Summary

  • Derbyshire beat Notts with one ball to spare

  • Leicestershire score 150 in 17 overs to beat Lancashire

  • Essex, Durham, Yorkshire, Worcs & Middlesex all win

  • Northants bat to draw with Warwickshire

  • New four-day domestic competition set up after coronavirus pandemic delayed start of 2020 season

  • Commentary of every game available at top of this page

  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Ten Doeschate lbw b Thomas 5 (Essex 171-7)

    This game refuses to go quietly!

    Kent take another wicket just as Essex look like they're on their way to victory.

    Ryan ten Doeschate is pinned leg before by one from Ivan Thomas that shoots low on him.

    Essex still 31 runs short of victory. Kent need three more wickets.

    Drama!

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Critchley 35 st Moores b Patel (Derbyshire 239 & 234-6 v Nottinghamshire 324 & 279)

    Samit PatelImage source, Getty Images

    Nottinghamshire have had to be patient throughout this innings but are steadily edging towards the winning line.

    Matt Critchley is stumped by Tom Moores after going after Samit Patel and departs for 35.

    Derbyshire are 234-6 and need a further 131 runs to win. But they're running out of wickets.

  3. Wheater eases some pressure for Essexpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Essex (298 & 163-6) need 39 more runs to beat Kent (387 & 112)

    Two fours in the space of three balls from Adam Wheater off Grant Stewart just tip the balance back in Essex's favour.

    A quickly-sprinted two as well mean it's now 39 more runs needed for the hosts.

  4. Gloucestershire all out for 270published at 15:21 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Gloucestershire (267 & 270) lead Worcestershire (428-5) by 109 runs

    David Payne and Matthew Taylor added a useful 31 runs for the final wicket but Payne is bowled by Joe Leach for 14.

    Gloucestershire are all out for 270 and Worcestershire will need 110 to win at Bristol after tea, which is now being taken.

    Leach ends with figures of 4-70 for the Pears.

  5. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Khushi c Robinson b Thomas 45 (Essex 298 & 152-6 v Kent 387 & 112)

    ThomasImage source, Rex Features

    And another Essex wicket falls at Chelmsford!

    Feroze Khushi falls short of what would've been an impressive half-century on debut as he wafts at a short and wide one outside off and edges Ivan Thomas through to Ollie Robinson with the gloves.

    Essex still 50 short of victory and Kent now need just four more wickets.

    In the balance.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Smith c Simpson b Cummins 40 (Surrey 282 & 94-5 v Middlesex 347-6 dec & 248-6 dec)

    Another timely wicket for Middlesex at The Oval!

    Miguel Cummins finds the outside edge of Jamie Smith's bat and the exciting right-hander is caught behind by John Simpson.

    Surrey five wickets down now and in need of some fight.

  7. new ball

    New ball for Leicestershirepublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Lancashire (322 & 187-6) lead Leicestershire (409-8) by 100 runs

    After a period of frustration - with Lancashire digging deep - Leicestershire take the new ball as soon as it's available and Tom Taylor takes it.

    Lancashire now have a lead of 100, with Steven Croft still there on 36 alongside Danny Lamb (10 not out).

  8. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    A Cook lbw b Thomas 66 (Essex 298 & 147-5 v Kent 387 & 112)

    And we may not be done with at Chelmsford just yet!

    Sir Alastair Cook finally departs for 66 as Ivan Thomas gets one to keep a bit low on him as he tries to glance it off his legs and is trapped leg before.

    Essex five wickets down now and still needing another 55 runs to win after that partnership worth 86 runs with Feroze Khushi (44 not out).

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  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Patel c Sowter b Harris 44 (Surrey 282 & 84-4 v Middlesex 347-6 dec & 248-6 dec))

    Well then, are Middlesex still in with a sniff of victory here?

    Ryan Patel gifts his wicket away for Surrey after a mistimed pull shot picks out the only man on the legside boundary who is Nathan Sowter.

    James Harris takes the wicket with the short ball and that ends a partnership worth 64 with Jamie Smith (34 not out).

  10. 150 runs

    150 partnership for Northantspublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Northamptonshire (142 & 460-6) lead Warwickshire (369-8) by 233 runs

    The batting performance of the day so far has to be at Edgbaston, where Adam Rossington and Luke Procter have taken Northamptonshire from likely defeat to having a great chance of emerging with a draw.

