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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  1. Postpublished at 10:45 BST 15 September

    Yorkshire 17-0 v Somerset

    Four runs to Will Luxton in the third over, driving Lewis Gregory with a flowing blade through the off side.

    Adam Lyth picks up a four of his own in the next over, driving Migael Pretorius through cover.

  2. Postpublished at 10:45 BST 15 September

    Sussex v Notts 10-0

    Haseeb Hameed nudges a single to square leg off Sean Hunt and that's just the one run from the fourth over for Notts.

  3. Postpublished at 10:43 BST 15 September

    Kent v Lancashire 1-0

    Kent wicketkeeper Chris Benjamin is bravely standing up to Matt Milnes. He whips the bails off but Michael Jones is safely inside his crease.

    Three overs gone, two maidens for the home side after Matt Quinn started with six dots.

  4. Get Involvedpublished at 10:43 BST 15 September

    Whether you're on the square leg boundary or following along from the office, we want to hear your views on today's action.

    Who's going to come out on top in this fascinating title race? Is this the year Somerset finally get their hands on the County Championship trophy? If Durham look certain to return to Division One, who will join them?

    Let us know your thoughts on any of those or other questions, and the day's action, by clicking the yellow button on the left of the page and we'll publish the best comments right here throughout the day.

  5. Postpublished at 10:42 BST 15 September

    Leicestershire v Hampshire 13-0

    Ian Holland is over the wicket and getting some swing away from Nick Gubbins.

    A play and a miss with the ball going through to the keeper.

    Gubbins survives an appeal for caught behind. Thigh pad?

    Holland does stray to leg once in the over though - and Gubbins easily clips the ball fine for four.

  6. Postpublished at 10:41 BST 15 September

    Sussex v Notts 9-0

    Haseeb Hameed pushes a nice drive through extra cover for Notts from Jaydev Unadkat. It doesn't quite have the legs to reach the boundary but Notts' opening pair come through for three.

    Unadkat responds well to Ben Slater with a couple of lovely, pacey deliveries outside off that beat the outside edge.

    The Indian does then find Slater's edge but it runs away for four down to third man.

  7. How things standpublished at 10:40 BST 15 September

    We showed you the top three in Division One in our first entry of the day.

    Here are the full tables as they stand at the moment.

    Division One table
    Division Two table
  8. Postpublished at 10:39 BST 15 September

    Yorkshire 6-0 v Somerset

    Adam Lyth is off the mark with a clip to leg off Migael Pretorius, who otherwise bowls an off stump line.

    Two overs bowled.

  9. Postpublished at 10:39 BST 15 September

    Leicestershire v Hampshire 9-0

    Two runs and a leg bye off the Ian Holland over. Nathan Gilchrist will share the new ball and begins with an optimistic appeal for LBW off a leg side ball.

    Felix Organ defends a better line from Gilchrist into the off side.

    The third ball is driven square on the off side for a couple.

    Four runs drilled down the ground.

  10. Postpublished at 10:38 BST 15 September

    Surrey v Glamorgan 1-0

    Plenty of early swing for England's Matt Fisher in his opening over at the Oval. After three dot balls, Asa Tribe pushes a single to point to get the Glamorgan scoreboard moving.

    Meanwhile, following last week's husky at Leicester, we have an urban fox on the outfield in Kennington.

    He picks up a ball near the covers - unfortunately, it's a white one. Wrong format, Mr Tod.

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    WICKETpublished at 10:38 BST 15 September

    Walter c Jani b Bamber 0 (Essex 1-1 v Warwickshire)

    No sooner is play under way then we have the first wicket!

    It's come in just the second ball of the day as Ethan Bamber removes Essex opener Paul Walter.

    What a start for the Bears!

  12. Postpublished at 10:37 BST 15 September

    Sussex v Notts 2-0

    A slow and steady start for Notts in Hove.

    Sean Hunt bowls his first over for Sussex. Both Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater get off the mark with a single apiece from the second over.

  13. Postpublished at 10:35 BST 15 September

    Essex 0-0 v Warwickshire

    Essex skipper Tom Westley won the toss and decided to have a bat with his side making one change from last week, with Noah Thain coming in for Luc Benkenstein.

    The Bears are without New Zealand batter Will Young because of an issue regarding his visa, which the club said is being resolved between his agent and the ECB.

    The club said it is confident it will be sorted in time for the last game of the season against Leicestershire at Edgbaston next week.

  14. Play begins at St Lawrence Groundpublished at 10:34 BST 15 September

    Kent v Lancashire 1-0

    Just the one run for Lancashire from Matt Milnes' first over as Michael Jones gets off the mark.

  15. Play underway at Grace Roadpublished at 10:33 BST 15 September

    Leicestershire v Hampshire 0-0

    Felix Organ will face the first ball of the game, bowled by Leicestershire skipper Ian Holland. Three slips in.

    Hampshire's Nick Gubbins is at the other end.

  16. Play begins at Hovepublished at 10:32 BST 15 September

    Sussex v Notts 0-0

    Sussex opening bowler Jaydev Unadkat gets us under way at Hove.

    Haseeb Hameed sees off a maiden over first up with a combination of leaves and blocks.

  17. Postpublished at 10:32 BST 15 September

    Surrey v Glamorgan 0-0

    As we have already mentioned, there is plenty of pressure on both these sides this morning.

    Asa Tribe and Zain ul-Hassan to open for Glamorgan - with Jack Hope-Bell, who made his first-class debut at the top of the order last week, this time listed to bat at three.

    Dan Worrall will take the new ball. He starts with a maiden.

  18. Play begins at Headingleypublished at 10:31 BST 15 September

    Yorkshire 0-0 v Somerset

    There was a bit of rain in the air here earlier this morning but we're starting on time - with floodlights on.

    Here are the openers, Adam Lyth and Will Luxton.

    Somerset captain Lewis Gregory to bowl to Lyth.

  19. Postpublished at 10:29 BST 15 September

    The title race resumes. Time for action.

  20. Listen livepublished at 10:28 BST 15 September

    BBC Local Radio

    As usual, we'll have live commentary on all nine games today, brought to you by our BBC local radio teams.

    Just choose your game by clicking the 'Watch and listen' tab at the top of the page and we'll keep you up to date with events at the other eight grounds with regular text updates.