Frank Watson
BBC Hereford & Worcester

It's all a bit unsatisfactory in a sense, you can't help feeling when you're 270-280 behind the last thing you want to be doing is feed easy runs - but they've got no choice Worcestershire.

It's not great cricket at the moment.

A good morning for Derbyshire who have added 91 runs to their overnight total and taken the lead in Bristol.

Matt Montgomery's 50 got them off to a steady start before they had a wobble, losing three quick wickets, before recovering to move into a 16-run lead with five wickets in hand.

Jack Morley's innings of 37 from 105 balls has been the bedrock, allowing others around him to get some runs on the board.

Jack Leach concludes the morning session and it has been all Somerset's with four wickets falling and at regular intervals, too.

Glam still trail by 136 runs with five wickets remaining and it seems only a matter of time before the hosts wrap up this win.

It will be a big one as well with 23 points likely to be heading their way from this round.

250published at 12:47 BST 4 September

12:47 BST 4 September

Kent 256-3 & 238 v Worcestershire 217

Sam Northeast milks a single off Brett D'Oliveira - the Worcestershire skipper is rolling his arm over to help the Pears' over-rate - to being up the Kent 250.

Daniel Bell-Drummond and Northeast again, pinch singles to finish the over.

Jake Libby is on to turbo charge that over rate now (-3 atm)

Kent will be loving this. Non-specialst slow bowlers on (without being unkind) with the lead 276.

Another maiden from Ben Coad.

While they're not taking wickets as quickly at they did in the first innings, Yorkshire are bowling accurately and making it hard for Surrey to score runs.

Still 126 runs away the victory target seems a long way off for Surrey.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

For the second time this season Northants have ended up with a first innings lead against Durham.

In June it was 45 runs in CLS. They lost. Today on a really tricky track at Wantage Road, it's 58. That's sizeable given the nature of this game and what looks like a low-scoring epic.

Durham have not lost yet this season but the second division leaders will be really tested this afternoon. They capitulated against the Northants spinners yesterday and lost their last seven wickets for just 48 runs. They will have to do a lot better today if they are to get anything from this game.

In terms of bonus points, Northants have taken four from this match to Durham's three. So the lead at the top of the table has been cut to 39 points.

It looked like neither side would get a batting point but Lewis McManus was tenacious and added 36 runs with Ben Sanderson for the ninth wicket to see them past 250.

50 for James Colespublished at 12:39 BST 4 September

12:39 BST 4 September

Sussex 166-7 (lead by 264 runs)

James Coles has not hung around through the 40s and a couple of boundaries, the second pouncing on a short ball to pull to square leg, has brought up his half century.

His 52 has come in 89 balls and has contained seven fours.

His partnership with Jack Carson which yielded a quickfire 63 has turned this match back towards his team when it looked like it was slipping away at 90-6.

Ben Sanderson opens the bowling in Durham's second innings as the home side hunt early wickets.

The lead on first innings is 58 - so they'd love to get a few before that's wiped out to pile the pressure on the Division Two leaders.

Alex Lees sees out the first over without alarm as Durham make a calm start.

Ben McKinney gets one with a bit of width from Luke Procter at the start of the second and he larrops it through backward point to the fence.

That's four dismissively chipped off the deficit.

Adam Whitty
BBC Radio Leicester commentator

Image source, Rex Features

Two of Leicestershire's bright young things have been tasked with rebuilding their innings today after two late wickets last night.

Rehan Ahmed, you will know, the England international has played some swashbuckling cuts and pulls, and looks in good touch. You can tell he's playing well when he starts playing flamingo shots off the back foot, raising his back leg.

At the other end is Josh Hull - also a test capped international. He is a proper number 11 really, but has batted with real diligence and resilience. He has frustrated Notts no end this morning - blocking well and, put simply, not getting out.

He's tried a few booming drives which he was a few miles away from, but other than that he's blocked and defended with real purpose.

There's a long way to go, but fears The Foxes might be skittled this morning have faded.

Nick Webb
BBC Radio Wales

Glamorgan’s batting struggles since the resumption of Championship cricket continue, with Somerset set for a three-day win in Taunton.

Only Asa Tribe, with 49, has got going for Glamorgan before the spin wiles of Jack Leach proved too much as he edged to slip.

With Leach wheeling away happily from the river end and three seamers alternating menacingly from the Trescothick end, there has been little relief.

Supporters of both teams could be forgiven for looking at other scores already - with very different hopes as Somerset battle at the top and Glamorgan hoping their drop in form does not bring a relegation struggle.

for Ollie Popepublished at 12:32 BST 4 September

12:32 BST 4 September

Surrey 58-3 v Yorks - target 185

It takes Ollie Pope two balls before he clips George Hill off his toes for a maximum.

A dot but no wicket for Balderson as Toby Roland-Jones pulls it to deep midwicket but turns down the single.