    Skipper Rossington is on 114 with Procter on 86 and they've taken the visitors to 460-6 for a lead of 233 runs against an increasingly-frustrated Warwickshire.

  11. Leach gets breakthroughs for Pearspublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Gloucestershire (267 & 236-8) lead Worcestershire (428-5) by 75 runs

    Two quick wickets for Joe Leach have edged Worcestershire closer to a potential win at Gloucestershire.

    Both Gareth Roderick and Tom Price have fallen lbw to the right-arm seamer and the hosts are 236-8 - leading by just 75 runs with two wickets left.

    The Pears could have a target of less than 100 to chase down.

  12. Cook & Khushi turning the screw for Essexpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Essex (298 & 138-4) need 64 more runs to beat Kent (387 & 112)

    Khushi and CookImage source, Rex Features

    Essex batsman Feroze Khushi showing the talent he possesses with an impressive square cut for four off Ivan Thomas and then an equally dismissive pull shot to the boundary two balls later.

    Moves him to 40 not out with Alastair Cook on 61 at the other end.

  13. Patel & Smith continue to hold Middlesex at baypublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Surrey (282 & 73-3) need 241 more runs to beat Middlesex (347-6 dec & 248-6 dec)

    Middlesex plugging away as they try and force themselves into a winning position at The Oval.

    But, Jamie Smith (27 not out) and Ryan Patel (40 not out) pass a 50 partnership for this fourth wicket with a combination of discipline and opportunism to put away the bad ball.

  14. Yorkshire beat Durham by six wicketspublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 4 August 2020
    Breaking

    Yorkshire (199 & 172-4) v Durham (103 & 266)

    Harry BrookImage source, Getty Images

    Harry Brook has finished the match in style for Yorkshire - consecutive sixes getting them over the line in less than 50 minutes of play on day four.

    Yorkshire beat Durham by six wickets and take 19 points from their first Bob Willis Trophy game in the North Group.

    Brook finishes not out on 66 and it was his partnership of 98 with Dawid Malan that ended the hosts' resistance.

  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Malan c Dickson b Lees 73 (Yorkshire 199 & 154-4 v Durham 103 & 266)

    Dawid Malan out for Yorkshire but the damage appears to be done for Durham.

    The White Rose batsman scores 12 off Alex Lees before picking out long-on and goes for a well-played 73, bringing the 98-run partnership to an end.

    Yorkshire are just 17 runs from the victory mark and Harry Brook remains in the middle on 50.

  16. England lose a couple of early wicketspublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    England 18-2 (3.5 overs) v Ireland

    Ireland have made a brilliant start against England in the third ODI at the Ageas Bowl.

    Craig Young removed Jason Roy for just one in the clip below before Jonny Bairstow also departed for just four.

    You can follow all the action in that game right here.

  17. 50 runs

    50 for Harry Brookpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Yorkshire (199 & 142-3) need 29 runs to beat Durham (103 & 266)

    That's 50 for Harry Brook, who perhaps knows bad weather is coming as he's scoring boundaries with ease.

    Durham's bowling has been sub-standard and Brook has been ruthless, while Dawid Malan is also playing shots at the other end on 61 not out.

    This may not last too much longer.

  18. 50 runs

    50 for Alastair Cookpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Essex (298 & 116-4) need 86 more runs to beat Kent (387 & 112)

    CookImage source, Getty Images

    Half-century for Sir Alastair Cook at Chelmsford.

    His sixth four of his 93-ball stay so far takes his side on to 116-4 and helps to continue building this crucial fifth-wicket partnership with Feroze Khushi (26 not out) already worth 55.

    Essex need another 86 to win.

  19. Yorkshire not flustered in run chasepublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Yorkshire (199 & 138-3) need 33 runs to beat Durham (103 & 266)

    Harry Brook hits two sixes in the space of a couple overs and all of a sudden Yorkshire are without 33 runs of winning.

    The Yorkshire batsman moves onto 46, with Dawid Malan unbeaten on 61, and Durham don't seem to have any answer here.

    Short balls are being punished.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 4 August 2020

    Balderson lbw Parkinson 4 (Lancashire 322 & 163-6 v Leicestershire 409-8)

    It's a third wicket for Callum Parkinson and Lancashire are six down.

    George Balderson falls lbw for four at New Road, leaving the Red Rose 163-6 with a lead of just 76 runs against Leicestershire.

    Can the Foxes move the game along quick enough to get the win?