Rain stops play at Edgbastonpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 27 April 2023

14:41 BST 27 April 2023

Warwickshire 112-6 (41.3 overs) v Surrey

A sudden rain break in Birmingham.

Oh well, it had been sort of forecast.

It feels very early for this but the umpires have just had a chat, presumably about the light at Lord's. The radio is out, I wonder if the floodlights might be illuminating proceedings in the not too distant future.

Ryan Higgins has been thumping in bouncers at Ben Compton of late. Not sure that will help.

up for Durhampublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 27 April 2023

14:34 BST 27 April 2023

Durham 155-4 v Derbys

A flurry of wickets either side of lunch but now a flurry of boundaries to get Durham going again.

Three in three balls from Graham Clark off Ben Aitchinson.

A wide half-volley driven through point, a angled defensive stroke to third man and another drive squirted away backward of point.

Ben Compton is drawn into an uncharacteristic edge by Ryan Higgins, wafting at a wide one and sending the ball straight to the fourth slip spot which has been occupied for most of the day. His reward is a boundary to move to 35 and an elevated heart rate. Teeth are sucked throughout the Middlesex ranks.

Tim Murtagh allows his first runs since lunch, just getting one a smidge wrong allowing Joey Evison to rattle to the very short cover boundary.

They're right on the far edge of the square and that can't be more than 50 yards. Anyway, Evison will feel better, he had one single from his first 11 balls. Time is the most important commodity for Kent batters here, of course.

for Lewis Hillpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 27 April 2023

14:14 BST 27 April 2023

Leicestershire 146-2 v Glamorgan

Lewis Hill's good nick continues after his unbeaten 162 against Derbyshire last time out.

He drives David Lloyd straight down the ground for four to move to 49 and two overs later he nurdles Timm van der Gugten for a single for his 15th first-class half-century. 82 balls and eight fours for the 32-year-old.

Just when it looks like Glamorgan are getting to grips with restricting the flow of runs, Michael Neser offers up a couple of chances which Lewis Hill gobbles up with glee for back-to-back fours.

Michael Neser opens the afternoon session with a maiden over. More like it from the Australian, who was rather costly in his first spell.

Timm van der Gugten opens from the other end and swiftly thuds Colin Ackermann's pads, the umpire reckons that's a tad high howerver. As you were.

Tim Murtagh takes the first over after lunch, having cleaned-up Zak Crawley early on this morning. He's right into the groove again from ball one and half a shout for LBW against Ben Compton a couple of deliveries later.

There is the prospect of, er, weather in the capital after tea, so this session is surely crucial for the visitors.

Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

Leicestershire have made decent progress on the first morning despite being put in by Glamorgan under cloudy skies, with the visitors unable to maintain consistent pressure.Sol Budinger, with a typically rapid 25, and Rishi Patel (19) fell to Timm van der Gugten but the in-form pair of skipper Lewis Hill and Colin Ackermann have looked largely untroubled.Left-arm seamer Jamie McIlroy and spinner Andrew Salter have both looked tidy in their first outings of the season.But Glamorgan captain David Lloyd, playing his 100th game, will need more from his attack, including himself, if they are to restrain the prolific Foxes batting.

Division One:

Lord's: Kent 66-4 (28 overs) v Middlesex

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 64-4 (29 overs) v Surrey

Division Two:

Chester-le-Street: Durham 99-3 (29 overs) v Derbyshire

Bristol: Sussex 47-1 (16 overs) v Gloucestershire

Leicester: Leicestershire 123-2 (32 overs) v Glamorgan

Matt Cole
BBC Radio Kent

To say Middlesex have justified their decision to bowl first at Lord’s would be a massive understatement.

Tim Murtagh with a beauty bowling Zak Crawley between bat and pad for 11, then three wickets falling for six as Ethan Bamber and Ryan Higgins continued to bamboozle the Kent batters with swing and nip.

Conditions have been helpful for the seamers certainly, but have been exploited beautifully by the home attack.

For Kent, once again Ben Compton (29*) keeping his wicket while all around him were losing theirs, has looked serene amid the carnage. His partnership with Sam Billings (12*) may hold the key to any chance of building a respectable first innings total.

Middlesex's morning and then some. The hosts have hit their straps with the ball, Ethan Bamber in particular using the conditions to get some swing and producing some disciplined lines to claim a deserved 2-14 from his nine overs.

Ben Compton is on 29 and Sam Billings on 12. Kent have a lot of work to do when play resumes.

Surrey are in the ascendancy at Edgbaston.

Four morning wickets - and as tough a new-ball spell as the Bears will surely face this season.

But, from 47-4, Dan Mousley and winter signing Ed Barnard have at least avoided any further alarms in the 20 minutes before lunch.