Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 7 April 2023

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Kent 197-5 v Northants 117

Bit of a delay at Canterbury as Josh Cobb appears to have injured his shoulder, perhaps dislocating it, in attempting to stop a Zak Crawley shot reaching the boundary.

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Sussex 224-5 v Durham 376

Cheteshwar Pujara hits three fours in an over off Brydon Carse to bring up his first century of the summer off 133 balls after five last year.

Imagine him in partnership with Steve Smith!

George Bell is the new batter for Lancashire.

There is a lot of responsibility on the 20-year-old wicketkeeper, coming in at six.

The pitch looks a good one, but there is plenty of scoreboard pressure.

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Hampshire 231 v Nottinghamshire 185 & 79-1

Excellent stuff from Ben Duckett.

Only 54 balls needed to bring up this half century and seven fours along the way.

Positive, but not reckless, and if he sticks around, Notts will end the day in a very good place.

A quiet resumption after tea with four runs off the first couple of overs.

Lancashire really need a big partnership to eat into that big Surrey lead.

Division One

Southampton: Notts 185 & 75-1 (18 overs), Hampshire 231

Manchester: Surrey 442, Lancashire 157-3 (45 overs)

Lord's: Essex 266 v Middlesex 53-5 (20 overs)

Canterbury: Northamptonshire 117, Kent 192-5 (59 overs)

Taunton: Somerset 128-5 (53 overs) v Warwickshire

Division Two

Sophia Gardens: Gloucestershire 165, Glamorgan 261-5 (66 overs)

Leeds: Yorkshire 517, Leicestershire 98-3

Derby: Derbyshire 321, Worcestershire 152-4 (55 overs)

Hove: Durham 376, Sussex 189-4 (53 overs)

A solid session for Kent who did lose four wickets but have grown their lead to 74.

Zak Crawley has been their mainstay with an excellently-compiled 86 and the hosts look set to amass a very healthy first-innings advantage.

The Nottinghamshire fightback is well and truly on as we reach tea.

Ben Duckett has reached 46 off 48 balls to put his team 29 runs ahead and slightly in the ascendancy.

Um-E-Aymen Babar
BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

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It’s tea time here at a sunny Emirates Old Trafford. Three wickets have fallen for Lancashire so far as they chase down Surrey’s 442.

Skipper Keaton Jennings and Dane Vilas are at the crease, it’s a crucial partnership here as both batters have a wealth of experience and if they can build a solid score between them, the momentum will shift into Lancashire’s favour.

Cameron Steel has been the stand out player so far for me. He was fantastic yesterday adding 141 with the bat for Surrey and the leg-spinner has been great with the ball today picking up the wicket of Josh Bohannon to break the partnership with Jennings worth 65.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

The first teatime of the summer at Taunton - but it is Warwickshire who will take it with the greater appetite.

New season, new players, same old Somerset batting frailties. Cameron Bancroft, George Bartlett and Tom Kohler-Cadmore all played well and built platforms, only then to get out to a loose shot, all caught at first slip by Rob Yates.

The Warwickshire seamers kept a tight line, mostly outside off stump, looking to lure the batters into indiscretion, and that was enough to make it very definitely their afternoon.

Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

Glamorgan’s Kiran Carlson led the way as his side moved towards a three-figure lead over the visitors by tea.

Eddie Byrom gave him unfussy support in a stand of 160 before cutting Marchant de Lange to slip for 81.

Carlson rode his luck with chances on 39 and 77, before reaching his first century since July 2021 off 128 balls with a series of flourishing drives.

He eventually fell lbw to Ollie Price for 106 but Billy Root looked set on 33 not out at the interval, although South Africa’s Colin Ingram has not yet appeared because of a neck spasm.

Gloucestershire still need a major effort from their bowlers to avoid an insuperable first-innings deficit, although the pitch could well flatten out further.

Well, what an afternoon session that was.

Middlesex would have been pretty pleased with themselves after finishing Essex's innings off for 266 after lunch, considering the visitors had been 199-3 at one stage.

But then the hosts' top order collapsed, their opening four batters all falling for ducks as Jamie Porter (4-12) ran riot.

John Simpson (17no) and Ryan Higgins (22no) have led a rebuild to the best of their ability from 4-4 to 53-5 but Middlesex have dug themselves a right hole to get out of here.

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Time for a cuppa at Old Trafford.

Lancashire have scored plenty of runs this afternoon, but those three wickets probably has Surrey on top.

Keaton Jennings is unbeaten on 71 and is central to this innings.

Worcestershire have lost a further wicket in the afternoon session, debutant Adam Hose, as they go to tea on 152-4.

They stil trail by 169, but Jack Haynes has made a decent start on 22.

Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex

There’s been an inevitability since Cheteshwar Pujara arrived at the crease that he would score a hundred today.

He has looked imperious, with wonderful timing and shots all round the wicket, and he’s made batting look ridiculously easy for a good crowd bathing in the sunshine at Hove

He has also rescued Sussex from a perilous position of 91-4 and together with Oli Carter who has taken his leave from Pujara, they have added 98 for the fifth wicket.

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Tea is taken in Leeds with Leicestershire still 419 runs adrift.

A key session coming up in this game.

Sean Abbott is into his 11th over and with 2-27 and a catch to go with his 42, the Australia all-rounder is doing a fine job for his team.

There was a comedy moment though a few minutes ago when fielding at extra cover as he allowed the ball to go through his legs.

Classic club cricket from an international player!