Day two of 2022 County Championship season
Two-division model returns in 2022, with 10 teams in Division One and eight in Division Two
Div One: Essex v Kent, Hants v Som, Northants v Gloucs & Warks v Surrey
England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes makes century for Surrey v Warwickshire
Div Two: Glam v Dur, Leics v Worcs, Middlesex v Derbys & Sussex v Notts
Hampshire 134-0 v Somerset 180
Image source, Getty ImagesAnother half-century up for Hampshire as Ian Holland follows Joe Weatherley in reaching 50.
A pull for four off Kasey Aldridge brings him his seventh boundary and he reaches it off 107 balls.
Hampshire continung to motor on.
One exciting piece of local cricket team news for the weekend.
Birmingham Bears T20 Blast captain Carlos Brathwaite will be playing club cricket just up the road from Edgbaston for Knowle and Dorridge at Moseley.
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Image source, Getty ImagesCarlos Brathwaite and his wife Jessica are now based in England
He has signed to play a few games for K&D - and has been picked to bat number four on his debut in the Graham Williamson Trophy on Saturday.
It was the sixth anniversary this week of what the West Indies star willalways be best remembered for.
Essex 281-4 v Kent
Glenn Speller
BBC Essex at Chelmsford
Image source, Rex FeaturesInteresting morning ahead at Chelmsford.
The strong winds from yesterday have abated and we have very still conditions with some cloud cover, but the sun trying to peep through.
Kent will hope that leads to friendlier bowling conditions to get themselves back into the match while Essex are looking for the surface to play as it did yesterday.
Gloucestershire 168-8 v Northants
Off and running at Wantage Road too as Gloucestershire's England man James Bracey gets his first single of the day, followed by a neat two to move on to 81.
Real captain's innings so far.
Surrey 169-3 v Warwickshire
One Ollie Pope single so far as Olly Hannon-Dalby completes his unfinished over from last night, followed by a tidy maiden over from Craig Miles.
Hampshire 115-0 v Somerset 180
Image source, Getty ImagesJoe Weatherley starts the second day's play at the Ageas Bowl with another fine square drive for four off Kasey Aldridge to take him to 69.
He and Ian Holland (43 not out) continuing to build an impressive opening partnership for the hosts.
Middlesex 307-4 v Derbyshire
Sam Dalling
BBC Radio London at Lord's
Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Ok, I’m saying it: Crucial first hour for Derbyshire. First available opportunity and out it comes. “Massive” in the words of Mickey Arthur, and he should know.
Very much Middlesex’s day yesterday. Stevie Eskinazi was imperious en-route to 118, a 186-run stand second-wicket stand with Josh de Caires (80) steering the hosts to 307-4 overnight. Only once did they pass 300 here at Lord’s in 2021, also in their opening innings. What happened? They lost to Somerset.
Derbyshire started poorly but kept at it. They weren’t aided by Ryan Sidebottom pulling up lame seven balls into his debut though. Arthur confirmed last night that Sidebottom’s match is over, but is hopeful he will feature again during a one-month loan spell. Good news.
First, much work for Suranga Lakmal, Sam Conners and Anuj Dal this morning. The second new ball is just 16 overs old and there is plenty of cloud cover.
Pleased to report a significant drop in wind sped this morning. Lord’s could have doubled up as a hurricane simulator for most of Thursday.
And here we go once again for day two's play.
Fingers crossed for an uninterrupted few hours.
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Surrey 168-3 v Warwickshire
It's a glorious morning in Birmingham for day two of the reigning county champions' opening game of the season against Surrey.
Well for this time of year anyway. Can any morning really be glorious on the 8th of April? Even at a county cricket ground.
But will it stay like this?
Image source, Ged Scott - BBC SportLocal weather guru Avais, the hearteningly cheery Edgbaston car park steward, reckons there's going to be rain at three o'clock.
He was spot on with his '40 per cent chance of rain' forecast yesterday. And, in the end, we had the lot. Sun, wind, rain, hail, every colour and shape of cloud imaginable, and even a nice rainbow.
Hampshire 109-0 v Somerset 180
Image source, BBC SportAn overcast morning on the outskirts of Southampton as many people's title favourites Hampshire made an impressive start on Thursday.
Despite losing the toss, they bowled Somerset out for just 180 before closing on 109-0 in reply.
Joe Weatherley will resume on 65 not out with Ian Holland 41 not out at the other end as they look to build a big lead.
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Well, we didn't manage to get through the opening day of the season without some unusual weather events with heavy hail storms among the features at Cardiff plus some very blustery winds.
Today is looking for the most part, a much brighter prospect if still a little chilly, but there are some lingering showers for the early hours of play along the south coast that should eventually clear.
Here's the full outlook from the BBC Weather Centre.
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Division One:
Chelmsford: Essex 272-4 v Kent
Ageas Bowl: Hampshire 109-0 v Somerset 180
Northampton: Gloucestershire 164-8 v Northamptonshire
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Surrey 168-3
Division Two:
Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 164-4 v Durham
Leicester: Leicestershire v Worcestershire 118-4
Lord's: Middlesex 307-4 v Derbyshire
Hove: Sussex 302-6 v Nottinghamshire
And to see those scores in more detail - head to our scorecards page right here.
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Image source, Rex FeaturesHello and good morning once again.
County cricket is well and truly back for the new season after an opening day that featured centuries, batting collapses, fine catches and freak weather events.
Some matches looking to make up for lost time today and others potentially moving into strong positions after promising first days.
Thanks once again for joining us for our live radio and text coverage from this opening round of the County Championship.
All being well, play resumes in the next 15 minutes.