Rain again meant that play was limited although in the games that did start for once the batsmen shared in the plaudits. The return of certain England international players has helped some teams, while others are struggling with early season injuries.
We start at Taunton where Somerset are missing their captain, Marcus Trescothic but welcome back Philander
Day 1
Somerset v Lancashire
Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat.
Lan - 363-4
Somerset's bowling line, which is one of the weakest in the country, struggled today as Lancashire scored quickly, finally showing some fight after losing their opening two matches. From a decent start Lancashire's middle order of Prince (96) and Croft (113*) made hay, in a surprsing amount of dry weather in Taunton. Their partnership of 208 has put the champions in a good position after the first day and they will hope that the rain will stay away so that they can continue to put pressure on a weakened Somerset side.
Sussex v Warwickshire
Sussex won the toss and decided to field.
War - 281-5
Warwickshire recovered from losing two early wickets, including Ian Bell for 0, to dominate Sussex's bowlers. Jonathan Trott was thee linch pin scoring 132* in a partnership of 219 with Chopra (105). Three wickets at the end have possibly brought the home side back in to the game but they will need a good morning session to keep Warwickshire, who currently top the table, pegged back.
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire
Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field.
Not - 243
Wor - 5-0
For once Nottinghamshire got off to a decent start despite losing the toss for the fourth time this season. Put in, Hales and Edwards made 70 for the first wicket, but regular wickets during the afternoon kept Worcestershire in the game. Taylor and Read, in front of several England selectors, put on 56 for the fifth wicket, as Nottinghamshire inched to their first batting bonus point of the summer.
Klinger lived up to his name taking two excellent catches including taking Read on the rebound after the visitors' captian had smashed the ball to him in the gully.
But it was Kapil (9o-3m-17r-3w) who worked the fight back before injuring his leg and leaving the field. It was then left to Jones (4 for 76) to wrap up the innings.
Nottinghamshire will be disappointed that none of their batsmen made it to 50, but will hope that their bowling can still give them a lead tomorrow.
Kent v Yorkshire
Kent won the toss and decided to field.
Yor - 247
Ken - 4-0
Yorkshire scored steadily as all bar two of the batsmen made starts but failed to push on. Ballance was the top scorer with 38. Kent's bowlers meanwhile shared the wickets to keep them in the game, but Coles was the pick of the bunch, finishing with 4 for 70.
Hampshire v Leicestershire
Hampshire won the toss and decided to field.
Lei - 159-6
The two teams dodged the showers in Southampton but late wickets have given Hampshire the edge. After Smith (68) and Sarwan (46) had taken Leicestershire to 146-2 four wickets fell for just 13 runs, three of them taken by Dawson, who has excellent overnight figures of 7.2o-2m-13r-3w.
The visitors will hope to push up to 200 tomorrow and then take early wickets to put Hampshire under pressure.
Essex v Northamptonshire
No play due to rain
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan
No play due to rain
Surrey v Durham
No play due to rain
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