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Zak Crawley may carry his bat at this rate \u2013 a third wicket for Tom Taylor, Muyeye lbw for four. Kent<\/a> 38-3<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMay I just say that it\u2019s nice to see Glos playing properly,\u201d writes Andrew Benton. \u201cIts been a tough past three weeks! The new additions are clearly now starting to settle in.\u201d<\/p>\n This is their best match, for sure. Will Williams now has two wickets to go with yesterday\u2019s 98. Martin Andersson (17) and Wayne Madsen (65) the Derbyshire<\/a> men out this morning. Derbyshire 173 for five, 325 behind Glos.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lancashire too are having a tricky start to their second innings \u2013 16 for two up at CLS. Balderson and Jennings the men out, Harris trudges out in familiar role. Replacement Minto took one of the wickets.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Crawley is still in at New Road, but Northeast is out \u2013 a second wicket for Tom Taylor. Kent<\/a> 34-2 and in deep trouble.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>New ball at The Oval<\/p>\n Cook and Porter to winkle out an immovable object (84) and his sidekick (56). The crowd are slowly settling into their Oval seats. Surrey<\/a> 226-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.36 EDT<\/p>\n Kent are batting again and Zak Crawley has whizzed along to 14, although he\u2019s just lost his opening partner, Ben Compton\u2019s injury replacement, Ben Dawkins. Kent<\/a> 20-1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Enter Joe Root<\/p>\n A second wicket for Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Finlay Bean for a cracking 105.And now what Headingley has been waiting for \u2013 Joe Root. Enough to get Ollie Robinson licking his lips. Yorkshire<\/a> 200-2, 302 behind Sussex.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks to Tim Maitland who has an eye on the Headingley stream. \u201cLengthy stoppage after the first ball of the day at Headingley, after Tom Price injured an ankle fielding on the boundary.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Fifty for Dan Lawrence<\/p>\n Lawrence tucks into Simon Harmer, muscling him to the rope to reach fifty off 74 balls.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I read a moving interview<\/a> with Chris Smith, brother of Robin, by Nick Hoult yeseterday.<\/p>\n One for your elevenses if you are a subscriber, otherwise here is a short extract.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the last period of 17 years I tried to straighten him [Robin] out. In my office there is a photo of him raising his bat having scored a century at Old Trafford with Ian Healy standing behind him in the 1989 Ashes Test [Robin scored 143, the next highest England score was 39 by Neil Foster]. He often asked me: \u2018Why do you have that photo in your office and it is the only one?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI said: \u2018I have it on my wall because I want the photo to remind me every day of what you were like at the height of your career and I will try every day to get you back there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The players are out at The Oval, milky blue skies and short shadows. Essex<\/a> have opened with Simon Harmer and Noah Thain, hoping to chip out one of these two before they take the new ball.<\/p>\n Ben Foakes warms up before day three at the Oval. Photograph: Philip Brown\/Getty Images for Surrey CCCShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.19 EDT<\/p>\n “Gutted not to get over the line”<\/p>\n Glamorgan\u2019s Mason Crane on being stumped for 99. \u201cIt was cool to be in the position [of coming close to a century]. Obviously, gutted not to get over the line but I would\u2019ve taken that at the start. It was tough to know what to do [when nine wickets down], I was wary the game wasn\u2019t really moving but Hads [Ryan Hadley] did his bit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe start of our innings looked hard to bat, you never know what hybrid pitches are like, a bit unpredictable. Hopefully something happens and it starts to spin but at the moment looks good to bat.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Oval mowers are chugging to and fro (to and fro) and music from the Sunday church service held above my head is pumping away. Dom Sibley will resume shortly on 74, Dan Lawrence a little more frisky on 38. Surrey<\/a> trail by 217.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Free entry at The Oval for marathon runners<\/p>\n Just present your medal at the gate. If you\u2019re not lining the streets, you can follow the day here.<\/p>\n And best of luck to previous CCLive! writer Will Macpherson who is running today!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Saturday’s round-up<\/p>\n An absorbing day at the Oval, where the sun smiled on Dom Sibley, who stabilised the Surrey motorcade with an unbeaten 74 after Essex had reduced them to 29 for two.<\/p>\n Ollie Pope also worked hard for his 69, a third consecutive score of over 50, largely disciplining himself against tight bowling. But just after tea Tom Westley brought Jamie Porter back into the attack and Pope popped him back an easy catch. He sloped off like a man made of jam. Earlier, Dan Lawrence was the surprise assassin, polishing off the Essex<\/a> ininings with three for 18 against his old club.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, it was a tale of what might have been. Mason Crane became the third Glamorgan player, and one of eight players in the round, to be removed in the nineties, after being left only with the company of the last man, Ryan Hadley. Crane crawled towards three figures until on 99 he swung at Ajaz Patel and was stumped, slumping over his bat like a fed-up gentil knight. Leicestershire\u2019s openers then enjoyed the generous Cardiff pitch, Jake Weatherald going five better than Crane, retiring hurt on 104.<\/p>\n Gloucestershire\u2019s Will Williams was run out for 98 at Derby despite a hurdy-gurdy dive, scampering for a second. He and Henry Brookes (89) had frustrated Derbyshire with a ninth-wicket stand of 191. Shoaib Bashir wheeled through 31 overs and finished with three for 116.<\/p>\n At New Road, Brett D\u2019Oliveira gave catching practice to second slip as Worcestershire tormented Kent, kicking the turf in frustration as he walked off for 90. Matt Milnes, hero of Kent\u2019s first innings, finished with four but 81 Worcs had a lead of 245 at stumps.<\/p>\n With just two overs of the day to go at Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire\u2019s Joe Clarke paddled Michael Booth (three for 59) to deep square leg to perish for 94, which precipitated a flurry of wickets and left Warwickshire on top. Ben Duckett (62) had earlier been lured to his doom by the part-time spin of Rob Yates. Earlier Josh Tongue\u2019s figures had taken a pounding.<\/p>\n Runs galore at Headingley, where John Simpson went on to 136, before holing out to Joe Root, and Sussex passed 500. Yorkshire\u2019s Finlay Bean reached his own hundred as the shadows lengthened.<\/p>\n Lancashire\u2019s Jimmy Anderson ruined any hopes Ben McKinney might have had of an eye-catching innings, sending his off stump tumbling towards the slip cordon after eight balls. Anderson also removed Alex Lees cheaply, but Durham\u2019s tail, shepherded by Matthew Potts (66), ensured the first-innings deficit was only 75. The new cricket substitute rule continued to raise eyebrows as Lancashire<\/a> were refused their choice of replacement for the second time, on the basis that Tom Hartley was too experienced to replace Arav Shetty. Lancs had to plump for George Bell instead.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Scores on the doors<\/p>\n DIVISION ONE<\/p>\n Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 440 v Leicestershire<\/a> 215-1<\/p>\n Trent Bridge: Notts 264-8 v Warwickshire<\/a> 459<\/p>\n The Oval: Surrey<\/a> 192-3 v Essex 409<\/p>\n Headingley: Yorkshire<\/a> 192-1 v Sussex 502<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n The County Ground: Derbyshire 144-3 v Gloucestershire<\/a> 498<\/p>\n Riverside: Durham 295 v Lancashire<\/a> 370<\/p>\n New Road: Worcestershire<\/a> 441-9 v Kent 196<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Good morning and happy London marathon day! The sun is out but it\u2019s still brisk \u2013 perfect running weather. For those with an eye on the county championship, we move into day three, which could be a nasty one for Kent<\/a>. Elsewhere, run-fests may evolve.<\/p>\n Play starts at 11am, do join us!<\/p>\n