County Championship: Somerset v Warks, Lancs v Worcs and more – live!

Hass gone. Driving, edged to slip in Morris’ first over. Lancs 8/1.

Jeetan Patel joins the procession – a second for Craig Overton, who has had a good game. Warwicks 124/8. But fifty for Sam Hain!

I can confirm that the lemon drizzle arrived in the press box. All wrapped in foil, moist and lemony with a delicious crust.

Three balls into the innings, all looks well. Lancs 3/0

and… Jamie Overton out for 19 at the County Ground. Northants 264/7 – still trailing by 158. And Josh Shaw out to Rushworth (who else?) in Gloucestershire’s run-canter. They still need 50 -8 wickets in hand.

The heavy roller is out at Old Trafford. Lancashire need 126 to win.

Surrey and Hampshire both lose a limb – Burns for 15, Darren Steven’s golden arm (21/1); and Soames to Broad for 2(17/1)

And that’s it! Gleeson’s fifth wicket – Leach caught by Anderson at mid-off for 9 -his third five-fer in two games at OT. Not bad at all.

Warwickshire’s inevitable march to an early lunch starts: Brookes out for 2. 109/7

And a man has been removed from Trafford town hall roof and taken to hospital.

While we wait for a wicket or 25 – this looks good

And Richard Gleeson takes the ball from the Jimmy Anderson end (as tipped off by Jimmy yesterday). The flags above the pavilion are flying half mast to mark the two year anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing – deepest sympathy to any readers who were affected by it.

All sorts of excitement here – Lanky the giraffe rousing the kids into ecstasies before the players come onto the pitch. David Lloyd has just bumbled into the press-box: he reports that the umpires have said it will be “tricky.”

After a damp night, play will start on time here at Old Trafford where crocodile upon crocodile of school children are here to watch Worcestershire’s last wicket try to nurdle together another twenty or thirty.

Elsewhere, my money’s on Somerset and Gloucestershire to win before lunch…

Start of play scores

Division One

Taunton: Somerset 209 & 164 (Norwell 7-41), Warwickshire 135 (C Overton 5-31) & 103-6. Warwickshire need 136 runs to win

Beckenham: Kent 294 (Dickson 128), Surrey 439 (Jacks 120) & 11-0. Surrey lead by 156 runs

Newport: Hampshire 310 & 3-1, Nottinghamshire 239 (Mullaney 102). Hampshire lead by 74 runs

Division Two

Northampton: Northants 242-6, Sussex 422 (Jordan 166, Brown 156). Northants trail Sussex by 180 runs

Old Trafford: Lancashire 201 (Parnell 5-47), Worcestershire 172 (Anderson 5-25) & 149-9. Worcs lead by 120 runs

Riverside: Durham 158 & 132, Gloucestershire 174 & 64-1. Gloucs need 53 runs to win

Derby: Derbyshire 378 (Reece 111) & 171-9 (Madsen 47; Douthwaite 4-33), Glamorgan 346 (Rampaul 5-94). Derbyshire lead by 203 runs.