Summary

  • England Test captain Ben Stokes playing for Division Two leaders Durham at home to Northants

  • Suspended bowler Gus Atkinson takes two wickets for Surrey at Glamorgan

  • Championship leaders Essex playing champions Notts at Chelmsford

  • Division One: Leics v Yorkshire; Somerset v Warwicks; Sussex v Hampshire

  • Division Two: Derbyshire v Lancashire; Kent v Middlesex; Worcestershire v Gloucestershire

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  1. Afternoon session begins at Grace Roadpublished at 13:43 BST

    Leics v Yorks 89-5

    Joey Evison completes his fourth over ro get the afternoon session under way at Grace Road after striking before lunch.

    He beats the outside edge as George Hill faces his first ball. Nice start.

    Much of Yorkshire's hopes rest on the shoulders of James Wharton who resumes on 38.

  2. Sussex shading thingspublished at 13:37 BST

    Lunch: Sussex v Hants 83-3

    Adrian Harms
    BBC Radio Sussex

    A wicket on the stroke of lunch has tilted the game in favour of Sussex, Jake Lehmann falling LBW to Tom Haines, a decision he clearly didn't like swishing his bat in annoyance.

    Prior to that Hampshire had made a good start having won the toss adding 54 for the first wicket against some inconsistent Sussex bowling, the exception being Jaydev Unadkat who bowled an excellent line and length without taking a wicket.

    However the introduction of Tom Price who claimed the wicket of Toby Albert stemmed the flow of runs, and Hampshire were indebted to Nick Gubbins for a disciplined, unbeaten 47 at lunch

  3. Get Involvedpublished at 13:33 BST

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    Yes the scoring rate is slow but how many times have us Kent fans been on here this season bemoaning early collapses and no first innings batting points. Good platform being laid. Good work Bens.

    Mark James, Herne Bay

  4. Bears get on top at start and end of sessionpublished at 13:32 BST

    Lunch: Somerset 94-5 v Warwicks

    Mike Taylor
    BBC WM commentator

    Taunton is this weekend celebrating a “Festival of Red Ball Cricket”, but a large home crowd might have been forgiven for wondering why the home team appeared to set off as if the ball was white, giving Warwickshire a head start they widened further just before the break.

    Red-ball cricket broke out for a 90-minute period in which Lewis Goldsworthy set a responsible tone, with some attractive strokes added by Thomas Rew.

    That recovery work was undermined by Beau Webster’s short spell before lunch, in which he persuaded Rew to pad up to a straight ball, and Archie Vaughan to jab to first slip.

    Earlier, when there was cloud cover, the top order attacked the swinging ball without success. After Josh Thomas had prodded a low catch to Alex Davies, Tom Kohler-Cadmore immediately advanced to Ethan Bamber and edged a firm drive to second slip.

    Bamber had already found both edges of Jordan Hermann’s bat, but Nathan Gilchrist had the South African flashing a drive to third slip in the next over, giving Warwickshire a bonus point only 20 balls into the match.

  5. Ingram and Dickson key for Glampublished at 13:24 BST

    Lunch: Glamorgan 71-4 v Surrey

    Cennydd Davies
    Commentator on BBC Radio Wales

    Surrey cricketers are well on top after the first session of the first day of the county championship fixture against Glamorgan at Cardiff with the hosts struggling at 71-4.

    Bowling a disciplined line and length the home side found scoring difficult at Sophia Gardens which resulted in a flurry of wickets .

    Billy Root in for the injured Zain ul Hassan was the first to depart as he was caught by Sam Curran off the bowling of Shaun Abbott and the Australian picked his second wicket as he clean bowled England Lions opener Asa Tribe.

    Gus Atkinson, who’s hasn’t been picked by England for the 2nd test at the Oval against New Zealand due to disciplinary issues, quickly got in on the act as he took the wickets of both captain Kiran Carlson and Ben Kellaway .

    Colin Ingram and Sean Dickson managed to dig in prior to lunch but a lot will depend on the pair if Glamorgan are able to post a decent first-innings total as they will resume on 71-4.

  6. Essex need to dig inpublished at 13:21 BST

    Lunch: Essex 87-3 v Notts

    Victoria Polley
    BBC cricket commentator

    Losing the wicket of captain Tom Westley just before the lunch interval will be hugely frustrating for Essex.

    He and Charlie Allison had been rebuilding and looking comfortable following the early wickets of the openers Dean Elgar and Paul Walter but the introduction of the spin of Liam Patterson-White has drawn the breakthrough.

    That'll give Nottinghamshire a big boost going into the afternoon session while Essex will need to dig in.

  7. Hugh Morris honoured in Cardiffpublished at 13:15 BST

    Lunch: Glam 71-4 v Surrey

    Glamorgan cricketImage source, Glamorgan CCC
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    Glamorgan name cricket centre

    A touching moment at Cardiff before play got underway this morning.

    The National Cricket Centre at Sophia Gardens has been named after Hugh Morris.

    The very-well respected former Glamorgan and England batsman and chief executive died of bowel cancer aged 62 in December.

  8. Lunchtime scorecardpublished at 13:15 BST

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    Division One

    Chelmsford:Essex 87-3 v Nottinghamshire

    Cardiff: Glamorgan 71-4 v Surrey

    Leicester: Leicestershire v Yorkshire 89-5

    Taunton: Somerset 94-5 v Warwickshire

    Hove: Sussex v Hampshire 83-3

    Division Two

    Chesterfield: Derbyshire v Lancashire 106-6

    Chester-le-Street: Durham v Northamptonshire 91-0

    Canterbury: Kent 69-0 v Middlesex

    Worcester: Worcestershire v Gloucestershire 78-2

  9. Lunch at Cardiffpublished at 13:08 BST

    Glam 71-4 v Surrey

    A strong morning for Surrey and Gus Atkinson.

