County Championship: Steven Davies knock boosts Surrey score

Surrey closed day one of their Specsavers County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire at The Oval one short of 300, for the loss of eight wickets.

Steven Davies (82) hit the standout knock for the hosts, but was one of two wickets to fall in two balls with five overs left in the day to dampen Surrey's spirits - Tom Curran (52) the other.

England hopeful Jake Ball (3-69) bowled Curran, one of three wickets on the day as his impressive county season continues, while Brett Hutton dismissed Davies in the the same manner a ball later.

In Division Two, Charlie Shreck took four wickets to help Leicestershire reduce Essex to 266-9 on day one at Chelmsford.

Tom Westley (57) and Ravi Bopara (61) helped the hosts recover from two early Clint McKay wickets which reduced the hosts to 14-2, putting on 76 for the third wicket.

Shreck (4-79) then bowled Westley, before adding the subsequent scalps of Dan Lawrence (21), James Foster (21), and the final wicket of Matthew Quinn (5) before rain brought an early finish.

Only 21.5 overs of play were possible on day one of the Division Two game between Glamorgan and Kent in Cardiff due to rain.

Kent took two wickets in the opening two overs - Matt Coles bowling Mark Wallace for a duck and Darren Stevens picking up skipper Jacques Rudolph lbw - before the hosts fought back.

William Bragg (33no) and Chris Cooke (42no) were both unbeaten at the close, having added 86 for the third wicket.