The sun has continued to beam down, lovely weather for watching cricket, but rather harder for playing in. Still it's helping games to progress, and surely there should be plenty of results this week. Indeed there has been on already and so we'll begin there.
Day 3
Somerset v Durham - Somerset win by 5 wickets
Dur - 384 & 167
Som - 400-9d & 152-5
After drawing their previous four matches Somerset finally look like winning again, which is bad news for Durham. The home side marched on to full batting points this morning after Trego was bowled for 89. They immediately declared to get back to bowling. Durham began their second innings brightly and made it to 69 with only one wicket down, but all that was about to change. Three wickets fell for no runs but that was not the most destructive spell. 62 runs later Dockrell picked up four wickets, for no runs in three overs, to reduce the visitors from 131-4 to 131-8! Another small recovery lifted Durham to 158 but their lead was a slender 151 when they were eventually dismissed.
Still there may have been some nerves after Barrow was lbw first ball and Compton was caught to leave the score on 17-2. Suppiah (73) however made sure there would be no upset, despite the late wickets that came as Somerset raced over the line.
Somerset pick up a maximum 24 points, while Durham only get 7.
Day 2
Surrey v Warwickshire
Sur - 223 & 144-4
War - 247
Batty took 6 for 73 as Surrey restricted Warwickshire to a lead of just 24 in the first innings. Wickets in the middle of the morning session meant the visitors couldn't continue as they had last night, and eventually they found themeselves on 213-9, but 34 for the last wicket boosted their total.
Their lead was short lived however as Surrey made a good start, although they lost two wickets for one run to reduce them to 108-4. Since then though they've progressed nicely to put this game in a very exciting position with two days still to play. Their lead is 120, with six wickets left.
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
Nor - 411
Glo - 156-6
Northamptonshire progressed slowly on past 400 today, while Gloucestershire tried eight bowlers to mix things up. In response the visitors were rocketing along at faster than 4 an over for a while, but it cost them 6 wickets, with only Dent (45) and Marshall (49*) going into double figures so far, (although 33 extras have also accumulated).
Kent v Leicestershire
Lei - 141
Ken - 404-6
Kent have taken a huge lead at home as Leicestershire struggled in the field. They only took 4wickets all day as Key (85), Nash (76) and Powell (133*) piled on the runs. Overnight the lead stands at 263 and the visitors could easily be in danger of an innings defeat.
Lancashire v Middlesex
Lan - 392
Mid - 155-5
Lancashire crept up to 392 after Prince completed a fabulous innings of 144. The visitors then lost wickets regularly, slipping to 69-3 and 95-5, before Dexter (33*) and Simpson (28*) put on 60* for the highest partnership of the innings. They will need to go in the morning though to avoid a big first innings defecit.
Hampshire v Glamorgan
Ham - 316 & 25-0
Gla - 327
A remarkably even game is unfolding at Southampton after Bragg and North both got 70s for Glamorgan. Balcombe picked up 4 wickets for Hampshire to keep the lead to just 11 and the home team's openers then saw off 8 overs, and the defecit, before the close.
Essex v Derbyshire
Ess - 182 & 46-2
Der - 323
Derbyshire built up a big lead mainly thanks to Durston who scored 116, his second hundred of the summer. Poynton also added 50* late on, off just 35 balls. Meanwhile Craddock picked up 5 for 96. second time around Essex lost two quick wickets to leave them on 3-2 but Shah and Pettini saw them through to the close, 95 runs behind.
Watch out for Pro40 cricket coming later tonight.
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