Two fours in an over for Adam Lyth, who smacks Oliver Hannon-Dalby away square and then finds the third man boundary with a deliberate deflection past first slip. He progresses to 131 not out.

No joy yet for Kent at Wantage Road, but Grant Stewart did find the edge of nightwatchman Matt Kelly's bat, only for the ball to run away past the slip cordon for four runs.

Steady start for Phil Salt and Luke Wood, who are both on 11 not out, as Lancashire try to eat into Essex's rather large advantage.

The rain yesterday meant only 40 overs were possible but Essex used them wisely as they skittled Lancashire's top order.

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Middlesex 104-2 v Durham 350

There are those who felt Sam Robson's eight-year exile from Test cricket should have been ended when England named their squad to play New Zealand at Lord's.

He didn't make the squad, but a boundary off Ben Stokes takes him to an 80-ball fifty to go with the hundreds he made in his last two games for Middlesex.

Leicestershire have their first wick of the day at New Road as Wiaan Mulder has Brett D'Oliveira lbw for 54 - but Azhar Ali is still that on 220 in Worcestershire's 481-4.

Sam Robson is closing on a fifty for Middlesex at Lord's - the home side are 99-2 in the 28th over, replying to Durham's 350 all out.

Stuart Broad didn't last long at Trent Bridge - he was bowled by Sam Conners for three and Notts are 352-9. Paceman Conners now has four wickets.

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The first boundary of the day at Headingley as Harry Duke clips Henry Brookes away through square leg. he is five not out and Adam Lyth is on 121, having added three runs to his overnight score so far.

Hampshire need to make a positive start to the morning to find their feet again after Somerset fought back strongly in yesterday's evening session.

It was a day when Craig Overton claimed his 400th first-class wicket and he's straight back into the action this morning.

Ben Brown and Aneurin Donald are at the crease for Hampshire, who trail by 59.

It's a survival mission for Northants over the next two days - but who will be their Bear Grylls?

Ricardo Vasconcelos picks up a single in Darren Stevens' opening over before driving Grant Stewart confidently for four in the next.

Warwickshire will want to get rid of Adam Lyth before he can settle this morning. Oliver Hannon-Dalby has the ball in hand and the left-hander picks up a single to move to 119 not out. It's the only run of a tidy first over.

There will be an extended morning session at Headingley to make up eight of the overs lost to the weather yesterday, and we imagine a similar scenario will be the case at other grounds too. Anyway, time for action.

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Essex and England batter Dan Lawrence will have a scan today after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury while batting on day two at Old Trafford.

Lawrence had to call for a runner when the problem which first affected him during last month's game against Warwickshire flared up again.

"We just hope it's not too severe - but till we get the results from the specialist we won't know the severity of it," head coach Anthony McGrath told BBC Essex.

Lawrence was eventually out for 120, his first century of the season.

We have ball-by-ball commentary for you as usual, supplied by our BBC 5 Live Sports Extra and local radio commentary teams. You can tune in to the match of your choice at the top of the page and our regular text updates will keep you on top of events as they happen at the other grounds.

There is also commentary available on New Zealand's tour game against Sussex at Hove, where no play was possible on day one.

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Warwickshire skipper Will Rhodes insists his side are not out of the game at Headingley despite Adam Lyth's unbeaten century steering Yorkshire into a first-innings lead.

"It's probably the best we've bowled for a long time as a unit. There was a period in the middle session under lights when we beat the bat a lot, but that's part of the game," Rhodes told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

"We knew their top order would get the bulk of the runs but there's a lot of inexperience in their lower order and I think we can capitalise on that."

He added: "Last year we were behind in a lot of games and came back to win. No reason why we can't do that again."

Scott Read
BBC Radio Lancashire commentator

I'm not sure what would have been gloomier, the skies above Emirates Old Trafford or the feeling in the home dressing when the players went off for tea and never returned last night.

However, new day and new optimism and all that.

This certainly will be Lancashire's most challenging day of the season so far. Tipped to be title winners by many, it's taken until the sixth round of fixtures for them to be firmly on the back foot.

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Northants head coach John Sadler said he could not fault his bowlers despite Kent piling up the runs on day two.

Grant Stewart raced to 61 off 44 balls, including five sixes, to push the total beyond 500 after Ben Compton's 140 laid the foundation.

"They kept running in, there wasn't really much assistance from the pitch. Fair play to Kent, they put themselves in a position where they could have a bit of a slap at the end at that's what happens in four-day cricket," Sadler told BBC Radio Northampton.

The home side hope Lewis McManus will be able to bat despite injuring a finger - and also plan to extend his loan spell from Hampshire for the rest of the season.