Surrey bowl out Northants for 357 - Karun Nair last to go for 150
Hampshire's Tom Prest makes maiden first-class hundred against second-placed Essex
Warwickshire skipper Will Rhodes scores 102 against Middlesex at Lord's
Lewis Goldsworthy hits 122 for Somerset against Kent at Taunton
Durham bowl out Worcestershire for 313 and bonus points confirm them as D2 champions
Derbyshire wicket-keeper Brooke Guest takes seven catches in an innings against Sussex
Middlesex 121 v Warwicks 238-7
Warwickshire's seventh-wicket partnership of 143 finally comes to an end as Will Rhodes drives at Ethan Bamber and the ball flies to gully, where Sam Robson holds on.
Relief for Middlesex, who must now try and knock over these last three wickets as quickly as possible if they're to stay in the game.
Craig Miles is the new man at the crease for the Bears.
Essex 447-9 dec v Hants 35-0
Sam Cook continues and bangs one in short to Fletcha Middleton, who has plenty of time to pivot and pull it away for four. Positive start by Hampshire this morning.
Lancs 22-0 v Notts
Six overs gone and so far, all the runs scored have been either boundaries or resident in the extras column.
Keaton Jennings has struck two fours, including a back-foot drive off Asitha Fernando, while Luke Wells has registered the other. Solid start for Lancashire.
Surrey 2-0 v Northants 357
Good first over from Ben Sanderson, who beats Surrey opener Rory Burns outside the off stump.
Burns gets a single off the second ball.
Just one run from the over.
Burns gets a single off Jack White at the other end, nudged through mid wicket.
Somerset 229-2 v Kent
Steady start for Somerset, who have added 11 runs since the resumption of play this morning.
Joey Evison is getting Andy Umeed to drive and miss outside off stump, but no edge as of yet.
Umeed connects with a drive to cover but can't clear the in field.
But he connects with the last ball of the over, short and whipped through mid wicket for four.
Essex 447-9 dec v Hants 26-0
After just five overs of seam, Essex call up spinner Simon Harmer.
His first ball of the morning, bowled with two short legs in place, is driven to the boundary by Toby Albert.
Two balls later, the young opener unfurls an audacious reverse sweep and it's four more.
Surrey 0-0 v Northants 357
The heavy roller is leaving the square.
Rory Burns and Dom Sibley will get Surrey started with the bat.
Surrey need to score heavily to keep and extend their lead over Essex.
Ben Sanderson will bowl from the Pavilion End with three slips.
Rory Burns on strike.
Worcs 117-2 v Durham
Nothing he could do about that.
A superb leg-cutter by Ben Raine finds the edge of Jake Libby's bat and it's an easy catch for Durham keeper Ollie Robinson.
Libby batted for just over two hours - spread over two and a bit days - faced 98 balls and hit eight fours.
Jack Haynes is the new batter - his final home game for Worcestershire before moving to Trent Bridge.
Leicestershire have lost an early wicket after bowling out Yorkshire for 155, with Rishi Patel lbw to Ben Coad's second delivery for nought.
Play is finally under way at Derby and Sussex are 14-0 after three overs with two fours already for Ali Orr, who is playing his first game since May.
Surrey v Northants 357
The wicket of Karun Nair gives Tom Lawes figures of 5-105 off 23.5 overs.
Surrey v Northants 357
And now he's out.
Surrey will be batting in ten minutes.
A magnificent innings by Karun Nair ends with a short ball.
Nair tries to uppercut it to third man and gets the ball to fly back to Tom Lawes off the splice.
The bowler seizes the chance.
Extraordinary end to a special innings.
Surrey v Northants 357-9
What an innings.
Can he come back to Wantage Road with Prithvi Shaw next summer?
He reaches the landmark with a back foot drive for four off the bowling of Tom Lawes, shuffling neatly back and across.
244 balls, 23 fours and two sixes.
Middlesex 121 v Warwicks 234-6
Image source, Rex FeaturesA boundary off Tim Murtagh takes Will Rhodes to his first hundred of the season and his ninth overall, from 168 balls.
It's also the Warwickshire skipper's third ton at Lord's - he scored 118 against Middlesex five years ago and also contributed 156 when the Bears met Lancashire in the 2021 Bob Willis Trophy final.
Lancs 12-0 v Notts
Not surprisingly after two days of rain, there doesn't look to be a great deal of pace in the wicket as Brett Hutton begins with a maiden to Luke Wells.
At the other end, Asitha Fernando seems to be pursuing a tactic of bowling on leg stump to Keaton Jennings and so far it's cost him 12 runs - eight of them from leg-byes.
Worcs 108-1 v Durham
Following yesterday's washout, Jake Libby wastes no time in collecting the four runs he needs for his half-century, steering Vishwa Fernando to the cover boundary.
It is a glorious morning at New Road - but is there enough time left in this game for Worcestershire to somehow force a victory over the Division Two leaders?.
Image source, BBC SportSomerset 220-2 v Kent
Two more runs scored off the remainder of Daniel Bell-Drummond's over.
Now Jas Singh will bowl to Andy Umeed and his fourth ball is played from the crease and stroked through cover for four.
We might get a bit more poor weather later on this afternoon here, so let's enjoy this while we can.
Leics v Yorkshire 155
Leicestershire need only three deliveries to claim the final Yorkshire wicket at Grace Road.
After Will Davis completes the over he began on Tuesday evening, Tom Scriven has Jordan Thompson caught behind with the second ball of the next - a brilliant one-handed grab by Ben Cox.
The onus is now on the home batters to try and score quickly to earn a sizeable first-innings lead. They need to win this game to close the gap on second-placed Worcestershire.
Surrey v Northants 351-9
Karun Nair resumes on 144 not out in only his second game for Northants.
He'll get most of the plaudits for getting Northants to their highest first innings score of the season, but vital supporting roles were played by Hassan Azad, who ground out a 151-ball 48 at the top of the order, and Tom Taylor's free-flowing 66.
Number 11 Jack White managed a very neat drive for four as well!
He's five not out.
One ball left in an over disrupted by poor light and rain.
Tom Lawes will bowl to Karun Nair.
Essex 447-9 dec v Hants 10-0
A prompt start at Chelmsford where Essex are hungry for wickets.
Sam Cook will bowl the first over - Fletcha Middleton is on strike.
Middlesex 121 v Warwicks 228-6
This will probably be the last time we see Tim Murtagh getting a day's play under way at Lord's.
The 42-year-old is running in from the Nursery End to bowl to Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes, who's just five short of his century.