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We've had rather too many interruptions by the weather, but there have still been some notable individual performances on day two of the current round of County Championship matches.

Chief among them was Ben Aitchison following up his five-for for Derbyshire at Lord's with a century alongside skipper Wayne Madsen and then taking another wicket at the start of Middlesex's second innings.

He even overshadowed Essex's Jamie Porter, who made his maiden first-class 50 in his 178th match in front of the great and the good of years gone by on the club's Past Players Day.

Elsewhere, Somerset stalwarts Tom Abell and Craig Overton made hundreds before they declared against Sussex, but Emilio Gay was out for nought for Durham against Kent.

We'll be back with you again tomorrow for day three. Please join us again from 10:30 BST.

Division One

Essex 281-8 v Leicestershire 333

Essex trail by 52 runs with two wickets standing

Hampshire 214 v Nottinghamshire 124-3

Nottinghamshire trail by 90 with seven wickets standing

Somerset 526-8 dec v Sussex 22-1

Sussex trail by 504 with nine wickets standing

Warwickshire 123-6 v Glamorgan 360

Warwickshire trail by 237 with four wickets standing

Yorkshire 486 v Surrey 17-0

Surrey trail by 469 with 10 wickets standing

Division Two

Gloucestershire 154 & 21-3 v Northamptonshire 127

Gloucestershire lead by 48 with seven wickets standing

Kent 523 v Durham 173-5

Durham trail by 350 with five wickets standing

Lancashire 28-0 v Worcestershire 270

No play Saturday because of rain

Middlesex 177 & 13-1 v Derbyshire 376

Middlesex trail by 186 with nine wickets standing

Harry Conway to bowl the last over of the day.

Three slips and a short leg in place.

Ollie Price leaves outside off stump.

Beaten outside off playing back and an appeal for caught behind is turned down.

The umpires have called time for bad light and a frenetic evening of cricket is ended two balls into the over.

Northants resumed on 37-3 on a rain interrupted Day Two and crumbled on a seaming track to 127. 5-36 for Matt Taylor.

Gloucestershire promoted two tail enders to open the second innings and both departed inside seven overs - Miles limping off after injuring himself taking a second run and requiring his opening partner (Will Williams) to come back on as a runner.

Two wickets in two balls from Harry Conway - who was convinced he had Ollie Price caught behind in his spell.

But Price survives on a six-ball nought with his captain Cam Bancroft unbeaten on six.

Two overs left tonight. Leg side from Ben Sanderson and keeper Lewis McManus dives to stop the ball down the leg side.

Cam Bancroft gets a good stride in and leaves outside off stump.

An away swinger curves away sharply and McManus does well to stop it.

Maiden over.

Ollie Price sees out the over.

Big LBW appeal from behind the wicket but nothing from bowler Harry Conway and Cam Bancroft is safe.

Bancroft leaves a wider ball outside off, raising his bat like a periscope.

A clip to mid wicket brings two runs.

A thick outside edge passes wide of the slips for one and Ollie Price is beaten on the outside edge trying to defend.

Huge appeal for caught behind... Not out. Thigh pad.

Very big appeal and it looks like the umpire has called for calm.

There's no immediate danger of a game of cricket breaking out in what is now a full committee meeting with three members of the Gloucestershire support staff.

One floodlight has blinked off and now a runner is coming on.

The world has frankly gone mad. Will Williams is the runner.

Can Northants get another before the close?

A loose drive on the inside half of the bat to the leg side.

A very ambitious two runs for Craig Miles off Ben Sanderson only just beating the return throw and now it appears he has an injury.

He's bent over and stretching his hamstrings. Cramp?

Still three slips in for Harry Conway - and Saif Zaib is in the gully.

Craig Miles waits and drives a back of a length ball safely to Nathan McSweeney for no run.

A punch to mid off drops just short of Ben Sanderson.

Shot! width and driven on the up through extra cover for four.

One more run steered wide of gully.

Goodness me. Cam Bancroft is forward, down and across to Ben Sanderson and the ball bounces low and moves away.

And again. A leg side gully is in and Sanderson fires in a bouncer down the leg side. Over bowled. In theory five remain tonight.

Leg side, Cam Bancroft follows it but the leg side catch appeal is turned down.

He didn't touch it. No hat-trick - but an outstanding Harry Conway over regardless.

That electronic malfunction has ended play five overs and one ball into the Sussex innings.

A horrid day for the visiting team, who remember are into their sixth Championship game inside of seven weeks.

Superb centuries from Tom Abell (third of the season) and Craig Overton (second) took Somerset from a good position to a great one - then host skipper Lewis Gregory got the early breakthrough with the wicket of Tom Haines, pinned LBW in the fifth over.

The forecast is patchy tomorrow. But hopefully the floodlights less so.

The umpires are in a near impossible position...

And as if by magic the floodlights are on - and off again.

This happens twice inside two minutes.

Hopes raised and dashed in the blink of an eye.

Craig Miles sees out the Harry Conway over with a steer to gully and now the spotlight switches to Craig Miles, facing Ben Sanderson.

Will Williams plays a rising delivery awkwardly but safely to short leg.

He subsequently defends on the up down the pitch.

Alfie Ogborne to bowl to Dan Hughes. eight overs left.

Three slips.

Craig Miles has not looked convincing outside the line of off stump to Ben Sanderson but the fourth ball is leg side and scooped away for one.

An exaggerated stride forward from Will Williams who leaves the ball outside off to see out the over.

Harry Conway to bowl next.