Summary

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  • Second-placed Essex beat Hampshire by six wickets at Southampton

  • Leaders Surrey beat Somerset by 10 wickets to also win in three days

  • Relegation-threatened Middlesex beat Warwickshire by eight wickets at Edgbaston

  • Kent bowled out for 316 at Trent Bridge in reply to the Notts total of 350

  • Wells, Bohannon & Salt tons as Lancashire cruise past Northants' 342 at Old Trafford

  • Division Two leaders Durham rained off for the day against Yorkshire at Scarborough

  • Price brothers help Gloucestershire rally to 212-4 after Worcestershire make 406

  • Derbyshire 78-0 in second innings, trailing by 125 having followed on against Glamorgan

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Live Reporting

Ged Scott, Adam Lanigan and Ben Kosky

  1. Today's Weather

    The BBC UK weather forecast predicts showers but generally turning drier later.

    The Midlands looks to have the best outlook - but as well as at Old Trafford, there will be a slightly late start at Edgbaston, due to the sheer force of last night's deluge in Birmingham.

  2. Good Morning and Welcome

    Liam Dawson was a Simon Harmer victim in the Hampshire-Essex gameRex Features

    Welcome back to day three of this week's final round of County Championship matches before September.

    Although there are one or two late starts, following yesterday's wet weather, most notably at Old Trafford, there are chances of early finishes today in three of the seven matches that started on Tuesday.

    In thre battle of third v second at Southampton, Hampshire lead Essex by 73 runs with just four second-innings wickets standing.

    At Taunton, Somerset will start their second innings against Surrey trailing by 198 on first innings.

    And, at Edgbaston, Warwickshire, on 189-4, lead Middlesex by only 50.

    Of course, a lot depends on the weather - and the outlook is mixed.

    We also have a bit of cricketing competition today from The Oval, where the final Ashes Test starts between England and Australia. But we hope that our faithful band of followers who prefer county cricket will stick with us for the day.