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Updates from around the grounds in the County Championship.

DIVISION ONE

Durham v Yorkshire

Yorkshire 329-6: Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan came to Yorkshire's rescue with an unbeaten stand of 138 at Chester-le-Street. Bairstow is 102no and Bresnan 66no, the England internationals coming together on 191-6. Yorkshire started well - Alex Lees (40) and Will Rhodes (24) put on 56 for the first wicket before Jamie Harrison bowled the latter. Then after lunch Graham Onions found the outside edge of Lees, keeper Mark Richardson taking the catch. Harrison then bowled Jack Leaning with a beauty. With keeper Richardson standing up, the left-arm quick yorked Leaning for 28. Andrew Gale (22) then turned away from a nasty short ball from Hastings - the ball hit the top of the bat, looped over the slip cordon, but Paul Collingwood ran back, leapt like a salmon and plucked the ball out of the air - a sensational catch. Aaron Finch (10) was dismissed by one of his best mates, fellow Aussie John Hastings and Adil Rashid (21) was caught in the slips off Chris Rushworth. But Bairstow and Bresnan then counter-attacked superbly, both men scoring at run-a-ball pace to rip the momentum away from Durham.

Middlesex v Hampshire

Middlesex 41-0: Struggling Hampshire are in big trouble at Lord's. They were bowled out for 176 and it could have been much worse but for Joe Gatting who scored a battling 64no. Hants lost skipper Jimmy Adams to the fourth ball of the morning, caught behind off Tim Murtagh for a duck. Sean Terry (23), who arrived at HQ in a bit of form, followed, nibbling Toby Roland-Jones (4-60) behind. After a lengthy rain delay Michael Carberry was pinned in front by Roland-Jones for 15. James Vince was spectacularly yorked by James Harris for 13, and Adam Wheater (17) - who had his off stump ripped out offering no shot to Murtagh - followed. Will Smith went for 18, lbw to Roland-Jones. Gareth Berg (10) and Danny Briggs (1) failed to make an impact and Harris ripped out the tail. Sam Robson and Paul Stirling have made a solid start to the Middlesex reply.

Warwickshire v Sussex

Sussex 280-3: It's was Sussex's day at Edgbaston, Chris Nash finishing it on 112no. Earlier Luke Wells (68) had shone for Sussex. The opener put on 46 for the first wicket with Ed Joyce (30), who edged to third slip Laurie Evans off Boyd Rankin. Young spinner Josh Poysdon then picked up his first Championship wicket. Matt Machan, well set on 22, smacked him down the ground but Chris Wright pulled off an absolute worldy of a diving catch. Nash put on another 66 before the opener was dismissed by Wright, top-edging to Rikki Clarke. Since then Nash and Luke Wright (43no) - fresh from that stunning T20 century on Friday night - have been going superbly well against an in-form bowling attack. Jeetan Patel bowled 35 overs without taking a wicket - how many times has that happened?

Division Two

Surrey v Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 102-7: The visitors have got off to a disastrous start in reply to Surrey's 448, with Tom Curran (5-17) ripping through the top order with 4-16. They lost opener Chris Dent for a third ball duck, caught behind. He bowled Will Tavare for 19, then did the same to Michael Klinger (6) - Gloucestershire's lynchpin. Ian Cockbain followed, for just one, and James Burke then joined the party, catching Benny Howell off his own bowling and - after Hamish Marshall (30no) and Geraint Jones (30) briefly rallied - bowling the former England captain. Curran then took his fifth wicket just before stumps, bowling Jack Taylor for an 18-ball duck. Earlier Ben Foakes scored his first century for Surrey. He was last man out for 118, and the tail helped add some valuable runs. He put on 80 with Gareth Batty, who scored 50 off 43 balls.