Summary

  • Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by 132 runs

  • Essex beat Yorkshire by eight wickets inside three days at Chelmsford

  • Sam Hain hits a century in each innings as Warwickshire claim unlikely, battling draw against Hampshire

  • Surrey lead Kent by 81 with four wickets left and a day to go

  • Middlesex closing in on victory against Gloucestershire in Division Two

  • Get involved using #bbccricket on Twitter

  1. Good morning allpublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 9 July 2019

    Welcome back, or welcome, we don't discriminate if this is your first time.

    We have more exciting County Championship live text coverage from eight matches across the country for you today. I can't flat out promise that there'll be uninterrupted play, as I pretty much did at this time yesterday, because there's cloud and rain drifting around.

    But I can promise fun. That, I can promise.