Five more matches started today, to add to the three begun yesterday.
County Championship
Day 2
Durham v Warwickshire
Dur - 277 & 28-2
War - 197
Durham were dismissed fairly cheaply this morning, as Barker and Woakes both took four wickets to even the game. The home side will have been hoping to reach at least 300 but when Collingwood was lbw early in the day that target became harder.
Chopra (29) and Westwood (36) then put on 61 for the first wicket but soon Warwickshire were in trouble as they lost 5 wickets for 29 runs. After a short recovery more wickets fell to leave the visitors on 168-9, but stern resistance from last man Wright (21*) almost took Warwickshire to 200. Rushworth finished with 5 for 46 as Durham took an 80 run lead.
Play was still possible under apparently the only sunshine in the country and Warwickshire used it to fight back again, picking up two wickets, both lbw.
Middlesex v Somerset
Som - 173
Mid - 285-2
Middlesex only used four bowlers as they came back strongly this morning to nip out 6 batsmen for just 43 runs. Kieswetter was first to go, caught behind, one of Simpson's five catches in the innings.
The hosts showed that there was nothing wrong with the conditions though as they built the beginnings of a huge score. Rogers went to 173 and Denly 94*, with the pair putting on 245 for the second wicket, in just over 52 overs, to leave Somerset in deep trouble.
Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Lei - 177
Der - 191-5
Derbyshire inched towards Leicesterhire's small total as several players got going but failed to kick on to big scores. However Redfern (40*) and Wainwright added 41* before rain forced an early finish.
Day 1
Glamorgan v Yorkshire
Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat
Gla - 117-3
Just 34 overs were possible at Colwyn Bay where so far every batsman had reached double figures, with Walters (37*) top scoring.
Northamptonshire v Essex
Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Ess - 138-4
Essex recovered well from 57-4, with in the in-form Bopara scoring 65 not out to boost his team's total. Pettini had made 32 from 81 balls, while Shah was run out having faced just 1 ball.
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire
Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to field
Lan - 203-6
Adams was yet again amongst the wickets in a rain interrupted day in Nottingham. Lancashire were inserted and struggled early on slipping to 69-3. Croft added 29, before being caught behind, Chris Read's 700th catch for Nottinghamshire. Prince though eased his way to a good half-century. Shortly after he was dropped on 51 by Hales at 1st slip in a rare moment of error in the field. Cross (35) helped put on 52 for the sixth wicket to take the total past 200, but was caught brilliantly by a diving Taylor, just as the rain returned.
Sussex v Surrey
Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Sur - 124
Sus - 81-2
Sussex made good their decision to bowl first by dismissing Surrey in just over 40 overs. Anyon (4 for 63) and Magoffin (4 for 27) ripped through the visitors top order leaving them 32-5 before 32 from Batty lifted the score towards three figures.
Nash (38) and Wells (33*) then put all other batsmen to shame by building easily the biggest partnership of the match so far (69), up to the close.
Kent v Hampshire
Kent won the toss and decided to field
Ham - 50-3
Kent used the damp of the morning to take three Hampshire wickets in the 15 overs avaliable today. Katich is 21 not out overnight.
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