County cricket: Durham v Essex, Yorkshire v Derbyshire, and more – live

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Lunchtime scores

DIVISION ONE

Chester le Street: Durham 358 v Essex 450-6

The Oval: Surrey 359 BEAT Hampshire 151 and 197 BY AN INNINGS AND 11 RUNS

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 293-7 v Nottinghamshire 400

Kidderminster: Worcestershire 451-9dec v Somerset 309-9dec and 68-3

DIVISION TWO

Bristol: Gloucestershire 322 v Middlesex 203 and 406-6

Grace Road: Leicestershire 247-4 v Northampton 453-7dec

Headingley: Yorkshire 450-5dec v Derbyshire 297-7

Surrey beat Hampshire by an innings and 11 runs!

And it ends as it began, with a wicket for the Pope-Worrall combination. This time a double handed, dandelion-floating, swallow dive at second slip. Thanks to Andrew Sampson, we know that Pope equals the Surrey record, matching Tony Lock’s eight in the match. The Worrall-Pope deadly duo of six in match is a Surrey record. And all with his sunglasses stuck firmly to his cap. Five wickets for Dan Worrall, who leads the players off with 8-91. Surrey stride top-of-the-table-wards.

Lunchtime round the grounds, but they’re taking the extra half hour at The Oval, with Hampshire nine down. Brown gone attempting a boundary too many.

Alas, no century for poor Jacob Bethell, but a first wicket of the season for Olly Stone, who, according to the commentators, has been bowling with threat. He looks a bit less twig and a bit more oak tree than he used to. Hopefully that means an end to his nightmareish run of injuries.

Renshaw and Lammonby digging in for Somerset at Kidderminster. Pitch looks a bit flat and Worcestershire have only got rid of nightwatch Jake Ball this morning. Somerset 62-2, trail by 80.

Ben Brown changes the mood by taking a huge side step and rocket-launching Worrall over extra cover for four. Rory Burns harrumphs and brings on Cam Steel.

Over at Edgbaston, Warwickshire have avoided the follow on. 20-year-old Jason Bethell, on 91, his highest first-class score, eyes up a maiden century. Just one wicket for Notts this morning, to Calvin Harrison.

A seventh for Pope! He collects low and to his left at second slip as Abbott thinks why not and tries to drive Worrall down the ground . A fourth for the smiling assassin. The sun is out at The Oval, and Surrey need just two more Hampshire wickets.

Looking at Gus Atkinson’s peg-leg cricket whites and saw some golfers in ridiculously tight trousers the other day. Thinking this guy should have a look at sports wear.

for classically cut suits and sports coats, your trousers should have some relationship to your jacket so there is a coherent silhouette. here is what i mean pic.twitter.com/rNftHkhnbM

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) April 28, 2024

I know absolutely nothing about clothes, but he makes things like trouser width genuinely interesting. Dennis Lillee’s flares must have brought their own issues though. Anyway, Ben Brown giving this game his best shot, as Atkinson sends a snorter towards Abbott’s nose. Hants 159-7, trail by 49.

Flare up: Dennis Lillee and Javed Miandad Photograph: UPI/POPPERFOTO

At Chester le Street, Essex have taken the lead, Ben Browne has his hundred, but Callum Parkinson has grabbed another two wickets. Essex 379-5. Young Thain in – reckon he can slam it around a bit.

A second wicket for the rapid, tiptoeing, Atkinson – this time Dan Lawrence is the catcher, in the gully, the ball thudding into the bread basket before he clings onto the rebound. Fuller gone cheaply. Hampshire 139-7.

In the other two games in Division Two, Lewis Hill has been lbw to George Scrimshaw (hope he gets another go with England this year), Leicestershire 142-3, while at Bristol Ajeet Singh Dale has prized out Max Holden for 111, closing the lid on a fourth-wicket partnership of 201. Higgins still there on 137. Middx 325-4, lead by 206.

Fisher makes the breakthrough at Headingley, Brooke Guest losing his off stump. Madsen still there though, on 92. Derbys 209-4, still 90 short of the follow on.

And there goes Dawson! A sixth catch for Pope who grins and promptly shoves his hands back in his pocket. A third wicket for the irrepressible Worrall. Hampshire 117-6.

Switch on the Surrey stream and see Ben Brown get a snorter from Kemar Roach, that just bounces before Ollie Pope at slip. Not sure this is going to last long.

I’ve just been flicking through a little book on Peter Eckersley, by Malcolm Lorimer. Before he was 32, he’d captained Lancashire for seven summers, won two County Championships, become a skilled pilot and been elected to parliament. In the early days of flight, he once flew Lancashire to an away game (which would not be approved of now!) A fascinating guy, died too soon in a plane crash, aged 36. Anyway, we’re about to get going around the grounds, with all eyes, first, to The Oval.

Starting at 11 at Headingley, and looking good at Chester le Street too.

Unbelievably, they’re starting on time at Grace Road. Bravo all round.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 ⏰

Head Groundsman, Andy Ward, credits the extraordinary efforts of his team to get the ground fit for play after yesterday’s heavy rainfall. 👏

🦊#LEIvNOR pic.twitter.com/lwt7wgk1f5

— Leicestershire CCC 🏏 (@leicsccc) April 29, 2024

Weather watch

Better. Breezy. Showery over Cumbria, otherwise mostly dry with scattered showers. The heady heights of 14C.

Sunday’s round-up

Heavy rain stalked the country but, despite not getting onto the field until 4.30pm, Surrey marched inevitably towards their second win of the season.

Hampshire, starting 177 runs behind and two wickets down, lost most of their middle-order ballast during the evening session: Ollie Pope taking two dramatic catches at slip to dismiss Nick Gubbins and Tom Prest, and James Vince, cracked on the shoulder by a Gus Atkinson bouncer, then lbw to a Kemar Roach in swinger after a 95-ball vigil of 26. Hampshire still trail Surrey by 92, with five wickets remaining, and Monday’s forecast in London offers them little chance of succour.

Ed Barnard’s determined 69 helped hold off the Notts dogs at Edgbaston on a day when only 35 overs were possible. He was also helped by thirties from Dan Mousley and Jacob Bethell. Warwickshire need another 76 runs to avoid the follow on.

A century from Gareth Roderick gave Worcestershire the upper hand at Kidderminster, four batting points and a first-innings lead of 142 before Jason Holder removed Sean Dickson for a duck in Somerset’s three over batting test in the evening light. Shoaib Bashir bowled with aplomb, settling into a good rhythm and keeping his head despite being dispatched for sixes over the railway line, removing both Jake Libby, for a sterling 97, and the boundary-happy Kashif Ali.

Max Holden and Ryan Higgins both made classy unbeaten hundreds to set up what could be a thrilling final day at Bristol. From the dregs of 9-2, Holden and Higgins, with help from Leus du Plooy, helped Middlesex build a second innings lead of 143 – with seven wickets still in hand. Earlier, Henry Brookes had finished off the Gloucestershire innings with three wickets in an over. At Grace Road, Chester-le-Street and Headingley, no play was possible.