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
Kent 66-3 v Lancashire 161
Jimmy Anderson carries on with the ninth over of his opening spell.
He thinks he's got Daniel Bell-Drummond caught behind as Lancashire appeal for a feather down the leg-side.
Not out is the call.
Surrey 98-6 v Glamorgan 132
Tom Lawes appears to be growing in confidence.
He cover drives Zain ul-Hassan for four and is now 17 not out.
Cox c Lehmann b Currie 10 - Leicestershire 82-5 v Hampshire 214
A loose defensive push from Ben Cox off Scott Currie and the ball is edged to Jake Lehmann at third slip.
Host captain Ian Holland to bat next.
Kent 64-3 v Lancashire 161
Daniel Bell-Drummond gets off the mark after 18 balls with a quick single to cover off George Balderson.
Essex 134 v Warwickshire 91-6
Mike Taylor
BBC WM commentator
Warwickshire are by no means guaranteed a first innings lead now.
The ball nipped in by Akhter and Smith, playing slightly across it, looped up a very straightforward catch.
With every passing wicket George Bell’s unbeaten 61 looks more and more valuable.
Yorkshire 212 v Somerset 18-2
The scoreboard has barely moved for Somerset since those two early wickets fell.
Just the one run scored since then - and that was an edge off the bat of Henry Nicholls to deep third.
Runs here though! Short from Ben Cliff and Archie Vaughan pulls a six over square leg, into the East Stand.
Some way to get off the mark - to his 19th ball.
Smith c Elgar b Akhter 2 (Essex 134 v Warwickshire 91-6)
Image source, ShutterstockThe 16th wicket of the day goes down in Chelmsford - incredible stuff.
Zaman Akhter gets his first dismissal as Kai Smith mistimes his shot and sends a leading edge skyward.
The Bears are still trailing by 43 runs.
They might have to put any thoughts of bonus batting points well on the back burner now and just concentrate on seeing if they can get a first-innings lead.
Amazing to say that when this morning the Bears had Essex reeling on 33-7.
Surrey 93-6 v Glamorgan 132
Line all wrong by Mir Hamza and it's easy for Tom Lawes to pick his spot on the leg-side and collect four runs.
Hamza doesn't learn the lesson and Lawes helps himself to another boundary to mid-wicket.
He is 12 not out and Ben Foakes has 14.
Stone b Unadkat 4 (Sussex v Notts 150-8)
Four and out for Olly Stone.
He tries to repeat the trick outside off stump from Jaydev Unadkat but this time he drags on.
A batting point - and decent first innings total - looks rather unlikely now for the defending champions.
Sussex v Notts 150-7
Olly Stone gets off the mark for Notts by flashing Jaydev Unadkat through the covers for four and in doing so, brings his side's total to 150.
Worcestershire have now taken the new ball at the New Road and must be hoping it will bring them some respite. Durham are 395-5 and Mayank Agarwal is now 175 not out - equalling the score he made for Yorkshire AGAINST Durham last season.
Seb Morgan pulls a long hop from Ed Middleton for four and Middlesex are now 276-8 in the 80th over against Gloucestershire, who will - presumably - be taking a new ball too very shortly.
Leicestershire 73-4 v Hampshire 214
James Fuller overpitches to Hamza Shaikh and is driven down the ground for four.
Full again and this time driven to deep backward point. Four more.
20 overs left here tonight.
Kent 62-3 v Lancashire 161
Oof, that's a biggie.
Zak Crawley goes full throttle from an over-pitched delivery by George Balderson and sends it into the stands on the leg-side.
Crawley's first six of the innings to go with six fours. He moves to 33.
Yorkshire 212 v Somerset 12-2
Somerset are precariously placed. Both openers gone inside the first half hour and still 21 overs left tonight.
We've seen good shape, movement and accurate bowling from the Yorkshire seamers in this session.
Henry Nicholls is off the mark with an edge to deep third, stopped by Will Luxton, who makes good ground to stop the boundary.
Archie Vaughan is forward, pushing down the ground and into the off side but there's no run.
Kent 54-3 v Lancashire 161
You run out of superlatives for Jimmy Anderson, don't you? He's taken all three of Lancashire's wickets in this Kent first innings. He's 44. Impressive stuff.
And now Zak Crawley plays a lovely shot through mid-wicket to flick George Balderson away for four.
Aitchison c Zaib b Sales 106 (Northants v Derbyshire 304-7)
Northants finally break the partnership!
Ben Aitchison can be rightly proud of his innings today though, scoring 106 in 132 balls to reach a second century of the season.
Added to that has been the incredibly useful partnership between himself and Wayne Madsen which added 197 runs for the seventh wicket.
Madsen is still unbeaten on 127.
Surrey 78-6 v Glamorgan 132
If you're looking for reliability, Ben Foakes is so often the man to provide it. He tucks Zain ul-Hassan off his hip for four and moves into double figures.
Leicestershire 62-4 v Hampshire 214
Maiden over from James Fuller, bowling to Ben Cox.
Manny Lumsden is full to Hamza Shaikh, driven and stopped at mid off.
Hamza Shaik on two edges the bowler to third slip... caught! No ball!
Durham 384-5 v Worcestershire
Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle
This has turned into such a cruise for Durham, I am looking to see if Jane McDonald is in the ground with mic in hand.
Ollie Robinson has 52 and Mayank Agarwal 168. Their partnership is now worth 134.
Apparently Agarwal was dropped in the over after tea when he was on 109 but we didn't see it, if it happened.
Northants v Derbyshire 304-6
Nervous nineties? Not a bit of it for Ben Aitchison who hits a six followed by a four to reach his century.
Wayne Madsen (127*) and Aitchison (106*) have added almost 200 runs together now.