Postpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Essex 55-1 (4.4 overs) v Surrey
Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra at Chelmsford
Cameron Delport is timing it absolutely magnificently at the moment.
Summary
Essex beat Surrey after posting 226-4 in 15 overs - Cameron Delport hit 38-ball hundred for hosts
Durham defend 148-4 to beat Northants by seven runs
Washouts at Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Hampshire and Leicestershire without a ball bowled
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan abandoned because of rain with Welsh side 96-8
Postpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
WICKET: Wakely b Trevaskis 9published at 20:34 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 59-4 (9 overs) v Durham - target 149
Liam Trevaskis comes in to bowl some slow left-arm orthodox. Northants need a boundary and Trevaskis tosses the ball up, but Alex Wakely misreads it and is clean bowled.
Northants need 8.47 runs an over now.
Postpublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Essex 38-1 (4 overs) v Surrey
Cameron Delport decided to attack Sam Curran, with two lofted on drives.
The first goes for a one-bounce four but the second is bigger and goes all the way for six.
Then he drives through mid-off for another four.
Curran responds well with two dot balls - a full toss and a short ball, which might have been wide.
Essex opener Delport now has 22 runs from 13 balls.
Postpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Essex 23-1 (3 overs) v Surrey
Essex are making steady progress, with Cameron Delport and Tom Westley both having struck a boundary apiece.
Sam Curran's first over went for 13 runs, although he picked up the wicket of Varun Chopra.
Postpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 44-3 (6.3 overs) v Durham - target 149
The sky's getting brighter and so is Northants' run chase. Adam Rossington hits his second six of the innings and follows it up with a classy four.
104 runs needed from 13.3 overs now.
WICKET: Chopra c Batty b S Curran 7published at 20:23 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Essex 12-1 (1.4 overs) v Surrey
Varun Chopra hits the first boundary of the innings through the covers off the bowling of Sam Curran.
Two balls later and he top edges a catch to the third man fielder.
A decent start for Surrey, and Tom Westley is the new man in.
De Villiers' debut masterclass lights up opening nightpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Thursday round-up
Image source, Getty ImagesWe haven't had much play so far today, but AB de Villiers was the star in Middlesex's opening-night win and there were notable performances elsewhere from Somerset's Tom Banton and Worcestershire's Moeen Ali - read all about them here.
WICKET: Coles c Burnham b Raine 2published at 20:19 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 29-3 (5 overs) v Durham - target 149
A third big wicket in the powerplay. Matt Coles was sent in to accelerate the run rate but he heads back to the changing rooms having only faced five balls.
Alex Wakely is the new man in, while Adam Rossington slaps one for six at the end of the fifth.
Postpublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 21-2 (4 overs) v Durham - target 149
Big-hitter Matt Coles has just come into bat for Northants. He's not normally a number four batsman do the Steelbacks have one eye on the Duckworth-Lewis score?
Listen livepublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Image source, Rex FeaturesYou can listen to live commentary from Chelmsford on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra with Dan Norcross and his colleagues.
There's also commentary of Durham v Northants from BBC Newcastle and BBC Radio Northampton - click on your option of choice at the top of this page.
Postpublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Essex Eagles 0-0 v Surrey
The teams are out at Chelmsford and we are going to get started, having had an aborted attempt at 19:00 BST.
It's a 15-over game and Jade Dernbach opens the bowling for Surrey.
The batting powerplay is expected to last 4.3 overs.
Cameron Delport and Varun Chopra are opening the batting for Essex.
WICKET: Cobb b Potts 1published at 20:12 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 18-2 (3.1 overs) v Durham - target 149
Huge wicket and Matthew Potts has 2-1.
The Duckworth-Lewis score is 31 by the way.
Rain back at Ageas Bowlpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Hampshire v Sussex Sharks (20:15 BST)
Bad news from Southampton.
The rain has returned, it's pretty heavy and the covers are back on.
We won't be getting under way at 20:15 BST.
WICKET: Thurston c Short b Potts 3published at 20:07 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 10-1 (2 overs) v Durham - target 149
Not the start Northants would have wanted as Charlie Thurston balloons the ball to point.
Might be a bit of rain around too, but it doesn't need to hold off for long for us to get a result - as BBC Newcastle's Martin Emmerson explains...
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End of twitter postMATCH ABANDONEDpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
BreakingLeicestershire v Lancashire - no result
Match off at Grace Road.
Image source, PA MediaPostpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Northants 7-0 (0.4 overs) v Durham - target 149
And now we're back under way at Chester-le-Street as Northants begin their innings.
T20 Blast matches are like buses, you wait ages for one and then two come along at once!
Play on the way at Chelmsfordpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Essex v Surrey (20:15 BST)
And they should be coming out at Chelmsford soon too!
It'll be a 15-over game there between Essex and Surrey, with a 20:15 BST start.
They had the toss before the earlier rain delay - Essex are batting first.
Sussex win toss & fieldpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Hampshire v Sussex Sharks (20:15 BST)
Sussex have won the toss and skipper Luke Wright has decided his side will bowl.
We are due to have a 14-over game if there is no further rain at Southampton.
Hampshire captain James Vince says he would have had a bowl if he'd won the toss.
Fitness boost from Jimmypublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
While we wait for Northants' reply at Durham and potentially news of the toss from the Ageas Bowl, let us bring you some positive injury news if you're an England fan...
Anderson 'feels good' in fitness fight
England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson says he feels "good" as he recovers from injury ahead of the Ashes.
Read MoreDurham set Northants 149 to winpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 19 July 2019
Durham 148-4 (20 overs) v Northants
Image source, PA MediaAustralian debutant D'Arcy Short top-scores for Durham with 46 runs from 40 balls as the Jets post a competitive total.
As the sides jog off the pitch, both camps seem to be pretty happy.