Scott Read
BBC Radio Manchester Sport

It's been an absorbing final session as Lancashire attacked with the older ball and Northamptonshire struck back with the new ball.

Lancashire were 289-4 when Northamptonshire took the second new ball, with Michael Jones and Matty Hurst sharing an excellent half century partnership, scoring at a good tempo.

However, its been a different challenge when its Harry Conway and Ben Sanderson bowling with the new one. Under the lights its been tricky.

The day has ebbed and flowed nicely, its looks a decent pitch and Lancashire have runs on the board already, and an attack led by James Anderson.

Let's hope the second day is just as enthralling.

Day one belongs to Derbyshire who came close to scoring 400 in the day after being asked to bat by Worcestershire.

Openers Harry Came and Caleb Jewell both pisted 50s, but the real damage was done by Martin Andersson, who hit a six and 17 fours in an unbeaten 134.

He has so far added 210 for the fifth wicket with Luis Reece, who has contributed 89 so far and they will be looking to push on to a maximum batting points haul on day two.

Tom Scriven does the job required of him by seeing out Fynn Hudson-Prentice's final over of the day at Grace Road.

Despite some pre-match weather worries, we have got through an entire day's play with Tom Clark making 101 off 164 balls in the Sussex first innings.

Having been 154-2 at lunch, Sussex may feel they are a few runs short, but how good a total they managed will only become clear as day two goes on.

Jake Weatherald will resume on four not out for Leicestershire, and Scriven has five against his name.

Surrey have slowed the pace a little and seem content to come back in the morning to pick up that third batting point.

Ben Foakes shows more sublime timing to crack Nathan Gilchrist through mid-wicket for his 21st four to move to 128*.

The seamer gets a modicum of revenge by thudding him on the thigh from the next ball.

Two overs remain in an extraordinary day.

Middlesex managed to get past 200 on day one of the season mainly thanks to Leus du Plooy.

He finishes on 98 not out with bad light curtailing his efforts to get to an opening match century on the first day of the season.

Earlier Sam Robson and Max Holden both made it into the 30s, Will Williams ending things for both on his competitive Glos debut.

Ryan Higgins, a fantasy cricket favourite, had a rare failure with just five before falling to Aussie seamer Gabe Bell.

Next in the order was wicketkeeper Joe Cracknell who is 58 not out.

Middlesex's first day, Glos with work to do.

Rain and now bad light has seen stumps drawn early at the Utilita Bowl and Hampshire have a bit of thinking to do after a day their visitors have bossed.

It looked like Hants had made the better start with Essex 27-2 and with Tom Westley retired hurt after he was rapped on the glove but Essex have rolled back into this.

Matt Critchley finishes on 97 not out with Charlie Allison unbeaten on 60. Their partnership is 152 nad counting.

Hampshire were passive with their field settings and lacked invention with the old ball which is something that Essex may well replicate but until then it is Westley's side who are in front.

It is a day that provided a trivia answer with the Essex skipper beccoming the first subbed player, replaced by Noah Thain who can bat in both innings but not bowl.

Jake Weatherald's previous experience of English conditions was gleaned in club cricket in Yorkshire and East Anglia.

Now he is back at county level as a full-ledged Test player and he strokes a no-ball from Fynn Hudson-Prentice through the covers for the first four of his innings.

Logan van Beek starts a new spell and is convinced Ben Kellaway got a nick to his first delivery. The umpire says he didn't - and that's exactly what Glamorgan fans want to see/hear.

Matty Potts bowling to Zak Crawley. Get the popcorn.

Glorious cover drive from Crawley for his second boundary.

What a first day for Somerset against the Champions.

The forecast wrote off the day for most of this week, so what a phenomenal effort from Nick Pepper's groundstaff team and to credit Graham Lloyd and Paul Pollard for letting play crack on from 11am after more morning rain during the warm ups.

The highlight of today was another Tom Abell hundred, his fourth v Notts and his partnership with James Rew (64) looked like it may endanger their massive record at Trent Bridge in July last year, that was v the kookaburra ball it should be said.

Rew fell to a phenomenal Kyle Verreyne catch, grabbing the sweep onto the boot one handed in front of the wicket.

Honourable mention for Josh Thomas, starting just his second Championship game, getting 40 at the top.

Notts produced 89 play and misses across the day, but a couple of poor drops did not help the toiling bowlers, of whom Olly Stone, Dillon Penningtonn and Rob Lord looked particularly impressive.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham missed out on a third batting point by 15 runs but debutants Kasey Aldridge and Kemar Roach provided quite a bit of niggle value for the final wicket.

Their partnership was worth 45 and came to an end when Roach was caught in the slips off the bowling of Grant Stewart for 21, with the new ball three overs away.

Stewart took 3-38 and debutant South African Glenton Stuurman took 4-83.

But with 16 overs remaining of day one Roach has got Ben Compton lbw in the first over for four.

The Leicestershire openers have a four-over mini-session to survive at Grace Road.

Regular Rishi Patel has a new opening partner this season, with Australia Test player Jake Weatherald having agreed to step in for the absent Peter Handscomb.

There's a bit of a breeze blowing across the ground as Patel edges Ollie Robinson's third ball along the floor between first and second slip for four.

Zak Crawley gets off the mark with, wait for it. an uppish drive outside off stump off Kemar Roach, which flashes away to the deep point boundary.

Still plenty of time for Kent to bat under blue skies tonight - 14 overs infact.