Summary

  • Day one of nine County Championship matches

  • Ben Stokes and Harry Brook make first domestic appearances this season

  • Div One: Notts' Clarke hits century as Worrall takes five wickets for Surrey

  • James Rew out for four opening the batting for Somerset against Glamorgan

  • Warwickshire all out for 147 at home to Yorkshire; Hampshire collapse to 235 against Essex; Sussex v Leics

  • Div Two: Lancashire all out for 201 v Middlesex; Derbyshire v Northants, Glos v Kent

  • Stokes takes two wickets for Durham before Worcs fightback

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Live Reporting

Ben Kosky, Alex Winter, Steve Mather and Thomas Dodd

  1. Play resumes at Trent Bridge

    Notts 109-3 v Surrey

    Up and running for the afternoon session, with new batter Jack Haynes clipping his first ball from Dan Worrall off his pads to the boundary.

  2. 'Stokes stomped off for lunch'

    Lunch: Worcs 93-4 v Durham

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at New Road

    Eight overs in the morning session for Ben Stokes, two spells of four for figures of 1-24. He wasn't pleased with his last one, just before lunch, when he strayed on to the pads of Adam Hose to be clipped for four. The England skipper stomped off for his lunch...

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    Somerset will rue that experiment with James Rew. Meanwhile, Josh Thomas is really growing into the opener role. Perhaps England could try to shoe-horn him into the middle-order?

    Gary, Somerset

  4. 'Jennings has played some cracking shots'

    Lunch: Lancashire 78-3 v Middlesex

    Kevin Hand
    BBC Radio London commentator

    The late wicket of Harris balanced the session, but its manner will feel doubly as heavy a blow for Lancashire.

    A simple chip to mid-on, off Roland-Jones, left the left-hander staring at the toe end of his bat before walking off.

    There has been plenty of assistance through the air and off the green surface for the bowlers, who would have felt somewhat deflated by only two scalps, especially given their skipper won the toss.

    Jennings has played some cracking shots for the hosts and Middlesex will be keen to see the back of him soon, if they do it could be a long afternoon for Lancashire.

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    I don't trust a good wicket haul by Yorkshire until their own first innings is done.

    Euan, Yorkshire

  6. Cook & Snater in the wickets for Essex

    Lunch: Essex v Hampshire 88-4

    Victoria Polley
    BBC cricket commentator

    Essex needed that wicket just before lunch. It’s been a good morning session and the three early wickets - two for Sam Cook and one for Shane Snater got them off to a flyer.

    The 50-run partnership between Lehmann and Mayes would’ve frustrated Essex in the field. Mayes was caught in the slips off the bowling of Cook in what ended up being the final ball is exactly what they would’ve hoped for before the break.

  7. 'The visitors have thrived'

    Lunch: Glamorgan v Somerset 104-1

    Rob Phillips
    BBC Radio Wales cricket commentator

    Glamorgan captain Kiran Carlson may be ruing the perils and uncertainty of trying to guess how a cricket pitch will behave.

    Last week at Southampton, he lost the toss and was asked to bat on a green looking pitch. He scored 209 in a score of 500 plus and afterwards was happy to admit he would have asked Hampshire to bat had the coin flipped in his favour.

    Fast forward a week, Carlson won the toss against visitors Somerset and despite taking an early wicket and surviving a few scares, the visitors have thrived before lunch on a pitch with a distinct green tinge and in what seemed favourable overhead conditions at the start.

    Left-handers Josh Thomas and Tom Lammonby have put on a 99-run second-wicket partnership after losing James Rew early for four.

  8. 'Robinson the most dangerous of the Sussex bowlers'

    Lunch: Sussex v Leics 110-2

    Adrian Harms
    BBC Radio Sussex

    A decent morning for the visitors having lost the toss and been asked to bat on a greenish pitch with plenty of grass.

    Ollie Robinson bowled with usual accuracy and looked by far the most dangerous of the Sussex bowlers passing the outside edge on numerous occasions and having Rishi Patel dropped in the slips when he was on 16

    However, a poor call from Jake Weatherald resulted in Patel being run out for 45 ending an opening partnership of 92, and then Weatherald drove a shortish delivery from Jack Carson to cover.

  9. Scores at lunch

    Division One:

    • Chelmsford: Essex v Hampshire 88-4
    • Cardiff: Glamorgan v Somerset 104-1
    • Nottingham: Notts 105-3 v Surrey
    • Hove: Sussex v Leics 110-2
    • Edgbaston: Warwickshire 80-5 v Yorkshire

    Division Two:

    • Derby: Derbyshire 104-0 v Northants
    • Bristol: Gloucestershire 96-1 v Kent
    • Manchester: Lancashire 78-3 v Middlesex
    • Worcester: Worcs 93-4 v Durham

  10. Lunch at Old Trafford

    Lancs 78-3 v Middlesex

    Keaton Jennings goes to lunch on 44, with Lancashire losing two wickets late in the session after being put in to bat.

