Summary

  • Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire by an innings and 36 runs to go top of Group One

  • Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by 53 runs to go top of Group Three

  • Flurry of changes to sides after England forces to name new ODI squad for series against Pakistan

Live Reporting

Alex Winter and Paul Grunill

  1. Signing off

    Yorkshire take a wicketGetty Images

    Wins by Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire have strengthened their positions with just one round of games to come in the Championship's initial phase.

    Harry Brook hit 113 and Dom Bess had match figures of 9-102 as Yorkshire beat Northants, while Notts bowled out Derbyshire for under 150 for the second time in the game to win by an innings at Trent Bridge.

    Today was disrupted by 11 players being pulled out of Championship games to join a new England one-day squad made necessary by Covid, but elsewhere Lancashire and Hampshire put themselves in strong positions to force wins despite weather-shortened days.

    We'll be back again tomorrow at 10:40ish for more live coverage.

  2. Close of play scores

    Nottinghamshire 307 v Derbyshire 149 & 122

    Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 36 runs

    Warwickshire 237 v Durham 173-5

    Gloucestershire 248 & 198-6 v Middlesex 101

    Hampshire 488 v Surrey 72 & 6-2

    Somerset 461-9 dec v Leicestershire 390-7

    Lancashire 259-9 v Kent 74

    Northamptonshire 170-9 & 152 v Yorkshire 158 & 217

    Yorkshire won by 53 runs

    Sussex 226 & 111-4 v Glamorgan 215

  3. Close of play at Cheltenham

    Glos 248 and 198-6 v Middx 101

    And that is indeed the end of day two at Cheltenham.

    Gloucestershire not entirely out of sight but this should be more than enough to go on and win the game.

    Middlesex lost 8-25 earlier to be bombed out for only 101.

  4. Bad light at Cheltenham

    Glos 248 & 198-6 v Middx 101

    James Bracey will be kicking himself.

    He's carved a ball to backward point to fall for 88 just before bad light perhaps ends the day's play.

  5. Close of play at Hove

    Sussex 226 & 111-4 v Glam 215

    Ali Orr 54 not out at the close and a vital innings to repel the Glamorgan charge.

    Still work to do on the morrow to avoid another defeat.

    Sussex lead by 122.

  6. wicket

    WICKET Burns c Gubbins b Wheal 0

    Hampshire 488 v Surrey 72 & 6-2 - close of play

    Rory Burns made one and Mark Stoneman nought in Surrey's first innings - this time their scores are reversed as the visitors lose both openers before the close of play at the Ageas Bowl.

    Burns is caught at gully from one which flies off a length and Surrey will begin the final day 410 runs behind and facing a heavy defeat, which could prove costly to their hopes of contesting this summer's title.

  7. Close of play at Old Trafford

    Lancashire 259-9 v Kent 74

    James Anderson hits two successive boundaries off Darren Stevens to start the final over of the day at Old Trafford, which ends with Lancashire 185 runs ahead.

    Luke Wood remains on 63 not out and they will now look to force a win on the final day which was seal their place in Division One for the next phase of the competition - when the top six will contest the title.

    Wood made 119 against Kent at Canterbury earlier in the season.

  8. 50 runs

    for Ali Orr

    Sussex 226 & 95-4 v Glam 215

    Results haven't gone Sussex's way this season but they've certainly found out about a few of their youngsters.

    Ali Orr, a left-hander from Eastbourne, made a second-innings 67 on debut at Headingley last month.

    And he adds a second fifty here in 105 balls.

    Nothing better than watching young players making their way in the game.

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  9. Lancashire 248-9 v Kent 74

    A late wicket for Kent as Tom Hartley edges Matt Quinn low to first slip, where Jordan Cox takes the catch. Hartley goes for 24, bringing Monday hero James Anderson to the crease. Three overs remain.

  10. wicket

    WICKET Stoneman lbw Barker 1

    Hampshire 488 v Surrey 72 & 5-1

    A run off the bat as Mark Stoneman escapes a pair with a single off Kyle Abbott. But he departs at the start of the next over as Keith Barker claims his fifth wicket of the match, having taken 4-24 in the first innings.

    Stoneman pushes forward, the ball beats the inside edge and the umpire has no doubts - he is gone.

  11. Hampshire 488 v Surrey 72 & 4-0

    Two of the nine overs negotiated by Surrey's openers. The only runs so far were four leg byes in Keith Barker's opener.

  12. 300 runs

    lead for Gloucestershire

    Glos 248 & 170-4 v Middx 101

    Gloucestershire are making hay in the breezy Cheltenham sunshine.

    Jack Taylor has come out firing, hoisting Nathan Sowter's leg spin for six and taking three fours in an over from Tim Murtagh.

    Still 14 overs to go and The Shire could be out of sight by the close.

  13. Hampshire 488 v Surrey 72 & 0-0

    They are back out in the middle and Surrey have nine overs to survive before stumps. The pressure is on Rory Burns and Mark Stoneman, who made 1 and 0 in the first innings.

  14. Close of play at Taunton

    Somerset 461-9d v Leics 390-7

    That's it for the day at Taunton and Leicestershire will be delighted.

    Harry Swindells with just his second first-class hundred and a fine fifty from Ed Barnes should secure a draw tomorrow.

  15. wicket

    WICKET Virdi run out 0

    Hampshire 488 v Surrey 72

    The follow-on decision will be a formality.

    Kyle Jamieson drives straight and Kyle Abbott, in his follow-through, deflects the ball into the stumps at the bowler's end, with Amar Virdi out of his ground - and that's the end of the Surrey innings.

    Surrey added 30 in 12.2 overs for the loss of their last six wickets.

  16. Sussex 226 & 62-3 v Glam 215

    Sussex have thrown in some young players this season and they currently have 19-year-old Oli Carter on debut batting with 20-year-old Ali Orr.

    The pair are trying to build their side's lead and a smart little stand is taking them away from danger.

    Lots to do though and Glamorgan will still very much fancy their chances.

  17. wicket

    WICKET Clarke b Wheal 0

    Hampshire 488 v Surrey 66-9

    Surrey have now lost three wickets without addition, and five for 15, since a belated start at the Ageas Bowl.

    Rikki Clarke aims an airy drive at a ball from Brad Wheal and his stumps are shattered - his innings lasted just two deliveries.

    Number 11 Amar Virdi is at the crease with injured Kyle Jamieson. They have at least bettered their worst score against Hampshire - 64 all out at Basingstoke in 1986.

  18. 50 runs

    for Luke Wood

    Lancashire 225-8 v Kent 74

    A push for one off James Logan carries Luke Wood to a 98-ball half-century. This has been a valuable innings for his side, whose lead now exceeds 150.

  19. Close of play at Edgbaston

    Warwickshire 237 v Durham 173-5

    So no play possible after tea and that surely means that barring something remarkable this game will end in a draw.

    Durham added 153 in the 55 overs possible for the loss of four wickets, three of them taken by Craig Miles, who has figures of 4-42.

    David Bedingham is 37 not out, having passed 800 Championship runs for the season.

  20. wicket

    WICKET Overton lbw Abbott 4

    Hampshire 488 v Surrey 66-8

    It's two wickets in two balls for Hampshire are Kyle Abbott removes Jamie Overton with the opening delivery of a new over. Injured Kyle Jamieson, who was only fit enough to bowl six overs in Hampshire's first innings, is now at the crease.