Summary

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  • Div One: Essex beat promoted Middlesex by 97 runs at Lord's

  • Kent beat Northants by seven wickets at Canterbury

  • Lancashire avoid defeat against Surrey at Old Trafford

  • Somerset escape with draw at home to Warwickshire

  • Div Two: Sussex beat Durham by two wickets in a tense finish at Hove

  • Jake Libby ton as Worcestershire beat Derbyshire by eight wickets

  • Leicestershire beat Yorkshire by three wickets in Headingley thriller

  • Glamorgan draw in Cardiff after Gloucestershire declare on 569-dec

  1. Today's Weatherpublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 9 April 2023

    The BBC Weather page says it will be "turning cloudier" today.

    It also says it will be "windy and wet in the west, with rain arriving by the evening. Drier in the east."

    Not good news for Taunton, Cardiff or Manchester.

  2. Good Morning And Welcomepublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 9 April 2023

    Lord'sImage source, Alex Davidson - Getty Images

    Welcome back for the final day of the first round of this year's County Championship.

    We have already had one result, after Hampshire's three-day win over Notts yesterday. Another one looks imminent in Division Two at Hove, where Sussex need 59 runs - or Durham need to take five wickets.

    Champions Surrey will be confident of bowling out last year's runners-up Lancashire at Old Trafford.

    And there could be also results at several other grounds too, although less likely at Taunton, where the loss of the first day is still keenly felt.

    Why don't you stick around for the next six or seven hours and find out?