Surrey v Essex, Northamptonshire v Lancashire and more: County cricket – live! | County Championship Division 1

The key events:
Overnight Scores
first division:
Cheltenham: Hants 457, Glouc 43-2 (16 overs)
Taunton: Somerset 424, Yorks 167-4 (45 overs)
The oval: Essex 271 and 19-2 (6 overs), Surrey 319
Edgbaston: Kent 165 and 198-4 (63 overs), Warks 225
Northampton: Northants 235 and 25-1 (12 overs), Lancs 132
Division Two
Derby: Notts 618-8d, Derbs 164-2 (56 overs)
Lord’: Sussex 523, Middlesex 103-0 (29 overs)
Leicester: Leics 387-5 (96 overs)
Preamble
Hello everyone and welcome to day three of our latest series of County Championship games.
The top three in the Premier League are all in action – Surrey are in a battle against Essex, Hampshire dominate Gloucestershire and Lancashire are under them at Northants.
At the top of Division Two, meanwhile, Notts leads Derby, and we’ll have all the latest news from there, as well as everything that’s going on.
Play: 11am BST
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