Yorkshire v Kent, Hampshire v Lancashire: county cricket – live!

Just been chatting to Graham Hardcastle, freelancer on the Yorkshire and Lancashire beat, about Josh Bohannon, Tom Haines and Harry Brook – possibly the three next cabs off the rank for England. Graham was pointing out that today was a huge day for Brook – who has made at least fifty in every innings this year and is 131 overnight. Both Haines and Bohannon have already made double centuries – this is his chance to do the same.

He also pointed out that Rob Key’s last tweet before he was appointed England MD was this:

Chelmsford: Essex 95-8 v Northants 390 all out

Bristol: Gloucestershire 86-0 v Surrey 603

The Rose Bowl: Hampshire 246 and 103-3 v Lancashire 240

Taunton: Somerset 458 v Warwickshire 197-9

Headingley: Yorkshire 326-5 v Kent 291

DIVISION TWO

The County Ground: Derbyshire 368 v Glamorgan 240-4

Lord’s: Middlesex 370 v Leicestershire 149 and 37-3

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 266 v Worcestershire 159 and 225-5

Howe: Sussex 362-5 v Durham 223

Good morning! The sun is out and the Yorkshire players are having a game of touch rugby on the Headingley outfield. I’m borderline queasy after consuming a delicious but spectacularly enormous almond croissant in Tim Linley’s Cafe on the Crescent at Hyde Park Corner, as everyone piled in after their morning parkrun. On day three, all eight games are still in progress…