COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE ROUNDUP: The ex-England openers both reached four figures for the campaign on the same day as Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire built solid foundations
Chelmsford (day two of four): Essex 602-5d, Warwickshire 140-2 - Warwickshire are 462 runs behind with eight first-innings wickets remaining
Dan Mousley led the Warwickshire fightback to Essex's mammoth first-innings total with an innings that belied the gravity of the situation facing the visitors in the County Championship match at Chelmsford.
The imposing right-hander clocked up only his third half-century of the season, but at a rate of more than a run-a-ball. It was in contrast to his more measured captain Alex Davies, who went along at half the rate in a second-innings stand of 86 that pulled Warwickshire back into the game.
Though Davies departed for 52 from 116 balls, stumped by the alert Michael Pepper to give Matt Critchley a second wicket of the innings, Mousley was still there at the end with 54 from 53 balls and Warwickshire 140 for 2.
It had been a chastening day and a half in the field for Warwickshire after Davies put Essex in as Essex rattled up 602 for 5, declared on an unresponsive, green-tinged pitch. Along the way, there were three Essex centurions, curiously all scoring their third three-figure scores of the season.
Tom Westley's 134 was followed by Charlie Allison and Michael Pepper, who combined in a 38-over, sixth-wicket stand of 195, the largest partnership in an innings of large partnerships.
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Adam Lyth and James Wharton helped Yorkshire into a first-innings lead (Jack Bird)
Trent Bridge (day two of four): Somerset 438, Nottinghamshire 189-2 - Nottinghamshire are 249 runs behind with eight first-innings wickets remaining
Captain Haseeb Hameed's third century of the season helped title-chasing Nottinghamshire build a solid foundation in reply to Somerset's 438 on day two of their County Championship clash at Trent Bridge.
Hameed, who struck 15 fours and two sixes, also passed 1,000 first-class runs for the season with the same shot that completed his hundred. He had earlier shared a stand of 101 for the second wicket with Freddie McCann (48).
At 189 for 2, though, Nottinghamshire, who began this round one point behind Division One leaders and defending champions Surrey, still have much work to do, trailing by 249 runs even after third-placed Somerset lost their last seven wickets for 100, Mohammad Abbas (3 for 60) and Dillon Pennington (3 for 71) sharing the bowling honours for the home side.
Somerset's 438 all out - while a total not to be sniffed at after being asked to bat first - perversely still felt like fewer than they probably should have accumulated on a pitch with little in it for the bowling side, given that they had been 338 for 3 before Tom Abell's demise shortly before the close.
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Scarborough (day two of four): Sussex 222, Yorkshire 292-4 - Yorkshire are 70 runs ahead with six first-innings wickets remaining
Adam Lyth's fifth Rothesay County Championship career century on his home ground at Scarborough helped take him beyond 1,000 runs for the summer and put Yorkshire in charge of their clash with Sussex at its halfway stage.
Lyth, aged 37, learnt his trade on this ground as a junior and still lives in neighbouring Whitby. He just loves this place, and it showed with 115 off 233 balls, including 16 fours.
Day two was almost the perfect day for the ex-England Test opener, who ensured the White Rose county replied strongly to Sussex's first-innings 222 all out with 292 for 4 from 90 overs.
Lyth and third-wicket partner James Wharton, who contributed 85 off 130 balls, shared 168 either side of tea after Sussex had started the day advancing from 210 for 9. Danny Lamb top-scored with 48, and Jack White finished with three wickets.
While Sussex, placed fifth before this 11th-round Division One fixture, will still be looking over their shoulders, this is a far more important game for ninth-placed Yorkshire, inside the bottom two in the top-flight table.
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