Lunchtime scoreboard:

Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire v Kent 239-8

Taunton: Somerset 128 v Essex 156 & 95-4

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire 248 v Sussex 70-1

Lord's: Middlesex v Leicestershire 108-4

Headingley: Yorkshire v Glamorgan 195-6.

Essex getting rattled through again so will need Cook and Porter to rescue them again. Needed one or two to have a bit of a dash really, being defensive means you'll have one with your name on it eventually. Somerset will still need the biggest score of the game to win though.

comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 55 minutes ago
Essex getting rattled through again so will need Cook and Porter to rescue them again. Needed one or two to have a bit of a dash really, being defensive means you'll have one with your name on it eventually. Somerset will still need the biggest score of the game to win though.
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Not looking good

Essex losing their last 4 wickets for 1 run is going to cost them here. I know it's a low scoring game and obviously very hard to bat out there but I felt we had to set them around 200 to have enough. Snater has fought back well with the ball but always feels easier to chase a total in a game like this when you have the momentum of rolling a side out cheaply in the second innings.

comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 18 minutes ago
Essex losing their last 4 wickets for 1 run is going to cost them here. I know it's a low scoring game and obviously very hard to bat out there but I felt we had to set them around 200 to have enough. Snater has fought back well with the ball but always feels easier to chase a total in a game like this when you have the momentum of rolling a side out cheaply in the second innings.
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Half an hour ago I was going to post that we were about thirty short but got side tracked and missed the end.

Close of play scoreboard

Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 119-4 v Kent 261

Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire 248 v Sussex 357-5

Lord's: Middlesex 64-1 v Leicestershire 306

Headingley: Yorkshire 295-2 v Glamorgan 221.

Sunday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c72pndgdg78t

A ton for Joe Root.

Lunchtime scoreboard

Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 224-6 v Kent 261

Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire 248 & 19-0 v Sussex 479

Lord's: Middlesex 158-2 v Leicestershire 306

Headingley: Yorkshire 458-4 v Glamorgan 221.

Close of play scoreboard:

Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire 92 & 332 v Kent 261 & 71-1 - Kent need 164 to win

Taunton: Somerset 128 & 170-7 v Essex 156 & 138 - Somerset won by three wickets

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire 248 & 109 v Sussex 479 - Sussex win by an innings and 124 runs

Lord's: Middlesex 407-8 v Leicestershire 306

Headingley: Yorkshire 519-7 dec v Glamorgan 221 & 171-3.

Monday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c51n6e16rret

Lunch scores:
Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire (3 pts) 92 & 332 lost to Kent (20 pts) 261 & 162-3 by 7 wkts

Division Two:

Lord's: Middlesex 407-8 v Leicestershire 306 - no play before lunch

Headingley: Yorkshire 519-7 dec v Glamorgan 221 & 277-3

Results -

Division One:

Taunton: Somerset (19pts) 128 & 170-7 beat Essex (3pts) 156 & 138 by 3 wkts wickets

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire (2pts) 248 & 109 lost to Sussex (23pts) 479 by an innings and 124 runs.

Round five results:

Division One:

Old Trafford: Lancashire (3pts) 92 & 332 lost to Kent (20pts) 261 & 162-3 by 7 wkts

Taunton: Somerset (19pts) 128 & 170-7 beat Essex (3pts) 156 & 138 by 3 wkts

Division Two:

Derby: Derbyshire (2pts) 248 & 109 lost to Sussex (23pts) 479 by an innings and 124 runs

Headingley: Yorkshire (16pts) 519-7 dec drew with Glamorgan (10pts) 221 & 372-7

Lord's: Middlesex (12pts) 407-8 drew with Leicestershire (15pts) 306.

Grange the Kent!

A new round of matches. Today's updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/cg391pq6j47t

Tea scores:

Division One

Southampton: Hampshire 210-2 v Durham

Canterbury: Kent v Worcestershire 210-3

Nottingham: Notts v Lancs 208-4

The Oval: Surrey v Warks 195-6

Division Two

Cardiff: Glamorgan v Sussex 186-7

Northampton: Northants v Gloucestershire 222-4.

Close of play scoreboard:

Division One

Southampton: Hampshire 336-4 v Durham

Canterbury: Kent v Worcestershire 308-5

Nottingham: Notts v Lancs 306-8

The Oval: Surrey v Warks 318-8

Division Two

Cardiff: Glamorgan 21-1 v Sussex 278

Northampton: Northants v Gloucestershire 338-8.

