Kiran Carlson looked to be in a hurry to reach a century by tea with consecutive fours taking him to 97 but a dot ball from the final delivery of the over means he will have to come back to finish the job after the interval.

The Glamorgan skipper and Asa Tribe (88*) have made serene progress, batting throughout the afternoon session with Essex still only being able to take one wicket all day so far.

Almost a bit of drama at Trent Bridge.

Haseeb Hameed looks to dab down to third man but good fielding from George Hill at first slip prevents him.

Hameed is then momentarily out of his ground but gets back in time before Jonny Bairstow has the opportunity to take his bails off.

for Emilio Gaypublished at 15:19 BST

15:19 BST

Lancs v Durham 229-2

He hasn't managed a century yet for England - but there is Emilio Gay's fourth of the season in the County Championship.

It has taken the Durham batter 156 balls and has featured 14 fours.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

Somerset have done well to have taken four prime wickets. They have removed four of this very strong Surrey top six on a pretty benign pitch. There has been a little bit of help for the spinners from time to time but not much in it for the seam bowlers.

Dropped catchpublished at 15:17 BST

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

150 up for Nottspublished at 15:09 BST

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.

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.

200 up for Glamorganpublished at 15:05 BST

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.

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.

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.

for James Braceypublished at 15:03 BST

15:03 BST

Kent v Glos 160-7

Image 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.

Melinda Farrell
Sports broadcaster/journalist on BBC Radio Somerset

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