Dermot Reeve
Former Warwickshire captain on BBC Radio WM

It was a fantastic morning for the Bears, picking up five wickets and keeping it tight. They've kept the pressure on.

They've been relentless with the ball in the past few weeks, bowling sides out for less than 100 regularly, and today they've got the Foxes 78-5.

Chris Woakes, who took his 650th first-class wicket earlier today, will bowl the first over after lunch at Edgbaston.

The former England all-rounder has 2-11 from his first six overs.

James Sales scampers through for a couple to get us back under way at a sun-kissed Lord's.

We are back under way at Trent Bridge as Haseeb Hameed leaves the first ball of the second session alone outside his off stump to go through to Yorkshire wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow.

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Promotion may be out of reach for Middlesex but they have made a fine start with the ball at Lord's this morning, off the back of winning the One-Day Cup on Sunday.

They beat Leicestershire by 31 runs at Trent Bridge to clinch their first trophy since winning the Championship in 2016.

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At around this time every season we give you the chance to vote for your County Championship team of the season.

The 2025 XI as chosen by you was Haseeb Hameed (Notts), Dom Sibley (Surrey), Tom Abell (Somerset), Marcus Harris (Lancashire), Saif Zaib (Northamptonshire), John Simpson (Sussex), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Kyle Abbott (Hampshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), Tom Taylor (Worcestershire), Jack Leach (Somerset).

But who will make this year's team?

We opened up the voting page yesterday and if you haven't chosen your XI yet, you can do so by clicking here.

The final XI will be announced on our website next week.

Division One

Glamorgan 85-1 v Essex

Hampshire v Sussex 97-4

Nottinghamshire 63-1 v Yorkshire

Somerset v Surrey 86-2

Warwickshire v Leicestershire 78-5

Division Two

Kent v Gloucestershire 74-2

Lancashire v Durham 112-1

Middlesex v Northamptonshire 80-6

Worcestershire 104-3 v Derbyshire

Derbyshire collected their first bowling bonus point just a few minutes before lunch with Adam Hose plumb lbw to Amit Basra's medium pace for 27.

It ended a 53-run stand with Jake Libby, who batted patiently through the morning for 29 not out off 60 balls.

Mo Abbas claimed the first two wickets of the day, with Dan Lategan - who hit five fours in a quickfire 26 - and Rehaan Edavalath both edging to second slip.

Shoaib Bashir has sent down four overs so far at a cost of 13 runs, but Derbyshire are without all-rounder Ben Aitchison because of injury.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

A session from which both sides will take some satisfaction

A dominant display from Division Two champions Durham this morning despite the early loss of captain Alex Lees.

He was caught behind off Tom Bailey but the Red Rose have badly missed captain James Anderson as Ben McKinney and England's Emilio Gay have put together an unbroken stand of 102.

McKinney has passed 1,000 Championship runs for the season and is 64 not out at the interval, with Gay - who played some eye-catching cover drives - on 41 in his first Championship innings since May.

Durham are looking for a 10th win of the campaign and it could be a long afternoon ahead for Lancashire unless they can quickly get rid of one of these two following the resumption.

Luke Hemmings
BBC Sport Wales

A 50-partnership between Tribe and ul Hassan, before the latter fell courtesy of a Zaman Akhter ball. Tribe could have faced an early exit but he has steadied to 39 runs in an opening innings that Glamorgan will be pleased with.

A maiden over for Jack Leach takes us to lunch at Taunton with Surrey 86-2.

Rory Burns started well, scoring runs at will, including two sixes, but then top-edged one to rather give his wicket away.

Then Archie Vaughan found some turn to dismiss Ryan Patel shortly before the interval.

Dom Sibley is unbeaten on 35 and Ollie Pope, who has only just joined the action, is on three from eight balls.

After winning the toss and putting Gloucestershire in, Kent will perhaps feel slightly disappointed at picking up only two wickets during the morning at the St Lawrence Ground.

Matt Milnes removed Joe Phillips in the third over of play but they were then held up by a 62-run stand between Ollie Price and Tommy Boorman.

Boorman eventually fell to Ekansh Singh for 29, but Price remains on 37 not out, with new partner Miles Hammond collecting a couple of runs from the final ball of the session.

News of how promotion rivals Northants are faring at Lord's may make Kent feel a whole lot better.

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

A lovely bit of bowling, finds the outside edge and a low catch from Overton. I think that’s pitched on middle and leg, Patel has pushed forward, there’s a bit of turn. It’s absolutely perfect.

Sussex wickets have fallen steadily in the morning session, with Charlie Tear (39 not out) the only visiting batter to pass 20.

Hampshire are already relegated while Sussex could still finish second in Division One if results go their way in the final round of games.

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Advantage Warwickshire at Edgbaston as the Bears look to secure their first County Championship title for five years.

Warwickshire will be champions if they beat Leicestershire and they've taken five wickets in the morning session after the Foxes won the toss and chose to bat.

Chris Woakes and Ethan Bamber did the early damage with the new ball, before Olly Hannon-Dalby and Ed Barnard took wickets in successive balls.

An attritional but high quality first session on day one comes to an end.

After being put into bat on a green-looking track, Nottinghamshire may well be happy with their efforts.

Yorkshire's Ben Coad provided the break through, getting Ben Slater to edge to Adam Lyth at second slip for 18.

The run rate has just popped back over 2 with Ben Martindale hitting three boundaries in the final over before lunch.