County Championship latest

Updates from the latest round of County Championship matches...

DIVISION ONE:

Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire

Andrew Gale's decision to bowl first paid off as Yorkshire reduced Nottinghamshire to 139-7 before rain at Headingley meant an early tea.

Steve Patterson claimed two morning wickets, including that of James Taylor for a first-ball duck, as the visitors stuttered to lunch on 81-4.

And wickets continued to fall regularly in the early afternoon, Jack Brooks getting in on the act with two in short order before Ryan Sidebottom got rid of top scorer Riki Wessels (33).

Stuart Broad was named in the Nottinghamshire side and was unbeaten on 20 when the weather forced a halt.

Yorkshire: Lyth, Lees, Leaning, Gale, Ballance, Hodd, Bresnan, Middlebrook, Patterson, Sidebottom, Brooks.

Nottinghamshire: Mullaney, B Taylor, Lumb, Wessels. J Taylor, Patel, Gidman, Broad, Hilfenhaus, Wood, Ball.

Hampshire v Somerset

Somerset made up for lost time when the second day's play began after lunch at Southampton as Hampshire reached tea on 66-6.

Alfonso Thomas got rid of the home side's top three and there were two wickets for recent England call-up Craig Overton.

Somerset had earlier resumed their first innings on 310-6 and added just 36 as all-rounder Gareth Berg (4-64) took three of the last four wickets to fall.

Middlesex v Worcestershire

Worcestershire made short work of the Middlesex tail when play finally began after lunch on day two at Uxbridge.

The home side resumed their first innings on 289-7 and added just 20 as Joe Leach took the final three wickets to finish with 4-81.

Richard Oliver was caught at the wicket off James Harris to give Middlesex an early breakthrough, but Moeen Ali and captain Daryl Mitchell steered their side to 48-1 by tea.

DIVISION TWO

Glamorgan v Leicestershire

Graham Wagg's counter-attacking innings helped Glamorgan to 242-9 at tea after their decision to bat first on day one threatened to backfire badly.

The home side were 23-3 in the morning as Clint McKay took two quick wickets, and at 136-6 they were in trouble again.

But Chris Cooke's 84 kept them afloat before the in-form Wagg followed up a double century against Surrey with five sixes in an unbeaten 68.

Glamorgan are chasing a fourth-straight Championship win.

Glamorgan: Rudolph, Bragg, Wright, Ingram, Cooke, Wallace, Meschede, Wagg, Salter, Hogan, Carter.

Leicestershire: Robson, Boyce, Eckersley,Cosgrove, Agathangelou, O'Brien, Raine, McKay, Wells, Naik, Shreck.

Northants v Kent

Northamptonshire wrapped up victory inside three days at Wantage Road as bottom side Kent were beaten by eight wickets.

The home side added 53 to their overnight 193-7 before bowling out Kent for 15 in their second innings.

That left them chasing just 46 for a second Championship win, and they got there in just nine overs for the loss of both openers.

Olly Stone had earlier became the third home bowler to record a five-for in the match, finishing with 5-44 as only Joe Denly (39) and Darren Stevens (28) managed respectable scores in Kent's second innings.

The other five wickets were shared by Rory Kleinveldt and Mohammad Azharullah.

Gloucestershire v Essex

Essex bowled out Gloucestershire for 116 after lunch on day two at Bristol to earn a first-innings lead of 203 and enforce the follow-on.

Play did not get going until 11.45, but the home side were five wickets down by lunch and fell well short of the 169 needed to make Essex bat next.

Jamie Porter (3-30) did the early damage, removing Gloucestershire danger man Michael Klinger for just four, while Ravi Bopara's part-time medium pace yielded wickets in successive overs just before the interval.

It was the Graham Napier show post-lunch as he took three wickets in five balls to polish off the innings and finish with 4-27.

Napier struck an early blow after being thrown the new ball second time round, trapping Chris Dent in front in his first over, and Porter then accounted for his opening partner Will Tavare as Gloucestershire reached tea on 38-2.

Derbyshire v Surrey

Surrey reached tea in a healthy position after securing a first-innings lead on day two at the County Ground.

Three more wickets for Luke Fletcher (4-58) helped dismiss Derbyshire for 207 after they had resumed in the morning on 64-1.

That total represented a deficit of 32, which more than doubled by tea as Surrey got to the break on 34-1.

England hopeful Mark Footitt took the only wicket to fall, that of Arun Harinath, to take his tally for the match to four.