Summary

  • Seven games - four in Division One and three in Division Two

  • D1 leaders Surrey at home to Kent, second-placed Hampshire away to Essex

  • Gloucestershire play Lancashire at home, Warks away to Northants

  • Top two in Division Two meet with leaders Nottinghamshire at home to Middlesex

  • Worcestershire host Glamorgan and Sussex welcome Derbyshire

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Live Reporting

Ged Scott and Michael Beardmore

  1. wicket

    WICKET - Harmer lbw b Dawson 19

    Essex 164-8 v Hampshire

    The end appears nigh for the Essex batters.

    Having ended Tom Westley's gallant 46 lbw, Liam Dawson repeats the feat to remove Simon Harmer for a very patient 19.

    Essex's hopes of salvaging any batting points rest firmly on the shoulders of Shane Snater, who has raced to 41 off 40 balls.

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  2. 50 runs

    50 for Josh Cobb

    Northants 252-4 v Warwickshire

    Northants now have three half-centurions in this innings.

    Josh Cobb reaches the landmark too. It's his 36th in first-class cricket.

    And he has so far helped to put on 113 for the fifth wicket with Rob Keogh.

  3. Matt Cole
    BBC Radio Kent

    This innings has been a thing of beauty from Hashim Amla. Absolutely glorious. The sun came out almost to greet him, almost as a prelude to his century.

    Vintage stuff.

  4. 100 runs

    100 for Hashim Amla

    Surrey 251-2 v Kent

    Hashim Amla will have made more important and challenging centuries than this one against a slightly weakened, outmatched Kent attack.

    But it's another one to the tally - which we believe now stands at 56 first-class career tons - and it comes courtesy of almost identical boundaries driven to deep cover. Another four follows and he's up to 107.

    Surrey are cruising - with just 55 overs gone, it would take a brave man to gamble against them racking up the maximum five batting points. They have two already, having passed 250.

  5. 200 runs

    200 up for Nottinghamshire

    Notts 204-3

    In the Division Two meeting of the top two, Nottinghamshire have got to their first batting point - but at the cost of another wicket, to earn Middlesex their first bowling point.

    Joe Clarke was the third man out for 47, superbly caught by Sam Robson off young legspinner Luke Hollman.

    Clarke had a vicious slash outside off stump, and the ball came sharply at Robson, but he reacted superbly.

    Haseeb Hameed is still going well on 90.

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  6. Essex 138-7 v Hampshire

    Shane Snater means business at Chelmsford.

    He's almost playing with a disdain for what's mostly gone before him in the batting line-up.

    Snater has hit 23 in half an hour. It might not last long but it's going to be fun while it does.

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  7. 50 runs

    50 for Ed Barnard

    Worcestershire 147-5 v Glamorgan

    Ed Barnard reaches his 23rd first-class half-century, of which 11 have come in the last two seasons.

    Little wonder other have counties have their eye on him.

    The Shropshire-born all-rounder has so far shared an 89-run stand with Gareth Roderick for the sixth wicket.

  8. wicket

    WICKET - Phillips c Balderson b Morley 19

    A first wicket of the season for young Lancashire spinner Jack Morley.

    South African Glenn Phillips is the second Gloucestershire man to go as he tries to hoist him over midwicket but is caught by George Balderson.

    Chris Dent is still there on 37. New man in is Miles Hammond.

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  9. Division Two update

    No wickets at all since lunch in Division Two, just to keep you up to date.

    Nottinghamshire are 179-2 in the battle of the top two against Middlesex, while Derbyshire are 156-4 at Hove against Sussex and Worcestershire have recovered from 63-5 at New Road to 137-5 against Glamorgan.

  10. 50 runs

    50 for Ben Geddes

    Surrey 208-2 v Kent

    Ben Geddes records his first County Championship 50 for Surrey as he pulls fellow youngster Jas Singh away for four to reach the milestone in style.

