So how is this one going to pan out? A draw looks favourite, but you never know.....

Jack White opens up for Yorkshire and Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram collect a single apiece to get the scoreboard moving.

Jimmy Anderson sends down the first ball of day four and Luke Procter flicks it off his pads for a single immediately bringing nightwatchman Harry Conway into the sights of the Lancs captain.

He picks up a four through the slip cordon (more an steer than an edge) on the third ball and we get through the first over with five runs coming from it.

Ben McKinney gets the ball rolling at the Riverside with a glorious punch down the ground off Matt Milnes, all the way to the long-off boundary.

Another four singles follow in the over as Durham's lead swells to 229 in the sunshine at Chester-le-Street.

Five wickets. The difference between -12 points and +10 for Sussex.

Leicestershire won't want to mark their return to Division One with a defeat, but it's going to be a tough ask to bat through the day with half of their side already gone.

Ben Cox clips Henry Crocombe away for an early boundary.

James Rew resumes on 108* with Tom Kohler-Cadmore six away from a first century of the season at the non-striker's end.

Liam Patterson-White will send down his 19th over of spin to get the day rolling....

Eight games. Lovely day. Let's go.

BBC Sounds

As usual, you can follow every ball of every County Championship match with the BBC this summer.

Along with our live text coverage our BBC Local Radio and 5 Live Sports Extra commentary teams will be out in force to ensure you do not miss a thing.

You can listen via the BBC Sport website and app but also on most smart speakers - just ask BBC Sounds to play the game you want but also state the day as well.

For example, ask BBC Sounds to play Leicestershire against Sussex, day four.

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Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman... James Rew.

Somerset's keeper-batter turned 22 in January and yesterday recorded his 12th first class century, the most by any 22-year-old in County Championship history.

Only the two legends of the game above have more first class tons at Rew's age. Special talent.

Rew and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (94*) will return this morning seeking to build on their 207-run second-wicket partnership and their team's 223-run lead with nine wickets in hand before presumably having a crack at the champions after lunch in search of what would seem an unlikely victory.

Left-arm seamer Alfie Ogborne took the game away from Notts on day three with a career-best burst of 3-81, ousting Joe Clarke for 92 in the same over as Jack Haynes for 55.

Clarke said: "The pitch looks as though it has become a bit easier to bat on and (Sunday) saw the best weather of the match. It looks as though we might have to bat for two sessions and we have to cope with any pressure Somerset apply."

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BBC Radio Newcastle

Pitch has dried out sufficiently and it’s a nice day in CLS so we start on time.

We have lost 128 overs in all in this game with no play possible yesterday due to the effects of Storm Dave.

With just two home wins in the last two years, Warwickshire sense they have a chance of securing a notable victory over the pre-season Championship favourites.

They need seven more Surrey wickets, not that getting those will be straightforward on a ground where batting often seems to get easier on the final day of matches.

The Bears worked hard for their three wickets in the final session of day three with Chris Woakes especially lively and unlucky to claim only one victim.

Bears century scorer Dan Mousley believes his team can do it, saying: “Obviously they’re a very good team but we’re a very good team as well. We’ve been very good with both bat and ball and in the field. We seem to be in a good place and we’re a very hungry group.

“Hopefully we can nick a couple out early and go from there.”

The amount of time left in the game makes a Surrey win unlikely but their positive scoring rate in their second innings so far means they should be safe if they can get to tea.

Jamie Smith, part of England’s vanquished Ashes team, will hope to build on his 51 not out to encourage the selectors to keep faith with him this summer.

It's a sunny morning at Edgbaston ahead of what could be a fascinating final day.

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Sussex all-rounder Jack Carson modestly suggested they are in a "really good position" after ending day three at Grace Road just five wickets away from a season-opening win.

They set Leicestershire a huge target of 481 after Carson made 85 and he followed that by running out Rishi Patel and picking up the wicket of Ian Holland.

"I was pleased with the way I batted because I never really felt in brilliant rhythm and just had to find a way," he said.

“The run out? I didn't really pick it up to start, so I was maybe a bit slow to get the slide out, but I sort of saw that they were on the turn, and just pretty much just released it as quick as I could. It's actually a brilliant bit of keeping, to have the awareness to let that go."

He added: "With the points deduction it would be great to cancel that out early on and we are in a really good position. We have been leading in the game but now is really the only time that matters, it is important that you see it through and get the points in the bag."

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Glamorgan will look to 'drive the game forward' on the final morning to see if they can set up a potentially winning position against Yorkshire, says overseas signing Ryan Hadley.

The Welsh county will resume 187 ahead after Australian paceman Hadley took three wickets in support of Mason Crane's 5-55 to earn them a first-innings lead.

"It was really good to keep them to a 200-odd score on a pretty good wicket. For the most part of my bowling it didn't seem like there was much life in it until I dug a few halfway down," he said.

"We need to set it up early and give ourselves options (of a result). Those options only come if we get through a tricky piece. Things tend to happy early but we've done well to deserve to dictate the game."

Storm Dave denied us the chance of play on day three, which Kent might not have minded too much, having surrendered a first innings deficit of 138.

Strong winds and rain wreaked havoc at the Riverside, with covers blown into the stands in the early hours of Sunday leaving to the pitch taking on plenty of water which meant play was abandoned shortly before 16:00.

Durham will hope the breeze and wan spring sunshine have worked their magic by this morning and will allow Ben McKinney and David Bedingham to build on their promising stand from Saturday evening which has seen the hosts take a 221-run lead with eight wickets in hand.

Though they will need to take 10 Kent wickets on the final day if they are to force what seems an unlikely win in their first game back in Division Two.

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Adios Storm Dave.

The BBC Weather website summary says: "Today will be dry and mild for many, with patchy cloud in the early afternoon before clearing to sunshine for most later. Just the odd spot of light rain in the far north. Turning breezy in the west."

Not bad for early April.

Division One

Glamorgan 302 & 111-3 v Yorkshire 226

Glamorgan lead by 185 with seven wickets standing

Leicestershire 245 & 125-5 v Sussex 361 & 364

Leicestershire need 356 to win with five wickets left

Somerset 347 & 214-1 v Nottinghamshire 338

Somerset lead by 223 with nine wickets standing

Warwickshire 544 v Surrey 328 & 169-3

Surrey trail by 47 with seven wickets standing

Division Two

Derbyshire 625-8 dec v Worcestershire 312 & 68-1 (f/o)

Worcestershire trail by 245 with nine wickets standing

Durham 335 & 83-2 v Kent 197 - no play on Sunday

Middlesex 445-9 dec v Gloucestershire 216 & 120-3 (f/o)

Gloucestershire trail by 109 with seven wickets standing

Northamptonshire 258 & 9-1 v Lancashire 384 & 194

Northants need another 312 to win with nine wickets left

---Sunday result---

Hampshire 156 & 168 (f/o) v Essex 461-7 dec

Essex won by an innings and 137 runs

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We've already had our first win of the 2026 County Championship after a brilliant all-round display by Matt Critchley helped Essex beat Hampshire by an innings and 137 runs.

Sussex, Middlesex and Derbyshire are in a strong position but, on a day when the Artemis II crew will sail around the dark side of the moon, some teams may have to take the view that "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way".

There should be some enthralling Bank Holiday action in our eight remaining games as we look to end domestic cricket's season-opening weekend in style.

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