Find out what happened across the LV= Insurance County Championship on day one of the third round of divisional fixtures
Division One
Hamsphire v Nottinghamshire
Southampton (first day of four): Hampshire 226, Nottinghamshire 29-1 - Nottinghamshire trail Hampshire by 197 runs with nine first-innings wickets in hand
Leaders Nottinghamshire edged the first day of the top-of-the-table LV= County Championship clash against Hampshire, bowling out the hosts for 226 before negotiating a tricky last seven overs to close on 29 for 1.
England opener Haseeb Hameed fell late in the day to a fine delivery from Keith Barker that he nicked to Tom Alsop for two but Ben Duckett and Ben Slater survived until bad light brought play to a conclusion with Notts trailing by 197 runs with nine wickets in hand.
Somerset v Lancashire
Taunton (first day of four): Lancashire 364-8
Luke Wells’ first century for Lancashire led them to 364 for 8 on an entertaining opening day of the LV= Insurance County Championship Division One match with Somerset at Taunton.
The former Sussex batsman struck a powerful 103 off 113 balls, with 20 fours, receiving good support from Josh Bohannon, who contributed 50 and shared a third-wicket stand of 155 after the home side had won the toss.
Steven Croft later made 71 and Tom Bailey 54 not out, while Jack Brooks and Tom Abell claimed three victims each in a depleted Somerset attack.
Yorkshire v Warwickshire
Headingley (first day of four): Warwickshire 155, Yorkshire 95-8 - Yorkshire trail Warwickshire by 60 runs with two first-innings wickets in hand
Chris Woakes removed England team-mate Dawid Malan for nine as part of Warwickshire’s impressive fightback during an 18-wicket opening day against Yorkshire at Emerald Headingley.
Warwickshire were bowled out for 155 in a helter-skelter start to this penultimate round LV= Insurance County Championship Division One fixture which is a must win for both sides’ title aspirations.
But Yorkshire could only reply with 95 for 8, including 3 for 40 from 12 overs for Woakes.
Division Two
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
Sophia Gardens (first day of four): Glamorgan 264-6
Eddie Byrom’s hard fought 60 not out pulled Glamorgan out of an afternoon collapse on day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Gloucestershire.
The visitors took six quick wickets in the afternoon session following fifties from the opening pair of David Lloyd and Hamish Rutherford.
Tom Price was the pick of the Gloucestershire bowlers, finishing with figures of three wickets for 44 runs, but Byrom held firm to take his side to 264 for 6 at stumps.
Northamptonshire v Durham
Northampton (first day of four): Northamptonshire 183, Durham 108-4 - Durham trail Northamptonshire by 75 runs with six first-innings wickets in hand
Scott Borthwick fought back with an excellent half-century to regain the initiative for Durham after the loss of early wickets on day one of this LV= Insurance County Championship fixture against Northamptonshire.
Borthwick was unbeaten on 54 at the close after Durham had slumped to 49 for 4 against some tight Steelbacks bowling under floodlights with Ben Sanderson claiming two scalps. The visitors finished the day on 108 for 4 after a 59-run stand between Borthwick and Graham Clark.
Earlier Chris Rushworth struck three times in his opening spell to put Northamptonshire on the back foot.
Luke Procter though made a gutsy 76, combining in a partnership worth 66 with an aggressive James Sales in the afternoon session. Matthew Potts who was expensive early on responded well to take four wickets and wrap up the tail as Northamptonshire were bowled out for 183.
Surrey v Essex
The Oval (first day of four): Essex 299-3
Sir Alastair Cook scored his fifth first-class hundred at the Kia Oval, and the 69th of his career, as Essex totalled 299 for 3 on the first day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Surrey.
A good-sized crowd rose to applaud the former England captain when he reached three figures just before tea. After dominating a 120-run second wicket partnership with Tom Westley, Cook went on to add a further 145 in 41 overs with Dan Lawrence as Essex built a strong foundation in search of a third successive Division Two victory.
Making his 17th first-class appearance on a ground which holds many great individual memories – he also scored his only T20 hundred at the Oval, for Essex in 2009 – the 36-year-old Cook looked in fine fettle from the moment he drove Reece Topley either side of cover for his first two boundaries in the third over of the day.
There were 18 fours in all in Cook’s masterclass, many of them through the offside and including one memorable back foot extra cover force off Rikki Clarke, and it was his second championship century at the Oval. Three of his 33 Test tons also came at this ground.
Luke Wells scored his first century for Lancashire against Somerset, scoring 103 runs off 113 balls
Division Three
Derbyshire v Kent
Derby (first day of four): Kent 285, Derbyshire 1-1 - Derbyshire trail Kent by 284 runs with nine first-innings wickets in hand
England batsman Zak Crawley again failed to convert a fifty into a century on the opening day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby.
Crawley passed 50 for the sixth time in the championship this season but three figures again eluded him as Derbyshire recovered from a poor start.
Jack Leaning scored an unbeaten 82 after Daniel Bell-Drummond made 69 and Crawley 53 but Derbyshire took 7 for 48 after tea to bowl Kent out for 285.
Ben Aitchison took 4 for 83 but Derbyshire lost Harry Came to close on 1 for 1.
Leicestershire v Sussex
Leicestershire (first day of four): Sussex 310-4
Captains past and present were amongst the runs as Sussex built towards an impressive first innings score in their LV= Insurance County Championship fixture against Leicestershire at the UptonSteel County Ground.
Current skipper Tom Haines led the way in the first half of the day, hitting 10 fours in scoring 71 off 113 balls, before Ben Brown, who was relieved of the captaincy earlier this season, followed up with an unbeaten century before bad light ended play seven overs early.
With many members of the squad remaining at Hove to prepare for Saturday's T20 Finals Day, Sussex named a team including five teenagers, two 20-year-olds, and a debut for 18-year-old Tom Hinley.
Middlesex v Worcestershire
Lord's (first day of four): Middlesex 144, Worcestershire 113-8 - Worcestershire trail Middlesex by 31 runs with two first-innings wickets in hand
Bowlers feasted as 18 wickets fell on the first day of the LV= Insurance County Championship Division Three match between Middlesex and Worcestershire at Lord’s.
Ed Barnard claimed 4 for 43 and skipper Joe Leach 3 for 30 as the hosts were hustled out for 144 after being put in, Max Holden providing the only resistance with 52, his first half-century of the season.
But the hosts hit back, Tim Murtagh taking 4 for 37 and Ethan Bamber 3 for 29 to leave Worcestershire 113 for 8 when bad light provided early sanctuary for beleaguered batsmen.
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