Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Surrey 299-4 v Warwicks
No sign of a breakthrough at The Oval.
Ben Foakes hits a 15th boundary to end Chris Rushworth's latest over and moves into the 90s.
Summary
Ben Foakes hits unbeaten 112 for Division One leaders against Warwickshire
Liam Dawson makes hundred for Hampshire against Somerset
Second-placed Essex begin game against Middlesex on Monday
Durham - 40 pts clear in Division Two - bowl out Sussex for 266
Derbyshire all-rounder Anuj Dal takes five-for against Yorkshire
Leicestershire dismiss Gloucestershire for 159 at Grace Road
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Northants 232 v Lancashire 2-0
Luke Wells plays and misses at the final ball of Jack White's opening over.
Ben Sanderson will take the ball at the other end.
Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Surrey 295-4 v Warwicks
Cameron Steel and Ben Foakes rotate the strike at the start of OHD's new over, but Steel does not waste a wide one down the leg-side, which he puts away fine for four. He is 48 not out.
Postpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Northants 232 v Lancashire 0-0
Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings will get the Lancashire reply under way with Jack White taking the new ball.
Still 18 overs left in the day for the visitors to chip away at the unimposing total of 232.
Division Two updatepublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Matthew Fisher hits four boundaries in five balls off George Scrimshaw as Yorkshire advance to 282-8 after 75 overs against Derbyshire.
Jordan Thompson has gone, though, caught by Anuj Dal off his near namesake Alex Thomson for 32.
Leicestershire have begun their reply to Gloucestershire's 159 all out and are 1-0 after two overs - and that was a leg bye.
up for Sussexpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Durham v Sussex 252-6
Fynn Hudson Prentice cracks the ball back past Matthew Potts to bring up a batting bonus point for the visitors.
They won't be happy to have fallen from 110-0 to 252-6 but at least they have something to show for their work.
Postpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Worcs 245-7 v Glamorgan
Glamorgan captain Kiran Carlson has been bowling in tandem with fellow spinner Ben Kellaway for the last few overs, but now he'll gladly hand over the new ball to his seamers and hope they can wrap up this Worcestershire innings.
Ben Allison, making his Pears debut on loan from Essex, has looked assured against the slow bowlers, reaching 16 not out while Brett D'Oliveira is still there on 64. Worcestershire need five more runs for a batting bonus point.
partnership for Surreypublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Surrey 287-4 v Warwickshire
There's that trademark dab again from Ben Foakes and he makes good enough contact to pick up four of Chris Rushworth and bring up a century stand for the fifth wicket with Cameron Steel.
Foakes himself moves on to 86 not out - and a third Championship hundred of the season will be in his sights now.
Bears take new ballpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Surrey 282-4 v Warwicks
As expected, Warwickshire take the new ball as soon as it becomes available. Chris Rushworth - 1-38 so far - has first use of it.
WICKET: McManus b Hartley 32published at 16:38 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Northants 232 v Lancashire
That's all she wrote for Northants.
Lewis McManus gets down on one knee to try and slog sweep the spinner but the ball bounces over his bat and clatters the stumps.
From 77-1 to 232 all out. Northants will have to do something special against this stellar batting lineup to prevent a seventh defeat of the campaign.
Division Two updatepublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Well bowled Tom Scriven, who has Championship debutant Luke Charlesworth lbw for nought to finish with 4-30 from 16.5 overs as Leicestershire dismiss Gloucestershire for 159.
The home side are unbeaten this season, but have only managed to win one match - they now have a great chance to improve that record in this game.
Chris Wright (3-30) and Wiaan Mulder (2-49) supported Scriven well, while Chris Dent made 51 for the visitors.
WICKET: Alsop c Robinson b Raine 59published at 16:36 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Durham v Sussex 247-6
50 wickets for Ben Raine.
Tom Alsop is furious with himself after nicking behind to the keeper.
Jack Carson is the new man in, joining Fynn Hudson-Prentice.
New ball taken by Durhampublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Durham v Sussex 247-5
Ben Raine takes the shiny new cherry and sets about finding another breakthrough - and his 50th wicket of the Championship season.
Matthew Potts will return at the other end, you'd imagine.
Postpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Surrey 278-4 v Warwicks
The new ball can't come soon enough for Warwickshire - and it's two overs away now.
Dan Mousley is given his first bowl of the day and a rank long hop is pulled away for four by Cameron Steel.
The line is wrong for the next one, which Steel flicks away fine for another and he is 42 not out.
WICKET: White c Salt b Williams 16published at 16:31 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Northants 230-9 v Lancashire
Jack White's entertaining cameo of 16 from 17 balls, with three boundaries, is over.
Will Williams angles one in to the left-hander and nearly cuts him in half as he inside edges behind for Phil Salt to take a catch diving to his right.
One wicket remaining and 20 runs required for a batting bonus point.
Ben Sanderson joins Lewis McManus attempting to find them.
Division Two updatepublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Chris Wright has Zaman Akhter caught from a sharp bouncer and Gloucestershire are 158-9 after 69 overs against Leicestershire.
Wright has 3-30 from his 19 overs so far.
Yorkshire have also lost another wicket with Dom Bess superbly held by Derbyshire's Mitch Wagstaff off George Scrimshaw for 20.
They are 257-8 off 72 overs and Jordan Thompson (25) has just hit a six off Alex Thomson.
up for Hampshirepublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Hampshire 200-6 v Somerset
Shoaib Bashir is finding a bit of turn in the rough outside off stump, but it's not posing too many problems for the Hampshire batters at the moment.
In fact, Liam Dawson is probably licking his lips out there as he contemplates getting a bowl some time tomorrow.
He's moved on to 64 not out, while James Fuller is on 13.
Postpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Durham v Sussex 246-5
Matt Parkinson has seen another lbw appeal dismissed, this time against Fynn Hudson-Prentice. Looks like it pitched outside leg.
He has 3-58 from 21 overs. New ball is due in another over so he might get a break for a while..
Sussex are inching closer to a first batting bonus point.
Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Surrey 269-4 v Warwicks
Just four overs to go till Warwickshire can take the new ball.
Will Rhodes continues and Ben Foakes steers his second delivery through backward point for four runs - advancing to 73 not out.
Another boundary follows and that is a superb straight drive by Foakes, who is proving once again that he is a class act with the bat.
for Brett D'Oliveirapublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 3 September 2023
Worcs 225-7 v Glamorgan
Image source, Rex FeaturesApplause around New Road as Brett D'Oliveira cuts Ben Kellaway to the point boundary to reach his half-century from 87 balls.
It's the Pears' captain's third 50 this summer and his 16th overall as his side begin to eye the prospect of a batting bonus point.