Summary

  • Penultimate round of 2026 County Championship, with nine games

  • Leaders Somerset struggle to 68-5 after bowling out Yorkshire

  • Third-placed Warwickshire bowl out Essex for 134; Ethan Bamber takes 6-26

  • Brett Hutton hits unbeaten 59 to boost Notts total against Sussex

  • Twenty wickets fall between Surrey and Glamorgan including England's Dan Lawrence for nine

  • Leicestershire's Ian Holland takes 6-38 against Hampshire

  • Ben Stokes out for 50 for Durham against Worcestershire; Mayank Agarwal hits 177

  • Kent bowl out Lancashire for 161 at Canterbury; Khaled Ahmed 5-42

  • Wayne Madsen and Ben Aitchison hit centuries against Northants

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Ben Ashton, Steve Mather, Ben Pheazey and Paul Grunill

  1. Kent v Lancashire 81-2

    Big appeal from Kent and Matt Milnes thinks he's got Marcus Harris first ball...

    But the umpire says no.

    Kent have their tails up.

  2. 100 runs

    100 up for Essex

    Essex 101-7 v Warwickshire

    George Bell finds the boundary to bring up the 100 for his side and move to 48 not out.

    He's held the Essex innings together after they slumped to 33-7.

  3. Yorkshire 92-5 v Somerset

    George Hill is off the mark with four runs, driving Craig Overton with a thick outside edge through point.

    Jonny Bairstow leaves Lewis Gregory outside off but hangs the bat out for a play and miss to the fifth ball.

    Tricky times for Yorkshire this afternoon.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones lbw b Milnes 44 (Kent v Lancashire 81-2)

    One brings two...

    Kent had to wait 31 overs to get their first wicket but now they have two in the space of four balls.

    Matt Milnes traps Michael Jones in front and he has to go for 44 from 96 balls.

    And just like that, both Lancashire openers are gone and the visitors have two new batters at the crease with Josh Bohannon and Marcus Harris.

  5. Kent v Lancashire 81-1

    With that first wicket for Kent, Lancashire are denied their first 100 opening partnership of the season by 19 runs.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Kellaway c Thomas b Worrall (Surrey v Glamorgan 109-5)

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    Dan Worrall adjusts his line and the reward is insistent.

    The Aussie seamer finds a wonderful shape and Ben Kellaway can only edge to second slip, where Adam Thomas takes his second catch of the game.

    Chris Cooke comes to the middle in what is likely to be his second to last game for Glamorgan.

  7. Surrey v Glamorgan 109-4

    Back to back fours for Ben Kellaway, who cuts Dan Worrall through backward point and then opens the face to run another wide delivery past the slips and down to third man.

  8. Leicestershire v Hampshire 116-5

    We have seen a bit of sharp bounce at times on this Grace Road pitch, but this ball is a little easier to manage.

    Ben Mayes clips a ball leg side from Ben Green for one.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Jennings c Dudgeon b Khaled 30 (Kent v Lancashire 81-1)

    Kent finally have the breakthrough in the 31st over.

    It is not the best ball Khaled Ahmed has ever bowled but it's done the trick.

    Short and wide and Keaton Jennings tries to smash it through backward point.

    Jennings connects very nicely but it's straight into the hands of Keith Dudgeon to take a good catch.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Wharton b Gregory 10 - Yorkshire 85-5 v Somerset

    Jonathan Doidge
    BBC Radio Leeds cricket commentator

    "Yorkshire in a lot of trouble now - on a pitch that doesn't feel like an 85-5 pitch."

  11. 50 runs

    50 partnership for Durham

    Durham 129-3 v Worcs

    Mayank Agarwal steers Ben Allison square for four as he and Ben Stokes post a 50 stand from 53 balls.

    Ben Gibbon starts the next over and the 'other Ben' takes a step forward before clipping him to the mid-wicket boundary.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Wharton b Gregory 10 - Yorkshire 85-5 v Somerset

    Shape in from Lewis Gregory and the ball beats the defensive push of the bat to rip out off stump.

    Too good for James Wharton.

    Here comes George Hill.

  13. Kent v Lancashire 81-0

    How much are Kent missing Hasan Mahmud? The 26-year-old fast-medium bowler took 26 wickets in four games but has been recalled by the Bangladesh national team.

    It means Kent will be without Mahmud for the final two games of the County Championship season, including this one against Lancashire.

    The hosts could use a wicket right about now. Keaton Jennings has started well after lunch and clips Khaled Ahmed for two more through mid-wicket.

  14. Surrey v Glamorgan 99-4

    Dan Worrall sends down a full length ball, swinging away from the bat, but Ben Kellaway meets it with the full face and finds the cover boundary. Glorious stroke.

  15. Leicestershire v Hampshire 114-5

    Ben Brown advances to 40 with four runs with an edge off the shoulder of the bat.

    That climbed a lot. The ball flies over the head of second slip and through to deep third.

  16. Kent v Lancashire 79-0

    Lancashire tick along to 79-0 after the second over of this afternoon session.

    Michael Jones with a nice three through the covers as he moves to 44* and now Matt Milnes will run in again for Kent.

  17. Latest from the Riverside

    Mayank Agarwal pulls the second ball of the afternoon, bowled by Ben Allison, for four as Durham progress to 121-3.

  18. Yorkshire 85-4 v Somerset

    Ooh! A streaky four runs to Jonny Bairstow, driving Craig Overton and edging past his stumps to fine leg.

    He's on 15.

  19. Leicestershire v Hampshire 110-5

    single to Ben Brown off the third as the wind gets up here at Grace Road - where we are expecting some sort of verdict on that pitch v Glamorgan earlier in the season.

    Ben Mayes leaves an outswinger to see out the over.

    Ben Green will bowl next.

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    I feared for Kent when I read yesterday that Mahmud had been recalled for Bangladesh! Well deserved of course, but he had been on fire for us recently and lo and behold we are struggling without his menacing line and length.

    James, Kent