Division One

Southampton: Notts 185 & 177, Hampshire 231 & 14-1

Manchester: Surrey 442 & 24-1, Lancashire 291

Lord's: Essex 266 &103-3 v Middlesex 170

Canterbury: Northamptonshire 117 & 137-5, Kent 222

Taunton: Somerset 284, Warwickshire 108-2

Division Two

Sophia Gardens: Gloucestershire 165 & 133-0, Glamorgan 404

Leeds: Yorkshire 517, Leicestershire 332-6 (91 overs)

Derby: Derbyshire 321, Worcestershire 473

Hove: Durham 376 & 70-5, Sussex 335

Worcestershire are bowled out on the stroke of lunch for 473, to earn a now commanding first-innings lead of 151.

All thanks largely to a century from winter signing Matthew Waite.

Skipper Brett D'Oliveira was denied his own chance of a ton when he was run out by a direct hit from Anuj Dal on 89.

But Waite, who also did well with the ball, taking four wickets, ploughed on to finish unbeaten on 109, having enjoyed a glorious last-wicket stand with Ben Gibbon (30).

Derbyshire also contributed generously, with 60 extras (26 of them no-balls), fourth top scorer behind Waite, Dolly and Jack Haynes (62).

Gloucestershire's morning no doubt as they quickly ended Glamorgan's first innings inside half-an-hour before openers Chris Dent and Marcus Harris batted brilliantly to remain unbeaten at the break.

Glamorgan's lead is down to 106.

Warwickshire go to lunch with Alex Davies on 51 and Sam Hain on 10, still trailing Somerset by 176 runs.

The all-northern attack of the ageless Chris Rushworth and OHD earlier wrapped up the hosts' first innings with a wicket each, limiting Somerset to just one batting point.

Hasan Azad's half-century and Luke Procter's 38 have given Northants a lead of 32.

Daniel Bell-Drummond took the final two wickets before the break and Matthew Quinn also has a couple.

Leicestershire still trail Yorkshire by 185 runs with four wickets remaining.

But it has been the Foxes' morning.

131 runs in the session for the loss of just one wicket, thanks to that 121-run stand between Peter Handscomb (112) and Rehan Ahmed (85*).

Just another 36 needed to avoid any threat of a follow-on.

Essex have built their lead up to 199 at the interval.

They started well but had to steady themselves after a bit of a wobble where they lost three quick wickets including openers Alastair Cook and Nick Browne.

What a morning session for the home team.

After giving up a lead of 41, Sussex have ripped through half of Durham's batting.

Emily Windsor
Southern Vipers batter on BBC Radio Solent

Luke Fletcher has taken the first wicket of Felix Organ - he is fired up!

Debutant Fletcha Middleton, who top scored for Hampshire in the first innings, is at the crease alongside the experienced Nick Gubbins.

Hampshire require a further 118 runs to win. Nottinghamshire require 9 wickets.

This promises to be a fantastic session up next.

Half-century for Alex Daviespublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 8 April 2023

13:11 BST 8 April 2023

Somerset 284, Warwickshire 108-2

Warwickshire opener Alex Davies completes his half-century just before lunch at Taunton.

Hampshire's morning as they took the last four wickets for just 31 runs.

Nottinghamshire need a HUGE afternoon as they defend a target of only 132.

And with the fall of that wicket, the players head off for lunch.

Shot!

That's a nice way to get off the mark for Nick Gubbins as he drives Olly Stone down the ground for four.

A few more of those should provide reassurance for Hampshire.

50s for Dent and Harrispublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2023

12:55 BST 8 April 2023

Glamorgan 404 v Glos 165 & 110-0

It's been a great morning for Gloucestershire.

Openers Chris Dent and Marcus Harris are both unbeaten and have both reached half-centuries.

When we started this morning they still needed to bowl Glamorgan out, which they did swiftly, and have since motored away with the bat.

They still trail by a not insignificant 129, but they couldn't have hoped for a much better start to Saturday.