Lovely stroke from Rob Yates, driving Dan Lawrence back down the ground to the long-on boundary.

Good job it got there because Lawrence's vain dive sent Alex Davies flying at the non-striker's end.

Yates now has nine fours in his 40* and has nearly caught up Davies who has 10 in his 46*.

A near perfect morning for the hosts at Edgbaston.

for Leus du Plooypublished at 12:37 BST 4 April

12:37 BST 4 April

Middx 358-5 v Glos

Craig Miles steams in from round the wicket but that is a poor delivery and Leus Du Plooy climbs into it, square cutting powerfully for four to reach his 150 from 219 balls. Middlesex 'hold all the aces' at this point in the game.

Rain stops play at CLSpublished at 12:32 BST 4 April

12:32 BST 4 April

Durham 335 v Kent 126-6

Sorry Durham fans, commentator's curse...

The rain has begun to fall, the covers are rushed on and the players head off after a short session which Durham have bossed.

Sam Northeast is unbeaten on 58* in his two-and-a-half hour vigil with Grant Stewart on one.

Expect we'll seen an early lunch, but we'll keep you posted.

The departure of Charlie Allison has done little to disrupt the flow of this Essex innings with Matt Critchley picking up with Michael Pepper on a similar fashion.

The pair have added 36 in no time at all and Hampshire's bowlers are looking short of ideas.

Even Kyle Abbott, who was one bright spot on a poor opening day, is struggling to locate a testing line and length with both batsman helping themselves to a boundary in his latest over.

Sussex give Tom Haines a go with the ball before lunch.

He finds the edge of Jake Weatherald's bat but the ball runs away for four through where second slip would have been standing had there been one.

Grant Stewart shoulders arms flamboyantly as Kemar Roach gets one to keep low and come back a mile towards off-stump.

Stewart can only look to the sky as he awaits the sound of the death rattle, but it never comes. Can't have been more than an inch in that.

The skies remain heavy but the lights are on and Mother Nature would not seem to be coming to Kent's aid any time soon.

Dan Lawrence is coming on to bowl some off-spin, and will face Alex Davies first-up.

Intriguing spell coming up before lunch.

for Martin Anderssonpublished at 12:27 BST 4 April

12:27 BST 4 April

Derbys 505-5 v Worcs

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Before this match Martin Andersson's highest first-class score was 107 - and the way he's going he could be about to double it.

He reaches a magnificent double century from just 233 balls faced by sweeping Brett D'Oliveira for four - the 25th of his innings to go with two sixes.

No wonder he looks chuffed!

Dropped catchpublished at 12:26 BST 4 April

12:26 BST 4 April

Northants 20-2 v Lancs 384

Jimmy Anderson nearly has two in two and should have as Nathan McSweeney is dropped first ball at second slip.

That was very catchable and Harry Singh is usually pretty safe but it has gone in and then out with the opener failing to grab at second attempt.

Notts get the scoreboard going with a lovely back foot punch from the classy Ben Slater.

Perfect timing, Alfie Ogborne only a fraction short there, the kind of ball that probably would not be hit for four in 2s or WEPL cricket, but such is the level young Ogborne is now playing at.

Remember him twice getting James Vince in the Championship though, so he does have a useful record against one particular classy top order player.

Is it possible to be totally fed up just four sessions into a new County Championship season? This experience must be testing the enthusiasm of Worcestershire's bowlers.

Anuj Dal pulls Adam Finch away for a single as Derbyshire's total reaches 500.

A fired up Craig Overton has not had long to calm down after the frustrations of seeing his number 11 get out two short of that 350 mark for the third batting bonus point.

He gives himself the new ball as expected and could have had his opposite skipper Haseeb Hameed lbw in the first over, not given, and it is a maiden.

Alfie Ogborne will open alongside him, great to see a young lad being given the new nut in Lewis Gregory's absence.

for Sam Northeastpublished at 12:20 BST 4 April

12:20 BST 4 April

Durham 335 v Kent 116-5

An oasis of calm in the madness around him last night and this morning.

Sam Northeast is back at his home county and has his first half-century of the summer on his second Kent debut.

He gets up on his toes to punch Kemar Roach away to backward point to run three and complete a 94-ball fifty, featuring eight fours.

Handy partnership with Chris Benjamin (19*) this as they trim the deficit to 219 with five wickets in hand.

Here we go... let the flood of canine cricket puns commence. Jack Leash has got to make the XI, surely?

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Craig Overton (60*) managed to keep the strike and get Somerset up to 346, but then he takes a single with just two balls remaining in the 104th over.

Jake Ball cannot survive even one of the two balls he is trusted with.

Dillon Pennington deserves his 5-65 but Overton is fuming that Ball cannot do his small role of helping him get Somerset over the final hurdle they could feasibly have achieved in 110 overs.

How crucial could that one point missed out on be come September?