WICKET Higgins st Cooke b Carlson 221published at 15:27 British Summer Time 8 April
Middlesex 645-9 v Glamorgan 620-3 dec
Ryan Higgins' long innings is over for a career-best 221.
A magnificent effort.
Summary
England's Harry Brook scores 100 not out off 69 balls for Yorkshire in draw against Leicestershire
Sam Cook takes 6-14 as Essex dismiss Notts for 80 to win by 254 runs at Trent Bridge
Ryan Higgins scores 221 for Middlesex against Glamorgan
Sussex bid for unlikely win over Northants ended by bad light
WICKET Higgins st Cooke b Carlson 221published at 15:27 British Summer Time 8 April
Postpublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 479-9 dec v Northants 371 & 85-4
Ollie Robinson bowls outside off and Procter leaves the ball.
He gets one ball to miss the off stump by about a coat of varnish.
Maiden over.
for Harry Brookpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 8 April
Yorkshire 264-6 v Leicestershire 354
Image source, Rex FeaturesThere it is.
Harry Brook returns to the red-ball game with a century. And it looked on from the very start.
He plays and misses on 99 before tucking Ben Mike down to fine leg for the single he needs.
The Leicestershire bowlers may not appreciate it, but it's great to have a player of Harry Brook's calibre appearing in county cricket.
He needed just 69 runs to reach the 12th ton of his first-class career with 14 fours and two sixes.
Rain stops play at Edgbastonpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 8 April
Warwks 333 v Worcs 360 & 295-3
The rain has scuppered play again in the West Midlands.
The clouds are thick and grey and we have the full complement of covers on and around the square.
Postpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 478-9 dec v Northants 371 & 85-4
Double change for Sussex as Jayden Seales returns to the attack.
If the new ball pair can prize another one out in this spell then Northants could be in danger of defeat in the final session.
Seales hurries Keogh immediately but there's enough width for Keogh to leave the ball.
He gets two runs pushed to mid on.
Seales fields off his own bowling to stop a drive down the ground.
Brook on 99published at 15:19 British Summer Time 8 April
Yorkshire 261-6 v Leicestershire 354
Harry is one away.
Postpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 478-9 dec v Northants 371 & 83-4
Ollie Robinson is back in the attack, replacing Fynn Hudson-Prentice.
Rob Keogh is forward to the third ball, pushing it into the off side for one.
Luke Procter is stuck in the crease late on a defensive shot. He survives.
WICKET Thompson lbw b Mike 0published at 15:16 British Summer Time 8 April
Yorkshire 254-6 v Leicestershire 354
Two wickets in the over for Ben Mike! He now has 4-42.
If Jordan Thompson had connected with that, it would have been dispatched miles over the midwicket.
He didn't and it crashed into his pads...
Thompson was close to being out second ball and departs two balls later for a duck.
Postpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 478-9 dec v Northants 371 & 82-4
Rob Keogh is on the counter-attack with successive fours off the bowling of Jack Carson.
The first and second are both square. A third is confidently reverse swept. That's the way to remove those close catchers.
Keogh gets a single off the fourth ball and Procter pulls a half tracker square for four more.
19 runs off the over in all. The gap is down to 25.
for Ryan Higginspublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 8 April
Middlesex 622-8 v Glamorgan 620-3 dec
Image source, Getty ImagesA magnificent batting display by Ryan Higgins of Middlesex, who reaches 200 for the first time in his first-class career.
Tom Helm has just reached his half-century too, and the hosts are into the lead.
WICKET Tattersall lbw b Mike 18published at 15:11 British Summer Time 8 April
Yorkshire 254-5 v Leicestershire 354
Ben Mike strikes.
A third wicket of the innings for Mike against his old county as he gets Jonny Tattersall trapped in front.
Postpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 478-9 dec v Northants 371 & 63-4
Fynn Hudson-Prentice will continue to bowl medium pace from the Cromwell Road End. Three slips and a backward point.
He bowls outside off and Luke Procter leaves. Maiden over.
Tea at Edgbastonpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 8 April
Warwks 333 v Worcs 360 & 295-3
If we're very lucky with the weather, play will resume after an early tea at 15:20 BST.
Six shy of centurypublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 8 April
Yorkshire 248-4 v Leicestershire 354
Harry Brook hits England colleague Rehan Ahmed for four and then comfortably picks up one more.
He moves up to 93.
And another single to end the over after Jonny Tattersall had got a single too.
Six away from 100.
Postpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 478-9 dec v Northants 371 & 62-4
Luke Procter misses a sweep off Jack Carson and the loud lbw shout is turned down. Leg bye taken. Possibly missing leg? Close though.
This is very much behind the sofa viewing for Northants fans.
Brook into the eightiespublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 8 April
Yorkshire 239-4 v Leicestershire 354
Harry Brook is leaning on his bat in the eighties.
Meanwhile at the other end, Jonny Tattersall hits gorgeous back-to-back boundaries.
The strokeplay from the Yorkshire batters today has been a delight.
Postpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 8 April
Sussex 478-9 dec v Northants 371 & 60-4
Weather permitting there are still 57 overs left in this game and Northants need a partnership to guide them to safety.
Rob Keogh gets his second run with a neat flick to fine leg for one.
Procter drives the last ball and gets an inside edge through to square leg for a single.
for Daniel Bell-Drummondpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 8 April
Kent 284 & 186-3 v Somerset 403
Daniel Bell-Drummond joins Joe Denly in reaching a half-century.
It hasn't always been pretty, but he's pretty much assured his side a draw in this match at Canterbury - barring a ridiculous afternoon batting collapse by the hosts.
'A tremendous start to the season for Essex'published at 14:57 British Summer Time 8 April
Essex 253 & 374-9 dec beat Notts 293 & 80 by 254 runs
Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio NottinghamA tremendous start to the season for Essex as Sam Cook is given the ball by the umpires and pushed to the front to lead his side off by the rest of his team-mates.
Notts in the end have been well and truly thrashed in numerical terms. They competed up until the start of day four but it's been one way traffic today.
Essex's unbeatable attackpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 8 April
Essex (253 & 374-9 dec) beat Notts (293 & 80) by 254 runs
Look at the figures today:
Sam Cook: 14-10-14-6
Jamie Porter: 14.3-4-43-3
Superb seam bowling. Simon Harmer was not even required to bowl a single ball.
Cook finishes with match figures of 32-15-73-10.
Essex take 20 points for the win, Notts collect four.