    The England seamer has taken two wickets. Sean Abbott has also struck twice to put Glamorgan in trouble after the hosts won the toss.

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    WICKET and lunch at Tauntonpublished at 13:06 BST

    Vaughan c Hain b Webster 5 (Somerset 94-5 v Warks)

    Warwickshire have a fifth wicket and that's lunch.

    A poor end to a scratchy session for the hosts as Archie Vaughan prods at a Beau Webster ball he could have left outside off-stump, edges and Sam Hain takes a comfortable catch at first slip.

    The Bears will be cock-a-hoop as they beat a retreat to the pavilion for lunch.

    A disastrous spell of three wickets in five balls left Somerset reeling on 21-3 after opting to bat first in what seemed to be cracking batting conditions.

    Thomas Rew (35) and Lewis Goldsworthy (33*) steadied the ship but their 65-run partnership was broken when Webster trapped Rew.

  11. Lunch at Worcesterpublished at 13:05 BST

    Worcestershire v Gloucestershire 78-2

    Cameron Bancroft has batted through the morning to reach 34 at lunch with Miles Hammond 26 not out to lead a recovery from 35-2.

    But Worcestershire have not let them get away and the home bowlers will be reasonably satisfied with their two hours of graft.

  12. Lunch at Chesterfieldpublished at 13:05 BST

    Derbyshire v Lancashire 106-6

    No prizes for which team will enjoy their lunch more at Chesterfield.

    Derbyshire inserted Lancashire at half 10 and have whittled out over half of the Red Rose batters with two each for Ben Aitchison and Mohammad Abbas.

    Harry Singh reaches lunch not out on 26, the highest score so far, but that is a mountain of work for him and George Balderson, who has survived to make 19.

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    WICKET AND LUNCHpublished at 13:04 BST

    Lehmann lbw Haines 10 (Sussex v Hants 83-3)

    A huge wicket in the final over of the session.

    A very similar delivery from Tom Haines to the one that got Ali Orr. Full length, nips away, beats the outside edge and nails Jake Lehmann on the back pad bang in front of off stump.

    Lehmann was the fourth-highest run scorer in Division One.

    Nick Gubbins takes lunch 47 not out.

  14. Lunch at Canterburypublished at 13:04 BST

    Kent 69-0 v Middlesex

    Ben Dawkins and Ben Compton do make it through unscathed to the lunch break.

    Dawkins is outscoring his partner, 39-23, and while the scoring rate may not be the best, but they are doing what is required of opening batters in setting up the innings.

    Plenty of food for thought for Middlesex over the next half an hour or so.

  15. Lunch at Chester-le-Streetpublished at 13:02 BST

    Durham v Northants 91-0

    Ben Stokes throws his hands to the sky as he comes close to taking a wicketImage source, PA Media

    While his Test side have been struggling against New Zealand at The Oval, the England skipper Ben Stokes has had an eventful morning for Durham.

    He had a catch dropped off the fourth ball of his first over, hit Luke Procter on the head with a bouncer and was pulled for six by Ricardo Vasconcelos.

    Northants have enjoyed their day so far after being asked to bat with Vasconcelos (51*) and Procter (27*) playing very nicely.

    The Division Two leaders need a couple of early wickets after lunch.

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    WICKET and lunch at Grace Roadpublished at 13:01 BST

    Bairstow b Evison 17 (Leics v Yorks 86-5)

    A massive wicket brings lunch.

    Jonny Bairstow cuts Joey Evison nicely for four to go to 17 but is cleaned up next ball as the bowler gets one to move away slightly and knock back the off-stump.

    It caps a brilliant morning for the hosts.

    Yorkshire opted to take first bat but have found the going tough on a lively ‘two-tone’ wicket.

    Ben Green was superb (2-23), with great support from Josh Davey and Alex Green.

    Adam Lyth, Will Luxton, Sam Whiteman, Matt Revis and now Bairstow are all back in the hutch, with only James Wharton (38*) making an impression.

  17. Lunch at Chelmsfordpublished at 13:00 BST

    Essex 87-3 v Notts

    Tom Westley driving the ball for four for EssexImage source, Shutterstock

    A decent repair job done by the Essex skipper Tom Westley (44) and Charlie Allison (13*) until the Essex skipper edged to slip just before the interval.

    That was after Notts removed Dean Elgar and Paul Walter and had the home side rocking at 31-2 after they had won the toss and elected to bat first.

    The defending champions have bowled with good discipline and that dismissal of Westley is a huge bonus.

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    WICKETpublished at 12:58 BST

    Westley c McCann b Patterson-White 44 (Essex 87-3 v Notts)

    A big blow on the stroke of lunch.

    Liam Patterson-White floats one up and Tom Westley edges to Freddie McCann at slip.

    Westley had been looking so good.

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    100 up for Lancashirepublished at 12:54 BST

    Derbyshire v Lancashire 100-6

    Well Lancashire are going to avoid the ignominy of being bowled out for double figures in this innings.

    Brought up in a manner befitting some of the batting as George Balderson under-edges one from Ben Aitchison to fine leg for four.

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    WICKETpublished at 12:53 BST

    Orr b Haines 3 (Sussex v Hants 65-2)

    Sussex strike again!

    But from the unlikely source of Tom Haines.

    Round the wicket to the left-handed Ali Orr, he gets a full ball angled in to straighten enough and beat the outside edge to take off-stump.

    Orr was playing slightly across it and becomes Haines’ fifth wicket of the season with his medium pace.