County cricket: Surrey v Warwickshire, Nottingham v Lancashire, and more – live | County Championship

Super stats from Dave Bracegirdle: Notts took 11 shots plus two from the keeper. Some brilliant efforts here.

And here we are!

The weather service is optimistic: A band of rain gradually spread across southern and western parts of the UK, with a few showers in northern Scotland. Elsewhere it will be mostly dry with sunny spells. Cooler in the rain but stays warm in the sun.

It seems to be gloomy at the moment Hampshire and London, sunny in Canterbury and Nottingham and cloudy in Northants. Let me know if I’m way off!

Division one

Southampton: Hampshire 503 v Durham 410-8

Canterbury: Kent 262-8 v Worcestershire 618-7 Dec

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 503 v Lancashire 331 and 100-6

The Oval: Surrey 464 and 31-0 v Warwickshire 343 and 209 Surrey need 58

Second division

Sofia Gardens: Glamorgan 411 and 58-2 BEAT Sussex 278 and 188 BY NINE WICKETS

County Grounds: Northants 171 and 144-2 v Gloucestershire 409 and 319-5dec

Lancashire‘s batters endured another bad day at the office, but not before their former wunderkind took a spin in the swivel chair and smoked some roots. NottinghamshireHaseeb Hameed cruised to the first double century of his career, carrying his bat for 247.

Ollie Stone assisted on a career-best 90. Lancashire then it went quiet as Dylan Pennington, who should be in England’s notebooks, cut through the top order and Dane Patterson and Lydon James did the rest. Tom Hartley and Matty Hurst twirled the bat at the end, but six wickets down Lancashire still needed 72 more to avoid an innings defeat.

Glamorgan handed over the table Sussex a three-day knock of nine wickets in Cardiff. Andy Gorwin grabbed a career-best five for 40 and, with the help of Mir Hamza and Mason Crane, Sussex were bowled out for 188 in their second innings, leaving Glamorgan 56 to win. They achieved this in less than eight overs for their first Championship win since May last year.

Kemar Roach’s six for 46 Surrey in sight of a third championship victory on the bounce against Warwickshire in the Oval. With Rory Burns and Dom Sibley at the top, Surrey needed just 58 more. Jamie Smith’s magical 155 and a partnership of 115 with big hitter Sean Abbott lifted Surrey to maximum points.

A high-scoring tie looks on the cards on the docile pitch Hampshire‘s Rose Bowl, where David Bedingham went Durham past the next target and safely on 140, his second century of the summer. Liam Dawson managed to clear a personal best of 62 over and was awarded five-fair

Cameron Bancroft scored an unbeaten 130 Gloucestershire in an excellent position against Northamptonshire. Set 558 to win, Emilio Gay went on the offensive, his 74 a thrilling combination of luck and finesse.

At Canterbury, Jack Leaning batted all day for a tenacious 152 not out, giving Kent the specter of a chance of survival vs Worcestershire. Kent are still 256 behind but the pitch is welcoming. Beyers Swanepoel hit 54 on debut

Good beautiful May morning! And best of luck to anyone doing SATS or starting GCSEs or A levels this week – may the force be with you (or your offspring). In the Championship, we’re entering day four of round six – at the end of today we’ll be a third of the way through the season.

Around the grounds Glamorgan have already polished off Sussex and Warwickshire and Lancashire are fading fast. It looks a tie in the Rose Bowl, so the main interest may lie in whether Northants and Kent can get themselves out of trouble.