    This is his Championship debut at The Oval - you wouldn't know it from the assuredness he's shown.

    Surrey are turning it on. Kent are turning it in. Well, that's maybe a tad harsh. But they seem to have run out of ideas with the ball.

  11. 50 runs

    50 for Rob Keogh

    Northants 209-4 v Warwickshire

    Rob Keogh becomes Northamptonshire's second half-centurion of the innings.

    It is his 28th first-class half-century - and he has a good conversion rate, having gone on to reach three figures 12 times before.

    Josh Cobb also looking good, having quickly moved on to 38.

    The pair have so far put on 70 in less than an hour's cricket.

  12. Surrey 204-2 v Kent

    Surrey's third-wicket stand is on to 134 and counting - but it just came close to being broken.

    Ben Geddes cut one from Jacob Duffy to mid-wicket where George Linde dove full length but could not reel it in. Saved the boundary at least. Good stop as that was travelling. Half a chance at best.

  13. wicket

    WICKET - Westley lbw Dawson 46

    Essex 105-7 v Hampshire

    Things were looking bad for Essex. And they've just got a whole lot worse.

    Tom Westley had been their ray of light but he's trapped lbw - the third leg before this innings - by Liam Dawson's spin.

    Westley goes for a very creditable 46 and just halfway through the opening day at Chelmsford, Hampshire are firm favourites to record a sixth win in eight games as they pursue Division One leaders Surrey.

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  14. 100 runs

    100 partnership for Surrey

    Surrey 179-2 v Kent

    Hashim Amla and Ben Geddes bring up their century stand at The Oval.

    Amla has 67 off 89, Geddes a more watchful 38 off 94.

    The league leaders are on their way to another big total this summer.

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  15. 50 runs

    50 stand for Barnard and Roderick

    Worcestershire 120-5 v Glamorgan

    Ed Barnard and Gareth Roderick have now taken their sixth-wicket partnership past 50 to correct the wobbles at Worcester.

    Barnard, who has so improved his batting over the last two or three seasonsx, has so far hit five fours in his 36.

    Roderick, again deputising as wicket-keeper in this game for Ben Cox, has hit three boundaries in his 22.

    Just what was needed at an awkward time in Pear country.

  16. wicket

    WICKET - Rossington b Abbott 22

    Essex 104-6 v Hampshire

    Sorry, Essex followers, our bad.

    Jinxed your boys a bit there, sadly.

    Kyle Abbott removes the bails for the second time this innings, following his dismissal of opener Nick Browne by also clean bowling Adam Rossington for 22.

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  17. Essex digging in

    Essex 103-5 v Hampshire

    It looked a long way back for Essex at 16-3 and 56-5 - and it still is but Tom Westley is playing a captain's innings and Adam Rossington is supporting him nicely.

    Westley has 45 off exactly 100 balls, while Rossington has 22, as Essex bring up their 100.

    Almost a half-century partnership now.

  18. 100 runs

    100 up for Worcestershire

    Worcestershire 102-5 v Glamorgan

    Worcestershire have brought their 100 up at New Road.

    An encouraging improvement.

    From the murky depths of 63-5, the much admired Ed Barnard (28) and Gareth Roderick (12) have so far done a decent tidy-up.

  19. 50 runs

    50 for Hashim Amla

    Surrey 157-2 v Kent

    Like buses, you wait a while for a half-century and three come along at the same time.

    Slight edge from Hashim Amla but soft hands mean it was low anyway - it bisects the slip cordon and goes away for four.

    The veteran South African did have a let-off a few balls before when he would have been run out had George Linde hit the stumps but the throw was not on target.

  20. 50 runs

    50 for Haseeb Hameed

    Notts 137-2 v Middlesex

    Haseeb Hameed reaches 50 for the fifth time in 13 County Championship innings this season.

    Five more will take him to an overall tally of 500 runs.

    Joe Clarke is looking well set on 32.