Saturday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c9ezg23ln8pt

Lunch scoreboard:

Division One

Southampton: Hampshire 420-6 v Durham

Canterbury: Kent v Worcs 424-7

Nottingham: Notts 64-2 v Lancs 331

The Oval: Surrey 65-0 v Warks 343

Division Two

Cardiff: Glamorgan 136-4 Sussex 278

Northampton: Northants 56-1 v Glos 409.

Sunday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/cjew5n0r24xt

A big score for Haseeb Hameed.

Lunchtime scoreboard:

Division One

Hampshire 503 v Durham 225-5

Kent 179-4 v Worcestershire 618-7 dec

Nottinghamshire 394-7 v Lancashire 331

Surrey 464 v Warwickshire 343 & 4-0

Division Two

Glamorgan 411 v Sussex 278 & 111-5

Northants 171 v Gloucestershire 409 & 202-3.

Someone always comes up with a big score for Surrey. It is why they will be the team to beat for the championship.

247* for Haseeb Hameed.

Close of play scoreboard:

Division One

Hampshire 503 v Durham 410-8

Kent 362-8 v Worcestershire 618-7 dec

Nottinghamshire 503 v Lancashire 331 & 100-6

Surrey 464 & 31-0 v Warwickshire 343 & 209

Division Two

Glamorgan (411 & 58-1) beat Sussex (278 & 188) by nine wickets

Northants 171 & 144-2 v Gloucestershire 409 & 319-5 dec.

Monday updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/cpwg93dxqe6t

Crawley out for 10.

Lunch:

Division One

Hampshire 503 & 34-2 v Durham 432

Kent 407 & 18-1 v Worcestershire 618-7 dec

Nottinghamshire 503 v Lancashire 331 & 198-8

Surrey 464 & 89-1 v Warwickshire 343 & 209

Surrey won by nine wickets

Division Two

Northants 171 & 225-4 v Gloucestershire 409 & 319-5 dec.

Wins for Surrey, Nottinghamshire & Gloucestershire.

Results:

Division One

Hampshire 503 & 62-2 v Durham 432

Match drawn

Kent 407 & 146-4 v Worcestershire 618-7 dec

Match drawn

Nottinghamshire 503 & 81-1 v Lancashire 331 & 252

Nottinghamshire won by nine wickets

Surrey 464 & 89-1 v Warwickshire 343 & 209

Surrey won by nine wickets

Division Two

Northants 171 & 301 v Gloucestershire 409 & 319-5 dec

Gloucestershire won by 256 runs.

Still coming to terms with the Jimmy retirement will have to do an article on him at some point.

Kind of feel like it's a good decision but it's amazing how one man retiring suddenly opens the door so much. I guess with the age of Wood and Woakes, the under performing Robinson following on from the retirement of Broad, after a series in India where we played 1 pacer at times. There is suddenly a wealth of bowlers being talked about but actually, the problem is there isn't one or two stand out candidates.

The stand out on the county circuit for the last 5, 6, 7 years is Sam Cook. Rob Key name checked him a couple of times as I think he's seen as the most skilful bowler on the circuit, despite not having the pace. The fact that that he's seen as an outsider shows they want guys who bowl 85mph or more.

Interestingly Woakes nor Potts do that and they are seen as the guys who will likely play the first and second test in the summer (with Jimmy in the first test and Woof in the second) Tongue looks set to miss a decent chunk of the summer and Archer is nowhere near a test return. So who are the quicks England should be looking at this summer?

Surrey in a bit of trouble even with that big partnership. They'll claw it back because they always do and still end up getting in excess of 350 before bowling Worcesterhire out for 220 or less.

Lancashire's top order have finally fired for them against a Durham side featuring Ben Stokes who seems to be doing a decent amount of bowling and has just taken a wicket.

Interestingly Woakes nor Potts do that and they are seen as the guys who will likely play the first and second test in the summer (with Jimmy in the first test and Woof in the second) Tongue looks set to miss a decent chunk of the summer and Archer is nowhere near a test return. So who are the quicks England should be looking at this summer?

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Ollie Robinson also bowls at around the same pace as Snaters dooblie doblies.

Expect Clark and Abbott to put on 150 plus.

Don't get why we've forced Jimmy to retire after 1 game personally.

Fair enough he won't be the man to take to Australia but Broad has already retired, Robinson either can't stay fit or lacks discipline, Wood can't play more than 2 games is a row, and Woakes is crap everywhere but England.

We've basically got to have rookies now form our bowling line-up, and I don't understand why you wouldn't have Jimmy around for the whole summer to help guide them.