Essex lead Somerset by two points at top of Division One
Somerset bowled out for 199 by Yorkshire
Warwickshire going well against Essex
Lancs, Glos & Northants occupy promotion places in tight Div Two table
Somerset 199 v Yorks 70-3
Well bowled, Dom Bess!
A quicker ball that appears to straighten.
Gary Ballance tries to defend from the crease and is pinned in front of off stump.
A huge breakthrough.
Steven Patterson's turn to bat. One over left tonight.
Lanc 12-0 v Derbys 244
Division Two leaders Lancashire have polished off the Derbyshire innings to ensure maximum bowling points. It was really only Billy Godleman's century for the visitors at Old Trafford, no other batsman reached 30.
Lancs began 29 points ahead of Gloucestershire, who just scraped one point today when they were all out for 200 against Sussex.
Notts 26-2 v Kent 304
Four more to Chris Nash with a nudge to fine leg off Darren Stevens.
A single off the third and Slater defends.
Matt Milnes to bowl... Nash is out!
Full and straight! The off stump is ripped out of the ground.
Luke Fletcher is the night-watchman.
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Somerset 199 v Yorks 69-2
Roelof van der Merwe joins Dom Bess in the attack.
Over the wicket to Ballance - who tries to get ball past short leg. No run.
Maiden over.
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Liz Mitchell: Wickets, wickets everywhere! Except at Warwickshire v Essex. Sort it out, lads. You're making the scores page look untidy.
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Sur 102-5
Fresh from his unbeaten 221 against Hampshire last month, Ollie Pope now has an undefeated fifty against them as the Brown Caps move under 50 behind. There are still 18 overs left in the day, with seam very much en vogue on the green-tinged Ageas Bowl surface.
Somerset 199 v Yorks 62-2
Four more to Gary Ballance - this time through mid-wicket off Dom Bess.
Yorkshire are in marginally the better position after losing both openers early.
Five more runs off Jamie Overton's third over.
Can Somerset get a third wicket before stumps? Six overs left tonight.
Notts 15-1 v Kent 304
Chris Nash picks up his first boundary with a pull to mid-wicket off Harry Podmore.
Seven overs to survive tonight.
War 250-3
A second batting point for Warwickshire as Matthew Lamb charges down the wicket to Simon Harmer, has a a huge yahoo and it misses everything and trickles for four byes, leaving the seething spinner to stare at the ground in contemplation.
Further security for the Bears, who began the round 42 points ahead of bottom side Notts, with only one relegated this year.
Somerset 199 v Yorks 53-2
Gary Ballance is forward and across to Jamie Overton, tucking the bowler to leg for two - and that's the Yorkshire 50. One more single off the over.
Eight overs left tonight.
Kent 304 v Notts 10-1
Chris Nash is in the middle with Ben Slater after the early loss of Jake Libby.
That wicket fell to Stevens, who now has a career tally of 499 scalps in first class cricket.
Lovely shot from Slater, who drives a very full ball from Stevens down the ground for four.
War 244-3
With nine overs left at Edgbaston, Jamie Porter aims an angry kick at the ground after his 20th over, like the previous 19, goes unrewarded. Spinner Simon Harmer is the only wicket-taker for Essex so far today as Sam Hain and Matthew Lamb extend their partnership beyond three figures.
Kent 304 v Notts 5-1
Just the one run off Harry Podmore's first over and Darren Stevens gives away four byes.
Out!
Much straighter from Darren Stevens and Jake Libby can't get a bat on it.
It looked to be going leg side but the ball held its line.
Kent have struck early.
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Somerset 199 v Yorks 48-2
He got 40 not out with the bat. What can he do with the ball?
Tom Kohler-Cadmore is immediately beaten outside off stump.
Hit on the pad! Not out and there's a near run out as the batsman is out of his ground while the ball is thrown in by Tom Banton at square leg.
Beaten again outside off stump. Eventful maiden over.
Foakes b Barker 5 (Sur 61-5)
Another strike for former Blackburn Rovers forward Keith Barker, angling one in from round the wicket and squeezing through the defences of Ben Foakes, 3-7 now for the big left-arm seamer.
War 235-3
A half century for 23-year-old Matthew Lamb from 110 balls, his first of the Championship summer. Alastair Cook would probably rather be dealing with lambs of a different sort on his farm but he has had a rather uneventful day mainly spent at first slip, just one edge falling short and wide of him.
Notts 0-0 v Kent 304
Jake Libby and Ben Slater are the Notts openers.
Harry Podmore to bowl.
Here's the state of play so far in the second division games:
Northants have dislodged Hassan Azad for 86 and Neil Dexter for a first-ball duck to leave Leicestershire on 210-5 at tea. The hosts are now 230-6.
Mark Cosgrove (65) and Hassan Azad put on 122 for the third wicket.
It was honours even at Bristol between Gloucestershire and Sussex. No longer.
The hosts have slumped from 63-1 to 199-9. Chris Jordan has 3-49.
Centurion Billy Godleman and Luis Reece got Derbyshire off to a bright start against Lancashire at Old Trafford with a stand of 66.
Billy Godleman finally fell for 111 and the visitors are now 231-9.
At tea Durham were bowled out for 147 all out by tea against Middlesex at Lord's, where Steven Finn finished with 4-41.
Middlesex are struggling in reply on 72-4.
Nick Gubbins fell lbw to Brydon Carse for a first-ball duck after the break.
Dawid Malan (15 not out) and George Scott (9 not out) are the men in the middle.
Worcestershire collapsed to 205 all out against Glamorgan at New Road.
Riki Wessels was caught by Samit Patel off Ruaidhri Smith for 45 off just 35 balls.
Adam Finch was last man out, caught by David lloyd off Michael hogan for five.
Nick Selman is out for the visitors and Glamorgan are now 20-1, 185 behind.
Somerset 199 v Yorks 39-2
Gary Ballance gets off the mark with an edge between slip and gully for four off Gregory.
Four slips in for Josh Davey at the other end, bowling to Tom Kohler-Cadmore...
Edged for four between first and second slip.
This is going to be hard work.