Find out what happened across the LV= Insurance County Championship on day two of the first round of divisional fixtures
Division One
Hampshire v Yorkshire
Southampton (second day of four): Yorkshire 243 & 34-1, Hampshire 163 - Yorkshire lead by 114 runs
Yorkshire's bowlers put their side in full control of the LV= County Championship clash against Hampshire on a day of White Rose dominance at the Ageas Bowl.
Victory for either team would greatly enhance a push to be in the title mix, but it was the visitors who seized the initiative as Hampshire were bowled out for 163 having earlier dismissed the visitors for 243 before lunch.
Yorkshire closed the day on 34 for 1 in their second innings - an imposing-looking lead of 114 - despite losing Adam Lyth for seven before the close.
Lancashire v Warwickshire
Emirates Old Trafford (second day of four): Warwickshire 371, Lancashire 100-1 - Lancashire trail Warwickshire by 271 runs with nine wickets in hand
Lancashire fought their way back into contention on day two of their Division One clash with Warwickshire after an excellent display with ball and bat at Emirates Old Trafford left them 100 for 1 at the close.
The improving situation for the hosts was mainly down to an unbeaten second-wicket stand of 94 between Josh Bohannon and Luke Wells, with the former reaching 59 not out at the close of play.
Resuming on 259 for 3, the visitors finally succumbed at around ten past three on the second afternoon after painstakingly making their way to 371 all out off 139.1 overs.
Somerset v Nottinghamshire
Taunton (second day of four): Nottinghamshire 488, Somerset 87-7 - Somerset trail Nottinghamshire by 401 runs with three wickets in hand
Liam Patterson-White hit his maiden first-class century as Nottinghamshire took a firm grip on the LV= Insurance County Championship Division One game with Somerset at Taunton.
The 22-year-old left-hander made 101 to help his side progress their first innings from an overnight 282 for 6 to 448 all out, Luke Fletcher striking 51 and Tom Moores 46.
Skipper Tom Abell (3 for 84) was the most successful bowler in a depleted Somerset attack, badly missing England’s Craig Overton and the injured Lewis Gregory.
By the time bad light ended play at 5.50pm, the home side had collapsed to 87 for 7 and were staring down the barrel of a follow-on. Fletcher took the first four wickets and ended the day with figures of 4 for 21 from 11 overs.
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Division Two
Glamorgan v Essex
Sophia Gardens (second day of four): Glamorgan 134 & 71-6, Essex 320 - Glamorgan trail Essex by 115 runs with four wickets in hand
Glamorgan’s batsmen collapsed for a second time in two days as Essex turned the screw after notching a 186-run first innings lead.
Having finally dismissed Essex for 320 in 101.2 overs the home county slumped to 20 for 5 against a barrage of seam bowling from Sam Cook and Jamie Porter that saw them both take 2 for 10 in the opening eight overs.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, Steven Reingold was inexplicably run out going for a quick single with Billy Root. And when the hero of the first innings, Shane Snater, came on and trapped Dan Douthwaite lbw with his third ball in the 11th over, Glamorgan were 29 for 6 and hoping to scrape past their all-time worst score of 43 against Essex at The Gnoll, in Neath, in 1935.
They managed to do that and ended on 71 for 6 thanks to a stubborn 39 from skipper Chris Cooke, who put on an unbeaten 42 with Andrew Salter for the sixth wicket. It means Glamorgan will still need to score 115 runs on day three to avoid an innings defeat.
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
Bristol (second day of four): Northamptonshire 327, Gloucestershire 90-6 - Gloucestershire trail Northamptonshire by 237 runs with four wickets in hand
Ben Sanderson and Luke Procter took three wickets each to put Northamptonshire firmly on top at Bristol as Gloucestershire were reduced to 90 for 6 replying to 327.
Northants captain Adam Rossington extended his overnight 66 to 94 - his highest score of the season - as the visitors collected three batting points.
Sanderson then took out the Glosters’ top three before Procter’s haul left the home side reeling.
Liam Patterson-White scored his maiden century for Nottinghamshire on day two against Somerset
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Division Three
Middlesex v Derbyshire
Lord's (second day of four): Middlesex 282, Derbyshire 201-9 - Derbyshire trail Middlesex by 81 runs with one wicket in hand
Ethan Bamber claimed four wickets for the first time this season as Middlesex got the upper hand on day two against Derbyshire at Lord’s.
The Seaxes’ young seamer returned 4 for 37 and with skipper Tim Murtagh weighing in with 4 for 60 they reduced the visitors to 201 for 9, still 81 behind, a deficit which would have been far greater but for Leus du Plooy’s stylish 90.
Earlier Robbie White reached 120 in the host’s tally of 282, Sam Conners taking 3 for 65.
Leicestershire v Kent
Leicester (second day of four): Kent 232 & 210-9, Leicestershire 109 - Kent lead Leicestershire by 333 runs with one wicket in hand
Kent did not register a win in the conference segment of the LV= Insurance County Championship but are in a strong position to remedy that at the halfway stage of their opening divisional fixture against Leicestershire.
On a turning pitch, Callum Parkinson, the Leicestershire left-arm spinner, took 5 for 41, yet at 210 for 9 in their second innings when bad light curtailed the second day with 22 overs unbowled, Kent had built a lead of 333.
Chief contributor was the veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens with a masterful unbeaten 55 after Jack Leaning had added 34 to his first-innings 75 not out and Jordan Cox made 38.
Earlier, Leicestershire had been dismissed for 109, the wickets shared mainly between seamers Grant Stewart (3 for 20) and Matt Milnes (3 for 24) and another left-arm spinner, 23-year-old James Logan, who returned three for eight from 8.1 overs in his second first-class match for Kent after being released by Yorkshire last autumn.
Worcestershire v Sussex
Worcester (second day of four): Sussex 264, Worcestershire 186-7 - Worcestershire trail Sussex by 78 runs with three wickets in hand
Joe Sarro helped tipped the scales in Sussex’s favour during a late flurry of wickets on day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road.
The 19-year-old paceman struck in successive overs as three wickets fell for three runs in the space of 14 balls.
It reduced Worcestershire to 186 for 7 – still 78 in arrears – and capped off another promising day for the inexperienced Sussex line-up made up of no capped players and an average age of nineteen-and-a-half.
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