Somerset and Essex suffer third day wash-out at Taunton
Essex now poised to become champions for eighth time
No play possible at Edgbaston, Canterbury, Chester-le-Street or Hove
Surrey's Borthwick and Pope out for 137 and 106 against Notts
Malan & Godleman reach 1000 Championship runs at Lord's
Charlesworth 47, Van Buuren 33
Bracewell bowls round the wicket to Charlesworth - who pushes the ball into the off side, ponders over a run and is sent back to his crease by Van Buuren.
Bracewell tries a bouncer and Charlesworth ducks.
A single to long leg. Gloucestershire surviving well.
Surrey 360-6 v Notts
Clarke (Rikki) and Clark (Jordan) are back in the middle for Surrey.
Paul Coughlin will bowl.
42 overs left till stumps. We won't see that many.
Charlesworth 46, Van Buuren 33
Van Buuren drives Bracewell through the off side for one to bring up the 50 partnership for the seventh wicket with Ben Charlesworth.
Four more to Van Buuren with a glance to fine leg off Berg at the other end.
Charlesworth 44, Van Buuren 24
Graeme van Buuren is across his stumps defending against Gareth Berg.
Berg bowls round the wicket and Van Buuren gets a single on the leg side.
Doug Bracewell is coming into in the attack.
Leicestershire 155 v Lancashire 94-7
Image source, Rex FeaturesTom Bailey tries to clip a ball from Chris Wright through the leg-side, but doesn't time it and sub fielder Arron Lilley dives forward to take a low catch against his former team. Lancashire in danger of conceding a first-innings deficit here.
Middlesex 260 v Derbyshire 109-4
A productive session for Middlesex at Lord's, capped by the dismissal of Alex Hughes, who was caught at mid-off by Miguel Cummins for 20 as Tim Murtagh claims his first wicket. It was a stroke he will want to forget as quickly as possible.
Leus du Plooy is still there on 21 not out, and Harvey Hosein has five, with the visitors 151 behind with six wickets remaining.
Earlier, skipper Billy Godleman passed 1,000 Championship runs for the season before edging Toby Roland-Jones to slip when he had made 27 as he attempted a late cut.
Charlesworth 43, Van Buuren 22
Ben Charlesworth drives Sanderson through the covers for four.
Feels like this pitch has flattened out a bit since Monday.
Charlesworth 39, Van Buuren 22
The Gloucester run out victims (two days ago) were Chris Dent and George Hankins.
The skies have brightened here at Bristol.
Van Buuren is almost caught on the crease as he pushes Berg down the ground.
A punch off the back foot is brilliantly stopped by Levi at extra cover.
Somerset 203 v Essex 25-0 - start delayed
Image source, Rex FeaturesRob Bailey and Alex Wharf have taken another look and they are still not happy with conditions underfoot in certain areas.
They plan to take another look at 16:30 - and surely that will be the final chance of play today.
Somerset fans, time to put 'All I Need Is A Miracle' by Mike and the Mechanics on endless repeat.
Surrey 360-6 v Notts
A decent session for Surrey but they've been pinned down somewhat since Ollie Pope's dismissal.
In theory 42 overs remain before stumps.
Bob Hunt
BBC Radio Gloucestershire
"We don't want a third run out, do we?"
Charlesworth 39, Van Buuren 22
Van Buuren drives Ben Sanderson through the off side for four to take the Glosters to 100.
A single off the fifth ball as the sun threatens to break through at Bristol.
At the other end Gareth Berg oover-pitches and Van Buuren drives imperiously for four more.
Could be a run out! Van Buuren pushes to the covers and then sends Charlesworth back.
Rob Keogh collects the ball, throws and misses.
Clarke 12, Clark 0
Rikki Clarke drives Paul Coughlin gets an inside edge onto his boot. No run.
The next ball is left alone but it swings and cuts back a long way off the seam, missing the sticks by a whisker.
Charlesworth 39, Van Buuren 13
Brett Hutton to Charlesworth.
Short and a bottom-edged pull for one.
Van Buuren plays and misses outside off and then rehearses his "leave".
Van Buuren plays a forcing shot off the back foot.
Parried by Emilio Gay but still a single to mid off.
Champions Lancashire are tottering at Leicester, with skipper Dane Vilas the latest to go, bowled by Dieter Klein for 18. The visitors are now 77-6, still 78 behind.
No further joy for Middlesex at Lord's, with Derbyshire 99-3 in the 25th over. Leus du Plooy is 20 not out and Alex Hughes has 16. They trail by 161.
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Surrey 352-6 v Notts
A flashing drive by Rikki Clarke off Steven Mullaney..
The flies high to second slip. Matt Carter parries but can't hold on.
Surrey 350-6 v Notts
Steven Mullaney angles the ball across Scott Borthwick who drives loosely outside off with no footwork and edges to keeper Tom Moores -ending over six hours of resistance.
Prepare for confusion as Jordan Clark joins Rikki Clarke.
Borthwick 137, Clarke 8
Rikki Clarke charges out of the blocks with a streaky four wide of the slips via a forward press and a convincing four through cover off Coughlin.
Borthwick picks up a couple off Mullaney at the other end and that's the Surrey 350.
Somerset 203 v Essex 25-0 - start delayed
And still we wait.
You don't have to be especially intuitive to work out what is going through the minds of Somerset skipper Tom Bell, batsman Tom Banton and head coach Jason Kerr (below).
They are desperate to get out there - but powerless to change the weather.
It is not raining now, though, and an inspection is planned for 15:20.
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Image source, Getty ImagesCharlesworth 36, Van Buuren 10
Graeme van Buuren scores the first runs of the day (last two days really) with a back foot drive through the covers off Sanderson.
Brett Hutton bowls from the other end and concedes just a couple of singles.