Summary

  • Group One: Essex beat Derbyshire, Durham defeat Worcestershire

  • Group Two: Somerset v Surrey abandoned as a draw

  • Group Three: Glamorgan draw with Yorkshire, Sussex draw with Kent

  • Hampshire beat Middlesex by seven wickets on day three at Lord's

Live Reporting

Josef Rindl and Paul Grunill

  1. Soggy start at Sophia Gardens

    Looks like we are in for a delayed start to proceedings down in Cardiff. Here's BBC West Yorkshire Sport's Jonathan Doidge....

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  2. Saturday recap

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    Hampshire earned themselves a day off by completing a seven-wicket win over Middlesex under the lights at Lord's

    Kyle Abbott bundled Middlesex out for 101 by taking 5-41 - giving him match figures of 11-85 - and Hampshire reached 66-3 in just 15.3 overs.

    Abbott apart, the individual performance of the day was Simon Harmer's career-best 9-80 which enabled Essex to enforce the follow-on against Derbyshire.

    England skipper Joe Root was dismissed for 99 for the first time in his career against Glamorgan, but Jack Burnham and Will Young managed to complete centuries as Durham set Worcestershire a huge target of 423.

    Zak Crawley made 87 for Kent against Sussex, with Jofra Archer unable to bowl for the home side, while only nine overs were possible between Somerset and Surrey at Taunton, with the game still in the first innings.

  3. Weather outlook

    Sun and showers was BBC forecaster Ben Rich's verdict, looking at today's prospects. Let's hope we see more of the former and less of the latter.

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    For more localised forecasts:

    Cardiff - click here

    Chelmsford - here

    Chester-le-Street -here

    Hove - here

    Taunton -here

  4. How things stand

    After third day's play

    Durham 246 & 389-5 dec v Worcestershire 213 & 60-0

    Worcestershire need another 363 to win

    Essex 412-3 dec v Derbyshire 146 & 97-1

    Derbyshire need another 169 to avoid innings defeat

    Surrey 206-4 v Somerset

    Glamorgan 149 & 108-3 v Yorkshire 230

    Glamorgan lead by 27 with 7 wickets standing

    Kent 145 & 220-3 v Sussex 256

    Kent lead by 109 with 7 wickets remaining

  5. Good morning

    Oscar Wilde is reputed to have once said: "I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures."

    It's always good to start the day with a witty line, even if it's not one we thought of ourselves.

    Welcome to our coverage of the final day of the latest County Championship games

    We have five matches ongoing - and let's hope we manage to avoid too much disruption from wild weather. Play starts at 11:00.

    Seagull at HoveRex Features

    *Apologies for mixing our playwrights...The Seagull was, of course, by Chekhov.