County Championship latest - Rain disrupts title decider at Taunton

Summary

Somerset 75-4 against Essex when rain arrived before lunch
Essex led Division One by 12 points before game began
Keith Barker takes 5-48 as Hants bowl out Kent for 147
Yorkshire's Tom Kohler-Cadmore 165 not out against Warwickshire
Scott Borthwick scores an unbeaten 109 for Surrey against Notts
Gloucs face Northants in D2 and a draw will see both promoted
A win for either side could allow Glamorgan to finish in top three
Richard Gleeson claims 6-43 for unbeaten Lancashire against Leics

Live Reporting

Paul Grunill and Ben Pheazey

Today's fixturespublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 23 September 2019
County Championship (play starts 10:30)
Division One
Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury
No toss, Kent will bat
Somerset v Essex, Taunton
Somerset won the toss and will bat
Surrey v Nottinghamshire, The Oval
Surrey won the toss and will bat
Warwickshire v Yorkshire, Edgbaston
Yorkshire won the toss and will bat
Division Two
Durham v Glamorgan, Riverside
Start delayed because of overnight rain
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Bristol
No toss, Gloucestershire will bat
Leicestershire v Lancashire, Leicester
No toss, Leicestershire will bat
Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord's
No toss, Middlesex will bat
Sussex v Worcestershire, Hove
No toss, Sussex will bat
Delayed start at Riversidepublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 23 September 2019
A reminder that the Durham-Glamorgan match has been delayed due to a wet pitch.
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Gloucestershire bat first at Bristolpublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 23 September 2019
Gloucs v Northants
The hosts will get underway with the bat this morning and will hope to rack up a bonus point or two before the weather closes in - which may well happen from around 1400 BST.
The Northants XI: Ben Curran, Emilio Gay, Alex Wakely, Rob Keogh, Richard Levi, Adam Rossington (Capt & Keeper), Luke Procter, Doug Bracewell, Gareth Berg & Ben Sanderson.
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Taunton teams and toss infopublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 23 September 2019
Somerset v Essex (play start 10:30)
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Essex gave up their right, as the away side, to bowl first, but that is what they will be doing as Somerset have won the toss and chosen to bat.
Some very interesting team news, with Somerset bringing in England's Jack Leach as one of three spin bowlers in their side. He replaces seamer Josh Davey in the only change to the XI for last weeks' defeat by Hampshire.
Essex also make on change with slow left-armer Aron Nijjar making his first Championship appearance of the season in place of Aaron Beard.
Somerset: Vijay, Davies, Abell (c), Hildreth, Banton, Bartlett, Gregory, Bess, C Overton, van der Merwe, Leach.
Essex: Browne, A Cook, Westley, Lawrence, Bopara, ten Doeschate (c), Wheater, Harmer, Nijjar, S Cook, Porter.
Title rivals eye double delightpublished at 10:05 British Summer Time 23 September 2019
County Championship (play starts 10:30)
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Not only is the County Championship title at stake for Somerset and Essex this week - they also have opportunity to end the season as double winners.
It seems like a distant memory now, but Somerset lifted the One-Day Cup at Lord's back in May after a six-wicket victory over Hampshire. Set a target of 245, they reached it with 39 balls to spare, thanks mainly to Tom Banton (69) and James Hildreth (69 not out).
Essex, meanwhile, collected silverware just two days ago at Edgbaston as they beat Worcestershire by four-wickets in the T20 Blast final.
Having beaten Derbyshire earlier in the day in their semi-final, Essex restricted the 2018 winners to 145-9 and reached 148-6 off the final ball of the game as Simon Harmer struck the winning boundary.
Title on the line at Tauntonpublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 23 September 2019
County Championship (play starts 10:30)
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