Another day ticks by and rain spoiled some of it. Still it may help to drag out those games which are a bit one sided. Hopefully though it won't ruin the close contests.
County Championship
Day 2
Essex v Yorkshire
Yor - 312 & 44-3
Ess - 177
Yorkshire moved into a strong position on day two, despite some late wickets, and are now even closer to promotion and the division 2 title.
The hosts took their first innings past 300 in the morning, before Napier knocked over the final wicket to finish with 5 for 65. Essex though soon lost wickets of their own. The top four amassed 29 runs between them, but ten Doeschate came to the rescue with 62. He had little support however as no one else went past 20 and Essex were bowled out, still 135 runs behind.
Before the close, though, there was time for Napier to snaffle three more wickets leaving Yorkshire on 44-3.
Glamorgan v Kent
Gla - 390
Ken - 170 & 33-2
An unusual day saw runs in the morning from lower order batsmen, but little else from anyone else. Allenby extended his excellent knock to 125 not out, while Glover scored 55 as the pair put on 128 for the ninth wicket.
Glover then picked up the first wicket but Kent scored well as they went to 96-1 and 137-2. Then however the game turned firmly in Glamorgan's favour as Croft and Reed ran through the rest of the batsmen. Seven wickets fell for fifteen runs, and the last four of those fell for just two runs. Croft wrapped up the innings to finish with 5 for 31, while Reed, who took two wickets in two balls at one point collected 3 for 39.
The huge defecit of 220 has put Kent's promotion chances in serious doubt and Wagg then added to their misery with two late wickets to leave them on 33-2.
Derbyshire v Hampshire
Ham - 272
Der - 167-5
Most of the play in Derby was washed out, but 71 not out from Khawaja and 58 by Palladino has inched the hosts up to 167-5. They will hope to get as close to Hampshire's score as possible and stave off defeat, which might be enough to secure promotion.
Somerset v Worcestershire
Wor - 212
Som - 451-7
Suppiah fell early in the morning for 75 after the first wicket stand had gone to 153. The second wicket was even bigger as Trescothick went to an excellent hundred and Compton built a patient innings. The pair added 154 before Trescothick was caught for 146. The middle order struggled, although Trego made 45 in 45 balls, but Compton also went to three figures and finished not out on 114. Somerset's lead at the end of day two is already 239 and they may look to extend that further in the morning to add more pressure on Worcestershire.
Durham v Sussex
Sus - 211 & 112-5
Dur - 227
Mustard made 45 and lifted Durham past 200, after they had started the day on 131-6. A few more late runs also put them slightly ahead of Sussex on first innings scores. The visitors then lost Nash for 0 but Wells (51*) helped the score up to 46, before a collapse at the end of the day set Sussex back again. Thorp and Stokes took two wickets each to leave Sussex on 69-5. At the close their lead is only 96.
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire
Not - 155 & 49-0
War - 204
More bad weather restricted play at Trent Bridge, but Nottinghamshire kept the game even with some better batting. Blackwell (37) added a few more runs in the morning before being caught, but late runs took Warwickshire just past 200 and into a lead of 49.
Ironically Nottinghamshire then posted exactly 49-0 to leave the game perfectly even going into day 3.
Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Glo - 234
Lei - 220-5
Smith made 77, but fell with the score on 155-5 and Leicestershire still in some trouble. Thakor, however, has so far added 68* to take the hosts to within 14 of Gloucestershire's total after two days.
Lancashire v Surrey
No play due to rain
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