Summary

  • Teenager James Rew scores 221 as Somerset total 500 against Hampshire

  • Essex captain Tom Westley scores his third century of the season against Lancashire

  • Opener Rob Yates scores double hundred for Warwickshire against Kent

  • Lyndon James takes 6-74 for Notts and Will Young hits a debut century against Surrey

  • Alex Lees scores third hundred in successive Championship innings for Durham

  • Yorkshire opener Finlay Bean scores third 100 of season in game against Worcestershire at New Road

  • Derbyshire's George Scrimshaw claims maiden five-for in Sussex's 402 all out at Hove.

Live Reporting

Alex Hoad, Ben Pheazey and Paul Grunill

  1. wicket

    WICKET Helm st McManus b Keogh 5

    Middlesex 277 v Northants 219

    Higgins edges Sanderson wide of the slips and runs a single. Zaib picks up the ball on the third man boundary. Over.

    Keogh bowls - and that's the innings!

    Helm is down the pitch to the off spinner, misses a leg glance and that's an easy stumping from Lewis McManus.

    Keogh finishes with 3-52. Higgins is left high and dry on 64 not out.

    Middlesex lead by 58 and an uncomfortable session of play awaits the Northants top order.

    25 overs left tonight.

  2. ouch!

    Finch suffers injury at Worcester

    Yorkshire 369-7 v Worcestershire

    Worcestershire look like being a bowler down for the final session as Yorkshire home in on a 400-plus total.

    Fast bowler Adam Finch, fresh from taking two Tykes wickets, had to be helped off by Pears physio Andy Powell after hurting himself as he stretched high to try and claim a catch at midwicket.

  3. Somerset 500 v Hampshire 29-1

    It took him 17 balls but Nick Gubbins is finally off the mark with a straight drive for four off Jack Brooks.

    He gets another boundary with an edge past the slips off the next delivery.

    Fletcha Middleton has 14 at the other end and E. X. Tras has six already as Hampshire seek to recover from their nightmare start.

  4. wicket

    WICKET Madsen c Karvelas b Carson 51

    Sussex 402 v Derbyshire 143-3

    We said all those nice things about Wayne Madsen and look what he's done!

    The Derbyshire batter tries to smash Jack Carson over mid-wicket, but slices to deep extra cover where Ari Karvelas takes the catch.

    Madsen cannot believe what he has done and holds his bat in a vertical position against his helmet as if in prayer to some obscure cricketing deity before leaving the middle.

  5. Durham 270-4 v Glos 316

    It's a little gloomy here at the Riverside ground but we're fine to continue.

    Lees clips Akhter away through wide mid on for three.

    We've got a pause in proceedings as the umpires have decided to change the ball - in the 61st over.

  6. 50 runs

    for Wayne Madsen

    Sussex 402 v Derbyshire 142-2

    He may be heading in the direction of his 40th birthday, but Wayne Madsen certainly knows a thing or three about batting.

    The Derbyshire right-hander tucks Jack Carson round the corner and then sprints back for a second to reach yet another 50, this one from just 55 balls.

    What a servant to Derbyshire cricket he has been over the years.

  7. wicket

    WICKET Roland-Jones lbw b Sanderson 16

    Middlesex 270-9 v Northants 219

    Roland-Jones has played around a straight ball from Sanderson and is struck in front of all three stumps halfway up.

    Tom Helm is the number 11 and Middlesex are 51 in front.

  8. First batting point for Essex

    Lancs v Essex 250-5

    Colin de Grandhomme starts a new over after tea at Stanley Park - and starts it with a no-ball.

    The freebie gives Essex their first batting point and Simon Harmer adds a single to move into double figures.

    Only four overs to the new ball for Lancashire.

  9. 150 runs

    150 for Alex Lees

    Durham 252-4 v Glos 316

    Zaman Akhter bowls a ball halfway down the pitch and Lees pulls over mid wicket to take Durham to he milestone in the 59th over.

    More short balls. Two more fours pulled to leg an Alex lees has 150 in 163 balls - with 21 fours.

  10. Durham 248-4 v Glos 316

    Steady start for Gloucestershire with just three runs coming in the first two overs after the break.

    Clark drives Zafar down to long on for on to move to 139.

    37 overs remain tonight.

  11. Surrey 355 v Notts 140-1

    The rain has decided to move on from Kennington (for now).

    There are another 35.2 overs to be bowled before the close.

    That quickly becomes exactly 35 as Haseeb Hameed takes a single off Jamie Overton to pinch the strike and move to 58 not out.

  12. Evening session begins at Merchant Taylors'

    Middlesex 262-8 v Northants 219

    Northants need to wrap this up after the hosts secured an already useful lead before the break.

    Rob Keogh will bowl to Higgins.

  13. Pears battling back against Yorkshire

    Yorkshire 346-7 v Worcestershire

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at New Road

    Three wickets since tea have earned Worcestershire a second bowling point at New Road.

    Two for Adam Finch, who trapped Jonny Tattersall leg before wicket and had Matthew Fisher caught behind, either side of George Hill being caught at the wicket to earn Josh Baker his first wicket.

    Seven scalps in the day for Worcester is a good recovery.

  14. Evening session begins in Durham

    Durham 242-4 v Glos 316

    Alex Lees (134 not out) and Graham Clark on 57 will resume their assault on the Gloucestershire bowling.

    Early wickets needed for the visitors. Zafar Gohar will bowl first.

  15. wicket

    WICKET Burgess c Finch b Quinn 42

    Kent 171 v Warwickshire 457-7

    Seven down. Michael Burgess has holed out to Harry Finch at deep cover point off Matt Quinn for a sprightly 42.

    The partnership is broken and Henry Brookes is the latest to greet Rob Yates in the middle. 191 from 381 for the opener who is in his 121st over at the crease.

  16. wicket

    WICKET Weatherley b Brooks 0

    Somerset 500 v Hampshire 0-1

    Jack BrooksGetty Images

    Wow. Jack Brooks has bowled Joe Weatherley with the first ball of the innings.

    The opener was late forward and off-stump is uprooted. Brooks celebrates with a 100m circuitous sprint around the outfield chased by his teammates. He's a character, that guy.

    Nick Gubbins is in to face the second ball. Fletcha Middleton is at the other end.

  17. Tea at Hove

    Sussex 402 v Derbyshire 129-2

    Adrian Harms
    BBC Sussex

    A session cut short by an hour due to rain and bad light has seen steady progress from Derbyshire.

    Wayne Madsen and Brooke Guest, who has taken 131 balls to score his 43, have added an unbroken 68 for the third wicket.

    Henry Shipley has taken both wickets to fall, but this looks a very true batting surface

  18. Somerset 500 v Hampshire 0-0

    Fletcha Middleton and Joe Weatherley head out to the middle after an early tea was taken to begin the daunting task of following that Somerset total of exactly 500.

  19. Tea at Blackpool

    Lancashire v Essex 247-5

    Four singles and no-ball in the final over before tea at Stanley Park, bowled by Jack Blatherwick.

    Essex added 147 during the extended afternoon for the loss of Paul Walter, who fell to Colin de Grandhomme for 76.

    Skipper Tom Westley is 125 not out and Simon Harmer has eight, with 35 more overs to be bowled in the day.

  20. 100 runs

    partnership for Warwickshire

    Kent 171 v Warwickshire 453-6

    ...for the seventh wicket from 131 balls between Rob Yates and Michael Burgess.

    They have also passed 450 - a little late for a bonus point - and the lead is up to 282.