey Hosein was 35 not out.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

Samit Patel was the unlikely bowling hero on the third morning of Nottinghamshire’s County Championship match against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge.

The slow left-arm spinner claimed three wickets in as many overs, including that of England Test captain Joe Root, as Yorkshire were bowled out for 291, a first-innings deficit of 117.

Root had reached 73 when he charged towards the spinner and edged forcibly to first slip where Steven Mullaney pouched the catch. The same combination accounted for both Matthew Waite and Steven Patterson as the White Rose slipped from 253-6 to 265-9.

Ben Coad countered, hitting two sixes in his unbeaten 26, sharing in a last-wicket partnership of 26 with Duanne Olivier.

Batting for a second time, Notts lost Ben Slater to Coad and reached lunch on 17-1.

A leg bye off Lewis Gregory brings Kent to parity but this has been a superb exhibition of seam bowling by the Somerset all-rounder. He has 3-26 from 17 overs so far. Remember, we'll have a slightly later lunch at Taunton as the umpires make up time after the first day wash-out.

for Sir Alastair Cookpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 7 April 2019

12:39 BST 7 April 2019

Hampshire 525-8 dec v Essex 90-3

A leg-side boundary takes Cook to 50 from 78 balls, but that is all she wrote for the Essex opener as Kyle Abbott dismisses him with the final ball of the same over, which he obligingly clips straight to James Vince at mid-wicket.

A very un-Cook like error and to say Hampshire are happy about that, is like saying that knight always follows day. A statement of the obvious.

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James Harris is 38 not out for Middlesex against Northamptonshire, but the visitors are 218-8 and trailing by 227 at Wantage Road.

Sussex's lead over Leicestershire is now over 200 with Harry Finch (41) and Chris Jordan (14) together in the middle and their second innings score 285-6.

Tom Lace has now gone at Derby, caught off Gareth Harte for 61, and the home side are 160-4, a lead of 186 over Durham.