Summary

  • Final round of the 2026 County Championship; nine games

  • Ethan Bamber takes 4-42 as D1 leaders Warwickshire dismiss Leicestershire for 125

  • Northants bowled out for just 103 by Middlesex at Lord's

  • England's Emilio Gay passes 50 for Durham against Lancashire

  • D1: Glamorgan v Essex, Hants v Sussex, Notts v Yorks, Somerset v Surrey, Warwicks v Leics

  • D2: Kent v Glos, Lancs v Durham, Middx v Northants, Worcs v Derbys

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  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:18 BST

    Carson b Fuller 46 (Hampshire v Sussex 199-8)

  2. dropped catch

    Dropped catchpublished at 15:17 BST

    Middx 60-4 v Northants 103

    Dropped catch! What an opportunity this is.

    Harry Conway is wicket-less so far but he'll wonder how now.

    Ryan Higgins attempts to punch down the ground but doesn't time it and the ball comes back to Conway who gets two hands to it but drops at the vital moment.

    As caught and bowled chances go, that was a pretty good one. Two balls later, Ben Geddes (32*) crunches a hook shot for four.

    Middlesex trail by just 43 now.

  3. Tea at Tauntonpublished at 15:16 BST

    Somerset v Surrey 183-4

    Dan Lawrence hits Migael Pretorius for four but then is fortunate as he drives at the next ball which beats the edge on the way into the gloves of James Rew standing up to the stumps.

    That was a very close call in the final over before the tea interval.

    It remains fairly evenly poised although Somerset may be slightly the happier having taken four wickets including Dom Sibley for 72 and Ollie Pope for 24 while keeping Surrey under 200 in the afternoon session.

  4. Postpublished at 15:16 BST

    Warks 22-1 v Leics 125

    Dan Mousley has hit four boundaries in a quickfire 19 off 20 balls to help Warwickshire recover from the loss of Rob Yates early in their reply to Leicestershire's 125.

    Seven overs left until tea at Edgbaston.

  5. Worcestershire all outpublished at 15:16 BST

    Worcs 214 v Derbys

    Worcestershire's first innings comes to an end at New Road as Fateh Singh top edges a pull shot off Martin Andersson and Amit Basra takes a good catch in the deep.

    Tom Taylor is left on 39 not out and the Pears are going to need something special from him with the ball now.

    Muhammad Abbas claims 5-63 from 17 overs for Derbyshire, with Luis Reece taking 3-34 in the chief supporting role.

    They will take tea before the visitors begin their reply.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 15:14 BST

    Simmons b Ahmed 4 (Kent v Glos 171-8)

    Another short one from Khaled Ahmed and Che Simmons wallops it to mid-wicket for four. Nice way to open your account.

    The next ball, though, goes straight through Simmons' defences and that is 3-11 in this spell for the Bangladesh paceman.

  7. Postpublished at 15:13 BST

    Nottinghamshire 160-3 v Yorkshire

    Dom Bess is into the attack for Yorkshire but he is too short in his first over and Haseeb Hameed punishes him in the off side for four.

    Hameed moves into the sixties.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:10 BST

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    14 wickets have fallen at Lord's in about half a day's play. This seems to be typical there this year. The ECB needs to drop Lord's from the test match roster until something is done about the pitch.

    Tony, London

  9. 150 runs

    150 up for Nottspublished at 15:09 BST

    Nottinghamshire 150-3 v Yorkshire

    Jack Haynes picks up a single off the bowling of Matthew Revis and that brings up the 150 for the home side.

  10. Postpublished at 15:08 BST

    Warks 12-1 v Leics 125

    Richard Wilford
    BBC Radio WM commentator

    If you're Warwickshire, you take the 10 wickets and feel in good shape, but then you lose an early wicket and it does weigh a little bit heavily on the shoulders.

    It's a great opportunity. Winning a Championship is not an opportunity that comes around often.

