Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

The match-up of two sides heading for Division Two has been an even affair in Cardiff though Northants will be reasonably satisfied to be only two down against some largely accurate Glamorgan seam bowling under cloudy skies.

It looked a surprising decision to bat by visiting skipper Ricardo Vasconcelos but he and Emilio Gay saw off testing spells from Michael Neser, in his final Championship match of the year, and Michael Hogan.

It was Timm van der Gugten, in equally accurate form, who struck twice with Gay edging a catch behind for 22 and Vasconcelos on 25 clipping one to mid-wicket.

Rob Keogh and the out-of-form Charlie Thurston saw their side through to lunch with only one alarm when Thurston scrambled back after considering an unwise single to mid-off.

With a poor forecast for mid-afternoon, the teams will be hoping to profit from whatever action we can get in the next couple of hours.

Scott Read
BBC Radio Lancashire

Pretty much the perfect start to a Roses match for Lancashire, an unbeaten partnership of 96 for the first wicket between Alex Davies and Keaton Jennings.

Yorkshire won the toss and put their Roses rivals in, and were perhaps a little unlucky not to pick up a wicket.

Plenty of early movement for Dominic Leech, who was trusted with the new ball and bowled well.

The home supporters who are watching in good numbers will be hoping for a better afternoon.

Mike Taylor
BBC WM

Warwickshire's decision to bat first looked a great deal more satisfactory as the players left for lunch than two hours earlier.

Rob Yates - up to now their safest batting bet in the Championship - was walking off before the eleventh ring of the cathedral bell, lbw only half-forward to Joe Leach.

Thereafter, Pieter Malan and Dom Sibley assembled a century partnership in contrasting, but equally high-class, methods.

Malan was judicious in his choice of balls to attack, but the margin of error to him - especially in length - was very small, and he has cut and pulled harshly.

His third scoring stroke was a pull off Leach for six over square leg, and 10 more boundaries have followed.

Sibley was more watchful, but equally certain in his strokeplay, although he survived a sharp slip chance off the brisk Adam Finch.

Worcestershire are fielding three spinners on the same pitch used for the T20 game against the Bears won by the hosts on Friday night. All were seen before lunch, but none particularly threatened to take a wicket.

Derbyshire 77-4 v Essex

Nottinghamshire 69-2 Durham

Warwickshire 110-1 v Worcestershire

Gloucestershire 81-3 v Hampshire

Middlesex 86-1 v Leicestershire

Somerset 94-2 v Surrey

Northamptonshire 81-2 v Glamorgan

Sussex 51-2 v Kent

Lancashire 96-0 v Yorkshire

For a good hour or so, it looked set to be Gloucestershire's morning in their winner-takes-all clash with Hampshire as openers Miles Hammond and George Scott were moving along quite nicely.

Then three wickets fell for 11 runs and all of a sudden Hampshire have fresh impetus in their bid to pip their hosts to Division One qualification.

Colin de Grandhomme has been the undoubted star of the show for Hants, taking 2-7 from his eight overs, including five maidens.

Middlesex opener Sam Robson has compiled a virtually trouble-free 57 at Northwood to put the hosts in charge against Leicestershire.

After seven defeats from nine games, however, Middlesex will finish bottom of Group Two whatever the result.

Timm van der Gugten has struck twice for Glamorgan to give the hosts the upper hand in their Group Three dead rubber with Northants in Cardiff.

Essex's morning against the bottom club in Group One.

Four wickets, two of them for Sam Cook, but Leus du Plooy is still there on 27.

Slow going for Nottinghamshire after being out in by Durham, for whom their record wicket-taking machine Chris Rushworth has claimed both scalps, Haseeb Hameed and Ben Compton.

Warwickshire's morning at Worcester after the shock of losing Rob Yates in the first over

South African international Pieter Malan has posted his best score so far for the Bears, 70, in his 110-run stand with England;s Dom Sibley, who is on 40.

Things for both sides to be pleased about at the Kia Oval as Surrey have removed both Somerset openers - Devon Conway and Steve Davies - during the morning session.

But the visitors have played aggressively, ensuring a decent tally on the scoreboard - and Somerset only need a draw from this one to ensure Division One qualification, remember. Surrey must win and hope other results go in their favour.

Lancashire openers Alex Davies and Keaton Jennings go to lunch unparted as Yorkshire's decision to put the visitors in has gone so far unrewarded.

Davies is on 49, just a run short of his second Championship half-century of the season against Yorkshire.

At the other end, Keaton Jennings has hit three boundaries in his more considered 39 off 100 balls.

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Bears 103-1 Pears

Warwickshire are the first side of the day to post three figures as they reach 100 in the Pears-Bears derby with Worcestershire at New Road.

Pieter Malan has been the main aggressor, having hit nine fours and a six in his 65.

His previous best score in eight disappointing innings for the Bears was only 32 but he's now more than doubled that

England opener Dom Sibley is starting to find the right groove on 38 off 99 balls, including four fours.

for Lammonbypublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 11 July 2021

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Surrey v Somerset 89-2

Group Two leaders Somerset have certainly been aggressive against Surrey today.

It's cost them a couple of wickets but they are keeping the scoreboard ticking over and Tom Lammonby has just dispatched spinner Amar Virdi for a big six.

A quick update from Canterbury where Covid-hit Kent have named five debutants against Surrey, remember.

None have been involved in anything memorable thus far, Kent using two of their usual first-teamers Harry Podmore and Matthew Quinn to begin the attack.

They have had no luck as of yet though, Sussex strolling along nicely.

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Middlesex 77-1 v Leics

A classy half-century from Middlesex opener Sam Robson at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.

It's come off just 72 balls too.

He's just lost his opening partner Josh de Caires, though - the son of former England captain Michael Atherton chopped a Ben Mike delivery on to his own stumps to depart after a very patient 17 off 74 balls.