Good morning!
Side stretch, downward facing dog, everyone ready for day two? There’s a hint of spring hovering above the Trent this morning and the forecast is better everywhere, even at Taunton where there will be an inspection at 11am.
Thoughts this morning to Sam North-East – just six more runs, son. And a belated bouquet to Leicestershire’s Tom Taylor, who got rather lost in the clamour for Joe Clarke and Hass yesterday. First six for of the season and, so I’m told, one to watch.
Here’s how we start the day:
DIVISION ONE
Notts v Yorkshire: 324-5 (Clarke 109 not out)
Hampshire v Essex: Hampshire 303-4 (Northeast 94 not out)
Somerset v Kent : No play Friday. Inspection at 11am
DIVISION TWO
Sussex v Leicestershire: Sussex 173 all out(Wiese 51: Tom Taylor 6-47); Leicestershire 131 for 5 (Lewis Hill 40 not out; Mir Hamza 3-36)
Northamptonshire v Middlesex: Northants 310-6 (Wakely 76, Rossington 67; Murtagh 4-43)
Derbyshire v Durham: Derby 197 all out (Hosein 78; Raine 3-48, Weighell 3-49) ; Durham 41-3
University match
Loughborough MCCU v Lancashire: Lancs 379-5 (Haseeb Hameed 202 not out)
Updated