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Delay at Canterbury with the umpires inspecting the ball for some reason.

Surrey's batters taking the opportunity for a bit of a change of uniform. It is hot out there today.

Dom Sibley sweeps Hamidullah Qadri, times it nicely and finds the midwicket fence.

He's on to 95 now.

Surrey 139 away.

It's all got rather dull at Trent Bridge.

And that's just how Notts want it.

No drama so far after lunch with Joe Clarke's superb rearguard continuing. He now has 171.

Tom Moores is providing a wonderful blockathon at the other end - 20 from 82 balls now.

Notts remain 62 behind with 61 overs left in the day.

It's just becoming a little too concerning for Warwickshire.

Glamorgan have just lost their seventh wicket at Chester-le-Street and only lead by 33. Craig Miles has just bowled Andy Gorvin for 12 to leave them 273-7 and facing defeat.

Worcestershire have just lost their first wicket as they chase a mammoth target of 386 at Sussex. Ari Karvelas has dismissed Gareth Roderick to leave them 74-1.

Leicestershire are chipping away at Gloucestershire in their second innings but time is running out to force a result. Gloucestershire are 157-5 and lead by 175.

Matt Cole
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One thing Kent will need here is discipline if they are going to win this. They need to focus.

I think a couple of their players will be going up to see the umpire at the end of the day.

Kent are not happy.

Hamidullah Qadri thinks Ben Foakes has nicked behind, as does his skipper Jack Leaning.

They are off celebrating but the umpire doesn't raise his finger. Disbelief among the Kent players and the umpire has a word of warning for Qadri who might have said a bit too much.

Kent really need to break this partnership so you can understand their frustration. The umpire is wagging a finger in the direction of captain Leaning too at the end of the over.

Dom Sibley came to the crease for Surrey just before lunch on Tuesday.

And he remains there just after lunch on Wednesday, inching up to 88, leaving more balls than not, but picking up the odd run when available.

The run rate is 3.15 so far - and the required rate is 2.59 so Surrey can take their time. And Sibley is.

Essex bowl out Somerset before lunch at Chelmsford to win by 196 runs.

Yorkshire celebrate a County Championship victory for the first time in 14 months as they beat Derbyshire by three wickets.

Lancashire make short work of scoring the 92 runs they required to clinch a six-wicket Division One victory against Hampshire.

We're just getting back under way across our five remaining games - but let's catch up on how the three matches that have already finished turned out...

Wizard of Fire: All feels very doom and gloom at Kent this season, a loss today albeit against the best team in the country could very well be catastrophic. Wish I could send this rain from Canada to the ground.

Adrian Harms
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An intriguing afternoon in store at Hove with Worcestershire needing another 331 to win in 66 overs with 10 wickets in hand.

Jake Libby and Gareth Roderick have so far looked untroubled in their reply, and on a good pitch with Sussex bowler Nathan McAndrew not on the field, Worcestershire may feel this is an attainable total.

They'll play on at Chelmsford with Somerset nine down, but the rest of the games are at lunch...

Div One:

• Essex 462-9 dec & 170-7 dec v Somerset 167 & 258-9 (target 466) - still in play
• Kent 301 & 344 v Surrey 145 & 335-3 (target 501)
• Lancashire (374 & 142-4) beat Hampshire (142 & 371) by six wickets
• Notts 155 & 341-5 v Warwickshire 571-9 dec

Div Two:

• Yorkshire (353 & 215-7) beat Derbyshire (111 & 453) by three wickets
• Durham 630 v Glamorgan 390 & 250-6
• Gloucs 368 & 136-3 v Leics 350
• Sussex 348 & 447-7 dec v Worcs 410 & 55-0 (target 386)

The second-innings slog continues for Warwickshire.

Just the one wicket this morning - that of Steven Mullaney for 48.

The new ball didn't work for the Bears and they need a plan over lunch to try and take these remaining five wickets.

Joe Clarke is still there keeping Notts alive, 166 not out. Tom Moores with him on 16 from 70 balls.

Notts still trail by 75 and will probably need to bat deep into the final session to save the game.

66 overs remain.

Surrey's session, for sure - a wicketless morning for Kent, who can feel this match slowly slipping away.

Having begun the day on 263-3, the Division One leaders have added 72 runs with very few alarms.

The 501 target - which looked barely conceivable at 4-1 yesterday - is just 166 runs away with Dom Sibley (86no) and Ben Foakes (63no) having brought up their century partnership just before lunch.

Remember, if they see this through, it's the second highest run chase in Championship history.