Summary

  • James Anderson passes 1,000 first-class wickets taking 7-19 for Lancashire against Kent

  • Ben Stokes takes three wickets for Durham against Warwickshire

  • Dom Bess takes 7-43 for Yorkshire against Northamptonshire

  • Colin de Grandhomme makes 174 not out on first-class debut for Hampshire against Surrey

  • Michael Atherton's son, Josh de Caires, makes Middlesex debut against Gloucestershire

Live Reporting

Alex Winter and Paul Grunill

  1. Good morning

    Old cricket ball at TauntonRex Features

    We didn't get the glorious, sunny skies that we were hoping for to begin a new round of County Championship games.

    Undaunted, we are, to quote Blackadder, "playing the mindless optimism card very strongly" this morning in predicting a better day ahead at most of the eight grounds.

    Welcome to our coverage of day two (or day one if you are in Cheltenham). Play is due to start at 11:00.