Kent's duel debutant spin attack is coming under a spot of pressure from Calvin Harrison, the Notts spinner, who is taking it to them.

A lovely driven boundary through the covers for four has taken him to 14, overtaking Matt Montgomery who has 12 from 51 balls.

The deficit is down to 251.

Josh Shaw is back in the attack and bowling round the wicket to Leus du Plooy.

An lbw shout is turned down as du Plooy shuffles across to defend. Missing leg.

The fifth ball is punched away through cover off the back foot for four.

That's the innings 200 in the 57th over.

Leus du Plooy is off the mark with a front foot drive through point off Dom Goodman.

He's another Derby batter in a rich vein of form with more than 1000 Championship runs this season already at an average of over 80.

He gets a single off the last ball and keeps the strike.

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Northants 250, Warwickshire 117-2

Slow and steady wins the race for Warwickshire at Edgbaston following their recent batitng mishaps.

It took until the 42nd over for the Bears hundred to come up, But they are suddenly going for their shots a bit more.

And Will Rhodes (44) and Sam Hain (29) have now shared a 50 partnership too.

Leus du Plooy is the new batter for Derbyshire and sees out the Goodman over.

Wayne Madsen is facing Zafar Gohar. An lbw shout is turned down and the fourth ball is reverse swept square for four.

The deficit is under 200.

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"That's a wicket out of absolutely nothing for Gloucestershire."

A potentially exciting session of play was cut short at less then four overs after tea by bad light.

Now we have rain lashing down as well.

Play unlikely any time soon. Shame.

Derbyshire get their first run since the second wicket via a Dom Goodman no ball for overstepping.

Wayne Madsen is off the mark with a glance to mid wicket off Goodman for four.

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Durham's return to Division One for the first time since 2016 - without bowling a ball - caps a fine season following Ryan Campbell's appointment to succeed James Franklin last December.

Campbell's attacking methods have helped Durham lose just once in the Championship. They have the highest run-scorer in the country in Alex Lees, including five centuries in hs 1,281, while Matthew Potts and Ben Raine have each taken 51 Championship wickets..

"I took over a pretty good squad," Durham head coach Ryan Campbell told BBC Look North. "A lot of hard work has gone into this team for a long time now. I came at the right time,

"We wanted to play a different style to what we had played. As an Aussie growing up with some great mentors, we kind of knew the way we wanted to play. That was always my vision. To get the guys to buy into it was going to be important but thankfully they've just embraced it.

"What we've seen is a group of talented blokes go about their business with the bat but just as importantly with the ball. When everyone walks away they'll say: 'Gee, I enjoyed going down to Durham to watch that team'."

That's a welcome wicket for Gloucestershire. Luis Reece is averaging more than 70 this season.

The new batter Wayne Madsen is faring well also, with a season average of 48.

His average v Gloucestershire is a near-identical 47.

No runs since the wicket of Reece, as Dom Goodman and Zafar Gohar bowl a maiden apiece.

Dom Goodman is bowling short and his second delivery is no-balled for height.

Guest pulls another short ball round the corner for a single.

At the other end, the keeper-batsman cuts Zafar Gohar through backward point for four.