Summary

  • Somerset chase 285 to beat Middlesex by four wickets

  • Glos thump Surrey by eight wickets - Van Buuren 110*

  • Hampshire beat Leics by an innings and 105 runs

  • England captain Joe Root out for 13 as Yorkshire draw with Glamorgan

  • Defending champions Essex draw with Worcestershire

  • Draws at Edgbaston, Northampton & Old Trafford after snow showers

  • Notts draw with Durham at Trent Bridge

Live Reporting

Adam Williams and Gary Smee

  1. sun

    Weather prospects

    Pleased to say it's looking like it will be a brighter and slightly warmer day in store than yesterday.

    Fingers crossed that means no interruptions in play.

    The man with the details and someone no doubt like myself is itching to get to the barber's when they're allowed to re-open on Monday, is Tomasz Schafernaker from the BBC Weather Centre...

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  2. Read all about them...

    Counties pageBBC Sport

    If you want to bring yourself up to speed before play begins with how things unfolded on day three, head to our Counties page on the BBC Sport website and app to read full close of play reports from all nine of the ongoing matches.

  3. Day three scores

    Jake LibbyRex Features

    Group 1

    Essex 490-9 dec v Worcestershire 350-6

    Nottinghamshire 267 v Durham 330 & 332-4

    Warwickshire 220 v Derbyshire 189 & 71-5 - no play after tea on Saturday due to rain

    Group 2

    Gloucestershire 311-8 v Surrey 220 & 232-5

    Leicestershire 202 & 279-8 (f/o) v Hampshire 612-5 dec

    Middlesex 313 & 143 v Somerset 172 & 112-3 - no play after tea on Saturday due to rain and bad light

    Group 3

    Northamptonshire 301-5 v Kent 455

    Lancashire 407 v Sussex 301 & 38-0

    Yorkshire 193 v Glamorgan 330 & 161-4 - play abandoned after lunch on Saturday due to heavy sleet

    And to see all those scorecards in more detail, head to this page.

  4. Welcome along

    Trent BridgeRex Features

    Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the final day of this opening round of the County Championship season.

    A couple of our nine matches set up nicely for results for sure today and quite possibly a few more to follow later on.

    Thanks for being with us, play is due to resume in the next 15 minutes.