Penultimate round of 2026 County Championship, with nine games
Warwickshire beat Essex by eight wickets in two days to go top of the table
Yorkshire's Ben Cliff takes 8-76 as leaders Somerset are dismissed for 201
Notts 240 all out against Sussex at Hove and trail by 68 at the close
Glamorgan's Asa Tribe hits 142* against Surrey at the Oval
Nick Gubbins scores 124* for Hampshire against Leicestershire
D2 champions Durham all out for 465 against Worcestershire
Kent need 140 to beat Lancashire after bowling them out for 192
Durham 465 v Worcestershire 31-0
Durham skipper Alex Lees summons Ben Stokes for a pre-lunch burst.
Jake Libby edges to third man for four from the former England captain's opening delivery, and repeats it from the last.
Stokes looks to the heavens. You can perhaps imagine what he is thinking.
Essex 134 & 53-0 v Warwickshire 191
Paul Walter (33*) and Dean Elgar (15*) have seen Essex through to 53 without loss.
Which is considerably better than the position Essex were in in their first innings when they were 33-7.
The hosts have almost wiped out the first-innings deficit already.
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Fantastic effort from super Craig and Pretorius when the batsman left them under real pressure... the dream is still alive and kicking!
Nick, Eastleigh
Craig Overton and Migael Pretorius have scored 99 of Somerset's 169 runs so far between the two of them.
Surrey have won the toss and put Hampshire in to bat in today's semi-final at the Utlita Bowl. Play starts at 12:30 and the winners will play The Blaze on Saturday.
Yorkshire 212 v Somerset 168-8
Who ever would've thought Migael Pretorius would beat Craig Overton to a 50?
Overton, two places higher in the order and in supreme form, is on 42 and sees out a maiden over from Kuldeep Yadav.
Durham have made their first bowling change but have still not achieved a breakthrough against Worcestershire, who are 27-0 after 10 overs in reply to the home side's 465 all out.
Gloucestershire have moved on to 63-1 in the 20th over against Middlesex after bowling the visitors out for 326.
Sussex 71-2 v Notts 240
Ever so slightly over-pitched by Tom Giles and Tom Clark makes the most of it with a wonderful cover drive.
It flies to the boundary and Clark is on 29 from 37 balls.
Sussex now trail by 169 runs.
Leicestershire 235-8 v Hampshire 214 & 0-0
Here come Felix Organ and Nick Gubbins to open the Hampshire innings.
Leicestershire captain Ian Holland, very much Hampshire destroyer-in-chief on first innings, will bowl first up to Organ.
Yorkshire 212 v Somerset 164-8
Four more to Migael Pretorius, driving neatly down the ground from the crease off the bowling of Ben Cliff.
The Yorkshire lead is down to 44.
The partnership is worth 82.
Yorkshire 212 v Somerset 164-8
Image source, Getty ImagesCraig Overton and Migael Pretorius survived a near run out chance, colliding with each other taking a single, but the return throw goes awry.
Now Ben Cliff bowls to Migael Pretorius on 48.
Driven through the off side! Four! 50!
His highest score in first class cricket this season and how timely is that?
59 balls and nine fours.
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All 3 title contenders have been at 150-8 in their respective batting innings. But Notts made the best score of their mid/lower order… here’s hoping Somerset get close or surpass Yorkshire's score as their first ever title is there for the taking!
Michael, Taunton
It's all very tight and nervy, isn't it Michael?
Surrey 115 v Glamorgan 132 & 100-2
When you are on a pair, a low full toss is a generous gift from the bowler and Kiran Carlson punches it away for four runs as Glamorgan's total reaches 100. They lead by 117.
Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 17-1
Not a convincing way for Josh Bohannon to get off the mark for Lancashire as it takes a thick edge down to third man for four off Matt Milnes.
But they all count and the visitors will take what they can get.
Kent's lead is reduced to 36 runs.
Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 13-1
Michael Jones tries to flick one down the leg-side from Khaled Ahmed but it brushes off his thigh pad.
It still has the desired effect though and runs away for four leg byes to fine leg.
Pretty much every boundary in this low-scoring match feels vital.
Hope-Bell c Thomas b Taylor 5 (Surrey 115 v Glamorgan 132 & 96-2)
Image source, ShutterstockSecond wicket for James Taylor as Jack Hope-Bell edges an attempted cover drive to first slip, where Adam Thomas takes the catch.
Glamorgan skipper Kiran Carlson walks to the middle on a pair.
Dan Lawrence is brought in at leg slip and Carlson is fortunate when the first ball he faces comes off the inside edge but strikes his rear pad - not the stumps.
Gilchrist b Organ 5 - Leicestershire 244 v Hampshire 214
Nathan Gilchrist picked up a four in the last over, carving James Fuller off the back foot over the slips.
But he's gone now, playing back to the spin of Felix Organ.
tom Scriven is left on 53 not out. A very useful innings.
Leicestershire lead by 30.
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Great to see Somerset fighting back. This is a real chance for us to FINALLY get that first championship. I'm really hoping we don't mess it up!
Neil, Plymouth
Sussex 59-2 v Notts 240
This pair are scoring at a decent rate for Sussex.
Tom Clark flashes one away behind square on the off-side for four off Brett Hutton.
Clark moves to 19 from 25 balls. Charlie Tear has 9 from 6 balls.
Surrey 115 v Glamorgan 132 & 93-1
He had to deal with a fox yesterday and now Ollie Pope finds himself fielding next to a flock of pigeons at mid-wicket.
They are all of a flutter as Asa Tribe plays the ball in his direction but he is able to prevent a run.
Yorkshire 212 v Somerset 150-8
George Hill bowls to Craig Overton.
Overton is forward, getting an inside edge to mid-wicket.
A single is taken and Somerset reach 150 in the 48th over.