Summary

  • Amir & Cook take three wickets each as Essex reduce Kent to 125-6 on rain-shortened day

  • Rob Yates hits maiden century for Warwickshire against Somerset

  • Luke Wood takes 5-67 for bottom club Notts against Yorkshire

  • Surrey's Rikki Clarke claims five against Hants at The Oval; Vince out for 47

  • Division Two leaders Lancashire bowl out Glamorgan for 257

  • Moeen Ali makes 42 as Worcestershire all out for 186 against Northants

  • Durham's Alex Lees scores 181 against Leicestershire at the Riverside

  • Sussex's Ollie Robinson takes 8-34 as Middlesex are bowled out for 75

  • Ryan Higgins claims 'five-for' as Glos dismiss Derbyshire for 200

Live Reporting

Paul Grunill and Steve Mather

  1. Good morning

    After a month of T20 Blast cricket, the County Championship is back - for one week only.

    There are four games left to decide which team wins the title, which one is relegated, and which three are promoted - but with white-ball cricket resuming on Thursday, we'll have to wait until next month for final denouement.

    To use a horse racing analogy, look upon this week as the teams rounding the final bend before entering the finishing straight.

    We have nine games for you, so welcome to our coverage. Play is scheduled to start at 11:00.

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