The players are all following Graham Clark off the field, following his dismissal as lunch is called.

A tale of two hours really at Chester-le-Street after Middlesex won the toss.

Durham would have taken an opening stand of 43 but Ben McKinney opened the door when he edged behind off Naavya Sharma for 26.

The bowling then tightened up and it has been a lot harder in the second hour, but those two wickets in the last over from Seb Morgan in removing Mayank Agarwal for a duck and then Graham Clark have tilted things in the visitors' favour.

Alex Lees remains on 42 not out and his wicket will be an important one this afternoon.

No play here this morning due to rain.

But the forecast should improve later. Much later.

Kent's morning of course, but not as much as many may have feared as Hasan Mahmud was on a hat-trick at the earliest possible opportunity in this match.

Harry Came and Matt Montgomery's batting for the first innings both being done by 10.33 made it feel like we could have a repeat of The Oval's suddenly very bowling friendly pitch v Yorkshire last round.

But Wayne Madsen recovered well with last round's 50 on first-class debut man Muhammed Yusaf Bin Naeem for 43 runs before Kent's other Bangladesh seamer Khaled Ahmed had them both lbw.

Martin Andersson and Luis Reece get through unscathed, back in 40 minutes time.

This feels like a decent effort from the hosts in bowler-friendly conditions.

Jamie Porter continues from the Kirkstall Lane End and Adam Lyth picks up four runs through cover.

Porter drags the length back a little and Lyth defends compactly into the off side.

An uncomfortable morning for title-chasing Notts whenever Kyle Abbott had the ball in his hands.

The Hampshire seamer exploited a green pitch superbly as the home side were reduced to 20-3, but Jack Haynes led the fightback against his less experienced teammates.

Haynes hit two sixes and eight fours to follow his 159 against Leicestershire last week, but the return of Abbott proved his undoing when two short of 50.

A streaky inside edge for Joe Clarke brings him a boundary off Scott Currie in the final over before the interval and he will resume on 29 not out.

Still three slips in for Shane Snater, who bowls full and a little wide of off stump.

Runs for Will Luxton off the third ball, steering safely wide of the slips for four.

He gets into a tangle trying to drive the fifth ball, which barely moves off the square into the leg side.

Two runs flicked to square leg.

Like Jack Haynes earlier on, Joe Clarke uses his feet to try and negate the threat of Kyle Abbott and whips the ball to mid-wicket for a couple as the Notts total reaches three figures.

Bertie Foreman strays legside to the lefthanded Luis Reece, should be swept for four, but he cannot quite reach it and it is four byes. Harsh on Brooke Guest that, a way away from the gloves, but as is the numerous-day way.

Jamie Porter is into his fifth over and his first ball drifts into the pads of Adam Lyth, who taps it through mid-wicket for four.

He's beaten outside off stump next ball trying to defend on the front foot but survives the over.

Will Luxton is being kept quiet here. He tries to push one away through the off side on the back foot but there's no run.

Maiden over from Shane Snater. Luxton is on four off 22 balls.

Well this is a surprise, this early, not just the obligatory one over before lunch klaxon.

That Oval pitch just mentioned saw basically no spin (just one over for end changing) even with international spinners on show, but even with the seam-favouring conditions at Derby Kent give former Sussex offie Bertie Foreman a chance for a couple before the lunch interval.

He starts with five dots before a cheeky single well called by Martin Andersson.

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The briefest of showers sees the groundstaff at Old Trafford moving quickly to scramble the cover onto the pitch.

How much water got on the surface is unknown and if it will delay the 13:10 restart.

We said it could be one of those days and that's a classic example.

Jamie Porter strikes Adam Lyth on the pad half-forward but it's not out.

Just outside the line, plus he's bowling from round the wicket.

Lyth tries to get one away off the back foot but doesn't clear cover.

The fourth ball is legside and glanced off the pad for four leg byes.

Two runs steered to deep third.

Did that carry?

We'll give Ben Brown the benefit of the doubt there as Kyle Abbott returns for a pre-lunch spell and immediately finds the edge of Joe Clarke's bat.

A lesson in the length to bowl there for team-mates Eddie Jack and Manny Lumsden.

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A mix of good deliveries and loose ones at the moment from Manny Lumsden. Jack Haynes pulls to fine leg for six before glancing another leg-side delivery for four as he advances to 48 not out.

The youngster's first three overs have cost him 36 runs.

Fetch!

Alex Lees with a handsome drive for four through the covers off Seb Morgan.

Earlier in the over, he had tried something similar and it squirted away behind point for four.

Nothing lucky about that shot, though. Lees now has 39 and he feels like a key wicket for Middlesex.

Will Luxton is playing Shane Snater with soft hands, carefully pushing into the off side.

Snater pushes the ball out a bit wider and Luxton leaves it alone. Some outswing there. Maiden over.