    You've got to make the most of it when you get the chance.

  11. 200 runs

    200 up for Glamorganpublished at 15:05 BST

    Glamorgan 202-1 Essex

    Luke Hemmings
    BBC Sport Wales

    Kiran Carlson is well in his groove here at Sophia Gardens. The Glamorgan skipper hits consecutive boundaries to move to 78.

    Tribe then takes the Welsh side past 200 runs as he makes it 81 runs from 172 balls.

  12. 50 partnershippublished at 15:05 BST

    Hampshire v Sussex 176-7

    Jack Carson and Jack Leaning have steadied things somewhat for Sussex since coming together at 124-7 against Hampshire.

    They've put on 52 and counting for the eighth wicket.

  13. Postpublished at 15:04 BST

    Middx 47-4 v Northants 103

    Terrific shot through extra-cover from Ben Geddes races away to the boundary.

    Middlesex are attempting to put some pressure back on to the bowlers here.

  14. 50 runs

    for James Braceypublished at 15:03 BST

    Kent v Glos 160-7

    James BraceyImage source, Getty Images

    Khaled Ahmed dismissed Sai Kishore with a bouncer, but it doesn't work against James Bracey, who pulls fiercely for four and reaches 50 off 68 balls.

    This is his ninth 50+ score of the season - five of the others were converted into centuries.

  15. 'Extraordinary dismissal'published at 15:02 BST

    Somerset v Surrey 175-4

    Melinda Farrell
    Sports broadcaster/journalist on BBC Radio Somerset

    Extraordinary dismissal. It almost looked as if he had forgotten leg slip was there.

  16. 'It’s a strange old game, cricket'published at 15:01 BST

    Somerset v Surrey 175-4

    Mark Church
    BBC Radio London commentator

    It’s a strange old game, cricket. It’s been a really good innings from Sibley and you can see he’s disappointed with that as he marches back towards the pavilion. Would you believe it? Fair play to Somerset, they’ve come up with a plan there that’s worked.

  17. Postpublished at 15:00 BST

    Nottinghamshire 148-3 v Yorkshire

    A beautiful delivery from Matthew Revis.

    The first ball of his fifth over swings away from Haseeb Hameed (58*), missing the outside of his bat seemingly by inches.

  18. Leicestershire's Division One status hangs by thinnest of threadspublished at 15:00 BST

    Warks 8-1 v Leics 125

    Adam Whitty
    BBC Radio Leicester commentator

    Ben Cox stands disappointedImage source, Shutterstock

    Leicestershire have, like most teams in the past month, struggled with the bat against Warwickshire.

    There's nothing utterly magical about this Warwickshire attack - but goodness are they disciplined, relentless and accurate.

    It's a potent force.

    Ethan Bamber, Chris Woakes, Olly Hannon-Dalby and Ed Barnard got Leicestershire poking, prodding and miscueing throughout their innings. There's essentially no escape.

    The visitors can now only get 19 points from this game - they need 19 points more than Essex to stay up. So they have to win, with three bowling bonus points, and hope Essex lose with no bonus points.

    The Foxes are also appealing their points deduction and will bear in mind that they would be eight points clear of Essex had they not lost 27 last week.

    Perhaps that will be their thinking now - they need snookers from here on in.

  19. Division Two updatespublished at 15:00 BST

    Ben Walkden overpitches and Emilio Gay on-drives for four as Durham pass 200, for the loss of two wickets, in the 51st over against Lancashire at Old Trafford.

    Worcestershire have also reached 200 against Derbyshire at New Road - the difference is they have lost nine wickets. Tom Taylor is 37 not out.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14:54 BST

    Sibley c Abell b Pretorius 72 (Somerset v Surrey 174-4)

    No century for Dom Sibley...

    The Surrey batter turns it straight to the leg slip Tom Abell - it was like he was picking him out - he didn't have to move.

    A disappointing end for the opener who had batted superbly in his usual style before that loose shot.