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Tanya Aldred at Trent Bridge

County cricket: Notts v Yorkshire, Somerset v Kent and more – as it happened

Hampshire v Essex
Simon Harmer’s stumps are splattered by Fidel Edwards as Hampshire take charge against Essex. Photograph: Gavin Ellis/TGS Photo/Rex/Shutterstock

Here is today’s roundup ...

And that’s it from me for today. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and see you here bright and early for some RESOLUTION. Dah, dah, dah. Good night all!

Here’s Tom Taylor!

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Man of the moment: Joe Clarke, 112 and 97 not out against Yorkshire. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images

Here at TB, Joe Clarke finished three short of two centuries on debut. Notts keeping it close to their chest as to whether they’ll bat again in the morning - oh go on, just an over.

Elsewhere... Somerset are still in trouble - despite Kent’s batting was distinctly dodgy last season, a lead of 133 seems a bit short. And Essex, saved only by Bopara’s biffing, look likely to fall to Fidel-Edwards-on-song on the morrow.

In Div 2, Sussex can surely only be saved by the rain, Middlesex have a lot of batting to do and Durham’s run-chase seems unlikely.

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If anyone is still there, you’ll be relieved to know that Joe’s dodgy digit is fine - he’ll bat tomorrow.

And as light relief:

Root going off.... don’t panic, its just his left hand...

Joe Root has hurt his hand fielding at cover, diving to stop a Clarke drive....physio is on.

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My brain is refusing to tick over (perhaps i need an Archie?) and I’ve just got an email from ex-Kent and Derby cricketer James Graham, writer of The Long Walk Back. It is suppose to be super, if you’re free of an evening and in the south of England this April.

I wonder if you could give a plug to the play that is touring the UK based on the life of Chris Lewis. You may have seen articles about it in The Times, Telegraph and The Guardian. Full details of dates and venues are on the theatre company websites www.roughhousetheatre.com.

I wish it and Chris very well.

Durham need 361 runs to win at Derby, 17 overs left in the day - the feeling in my bones is creaky. At Taunton Abell and Davies take Somerset’s lead into the mighty 30s.

I must retire briefly to write my round-up - please keep updating btl

Floodlights back on at Trent Bridge and rain still delaying play at Hove.

For stump-flying fans, some Fidel Edwards:

I had a lovely ten minutes sitting outside at tea in the sun, watching someone flick through an old playfair - now it looks as if rain is hovering just minutes away.

What’s going on at The Rose Bowl? Ouch! Cook, Browne and Lawrence all gone for 28. No-one hit double figures yet.

TEA-TIME SCORES

DIVISION ONE

Nottinghamshire 408 and 160-2 (Duckett 61 Nash 60 not out) lead Yorkshire 291 (Lyth 81, Root 73; Broad 3-56, Fletcher 3-64, Patel 3-31) by 277 runs.

(not tea)Somerset 171 and 35-4 (Stevens 2-13) trail Kent 209 (Dickson 43; Gregory 3-26, C Overton 3-46) by one run.

(not tea) Hampshire 525-8 dec lead Essex 164-9 (Cook 50; Edwards 5-51) and 14-1 by 347 runs.

DIVISION TWO

Sussex 173 and 308 (Salt 80; Ackermann 5-69) Leicestershire 252 and 99-1 (Horton 53) . Leicester need 99 to win.

Northamptonshire 445; Middlesex 271 (Harris 61 not out; Buck 5-54 ) and 45-2. Middx trail by 129 runs. RAIN STOPPED PLAY

Derbyshire 197 and 294-7 (Lace 61, Hosein 62, Critchley 51) lead Durham 171 by 320 runs.

And that’s tea - scores to follow.

Hell’s bells Somerset. Four down for 32. This is where last year Renshaw would work his magic.

Not a cat. But a sign of spring

And that’s 52 for Nash- an unobtrusive little innings, as everyone marks time till this evening. Yorkshire’s attack hasn’t quite got the incisiveness or the pace of Notts.

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Oh dear Essex - all out 164. Ravi Bopara 37 not out. A small mountain of 361 to climb before tea-time tomorrow.

