Just before lunch at Old Trafford and Saqib Mahmood has his second wicket for Lancashire as Emilio Gay edges to Keaton Jennings in the slips.

Gay falls for seven, Rob Keoghhas a couple more deliveries to survive before the interval.

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And, indeed, lunch has been called at Chelmsford following the dismissal of Chris Rushworth. I thought they may have time to sneak an over in.

It's been Durham's morning, for sure.

Middlesex - and, more to the point, Sam Robson - has stemmed the flow of wickets somewhat here.

After a crazy first three overs, Mohammad Abbas has now gone wicketless in his following three.

The visitors are desperate to reach lunch.

200 up for Sussexpublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

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Glamorgan 285 v Sussex 208-1

Sussex are now 77 runs behind Glamorgan's first innings total as Tom Haines moves to 86 off 149 balls and Stiaan van Zyl is on 49 off 75.

Glamorgan need some wickets and they need them now. Sussex's batsman have hardly put a foot wrong.

And there's also been an early wicket for Lancashire as Ben Curran is caught in the slips off the bowling of Saqib Mahmood.

Ricardo Vasconcelos and Emilio Gay are the men currently at the crease for Northamptonshire, both on seven not out.

There's also been a breakthrough at Taunton, where Chris Dent has been removed by Marchant de Lange for 50.

Tom Lace has joined James Bracey (20 not out) in the middle.

Away from the chaos at Southampton, Durham's ninth-wicket stand has finally been broken.

Stuart Poyner and Matt Salisbury had put on 94 but the latter is finally dismissed for 41 by Simon Harmer, who has five wickets of his own.

Poynter remains not out on 47 and, even more importantly, Durham's lead is now up to a whopping 153 runs.

Somehow, John Simpson has managed to survive a whole Mohammas Abbas over unscathed.

It's still a maiden, though, and his figures of 5-3 remain intact.

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Former Middlesex & Hampshire cricketer on BBC Radio Solent

It looks like he's going to take a wicket with every ball. He's on fire!

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A slow death to the Hampshire innings has been followed by an early hat-trick in the Middlesex knock for Mohammad Abbas as Max Holden, Nick Gubbins and Steven Eskinazi habe succumbed to a brilliant spell of quick bowling.

Kyle Abbot batted with patience for a fine fifty against his former county, who now need to think about batting time and getting some sort of foundation in this innings.

Abbott is at the other end to Abbas and it feels pretty claustrophobic for the visitors who also lost their last 8 wickets in their second innings last week for 56. The pitch has offered seam throughout but Abbas bowls a full and skiddy length which is irresistible at the moment.

50 for Chris Dentpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

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Somerset 312 v Gloucestershire 85-1

Chris Dent has played really well this morning and has brought up his third half-century in as many innings.

He reached the milestone from 70 balls and, along with James Bracey, has kept the Somerset attack very quiet this morning.

But could that be about to change? England spinner Jack Leach is on for his first spell in the match...

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A brilliant 50 for Tom Haines, coming off 93 balls with six fours.

That's 360 runs and counting so far for the Sussex opener in his last five First-class matches.

He's in a real purple patch right now. Meanwhile, Glamorgan are in danger of letting this fixture slip away from them as the 150 also comes up for Sussex.

And Worcestershire's start hasn't been much better at Derby.

Sam Conners traps Jake Libby in front with the second ball of their reply.

The worst possible start for Middlesex.

Mohammad Abbas strikes twice in successive balls to remove Max Holden and Nick Gubbins to give Hampshire a further boost. It's definitely been the hosts' morning so far at Southampton.