Some international cricket news, and former England and Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott has been appointed as an England batting coach for the upcoming three-Test series against Pakistan.

Trott, who played 52 Test matches for England, retired from playing all forms of cricket in 2018.

The first Test against Pakistan begins at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday, with daily highlights on BBC Two.

Good timing with the first round of Bob Willis Trophy games finishing tomorrow!

So, an early wicket on this third day - let's bring you a bit of news from elsewhere in the cricketing world today...

And we're off and running again for this third day.

Sit back and enjoy as it all unfolds!

Andrew Radd
BBC Radio Northampton

Northamptonshire's Rob Keogh has told BBC Radio Northampton "we just need to bat ourselves back into the game" - and realistically that means occupying the crease all day today and into tomorrow.

He said: "The pitch looks flat when the ball gets soft and although they have an experienced bowling attack it's an excellent opportunity for our young batsmen at the top of the order to show what they can do."

It's a long way back for Northamptonshire from here - and someone will need to play a major innings.

In case you missed any of the action on Sunday from the second day of these opening four-day matches, here's our colleague Ged Scott's round up of who made the headlines with some eye-catching performances.

As ever, BBC local radio brings you ball-by-ball commentary from every match in this competition right here on the BBC Sport website and app.

Find your match of choice by searching through the live coverage options at the top of the page.

Also today if you're out and about, you can tune your DAB Digital Radio to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra to hear full commentary from The Oval of day three of Surrey v Middlesex.

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Weather outlookpublished at 10:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2020

10:49 BST 3 August 2020

On the weather front for this third day, fingers crossed should be a largely uninterrupted day on the playing front.

Could be the odd isolated shower in some areas though.

Some cool temperatures ahead of what apparently is going to be a bit of a scorcher towards the end of this week!

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North group:

Emirates, Chester-le-Street: Durham (103 & 106-2) lead Yorkshire (199) by 10 runs

Trent Bridge: Derbyshire (239) trail Nottinghamshire (324 & 84-3) by 169 runs

Worcester: Leicestershire (183-2) trail Lancashire (322) by 139 runs

Central group:

Bristol: Gloucestershire (267) lead Worcestershire (223-2) by 44 runs

Taunton: Somerset (296 & 131-2) lead Glamorgan (131) by 296 runs

Edgbaston: Warwickshire (369-8) lead Northamptonshire (142 & 19-0) by 208 runs

South group:

Chelmsford: Essex (179-5) trail Kent (387) by 208 runs

Hove: Sussex (176 & 155-6) lead Hampshire (153) by 178 runs

The Oval: Surrey (189-3) trail Middlesex (347-6 dec) by 158 runs

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Day three - "moving day" as they tend to call it in golf majors and it's easily a term that can transform itself to four-day cricket.

Nine matches in the inaugural round of the Bob Willis Trophy continue and there's a chance a few may well reach their conclusion at some point today.

For others, there's a potential defining few sessions ahead as they either try to maintain their dominant position or wrestle back the initiative.

Should be an intriguing day nonetheless.

Welcome along to our continued live coverage, play is due to resume in around 15 minutes time....