    Ryan Higgins has two of them for Middlesex, with Toby Roland-Jones removing danger man Marcus Harris just before the interval.

  11. Lunch at Edgbaston

    Warwickshire 80-5 v Yorkshire

    A brilliant morning for Yorkshire and Jonny Bairstow whose decision to bowl first after winning the toss has been an excellent one.

    Only one Bears batter has reached double figures and that is Sam Hain who has moved on to 47 from 70 balls to stop his side suffering further damage.

    All Yorkshire's bowlers have been in the wickets, with Jack White the pick on 2-22 from eight overs.

  12. Lunch in Cardiff

    Somerset 104-1 v Glamorgan

    The visitors would definitely have taken this at 11:10 this morning, when James Rew - picked to open the batting today - was bowled by Timm van der Gugten for just 4.

    Since then, Josh Thomas and Tom Lammonby have taken on responsibility of turning this one back in Somerset's favour, putting on 99 without loss.

    Thomas brought up his 50 just before lunch off of 95 balls, while Lammonby goes into the break on 42 off 81 balls.

  13. Lunch at Hove

    Sussex v Leics 110-2

    It’s still a really good morning for Leicestershire having lost the toss, wirh four-an-over progress.

    Losing both openers in disappointing fashion just takes the edge off the session.

    Rishi Patel, run out for 45, and Jake Weathereald, cutting to cover for 43, looked set for far more.

  14. wicket

    WICKET AND LUNCH

    Mayes c Harmer b Cook 20 (Essex v Hants 88-4)

    Hampshire were in early trouble after being sent in, losing their top three cheaply, with two wickets for Sam Cook.

    Jake Lehmann, 42 not out, and Ben Mayes, 20, got a half-century stand together to get the visitors back in the session.

    But Mayes has fallen in the final over of the morning, edging to second slip one from Cook that’s straightened a tad off a probing line.

  15. wicket

    WICKET AND LUNCH

    Duckett c Smith b Worrall 42 (Notts 105-3 v Surrey)

    Big wicket for Surrey with the last ball of the morning!

    It's a nasty, rising delivery from Dan Worrall and Ben Duckett tries to cut but the bounce and swing does for the England opener and Jamie Smith, behind the stumps, takes a tumbling catch.

    Joe Clarke is unbeaten on 39 and Notts were going very nicely until that wicket broke the partnership.

  16. 50 runs

    50 Josh Thomas

    Somerset 101-1 v Glamorgan

    How many landmarks do you need from one ball?!

    Josh Thomas comes down the pitch and heaves away the first six of the match to bring up his second half century of the season off 95 balls AND gets his side into three figures.

    After losing James Rew in the first over this has been the perfect reaction from Thomas and partner Tom Lammonby.

    Timm van der Gugten, Tom Norton, Ryan Hadley, Zain ul Hassan and Ben Kellaway have all had a go, but there's been no stopping these two over the past 90 minutes or so.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Weathereald c Clark b Carson 43 (Sussex v Leics 108-2)

    Another cheap dismissal and now both Leicestershire openers are gone.

    Jake Weathereald rocks back to cut a Jack Carson ball that’s a fraction short but he slaps it low into the hands of short-extra cover!

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Harris c Sharma b Roland-Jones 5 (Lancs 74-3 v Middlesex)

    No large score against Middlesex for Marcus Harris this time - and that's a big wicket for the visitors.

    Harris steers Toby Roland-Jones to midwicket, where Naavya Sharma leaps to his right to take the catch and suddenly this is looking like Middlesex's session.

    Michael Jones comes to the crease for the Red Rose.

  19. Notts 96-2 v Surrey

    Surrey have decided to give Dan Worrall another bowl pre-lunch, but the seamer's accuracy deserts him this time - his first ball is a long hop that Ben Duckett punches to the cover boundary.

    Worrall strays again to Joe Clarke, who steers it behind square for four more and then repeats the shot to his next ball.

    All of which means Worrall's over costs him a whopping 13 runs - more than his first six combined.

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    Somerset opening with Rew, sacrificing our best batsman to the new ball is such a poor move. There's external pressure from the media and England selectors but the club should do what's best for the team. That's him batting 4-6 where he's been successful. Root won't open for England.

    Alex, Somerset

    In what world would Brook get replaced when he’s averaging 54. May I remind you Rew also failed to score in both innings at four last week.

    James, Newcastle

    I agree that Rew shouldn't open, but he should definitely be in the Test team over Jamie Smith. A far better all round cricketer.

    Simon, Plymouth