And a second succesive fifty for Hosein at Derby, Critchley just out for 51. A whacking lead of 304 against Durham.

I think we know how this feels.

It’s all looking gloriously easy for Leicester against Sussex - Paul Horton and Hasan Azad with a 39 run partnership with just 164 to win.

And Somerset, alas. 21-3.

Somerest 9-2 as Hildreth joins Trescothick in the warm embrace of the Taunton dressing-rooms. Both to Darren Stevens - I did heard people ponder he wasn’t going to be up to much against Div one opposition. Perhaps Darren did too.

By the way, the mushroom gnocchi was delicious. A touch of mustard in the sauce added to the tart yum factor.Then I rather spoilt things by having a 100g bar of dark chocolate with orange.

And that’s the end of Duckett for 61, just as it was getting warmer too. The umpires shed a layer.

Essex in a right mess against Hampshire and Middlesex already in trouble following-on - 29/2 Gubbins and Eskinazi back in the hutch. Seems this might go a little better for Northants than it did last year

Oh no. I see Trescothick out again in single figures, and the awful image of Boxer from Animal Farm comes into my head. Out damn thought.

Duckett sweeps Root for four to bring up his run a ball fifty. Well played! Unfortunately for him, James Taylor is not here today -we think he might be heading to Somerset.

Edwards on the prowl...

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And the man with the golden arm, and impatient feet, gets the ball. Joe Root from the pavilion end as Notts step up the run-rate.

And Geoff Wignall writes from Portugal:

If it’s any consolation, it’s cold, wet and windy here in central Portugal - definitely a multi-layered day.It’s a pure guess, but was Glenn Turner a 1000 runs by the end of May man? I recall him becoming extremely prolific and free scoring once he gave up tests.

Correct!

Fidel Edwards on a hat-trick.

Watching Ben Duckett got us thinking...only two players have scored 1000 runs before the end of May since Stan McCabe’s made his 232 at Trent Bridge (c/0 Chris Waters Yorkshire Post). Can you name them?

Kent have lost another wicket - three each for Craig Overton and Gregory as the tiptoe towardsa a useful lead.

Here at Trent Bridge they’ve switched the floodlights off and, yes, i believe that is a sunlit haze in the sky. Duckett -32 not out off 31 balls - is striking the ball hard. A lead of 400 and ten tricky over for Yorkshire before the close?

And Northants have asked Middlesex to follow-on, Harris stranded on 61. It is probably not the scenario Wakely was considering on Friday morning. But all hail the unfancied ones!

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Tom Taylor: 9 in the match Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images

Sussex all out 308. Tom Taylor 4-75 - nine wickets in the match. Leicester 5-0 need 225 to win. Money on...

Great to see a scattering of kids on the pitch having a game at lunch.

LUNCH-TIME SCORES

DIVISION ONE

Nottinghamshire 408 and 17-1 lead Yorkshire 291 (Lyth 81, Root 73; Broad 3-56, Fletcher 3-64, Patel 3-31) by 134.

Somerset 171 trail Kent 172-7 (Dickson 43; Gregory 3-26) by one run.

(not yet lunch) Hampshire 525-8 dec lead Essex 108-4 (Cook 50) by 417 runs.

DIVISION TWO

Sussex 173 and 298-8 (Salt 80, Finch 47 not out; Ackermann 5-69) lead Leicestershire 252 by 219 runs

Northamptonshire 445 lead Middlesex 257-8 (Harris 51 not out; Buck 3-53 ) by 188 runs.

Derbyshire 197 and 198-4 (Lace 61 ) lead Durham 171 by 244 runs.

And that’s lunch! Mushroom gnocchi here. mmmmm.

Lunchtime scores to follow

Slater gone! caught at second slip off Coad. Notts 6/1.

Finn warming up with the bat, 29 not out, Harris 49 not out. But the road, I sense, it too long and winding for Middlesex. Still 195 behind.

Colin Ackerman has five as Sussex inch towards a defendable total at Hove, lead of 209. Harry Finch still there on 44.

Mark Stoneman still has his eye on England

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Cook falls for fifty - still just the two centuries this round. Hat raise to Clarke and Northeast.

