After about half-an-hour off the field because of bad light the officials decide to call it a day in Birmingham.

We saw 14 wickets fall and there probably would have been a few more if we hadn't lost that time to bad light.

Yorkshire put the hosts in to bat and it proved the right call as Bears batters fell at regular intervals, with only Sam Hain (57) and Ethan Bamber (28) making anything more than 10.

The reply continued in the same vein with Yorkshire 38-3 before a 63-run partnership between Harry Brook and James Wharton gave the visitors a boost.

The Bears managed to remove Wharton before the close but Brook will resume in the morning on 29 not out alongside Jonny Bairstow.

Confirmation that there won't be any further cricket tonight after a see-saw first day.

Early wickets for Surrey's Dan Worrall, then two sizeable partnerships for Nottinghamshire... followed by more wickets for Worrall and the current stand between Joe Clarke and Fergus O'Neill that has lifted the home side above 300.

Clarke remains 129 not out, while Worrall has figures of 5-61.

It's almost as if a switch had been pressed and that was the cue for runs to begin flowing once more.

Fergus O'Neill crashed a boundary to bring up the 50 partnership and Joe Clarke has just hit successive fours off Sean Abbott as Nottinghamshire finish the day on a high.

The gloomy conditions mean play has been suspended, though - and it's likely that will be it for tonight. Clarke is 129 not out, with O'Neill on 31.

To nobody's great surprise, the light is deemed unlikely to improve tonight - so we'll try again in the morning with the match intriguingly poised.

Middlesex seemed to be on top after bowling the home side out for 200, but those two late wickets for Jimmy Anderson have put the contest very much in the balance.

Joe Clarke squirts Gus Atkinson for a single behind gully and that secures another bonus point for Nottinghamshire. Surrey, of course, already have two in the bag after taking the sixth wicket.

It's needed a reset for the batting side, who would probably have been targeting 400 plus when they came out after tea but that cluster of wickets means sights may need to be set a little lower.

It's developed into something of a stalemate, with Nottinghamshire hovering on the brink of a second batting bonus point but content to defy the Surrey seamers for now.

We've just had a light meter check, but play continues for now with nine overs still scheduled.

50 partnership for Abell and Gregorypublished at 17:57 BST 8 May

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Somerset 314-6 v Glamorgan

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A third 50 partnership of the day for Somerset, as Tom Abell and Lewis Gregory keep Glamorgan at bay as the hosts chase wicket number seven.

They join Abell and Craig Overton (71) and Josh Thomas and Tom Lammonby (133) as half-century partnerships in this match.

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There's been an enticing duel between the two captains, with Leus du Plooy advancing out of his crease to drive Jimmy Anderson for two off-side fours in an over.

It's a positive approach from the Middlesex skipper - but we won't see any more of it for now because the light has deteriorated sufficiently for the umpires to take the players off.

Still 17 overs left tonight, in theory.

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Sussex v Leics 303-9

Four leg byes as Ollie Robinson loses his line a fraction and Leicestershire have their second point.

Sent in and having slumped to 202-7, they’ll be fairly pleased.

13 overs to go.

It's been gloomy for the majority of the day but Edgbaston has until now managed to escape the clutches of the gathering darkness.

But a check of the light reader results in the sides heading off for a break in play.

Richard Wilford
BBC Radio WM commentator

A good low catch and a wicket for Jordan Thompson against his former county to break up a stand of 63 that was really threatening to carry the day away from the Bears.

Thompson found the right line and length. The celebration was quite in your face but in a way like it is between two guys that know each other extremely well. It wasn’t unpleasant but it was certainly meant.

Fergus O'Neill is on the counter-attack here for Nottinghamshire.

The batters could barely get a run against Dan Worrall earlier in the day, but O'Neill has just clobbered the Surrey seamer for back to back boundaries to lift his side closer to that 300 mark.

He and Joe Clarke have added 39 so far and O'Neill has 22 of them.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at New Road

Who writes his scripts, etc, etc? Ben Stokes strikes again with the first ball after the resumption. It looked too quick for Adam Hose - straight through the defence and into the top of the stumps.

The visitors get to three centuries and pick up their second bonus point of the day. Tom Abell now leading the way as highest scorer for Somerset with 82 from 140 balls.

It matches the Glamorgan bonus tally, with the hosts having already taken six wickets.

Away from Worcester, Gloucestershire continue to tick along against Kent, now 267-4 after 75 overs, Ben Charlesworth contributing 85 before being bowled by Joey Evison.

Derbyshire are 326-3 against Northants, Caleb Jewell is currently 81 not out, and being supported by Wayne Madsen on 51 not out, with that partnership approaching 100.