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The first Monday of September has a back-to-school feel about it and some cricketers have settled straight back into the Championship routine.

Durham's Alex Leeds smashed his fifth hundred of the summer to put the Division Two leaders in a strong position against Sussex.

There was 175 from Josh Bohannon for Lancashire against Northants as he became the second Division One batter to reach 1,000 runs this season.

With the ball, the evergreen Keith Barker took 5-32 to put Hampshire in complete control against Somerset.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, 21-year-old Josh de Caires ended with career-best figures of 7-105 as Middlesex restricted Essex to 303-9 after day one at Chelmsford.

But once again, it is the team strength of Surrey that takes the headlines.

They lost their last six wickets for 57 in the morning to only reach 396, but bounced back brilliantly with the ball to take 17 Warwickshire wickets (161 & 126-7) with six for Dan Worrall, five for Kemar Roach and four for Jordan Clark.

The champions and Division One leaders are 109 runs ahead and only need three Bears wickets to wrap up an innings win.

Thanks for your company today. We return at 10.00 BST tomorrow when we expect Surrey to move one win closer to retaining their title.

Division One

Hampshire 308 & 45-0 v Somerset 137

Hampshire lead by 216 with 10 wickets standing

Northamptonshire 232 v Lancashire 392-7

Lancashire lead by 160 with 3 wickets standing

Surrey 396 v Warwickshire 161 & 126-7 (f/o)

Warwickshire trail by 109 with 3 wickets standing

Essex 303-9 v Middlesex (day one)

Division Two

Durham 422-5 v Sussex 266

Durham lead by 158 with 5 wickets standing

Leicestershire 204 v Gloucestershire 159 & 179-8

Gloucestershire lead by 134 with 2 wickets standing

Worcestershire 284 & 127-8 v Glamorgan 170

Worcestershire lead by 241 with 2 wickets standing

Yorkshire 297 & 179-2 v Derbyshire 247

Yorkshire lead by 229 with 8 wickets standing

With two overs remaining, the umpires decide the light isn't good enough to allow play to continue and Warwickshire manage to extend the game into a third day.

A total of 23 wickets fell with Surrey only able to add 57 to their overnight 339-4.

The Division One leaders then skittled Warwickshire for 161 in 44.3 overs as Kemar Roach claiming 4-64 and the follow-on was a formality.

The Bears were tottering on 35-5, but a positive innings of 60 not out by Dan Mousley enabled them to see it through to stumps.

Yes they can.

Joe Leach defends into the off-side, and that brings an enthralling day to an end.

Worcestershire were firmly on top having bowled Glamorgan out for 170, and the visitors looked out of it when Azhar Ali and Jake Libby were at the crease with the score 81-1.

However, a remarkable collapse of seven wickets for 46 runs has given Glamorgan a real chance.

The lead currently sits at 241, so if Jamie McIlroy and co can find those final two wickets early tomorrow, they will fancy their chances.

Brett D'Oliveira is still there though, and you only need look at the Worcestershire first innings to see how important his presence is.

James Harris will bowl the final over of the day.

Can Worcestershire get to the close without any further damage?

Henry Brookes is off the mark with two runs from the bowling of Dan Worrall. There are three more overs scheduled tonight. Dan Mousley is 59 not out at the other end.

Joe Leach plays out a maiden from James Harris, as Worcestershire limp towards the close of play.

Jamie McIlroy is on at the other end, looking to remove Brett D'Oliveira for his fifth wicket.

A couple of runs for Zaman Akhter in the final over of the day, bowled by Wiaan Mulder, and Gloucestershire reach stumps with a lead of 134.

Leicestershire only managed a lead of 45 after resuming on 103-2, with Rishi Patel out for 73 as Akhter took 4-46 and newcomer Luke Charlesworth 3-54.

Wickets continued to fall regularly in Gloucestershire's second innings with Tom Scriven adding 3-43 to his four on the opening day.

Surrey throw in a 'curve ball' by giving leg-spinner Cameron Steel his first over of the game as the shadows lengthen on day two.

Three singles from a tidy over and there are six overs left, with Warwickshire 120 behind.

A thoroughly enjoyable day's cricket ends at North Marine Road, particularly from a Yorkshire perspective.

There have been 379 runs for the loss of 11 wickets with Yorkshire ending the day 229 runs ahead with eight wickets left in their second innings.

When Derbyshire were 173-3 early after lunch, they were slightly on top, but lost 7-74 to give up a lead of 50.

Fin Bean and Adam Lyth put on 100 and then Shan Masood has carried on the positive batting to leave the home side strongly placed at halfway.

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Yorkshire 297 & 172-2 v Derbyshire 247

Shan Masood is so close to clearing the ground!

The Pakistan batter skips down the wicket and smokes one from Alex Thomson which hits a seat on the back row!

He has already hit the press box with another big hit, so Masood is proving a danger to those in the stands.

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Surrey 396 v Warwicks 161 & 107-5

Dan Mousley is down the track again and lifts Tom Lawes over the covers for four.

The next ball is shorter and he doesn't make good contact with a pull shot, but it flies off the top edge for another boundary.

A single follows and takes Mousley to 50 from just 55 balls faced. A very impressive effort in the face of adversity ofr his team.

That's called 'taking a liberty', we think.

Dan Mousley comes down the pitch to Surrey fast bowler Kemar Roach and belts the ball over cover for four.

Clearly not daunted by the match situation.

It's been a dream day for Hampshire on the south coast.

Somerset were bundled out for just 137, with Keith Barker the destroyer-in-chief, taking a magnificent 5-32 to give his side a first-innings lead of 171.

From there, Toby Albert and Fletcha Middleton have guided the hosts to the close of play, taking very few risks as they look to bat Somerset out of the game tomorrow.

Albert will resume tomorrow on 12, while Middleton has 32.

James Wharton guides one down past point to the boundary to pick up a nice evening four.

He is on 24, captain Shan Masood has 23 and Yorkshire's lead is now 204.

From the moment Leus du Plooy was out to make it to 173-4 in Derbyshire's first innings early in the afternoon, the White Rose have dominated the day.

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Durham's Graham Clark has chalked up his second century of the season, adding 159 runs with Bas de Leede.

De Leede has 71 and they have taken Durham into a commanding lead in the heat of CLS.

They came together after Ollie Robinson was out just before tea for 67, while Alex Lees earlier made 103 and skipper Scott Borthwick 56. Lees has 1,255 runs in the championship this year, including five centuries and four half centuries. It's his best year with the bat.

Durham were 305-5 when the new ball was taken but the first 16 overs with it cost Sussex 101 runs, with Clark and De Leede attacking for fun. Clark's first 50 came in 101 balls, but the next 50 took just 42 deliveries and included 9x4s.

Durham took maximum bowling points and look set for maximum batting points too, thus increasing their lead at the top of Division Two over Worcestershire to 45 points.

Just a single from the latest Kemar Roach over at The Oval.

There are 11 overs to go and Michael Burgess and Dan Mousley have managed to steady Warwickshire's creaking ship somewhat.

Mousley is 35 not out and Burgess has 17.