Pakistan beat India by five wickets in the first super four game at the Asia Cup in Dubai.

Rain delay at Ageas Bowlpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 5 September 2022

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Hants 31-1 v Northants

A single to Felix Organ from Jack White's latest over, but a shower then sends the players off to the dressing room.

Let's hope this won't be a long hold-up.

The decision to bowl first has not worked out for Somerset so far and when Lewis Gregory drops short, Marcus Harris pulls it away with authority for four.

The Aussie has 15 and Ben Charlesworth is on 35 - 16 overs gone.

We have had an hour's play and we are in September, but it is already time for spin at Old Trafford.

Dom Bess has the ball in hand and gives away a single off his first over. He could be in for a long session at this rate.

With two full-time spinners in the Lancashire team, this will be a common sight in this match.

There haven't been many boundaries for Hampshire in the first hour of play - just two in fact - but there's another as Joe Weatherley cracks Lizaad Williams away square.

Williams whistles a jaffer past the outside edge later in the over, but Weatherley is nine not out and Felix Organ has 16.

South African Lizaad Williams has begun his first spell for Northamptonshire at the Ageas Bowl.

It's been a tidy start by the paceman, with just four runs conceded from his first two overs.

Kasey Aldridge can't believe it as a beauty goes past the outside edge of Marcus Harris' bat and two runs from the next delivery brings up Gloucestershire's 50, with 13 overs completed.

The winless visitors will be happy with that after being put in to bat.

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Ben Slater pays the price for shouldering arms as Leicestershire's Chris Wright bowls him for his second wicket for Leicestershire at Trent Bridge. Notts are 26-2 in the 10th over.

Brooke Guest and Wayne Madsen are trying to settle things down for Derbyshire after the loss of both openers and they are 31-2 in the 11th over against Durham.

Still just the one success for Glamorgan, with Worcestershire 42-1 in the 12th and Ed Pollock and Taylor Cornall together at Sophia Gardens.

Sedate progress so far at Canterbury for Essex pair Sir Alastair Cook and Nick Browne.

The Kent bowling has been quite tidy but not very threatening. Perhaps not a surprise, given that both Matt Henry of New Zealand and India's Navdeep Saini are missing from their last Championship game.

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Two days ago he was hitting the winning run and lifting The Hundred trophy as Trent Rockets skipper.

Today Lewis Gregory is on as first-change for Somerset after a spell of four wicketless overs for 16 by Jack Brooks.

Ben Charlesworth takes three from the final ball of his opening over to move to 26 not out, with Marcus Harris on eight at the other end.

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It took him 14 deliveries but Joe Weatherley is off the mark for Hampshire with a thick edge for four to third man.

This pitch is pretty bare-looking but there is a tinge of green on a length at each end, which probably explains why Northants chose to bowl first against the second-placed home side.

Ben Coad gets one to bounce up at Keaton Jennings and it just about loops up safely on the offside.

At the other end, a terrific delivery from Jordan Thompson cuts Luke Wells in half and goes through to Jonny Tattersall, although it doesn't quite clip Wells' bat.

Yorkshire's bowlers perhaps a tad unfortunate not to have claimed a breakthrough in the opening half hour.

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Leaders Nottinghamshire have lost an early wicket at Trent Bridge, with Haseeb Hameed caught at first slip for four off Leicestershire's Chris Wright. They are 13-1 in the sixth over.

Durham have their second wicket against Derbyshire with Ben Raine bowling Billy Godleman for two - was there a little inside edge on that one? The visitors are 15-2 after five overs.

Worcestershire have lost their first wicket after choosing to bat against Glamorgan, with Jake Libby lbw to James Harris for 12. Taylor Cornall is the new batter and they are 16-1 after six.

A very positive start to the morning by Gloucestershire and Ben Charlesworth starts a new Jack Brooks over with a boundary.

Three covers drives so far by the left-hander - three fours.

Brooks finds the edge later in the over as Charlesworth plays slightly across the line, but he is fortunate as it runs away to the rope at third man.

Here's a pic of Somerset debutant Imam ul-Haq practising before start of play.

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This picture shows Manchester Originals' Matt Parkinson dismissing Tom Kohler-Cadmore of the Trent Rockets in the thrilling final of The Hundred on Saturday night.

A little more than 36 hours later and Kohler-Cadmore is stood at first slip for Yorkshire, while Parkinson and fellow Originals spinner Tom Hartley are in the Lancashire side for this Roses Championship game.

That leaves little time to celebrate or commiserate after events at Lord's before linking up with a whole different set of team-mates and sums up the crowded, if not crazy, cricket schedule.

Joe Weatherley is the new man at the crease for Hampshire following the early dismissal of Ian Holland.

Northants are giving nothing away at the moment and Jack White's second over is a maiden to Weatherley.

It's a big day for seam bowler Michael Finan, who is making his first-class debut for Leicestershire in their game against Division Two leaders Notts. Here he is receiving his Foxes cap from head coach Paul Nixon.

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Mike: "A perfect day for the return of #ProperCrkcket, external at Old Trafford. Yorkshire have five players in their XI with four-letter surnames - Lyth, Bean, Coad, Bess, and Hill - I doubt that happens often. #LANvYOR, external#RosesMatch, external#bbccricket, external"

Ben Charlesworth was off the mark with a boundary at Taunton and so was opening partner Marcus Harris.

The Australian did little more than put his bat in line and steer an overpitched ball from Jack Brooks through the covers. Easy pickings.