And at Trent Bridge, Coad has the new ball. First delivery is a goodee

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Fifty and out: Alastair Cook Photograph: Gavin Ellis/TGS Photo/REX/Shutterstock

Yorkshire all out 291. Broad doling out the hard stuff, Olivier fending a snorter to Moores. Notts have a lead of 117 and will have 20 minutes or so to bat before lunch. Three wickets each for Patel, Fletcher and Broad. Well bowled Notts. Some huge men in green jackets guard the field in case of a mass invasion by frozen people in anoraks.

Samit’s wickets in their glory

Lace out for 61 at Derby. Hughes still there on 28 and first innings stalwart Harvey Hosein at the crease.

Ben Coad’s had enough. Whallops Samit Patel for sucessive sixes over mid off.

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Triple-wicket morning: Samit Patel Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty Images

And another yorkie wickets gone, a hat-trick for c Mullaney b Patel this morning. Patterson out for 4.

Bell-Drummond 10 not out as Kent push towards parity - 45 runs behind, 6 wickets remaining.

A third for Tom Taylor at Hove!

Roland-Jones and Simpson out at Middlesex - Nathan Buck 3-42.

And Yorkshire lose another wicket, still a few short of the follow on. Matthew Waite caught at slip off Patel too - pushing forward, looks like it might have come off his boot?

Thank you Daddy Pig for digging up this treasure trove about the Trent Bridge typeface.

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And Root goes for 73 - after repeatedly dancing down and driving Samit Patel, he goes for a bigger shot and is caught at slip. Yorkies 259/7 - trail by 159.

Let’s spare a thought for Jennings. A nice boy holding onto his England place by a skein.

It is all happening too fast.

Westley falls at the Rosebowl, but Cook is still there -30 not out (5x4). Essex 47/2, trail Hampshire by 478.

Kent have lost two early wickets, Dickson for 43 and Renshaw for 5 against his old county. On 101/4, they trail Somerset by 70.

Derby have pottered onwards, and Tom Lace has fifty! They lead by 158.

Middlesex have added twenty without loss this morning,a couple of fours for Roland-Jones

That Tom Taylor in the wickets again at Hove, grabbing Wells and van Zyl his morning’s work. Oh and another one down - Brown for a duck. Sussex 235/5, lead by 156.

And by the way, Gal says Gill Sans Serif, and Tim agrees with some sort of Gill (“like John Lewis”).

Have been a bit distracted by Scyld Berry’s thesis that the reason Brexit is such a mess is the lack of the British public intellectual. And the reason for that is our scorn for expertise, and that we all specialise too early at school.

I like this argument and thought you might like to ponder it below the line.

In other news, I can’t see Yorkshire making the follow on. Round the ground news to follow asap.

And so it starts. The ball after driving Fletcher down the ground, Tattersall tries to repeat the shot and is bowled for 9. Yorkshire 215 for 6. Follow-on target 259 and the floodlights are on.

I think this is the nicest typeface in cricket. Any other contenders?

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But it is looking sunny at Hove

Warming up

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Some highlights of the cricket so far

News I’d missed from Friday - Essex wicketkeeper Adam Wheater had to have thumb surgery after sustaining an injury in the game against Hampshire.

And good news for young Alzarri Joseph, who on his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad took 6-12 against Mumbai Indians - the best bowling figures in Indian Premier League history.

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Good morning everyone! And welcome to day three of the first Championship games of the season.

It’s a grey, chilly day in Nottingham and out on the field the players are doing lunges in a collection of woolly hats. There’s been a small commotion in the local co-op where the non-delivery of sandwiches has caused a bit of upset with some spectators.

Down on the Trent, there are paddle borders, rowers, joggers and ducks.

In half an hour Joe Root will be walking out with an unbeaten fifty to his name- it doesn’t feel the kind of weather for a long innings against a Notts attack of Broad and Coughlin, Ball and Fletcher, but let’s see.

Round the counties, we have two games cantering to a close at Hove and Derby, Middlesex on the ropes at Northampton and one travelling at quick-time at Taunton. Alastair Cook has hit 3 fours in his 21 not out at Southampton, but Essex have a mountain to climb - 500 behind.

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