Rain stops playpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Hampshire 308-8 v Surrey
Umbrellas up at the Kia Oval as a sudden rain shower sees the players exit the pitch to seek shelter.
Let's hope it's only a short delay.
Summary
Sam Cook takes 5-42 for Essex as Kent are bowled out for 226
Somerset lose fifth wicket against Warwickshire
Bottom club Notts all out for 184, trailing Yorkshire by 48
Surrey's Rikki Clarke takes 7-74 as Hants are all out for 367
Dane Vilas makes career-best 266 for Lancashire against Glamorgan
Middlesex's Toby Roland-Jones takes 'five-for' against Sussex
Wakely & Pretorius hit centuries for Northants v Worcestershire
Durham declare on 544-9 against Leicestershire at Riverside
Gloucestershire's Chris Dent hits fourth Championship hundred of summer
Rain stops playpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Abbott helps Hampshire pass 300published at 12:21 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Hampshire 305-8 v Surrey
Image source, Getty ImagesHampshire have passed 300 in 88.5 overs to earn their third batting point.
Just the one wicket for Surrey so far this morning with Rikki Clarke removing Lewis McManus.
Since then, Kyle Abbott (40*) and Ryan Stevenson (37*) have put together a partnership worth 73.
for Toby Roland-Jonespublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Middlesex 75 v Sussex 151-7
Image source, Getty ImagesRemember when Toby Roland-Jones' hat-trick clinched the title for Middlesex in 2016. Seems a very long time ago.
But he's back in business after injury problems and has Sussex's David Wiese caught behind for a duck to take five wickets in an innings for the 19th time in his career.
If he stays fit, is it too late for the 31-year-old to resume a Test career which brought him 17 wickets in four games in 2017?
Sussex lead by 76.
Podmore punishes Harmerpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Kent 186-8 v Essex
Essex decide it's time to introduce spinner Simon Harmer, but Harry Podmore shows scant respect as he smashes the ball away over mid-wicket for six.
Harmer drops fractionally short ln his next over and the Kent number nine square cuts for four, before finding the boundary again with a well-timed clip to square leg.
Podmore has 35 not out and he and Matt Milnes have so far added 48 in 11 overs.
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End of twitter postDivision Two round-uppublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Lancashire’s Keaton Jennings is now on 58 and is being well-supported by Glenn Maxwell, not out on 18. They are now 123-3 after 42 overs, putting them 134 runs behind Glamorgan.
Durham have secured maximum batting points as they continue to pile on the runs against Leicestershire. Alex Lees’ 181 set them on their way and it is now Liam Trevaskis and Ned Eckersley at the crease with the score 416-6.
Northants are now leading Worcestershire by 12 runs with seven wickets in hand. Alex Wakely is moving towards a century on 83* and Dwaine Pretorius has moved on to 33 from 65 balls.
Ravi Rampaul has removed Miles Hammond so it is now Tom Smith partnering Chris Dent with Gloucestershire 103-3, leaving them trailing Derbyshire by 97 runs
Middlesex’s Toby Roland-Jones now has four wickets after taking the important scalp of Alex Carey who reached 56 before falling. Sussex now lead Middlesex by 76 runs and are on 151-6.
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Mohammad Amir is bowling superbly for Essex against Kent - but this is his final first-class game. Meanwhile, Pakistan team-mate Babar Azam is making his Championship debut for title rivals Somerset in what is a one-off appearance.
Come on, Essex and Somerset fans, tell us who you'd like to see your team bring in as overseas players for the final three games of the season.
Postpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Gloucestershire all-rounder Graeme van Buuren signs a new contract until the end of the 2020 campaign.
Van Buuren signs new Glos contract
Gloucestershire all-rounder Graeme van Buuren signs a new contract until the end of the 2020 campaign.
Read MoreBetter news from Edgbastonpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Warwickshire 313-5 v Somerset
The rain has stopped and play is due to resume at 12:15.
Lunch will now be taken at 13:15 and six overs have been lost from the day's allocation.
Milnes looks the partpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Kent 169-8 v Essex
Kent tailender Matt Milnes clearly doesn't lack confidence with the bat.
After powerfully pulling a short ball from Jamie Porter away for four, he adds two more boundaries in the next over from successive deliveries by Sam Cook.
The first is a well-timed push through the covers, and he then produces another meaty pull - which is clearly a shot he relishes.
Milnes joins partner Harry Podmore on 19 not out and they are proving a bit of a pain for Essex.
Durham end two-year waitpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Durham 410-6 v Leicestershire
Martin Emmerson
BBC Newcastle commentatorDurham have achieved maximum batting points in a home game for the first time since August 2017.
