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With the Surrey cat away - they're not playing this week - the Hampshire and Lancashire mice must play well if they are to improve their chances of winning the Championship title.

Lancashire started promisingly, thanks to Keaton Jennings' 119, before George Hill took 6-26 as Yorkshire hit back in the Rosses match.

Hampshire had a satisfactory, if rain-interrupted, day against Northants, but the best innings was played by Marcus Harris, who made 159 for Gloucestershire at Taunton.

Division Two leaders Notts are on top against Leicestershire and some intriguing cricket is in prospect on day two. Join us tomorrow from 10:00.

Division One

Hampshire 229-5 v Northamptonshire

Kent v Essex 327-4

Lancashire 272-8 v Yorkshire

Somerset v Gloucestershire 320-6

Division Two

Derbyshire 306 v Durham

Glamorgan v Worcestershire 285-7

Nottinghamshire 201 & 15-0 v Leicestershire 93

So, just the 20 wickets in one day as Ben Slater plays out the final over from Ed Barnes and helps himself to two boundaries.

Leicestershire's attack fully justified Callum Parkinson's decision to put the Division Two leaders in on their home ground - with Chris Wright and Barnes taking three wickets each to bowl them out in 61.3 overs.

But what Leicestershire could do, Notts could do even better and an initial four-wicket burst by Luke Fletcher sparked a collapse which left opener Sam Evans (50 not out) as the only batter to reach double figures.

Notts lead by 123 and will now be confident of a seventh win of the season, which will be another big step towards promotion.

Chris Wright, who took 3-26, in the Notts first innings has the new ball as they begin their second.

Ben Slater picks up a single and Haseeb Hameed, with four slips waiting, flicks a leg-stump half-volley to square leg for four.

One more to come.

Two overs to go after the innings breaks at Trent Bridge. Will we see any more wickets?

And there ends an incredible day of Roses cricket.

For the first two sessions, batting looked easy and Yorkshire looked like they could not buy a wicket.

Yet Lancashire have limped through to the close, just about, after losing seven wickets for 38 after tea.

Following the three and a half hour rain hold-up earlier in the day, it is bad light which ends play mid-way through a Luke Procter over.

Liam Dawson will resume on 43 not out, and Aneurin Donald on 28 - and second-placed Hampshire will probably be fairly satisfied with the position, having been put in by Will Young.

Felix Organ made 71 before falling to Jack White, who was the pick of the Northants attack with 2-35.

Will Williams survives the hat-trick ball as it hits the New Zealander on the thigh pad and the batters scamper a couple.

Great effort from Ben Coad, though.

Ollie Gibson has Anuj Dal caught behind for 56 and that is all at Derby as the final wicket ends play with seven balls left.

Gibson finished with 2-62 but it was Chris Rushworth and Ben Raine who did the bulk of the damage with three wickets each.

Leus du Plooy (82, Harry Came (78) and Dal rescued Derbyshire from 58-4 and they also take three points from the opening day.

Liam Dawson puts Lizaad Williams away through mid-wicket and is 42 not out with 10 overs remaining at the Ageas Bowl.

Partner Aneurin Donald is on 28 and they have added 60 so far for the sixth wicket.

George Lavelle sends one down to the boundary at third man for a welcome boundary.

The wicketkeeper is digging in to try and reach the close for his side.

Jack Taylor and Tom Price see out the final over, adding four runs in the process, to end a day which Gloucestershire have mostly dominated after being put in.

Their position is due in large part to Marcus Harris' 159 off 263 balls, which included a six and 17 fours.

The Australian put on 126 with Ben Charlesworth (56) and 125 with Ollie Price (52), but Somerset fought back in the final session, reducing the visitors from 281-2 to 316-6.

Matt Critchley and Feroze Khushi make it through to stumps to put Essex in a very good position against Kent. Critchley ends on 80 and Khushi 46.

They have put on 106 for the fifth wicket to help the visitors win day one after being asked to bat.

for Anuj Dalpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 5 September 2022

17:53 BST 5 September 2022

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