Roderick drives Paterson through wide mid on for four runs to move into the 30s and gets a couple more runs with a drive through the off side.

He's in good touch at the moment.

for Ben Comptonpublished at 14:42 BST 20 September 2022

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Hants v Kents 113-6

Well played Ben Compton.

He nudges a back of a length ball from James Fuller off his hip, and moves to 50 from 141 balls.

Kent need a few more from their opener.

Michael: "Do the ECB ever come out and explain why some players are rested, and others not? It's baffling why Pope and Foakes are playing, but not Crawley, Lees and Leach who have hardly been overworked this summer, and could surely benefit from playing. #bbccricket, external"

The short answer to that question is 'no'.

Successive maidens for Liam Patterson-White and Jake Ball.

D'Oliveira moves to 44 with a lovely late cut off Patterson-White for four.

The boundary flurry at Taunton we referred to (see 14:17) abated pretty quickly and we are now back to ones and twos.

Somerset won't mind that providing they don't lose any more wickets and Tom Abell is 30 not out, with George Bartlett on 24.

It's always a good sign when Alastair Cook is getting on the front foot and punching through extra cover.

He does so twice - first off Tom Bailey and now off Will Williams.

Promising signs for Cook and Essex.

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Ollie Pope holds the pose as he cover drives Ben Mike for four.

A quick single ends the over as Jordan Thompson's throw misses the stumps at the bowler's end.

Stevie Eskinazi has gone for 64, bowled by Tom Scriven, and Middlesex are now 150-5 after 49 overs against Leicestershire.

David Lloyd is still going strong for Glamorgan on 89 not out - and they are 177-2 against Derbyshire. Tom Bevan went for 48.

Sussex are struggling on 103-6 against Durham, with 18-year-old debutant Charlie Tear and Faheem Ashraf now together at the crease.

An LBW shout for Jake Ball against Gareth Roderick is turned down as the latter plays with bat behind pad.

The Pears have had a good session of play since lunch overall but remain in trouble five down and still 41 short of a first batting bonus point.

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The first ball of a new Ben Mike over is a short and wide and Jordan Clark gets off the mark by cracking it away for four.

A single by Clark to mid-wicket ends the over and takes Surrey's total to 150 - Mike now has 0-46 from seven.

Hampshire's latest wicket (see 14:22 entry) means Surrey's lead at the top of Division One is now down to six points.

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Captain David Lloyd led from the front as he shared a century stand with championship debutant Tom Bevan to give Glamorgan a solid platform against fellow promotion chasers Derbyshire.

Derbyshire had an early shock when Ben Aitchison turned his ankle and limped off after three deliveries, but he did return to the field after Anuj Dal had Eddie Byrom caught behind for 13.

Lloyd and Bevan were held in check as Dal in particular bowled some tight lines, but both hit sixes off Alex Thomson after lunch before the spinner had his revenge when Bevan on 48 skied another big blow straight up in the air.

With both sides needing to win to have a chance of keeping up with Middlesex, the wicket is already taking some slow turn.

Bevan is playing in place of India’s Shubman Gill, ruled out through flu, while Derbyshire are giving a debut to Welsh seamer Adam Sylvester, well known on the South Wales club scene.

Joey Evison whips a James Fuller full toss through midwicket for four, before clipping Kyle Abbott beautifully for four more. He moves to 34 and Kent go past 100.

If these two can hang around for a while yet, Kent might post a respectable total.

Ollie Pope pads up to Steve Patterson - is that out? The umpire decides it wasn't hitting. Patterson is none too chuffed.

This has been a vital partnership for the Pears after struggling in the morning session.

Roderick faces Brett Hutton and takes the 6th wicket partnership to 50 with a steer to square leg off the back foot for one.

Two balls later, D'Oliveira pushes the innings score past 150 with a drive through backward point for four.

Roderick gets four more with a thick outside edge on the drive to Ball at the other end.

Suddenly, a flurry of boundaries at Taunton.

Three come in the same Jack White over by George Bartlett, but the second is very lucky as it flies between the keeper and first slip.

Tom Abell picks up the tempo in the following over as he drives Tom Taylor elegantly through the covers.

He has 24 and Bartlett is 19 not out.

Sibley edges Tom Price safely down to third man to pick up two runs.

He picks up three more with a clip to the on side to move to 57.

Five from the over.