Back then they made 480 in a nine-wicket win against Derbyshire, and that was after making 402 against Glamorgan in the June of the same year.
So today's score comes as a welcome sight for supporters at the Riverside who have endured some tough times watching their team struggle here with the bat in the last two years.
I have lost count of the number of people who have asked me "when is the last time Durham got maximum batting points at home?" Well, now we know and I hope they all see this.
No re-start yet at Edgbastonpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Warwickshire 313-5 v Somerset - rain stopped play
The teams are still off the field at Edgbaston.
It's a pretty localised shower which hasn't arrived in other areas of Birmingham - and this must be very frustrating for Somerset, with title rivals Essex going well at Canterbury.
WICKET Clarke c Tattersall b Coad 8published at 11:54 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Yorkshire 232 v Notts 94-4
Another one down for Notts who are having the sort of morning with the bat that Yorkshire endured yesterday.
Joe Clarke plays at an outswinger from Ben Coad and edges behind to Tattersall.
After starting this morning with all ten wickets intact, they have lost four in the opening hour, with Coad and Olivier picking up two apiece.
WICKET Nash c & b Olivier 33published at 11:48 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Yorkshire 232 v Notts 94-3
Image source, Rex FeaturesHe may have passed 1,000 runs for Notts, but Chris Nash won't scoring any more in this innings.
The stand-in captain hits a drive straight back at bowler Duanne Olivier who takes the simplest of catches to remove Nash, who scored 33 from 36 balls, including seven fours.
Podmore into double figurespublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Kent 148-8 v Essex
Two fours in the same Mohammad Amir over - unthinkable, surely.
Harry Podmore finds the boundary twice, but in truth neither stroke was especially convincing.
He is 16 not out - only the third Kent batsman to reach double figures in this innings - and Matt Milnes has two.
Essex call up Jamie Porter to take over from Sam Cook.
Milestone for stand-in captain Nashpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Yorkshire 232 v Notts 78-2
Chris Nash has moved on to 29, but more importantly from a personal point of view, that means he has now passed 1,000 first class runs for his club.
Nice moment for him to do it while he is deputising for injured skipper Steven Mullaney.
Image source, Rex FeaturesPostpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
We told you earlier about Mohammad Amir's inswinging yorker, which brought him the wicket at Canterbury.
How do play a delivery like this?
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End of twitter postDivision Two round-uppublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Keaton Jennings has completed a half-century for leaders Lancashire at Colwyn Bay, but they have already lost two wickets with Glamorgan's Michael Hogan removing Josh Bohannon and Liam Livingstone. The Red Rose county are 93-3 in the 33rd over.
Durham are on course for maximum batting points against Leicestershire, progressing to 384-5 in the 103rd with Liam Trevaskis and Nathan Rimmington still together.
Blessing Muzarabani is a concussion replacament for Nathan Buck for Northants, who are 157-3 against Worcestershire, just 29 behind, with Alex Wakely 71 not out.
Gloucestershire's overnight pair, Chris Dent and Miles Hammond, are still together at Derby, with the score 67-2 - a deficit of 133. Hammond is now 35 not out, with Dent on 30.
Tim Murtagh and Toby Roland-Jones are keeping things tight at Hove, but Sussex are in a strong position on 133-3 in the 42nd over, a lead of 58. Alex Carey is now three away from his first Championship fifty.
WICKET Stevens lbw S Cook 6published at 11:30 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Kent 138-8 v Essex
Image source, Rex FeaturesDarren Stevens goes across his stumps to try and play Sam Cook away through the leg-side, but makes no contact and that's a simple lbw decision for the umpire.
Cook, like team-mate Mohammad Amir, now has four wickets - will one, or both, or neither manage a 'five-for'?
The Division One leaders well on top at Canterbury.
WICKET McManus c Stoneman b Clarke 11published at 11:27 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Hampshire 235-8 v Surrey
Surrey's Rikki Clarke starts day two where he left off yesterday!
A sixth wicket for the veteran, with his latest victim being Lewis McManus, who went for a big pull shot but instead of finding the boundary, he found Mark Stoneman who gratefully accepted the gift.
Hampshire have added 13 to their overnight total.
Rain delay at Edgbastonpublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 19 August 2019
Warwicks 313-5 v Somerset
They're off at Edgbaston as a shower arrives after only five overs of play.
A single off Craig Overton has taken Tim Ambrose to 18 not out, with Michael Burgess on four.
Rob Yates departed for 141 in Jack Brooks' opening over of the morning.