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Right, what\u2019s happening at Taunton? Overton C has removed both Yorkshire<\/a> openers and Joe Root is in, on 13. Yorks 78-2 trail by just 34.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Emilio Gay seems to slipped to snails pace down at Lord\u2019s, was expecting him to be raising his bat about now, but he\u2019s only added 12 runs in the first hour. Durham<\/a> 182-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n With just Josh Hull for company, Eskinazi is ploughing everything he can get now, scoops Hayes for four. Leicestershire<\/a> 270-9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Just before the new ball is due, Ajaz Patel steps and swipes, the ball flies high and into the hands of HH at midwicket. Leicestershire<\/a> now 266-9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>10,000 runs for Dom Sibley<\/p>\n Dom Sibley ploughs on, and on, at The Oval, now 131 not out in Surrey\u2019s 338-3. Ollie Pope fluttered prettily briefly before giving slip a catch off Ollie Robinson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A fifth wicket at Canterbury, where events are hurtling towards a conclusion. Shoaib Bashir, whose throw ran out Northeast, now catches Ekansh Singh off Rory Haydon, who is having quite a game \u2013 eight wickets and counting. Kent<\/a> 65-5.<\/p>\n Mike Daniels has an eye on events from the Grace Road scorebox: \u201cYou feel, with conditions as they are and a new ball in 10 overs, that Leics won\u2019t be long in being asked to follow on, short of a miracle.\u201d Eskinazi and Ajaz Patel have just picked up a batting bonus point, though Eskinazi doesn\u2019t want to be wafting like that too often.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A second wicket for Ryan Higgins at Lord\u2019s, McKinney nibbling behind for 58. Middx 152-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Kent, oh dear. Sam Northeast run out to what looks like a duff call from DBD, then shortly afterwards DBD lbw to Aitchison for four. Kent<\/a> 54-4 lead by 102. Time for another lower-order rescue act.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Fifty for Ben McKinney and Ben Eskinazi!<\/p>\n With an edge in front of slip, McKinney\u2019s eighth half century for Durham<\/a>. He and Emilio Gay (78) both played for England Lions last winter. I wonder if there is a selector at Lord\u2019s today.<\/p>\n While at Grace Road, fifty from 123 balls for Stevie Eskinazi \u2013 a great little stop-the-rot innings. Leics 228-8, need another 113 to avoid the follow on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lovely to see Richard Rae in the commentary box \u2013 he\u2019s such a pro. Gutted that he won\u2019t be doing any more CC after the next game due to a money-saving decision by BBC Leicester<\/a>. In other news, Nottinghamshire Brett Hutton has been formally replaced by James Hayes<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Green peace at Grace Road, though not for long with Olly Stone due to finish his over shortly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n None of the England women are playing this weekend, instead they\u2019re team-building at an army camp. I\u2019m naturally dubious despite England winning the Ashes after their trip to Bavaria which Graeme Swann, in his autobiography, The Breaks Are Off, described as \u201ceasily the worst four days of my life\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Saturday’s round-up<\/p>\n Nottinghamshire\u2019s Olly Stone, whose fragile body has broken with heartbreaking regularity, blew away Leicestershire in their East Midlands derby. His bowling, fierce and with chopstick-sharp accuracy, torpedoed stumps and tortured batters. Figures of five-for-41 were his best for Notts, a first five-wicket haul since 2019. Earlier, Ben Green had finished with seven for 112 as Notts\u2019 innings ended on 490.<\/p>\n At Taunton, Somerset\u2019s innings subsided much as Yorkshire\u2019s had. Jack White collected four for 41 as Somerset lost their last seven wickets for just 73. The in-form Tom Abell reached 50 and Will Smeed, easing his way into red-ball cricket, was left unbeaten on a careful 36. Thomas Rew, brother of James, was out for a duck on Championship debut, before rain wiped out much of the day after lunch.<\/p>\n With an England opener slot potentially up for grabs, Durham\u2019s Emilio Gay didn\u2019t fluff his lines, 75 not out at quite the lick at Lord\u2019s. Ben McKinney, also mentioned in dispatches, delivered a more sedate 46. Earlier, Ryan Higgins collected his first century for nearly two years, and Zafar Gohar added 56 as Middlesex passed 400. Ben Raine was the pick of the Durham bowlers with five for 58.<\/p>\n But if Brendon McCullum decides to change tack, he need glance only over to the Oval, where the stolid and steady Dom Sibley finished unbeaten on 116 for Surrey, his second hundred in successive games. Rory Burns and Ryan Patel collected more rapid half-centuries, and Sussex\u2019s Henry Crocombe, who hit Burns on the hand before dismissing him, zipped through an impressive spell.<\/p>\n Luis Reece played an innings to remember at Canterbury, thrashing five sixes to get Derbyshire closer to Kent\u2019s first innings score of 352 than looked likely. He and Shoaib Bashir (12) added 56 for the last wicket as the visitors reached 304, much to Kent\u2019s frustration. Rain stopped play, but not before Rory Haydon had spoilt Zak Crawley\u2019s afternoon, trapping him lbw for 15.<\/p>\n Ricardo Vasconcelos\u2019 second century of the season was an entertaining one, hauling Northamptonshire in front of Worcestershire at New Road. Saif Zaib, whose outstanding form last year won him several awards, danced to a quick 75.<\/p>\n At Southampton, there was a first Championship double century for Kiran Carlson, and a career-best 143 for Zain ul Hassan, before Glamorgan declared and the rain rolled in to stall Hampshire\u2019s reply.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Scores on the doors<\/p>\n Division One<\/p>\n Southampton: Hampshire 58-0 v Glamorgan<\/a> 536-7dec<\/p>\n Leicester: Leicestershire 220-8 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 490<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset 274 v Yorkshire<\/a> 162 and 13-0<\/p>\n The Oval: Surrey 292-2 v Sussex<\/a> 358-9dec<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n Canterbury: Kent 352 and 38-2 v Derbyshire<\/a> 304<\/p>\n Lord\u2019s: Middlesex<\/a> 430 v Durham 135-1<\/p>\n Northampton: Northants 366-5 v Worcestershire<\/a> 306<\/p>\n