Things haven't gone Alastair Cook's way in the opening couple of weeks of the new Championship campaign. Scores of 50, eight and 11 so far for the former England captain, who will not doubt have set his sights on adding to his collection of hundreds.

Who do you think, though, will be this season's leading red-ball run-scorer? Get in touch with your predictions.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

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Ryan Patel is a proper talent and played the sort of innings that makes you sit up and take note in Championship cricket.

His maiden first-class hundred was unbeaten, having started yesterday morning, and it spanned 278 deliveries.

He was the glue that held the Surrey innings together and gave the bowlers a platform to work with, and Tom Curran and Morne Morkel obliged by getting rid of Alistair Cook and Nick Browne to leave the visitors 21-2 at lunch.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

Somerset moved closer to parity on the second morning against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, with both Tom Abell and George Bartlett passing fifty. Abell has moved on to 59, whilst his younger partner is unbeaten on 66.

Resuming from their overnight score of 74-3, Abell and Bartlett enjoyed a trouble-free opening hour as Notts rotated their five seamers.

On a wicket that appeared to have lost some of its pace, Abell reached his half-century from 105 balls, with Bartlett following from only 96. Each had hit five boundaries at that stage as the stand went into three figures.

The session produced exactly 100 runs and by the interval the west country side had moved to within 89 of the Nottinghamshire first innings score.

Kevan James
BBC Radio Solent commentator

Yorkshire added 113 runs in the morning session for the loss of two wickets scoring at just over 3.5 an over.

Gareth Berg, who has found wickets hard to come by early season, produced a fine spell of 2-14, accounting for Gary Ballance, who gloved a lifting delivery to keeper, and the stubborn Steven Patterson caught driving to point.

Berg found something in the wicket that we had not seen much of, a bit of bounce and movement off the seam, but either side of that spell, it's been the same lifeless, paceless surface.

Dave Fletcher
BBC Radio Derby Sport

Luis Reece picked up career-best figured of 7-20 when Derbyshire played Gloucestershire in the final game of last season and struck again this morning.

He had Miles Hammond caught by Wayne Madsen at first slip in his first over as Gloucestershire reached 26-1 at lunch, with Chris Dent on 10 and James Bracey eight.

Earlier, Derbyshire were bowled out for 291 in their first innings after adding 35 runs to their overnight score with Matt Taylor and Ryan Higgins finishing with three wickets each.

Here's a quick glance at the scores at lunch on day two....

Division One:

Ageas Bowl: Hampshire v Yorkshire 413-5

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 263 v Somerset 174-3

The Oval: Surrey 395 v Essex 21-2

Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Kent 475-7

Division Two:

Chester-le-Street: Durham 224 v Sussex 62-5

Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 570-8 v Northamptonshire

Bristol: Gloucestershire 26-1 v Derbyshire 291

Grace Road: Leicestershire v Worcestershire 470-6

Lord's: Middlesex 265 v Lancashire 88-0

And you can keep across all those scores right here throughout the day.

Finn into his sixth over now and Jennings is in block mode.

Until the last ball - when he makes use of a bit more width to cut to point for two.

One more run added by Hameed off Harris at the other end - and that's lunch at Lord's.

A solid opening stand for Lancashire, who trail by only 177 with all ten wickets in hand.

Stuart Broad to bowl the last over before the break at Trent Bridge.

He drops short outside the off and Tom Abell sways out of harm's way.

He takes a single more off a thick edge than the middle off the last ball to move to 59.

George Bartlett has 66. That's lunch and a good morning's work for the visitors.

And that's also lunch at the Ageas Bowl.

Yorkshire push themselves past 400. Gary Ballance was eventually dismissed for 148 earlier on.

Gareth Berg with two wickets in quick succession for Hampshire, but that's been about all they can salvage from another tough session in the field.

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That's your lot for the morning session at The Oval.

Surrey well on top after taking their first innings to 395 and then prizing out both Essex openers in the 40-odd minutes before lunch.

Two wickets in the session - but also 108 runs.

A tough afternoon session awaits the hosts.

A great morning for Ollie Robinson - who goes to lunch with a first class career-best of 123 not out.

Shot!

Milnes over-pitches and Ollie Robinson drives down the ground for his 20th four to move to 118.

This is his highest ever first class score.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Newcastle

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If we learned anything from this wicket yesterday, it's the fact you have to dig in and graft to get runs on it

But having dismissed Durham for 224 this morning, Sussex seem to have decided the best policy is to attack.

However it got Phil Salt nowhere. He tried to take on every delivery from Chris Rushworth in the opening over. You don't do that and he paid the price, caught in the slips on two.

With plenty of seam movement Tom Haines (22) and Stiaan Van Zyl (1) also fell to slip catches from the Durham skipper Cameron Bancroft, while Laurie Evans has just fallen for 10, bottom-edging an attempted pull of James Weighell straight onto his middle stump.

Ben Brown has now gone for his third consecutive duck, leg before to Weighell.

Durham had one key partnership of 93 yesterday. Where will the Sussex equivalent come from?

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Alastair Cook and Nick Browne battling away for Essex against the new ball and some probing Surrey bowling by Morne Morkel and Tom Curran.

Cook on to 11 already as this pair look to reach lunch unscathed.

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Durham's bowlers are enjoying the conditions at Chester-le-Street it seems.

Sussex's reply to their 224 in a bit of strife at 49-4 after Phil Salt, Tom Haines, Stiann van Zyl and Laurie Evans all came and went cheaply for the visitors.

James Weighell with two of those four wickets.

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Notts 263 v Somerset 152-3

The batsman drives Jake Ball through extra cover for his fifth four to bring up his second successive half century, this one in in 96 balls.

The other one came in the second innings against Kent in the last round - where he made 63.

That's also the Somerset 150.

Ollie Robinson drives and gets a thick edge wide of first slip and through third man for four.

That's a 50 partnership for the 8th wicket and the 450.

Ben Watts
Sports reporter, BBC Radio Kent

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Maximum batting bonus points for the visitors here earlier on in this morning session at Edgbaston, with overs to spare too.

Ollie Robinson continues to show a mature temperament as the 20-year-old makes a maiden first-class century.

The Bears are now finding better areas after some loose early morning deliveries that were dispatched for four by Robinson and Darren Stevens, who shouldered arms to Henry Brookes to depart lbw.

Harry Podmore was dropped by Dom Sibley at second slip on 1, but the missed chance did not prove costly.