Stevie Eskinazi negotiates the final pre-lunch over at Grace Road, bowled by Tom Haines, but it has very much been Sussex's morning.

Leicestershire have added 123 but lost four wickets in the process, three of them taken by paceman Henry Crocombe.

Australian Jake Weatherald has looked good on debut for the Foxes and is 77 not out, but they need a decent partnership or two to get anywhere close to parity.

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Gloucestershire were generous with their dropped catches yesterday allowing Middlesex to rebuild from 194-5. This could be a long old season for Glos with their limited seam resources if the fielders don't support them well too.

The South-African-born left-hander Leus du Plooy haunted Gloucestershire once again, he made a career-best 263* against the same opponents in the final match of last season at Lords. Today he reached a century off 148 balls and carried on to be 160* at the interval.

Glos' first three seamers are all going at under three an over still, ideal for four-day cricket, but their other four bowlers have struggled to keep a lid on particularly quick run scoring from du Plooy and Joe Cracknell.

The latter agonisingly missing out on an opening innings century, falling for 97 to the part-time spin of Graeme van Buuren just before the interval.

Harry Everett
BBC Sport from Taunton

Again Dillon Pennington bowled well, getting both Jack Leach and Miggy Pretorius for 11 this morning.

Craig Overton tried to farm the strike and reached 60* before he ran out of partners, Jake Ball agonisingly being dismissed three short of that crucial third bonus batting point.

Ball was Pennington's fifth wicket, 5-65 could have been more as he drew many play and misses over the first 103.5 overs of the season.

Notts could have lost Haseeb Hameed to his opposite skipper in the first over of the reply, Craig Overton furious the lbw was not given.

Ben Slater played some nice shots off Alfie Ogborne, who was replaced by Ball after three overs. Ball bowled well without reward as Craig Overton kept himself on for six overs until the interval, Notts just happy to survive with 10 wickets intact still.

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Warwicks 121-1 v Surrey 328

He made a century and a fifty in the opening round last season and he might just do the same again here.

Rob Yates made a patient start but has gone through the gears and clips Matt Fisher to square leg to bring up his half-century from 89 balls, 10 of which have found the rope.

Fine platform from which Warwickshire can build this afternoon.

Good start from Jake Ball, drawing a false drive from Ben Slater, would have been almost into the hands of a fourth slip, but Tom Abell at third cannot dive across to stop.

The only runs scored off Ball's first over, a moral victory for the former Notts and England man.

Martin Andersson moves on to 219* with Anuj Dal on 27* - the duo have added 80 from 93 balls since Luis Reece departed.

How much is enough for the visitors? In terms of time or runs?

Alfie Ogborne gets just three overs with the new ball, might seem harsh but probably shrewd captaincy from the man bowling at the other end.

Craig Overton takes him off after an expensive start, Jake Ball gets a go whilst the ball is still new vs his former club.

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BBC Radio Newcastle

The weather forecast suggested there was a 90% chance of rain by 12pm. The elements eventually turned at 12.30pm, with the players leaving the field for an early lunch.

That break technically started at 12.45pm, but the forecast for this afternoon is rather mixed and it remains to be seen how much cricket we will see.

Either way, the 90 minutes possible so far today proved rather damaging from a Kent point of view. They resumed this morning on 50-2 but then lost 3-3 in nine balls, with Ben Raine striking twice in one over.

He got Tawanda Muyeye LBW for 10 and had Daniel Bell-Drummond caught in the slips by Kasey Alrdidge for a fourth-ball duck, to bring up his 300th First Class wicket for the county.

Matty Potts then got Joey Evison caught behind for two as Kent slipped from 65-2 to 68-5.

Chris Benjamin fell just before the rain arrived. He was on 19 when he pulled Aldridge to Raine in the covers, to give the bowler his first Durham wicket.

It's been attritional fare at Sophia Gardens this morning but Glamorgan have passed 150, with Colin Ingram pushing the ball into a gap on the off-side off Matthew Revis.

A late upper cut from Ben Slater over backward point for four is followed by a loose full toss from Alfie Ogborne smashed through cover for four.

Just searching a little too much is the young left-armer against probably the best opening pair in recent seasons (vying with Dom Sibley and Rory Burns, another top right/left hand opening combo).

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Warwicks 99-0 v Surrey 328

Lovely stuff from Alex Davies, bringing up a half-century with his 11th boundary from 71 balls, working Matt Fisher into the leg side yet again.

He made six of those fifties without turning one into three figures last season, the way he's playing you wouldn't bet against him doing so today.

The following ball a single brings up three-figures for the Bears.

A chanceless morning for the hosts who have taken a firm grip on the game.

Rehan Ahmed collects the first boundary of his innings, flicking Ollie Robinson through square leg. The England paceman responds, as all good pacemen should, with a fine delivery which just misses the outside edge.

Harry Everett
BBC Sport from Taunton

There were no lbws at all in the first innings I have just realised.

Perhaps Notts went a foot or so short and did not bring the stumps into play enough.

Alfie Ogborne may bring the ball back in from a full length to change that statistic whilst Craig Overton is more of the bang it in type.

No Josh Davey anymore for Somerset of course, he was probably the most likely to get an lbw for the home side at Taunton.