Anthony Gibson
BBC Somerset at Taunton

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A curiously low key morning session considering the importance of this game for both sides as the County Championship builds towards its climax.

Some probing seam bowling, from Josh Davey (pictured above) especially, but Sam Northeast and Joe Clarke have been making largely untroubled progress for Notts.

There was some swing and seam movement for Somerset's depleted seam attack, although both of the wickets were gifted rather than grasped.

Pitch looks easy-paced, with little sign yet of any turn for Somerset's three spinners to work with.

Right then - players heading back out to the middle on this first day.

Afternoon session is moments away from getting started.

Nathan Barkley: Miles better format. Maybe because my teams in Division 1. If you're moaning about div 2 & 3 having nothing to play for then your team needs to try harder!

Shaun Berkeley: Now that three divisions have been established keep the format & have three up, three down which would virtually eliminate dead games.

Ollie Randall: With four games to go, surely in a Division format, it's unlikely that more than six would ever be in the running by this stage anyway? And likewise, there would be several Div 2 games with little to play for. The conference format doesn't make this noticeably worse.

Thanks Ollie - keep your thoughts on this season's competition format coming in using #bbccricket

Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales at Sofia Gardens

Essex’s Netherlands seamer Shane Snater ripped Glamorgan’s top order apart with 4-14 in the first session in Cardiff.

He reaped the virtues of consistent line and length, twice taking two wickets in an over, as Glamorgan’s batsmen struggled badly with their return to red-ball cricket.

New Zealand opener Hamish Rutherford, making his Championship debut for Glamorgan, watched the chaos at the other end before he was caught off bat and pad at short-leg off Simon Harmer for 31 against one of his former counties.

Despite cloudy skies, Glamorgan can have no excuses for their plight after choosing to bat first.

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London at Lord's

What appeared an odd decision to bat first under cloudy skies at Lord's, seemed a horrendous error in judgement for Middlesex at 14-3 but a mini recovery has settled the nerves.

Luis Reece, nicknames Louie, was the king of the swingers this morning alongside Sam Conners as they bagged the four wickets - the latter snaring Mark Stoneman for a duck on debut after his move from Surrey.

Robbie White (38 not out) has batted with masterful patience and both Max Holden (13) and Martin Andersson, who remains not out on 19 with him, have averted a collapse synonymous with the hosts in recent seasons.

The only four real appeals for dismissals have resulted in wickets this morning and with that begs the question were the hosts correct to bat despite the overheads?

We shall have to wait until both have batted though to truly know.

We'll also take a bit of a pause there as well for a spot of lunch.

Be sure to rejoin us just before 13:40 BST for the afternoon session.

Division One:

Ageas Bowl: Hampshire v Yorkshire 60-1 - Hampshire won toss and elected to bowl

Old Trafford: Lancashire v Warwickshire 77-2 - Warwickshire won toss and elected to bat

Taunton: Somerset v Nottinghamshire 88-2 - Somerset won toss and elected to bowl

Division Two:

Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 59-6 v Essex - Glamorgan won toss and elected to bat

Bristol: Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire 90-2 - Gloucestershire won toss and elected to bowl

Division Three:

Leicester: Leicestershire v Kent 96-4 - Kent won toss and elected to bat

Lord's: Middlesex 85-4 v Derbyshire - Middlesex won toss and elected to bat

Worcester: Worcestershire v Sussex 71-3 - Sussex won toss and elected to bat

And you can see more details on all those matches on this scorecards page.

Some real grit and determination shown by Yorkshire's batsmen.

They lose just the one wicket in the morning session after being put in by Hampshire.

George Hill battles to 31 not out off 101 balls and Tom Kohler-Cadmore 13 off 56 after the earlier loss of Adam Lyth for six.

Real attritional stuff being well appreciated by those in the crowd.

Honours just about even at Old Trafford after a very competitive session of Championship cricket.

Lancashire won the first part of the morning as Tom Bailey removed Rob Yates and discarded England opener Dom Sibley.

But from 7-2, Chris Benjamin on Championship debut and Sam Hain have put on 70 to give more credence to Will Rhodes' decision to bat first.

After being asked to bat by Somerset captain Tom Abell, Nottinghamshire will be the happier going into the lunch break.

They would have been in an even better position if Ben Slater and Ben Duckett had not carelessly got out to Jack Brooks.

But Sam Northeast has looked good, making his way to not out in his first Notts innings, and he has found good support from Joe Clarke, which they will look to continue this afternoon.

A quarter of an hour until the lunch break and Jack Leach is introduced into the home attack.

This is Leach's first bowl since 25 July, which seems absurd, but that is another argument. An early sign of rust as he bowls a no-ball and then a long hop, which is crashed for four by Joe Clarke

First sign of spin of the morning as Matt Parkinson is thrown the ball. With 24 wickets this at just under 20, Parkinson is a canny operator with his leggies, and just a single comes from his first six balls.

Three maidens in a row for Somerset to put a squeeze on the visitors' scoring, before Sam Northeast is gifted a ball on his legs for an easy boundary. Fourth four in his debut innings for Notts, who will hope he doesn't gift his wicket away like the two Bens, Slater and Duckett.

George Hill continuing his dogged performance of the morning at the top of Yorkshire's order.

He moves on to 20 from 67 balls with a lovely back foot drive for four through point off Brad Wheal and then manages to get a fortunate four more as he tries to pull out of a shot but guides it along the ground to the third man rope.

Hampshire still with just the one wicket so far of Adam Lyth to Kyle Abbott.

Kevin Howells on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra at Old Trafford is sparking an interesting debate about how cricketers still want to crack Test cricket and the four-day game above all and that the modern trend of T20 franchise cricketers will have a tinge of disappointment they have not cracked it in the game's oldest format.

Which would you prefer? A better bank balance or more of a legacy in Test or county cricket? #bbccricket

And here is the 50 partnership between Chris Benjamin and Sam Hain, as Hain glances Danny Lamb down to fine leg for four.

Good fightback from the Warwickshire batters after Bailey had removed openers Rob Yates and Dom Sibley, as they bring up the 50.