The umpires plan to inspect at 12:30.

50 for Wesselspublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 16 August 2020

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Northants v Worcs 170-5

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Worcestershire certainly have some depth to their batting line-up, as Riki Wessels is proving.

He brings up his half-century off 45 balls at Wantage Road, where the hosts are seeing any advantage they gained on Saturday gradually slipping from their grasp.

The Australian has struggled with the bat so far in the Bob Willis Trophy - a top score of 19 before this - but has stepped up just when the Pears needed him to.

Jake Libby, Daryl Mitchell and Brett D'Oliveira have all made big scores for the Pears this summer - can Wessels add his name to that list?

It's slower going at Canterbury where Middlesex are ambling along, opener Sam Robson holding the fort after the departure of skipper Stevie Eskinazi to the ageless Darren Stevens (well, he does have an age but it's 44).

Kent have switched bowlers, giving Stevens and Matt Milnes a rest, with Grant Stewart and Fred Klaassen coming into the attack.

Quite a moment for Ian Holland as he traps Laurie Evans leg-before to take five wickets in an innings for the first time.

The man from Stevens Point, Wisconsin* now has figures of 5-35 - a terrific effort for his side, Gus Atkinson is the new Surrey batsman.

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Worcestershire are well on their way to their first batting point, you would assume, as Riki Wessels (47no) and Ben Cox (28no) are spending a very productive morning picking apart the Northamptonshire bowling.

Their partnership has passed 75 with Wessels, in particular, racking up the fours.

The Pears were in real trouble at 84-5 on Saturday when these two came together but they might well have swung the advantage in Worcestershire's favour.

Gloucestershire have won the toss at Sophia Gardens and decided to let hosts Glamorgan have a bat - how kind.

This is the first action in South Wales, remember, after Saturday's washout so let's go through the team news.

Glamorgan have made one change to their squad for Gloucestershire's visit to Sophia Gardens with veteran Australian seamer Michael Hogan rested. He's replaced by Marchant de Lange.

Gloucestershire, meanwhile, hand a first start to new batsman Tom Lace after his release from Middlesex.

Laurie Evans appears to be in a 'why bother running' mood at Arundel.

After clipping Ian Holland away for his 12th four, he cracks Brad Wheal away off the back foot in the next over to advance to 64 not out.

That one was a magnificent shot by the Surrey loan batsman.

Spinner Simon Harmer is into the attack early at Hove, but drops a fraction short and Tom Clark cuts away for four to take the Sussex total to three figures.

Skipper Ben Brown is the new batsman at the other end following the early dismissal of Harry Finch, and he capitalises on another short one at the start of Harmer's next over, pulling it away to the boundary - the sort of moment when a short leg fielder has to take rapid evasive action.

It's still pretty gloomy in Birmingham but the rain has stopped for now and the umpires have announced they will inspect the Edgbaston pitch at 12:00 BST.

The covers are already off, which will no doubt please visitors Somerset who will be keen to strengthen the stranglehold they established in this match on day one after bowling Warwickshire out for just 121.

for Laurie Evanspublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 16 August 2020

11:21 BST 16 August 2020

Surrey 95-5 v Hampshire

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Laurie Evans made a useful 41 in the first innings against Essex last week after joining on Surrey on loan, but this time he;'s made it to a half-century.

Two fours in the space of three deliveries from Brad Wheal bring up his 50 off 64 balls, but in truth there was a slice of fortune about both - two big drives attempted, both of them far squarer than he intended.

Oh, I love a ground with a wooden fence round the boundary. Reminds me of turning out at Great Oakley and Weekley CC.

Umpires Jeffrey Evans & Ian Blackwell have taken a look at Sophia Gardens and have decided that it's dry enough for a toss at 11:30, with play to start at mid-day. Great news.

It will be the first professional cricket played in Wales in almost 11 months - Glamorgan's opening two Bob Willis Trophy fixtures were both away and persistent rain robbed them of any action at all on Saturday.

While Middlesex are taking the softly-softly approach, Worcestershire seem to be opting for the gung-ho method at Wantage Road.

Well, perhaps, that's an exaggeration but they have made an aggressive start to the morning session, quickly moving from 93-5 at the outset of the day to 110-5.

Riki Wessels has shown his intentions with two cracking boundaries off the bowling of Nathan Buck, lumping one straight down the ground and cutting the other through the off side fielding.

Laurie Evans and Jamie Smith are the not out batsmen for Surrey at Arundel. Smith is on strike first up and glances Tom Scriven away for an early boundary. Brad Wheal opens from the other end and starts with a maiden.

With the weather such a factor across the third round of Bob Willis Trophy fixtures, it's going to be interesting to see how the tactics play out.

Plenty of teams know they need a win in this round of fixtures to have any chance of reaching the Lord's final - and you could count Kent and Middlesex, with one win and one loss apiece, among that list.

Will they go hell for leather and try to force a victory? Not judging by Middlesex's start this morning - 15 dot balls and counting.

Jamie Porter has the ball for Sussex after taking both wickets to fall on the opening day.

Tom Clark, nought not out overnight after facing 27 dot balls, finally opens his account with a boundary, squeezed away off a thick edge to third man.

So, at Hove, Canterbury, Arundel and Northampton....in the immortal words of Sir Noddy Holder.... it's time to "get down, get with it".