Tanya Aldred"s county roundup Joe Root was out for five, for the second time in two days at Hove, caught off 20-year-old off spinner Jack Carson, who inspired a Sussex revival with three for 35. Yorkshire muddled through their second innings, finishing with a lead of 92. Sussex had earlier eked to a 71-run lead, bolstered by 86 from Tom Haines, Dom Bess’s first wicket of the summer. On an attritional day at Edgbaston, the skyscrapers popping up behind the ground like giant chimney pots, the pitched roofs of everyday life stretching out to the right, Essex chipped away at Warwickshire but were held-up by late-order stubborness by Danny Briggs and Craig Miles. There were three wickets apiece for Simon Harmer and Peter Siddle, bowling for the first time for Essex this year. Before play Tim Bresnan was awarded his county cap by Ian Bell. David Bedingham made 257, the second highest score by a Durham player, as Durham oozed to 475 all out. Chris Rushworth then steamed off the grass to take four for 27 to crush Derbyshire in their first breath, though Wayne Madsen and Matt Critchley staged a late-afternoon recovery. There were scores of 400 plus from Worcestershire and Hampshire, who dandied about with fifties from James Vince and Liam Dawson, while Lancashire were all out for 525 after Luke Wood (119) and Danny Lamb (125) broke the club record for the eighth wicket. Kent were 85 for four in reply. Tom Abell’s 88, boosted by boisterousness from George Bartlett and Steven Davies, took Somerset to a cheerful first-innings lead of 85 over Leicestershire, who lost three evening wickets and their captain Colin Ackermann, out with concussion after being hit at first slip. Sam Robson made 95 and Toby Roland-Jones a knockabout 46 as Middlesex took charge at Lord’s. Surrey then lost three wickets, including Hashim Amla for a pair, as the shadows grew long, but Rory Burns was unbeaten on a lovely fifty. Adam Rossington led a late-order Northamptonshire recovery against Glamorgan. The shadows now spreading over Edgbaston, the end of another intriguing day round the grounds. Friday night champagne for David Bedingham, and 20 year old Jack Carson, who dismissed Joe Root for five. Till tomorrow, dear friends. Good night! Joe Root out for five for the second time in the game! Yorkshire 113-3. And I’d better write my round-up, keep you eye on things for me. After fielding for a day and two-thirds, watching Lancs stack up 525, Kent have lost a wicket to the fifth ball of their innings - Cox for a duck off Bailey. Northants have been fortified a little by Zaib (33) and Rossington (46) to go to 162-5; while Yorkshire lost Kohler-Cadmore and Lyth in three overs, Ballance and Joe Root at the crease, 113-2. Since tea: Madsen and Critchley briefly easing Derbyshire’s pain with a partnership of 30 - 56-3, deficit 419. Rushworth 3-21. Warwickshire 197-8 - Briggs and Milnes in single-figure vigils. At New Road Slater and Hameed are motoring along quite nicely, 46-0, deficit 390. At The Rosebowl, the surprise is that Mohammad Abbas has just one wicket, Dent for 6. Gloucs 43-1 and - is this unkind? - waiting for the inevitable. Somerset all out 318 - a handy lead of 85. 34 extras a sting in the tail for Leicestershire. And Surrey, Surrey, Surrey: 26-2 already with another 88 runs to make just to break even. A lovely message from David Hindle, re Bob Ratcliffe whose 8th wicket partnership record just got broken by Lamb and Wood “Believe it or not, Bob Ratcliffe taught me cricket at school. He was a master of “holding the pose” after your forward defensive. And keep thathead still! Lancashire are looking good here.” Lancs currently an astonishing 525-9. I went to sit outside the press box for ten minutes. Just the loveliest thing. Couldn’t actually see anything from where we were, but the seat was in the sun, and you heard the roars and oohs and calls and phwat sof ball on bat. Then a wicket fell, which I missed, but Stone was lbw to Siddle for 17 and Warwick are 186-7. Tea-time scores Group One Riverside: Durham 475 all out v Derbyshire 42-3 Edgbaston: Warwickshire 170-6 v Essex 295 all out New Road: Worcestershire 436 v Nottinghamshire 23-0 Group Two Rose Bowl: Hampshire470 all out v Gloucestershire 26-1 Grace Road: Leicestershire 233 all out v Somerset 297-8 Lord’s: Middlesex 268 all out v Surrey 154 all out Group Three Canterbury: Kent v Lancashire 494-8 The County Ground: Northamptonshire 130-5 v Glamorgan 407 all out Hove: Sussex 221 all out v Yorkshire 150 all out and 88-0 Oh! Derbyshire! But without the extended scenes of nudity. A hundred for Danny Lamb! The Lancashire tail waggeth. Tom Bailey has now hit four boundaries in his 24. Lancs 487-8. Meanwhile, ominously for Sussex, Lyth and Kohler-Cadmore have eased Yorkshire to 80-0. It’s Friday, it’s 3.40 and it’s Simon Harmer. Warwicks 155 for 6. Harmer 3-45. Bressie-lad the fourth man to be bowled today. A Tim Bresnan swot flies between a suddenly static Alastair Cook and Simon Harmer at first and second slip. Then a near run out. These Essex boys do love an appeal. Runs, runs, everywhere - Durham 475 all out, Hampshire 470 all out, Worcestershire 436 all out, Lancs 443-8 Somerset 252-6, Middx 238-8 both inching ahead; Northants in the mire, 88-5, Yorkshire 49-0, now only 22 runs to knock off the deficit. Just a Bressie reverse-sweep for four off Harmer. So... Michael Burgess tries to sweep Harmer before getting his eye in, and is stumped for two. He takes off his gloves and plonks them in his left hand and replays the shot as he wanders back to the pavilion. A slippery slope has been reached. Enter the newly-capped Tim Bresnan. No sanction for Surrey after ball switch On the final morning of Surrey’s game against Leicestershire last week, umpires Graham Lloyd and Paul Pollard switched the ball after seeing something they didn’t like about a ball that had just started reverse-swinging. However, the ECB have cleared Surrey of any wrong doing. David Bedingham out for 257! The second highest score in Durham’s first-class history. Well played that man! Durham 466-9. Harmer-time! Haines out for 36, embarking on an ill-advised trip down the pitch, and is bowled. Warwicks 119-4. A hundred for Luke Wood! Somerset 223-6, Abell cruelly deprived of his hundred by Ben Mike who now has 3-38. Lancashire soaring past 400, as David Hindle reminds me, “Luke Wood’s got his century and Lancashire are well past 400...”. Wood’s second first-class century and Danny Lamb’s 83 not out have broken the record for the 8th wicket for Lancashire - here’s one for the 1979 v 2021 debate. Slipping into a reverie watching Harmer bowl. Loving his preference for bum-covering jumpers and trying to guess which ball will be tossed higher (without luck). Warwickshire in no hurry and the afternoon zzzzs on. Northamptonshire are enduring rather than and enjoying. With Keogh falling lbw to Harris, they’ve slumped to 56-3 - a heavy deficit of 351 on Glamorgan’s first innings. Meanwhile at Canterbury Lancashire, wow Luke Wood 96 not out when I wasn’t looking. Lamb 61 - Lancs 389-7 Jofra Archer to miss the entire IPL, but hoping to play for Sussex in May. As he continues to recovery from surgery on his hand. Sam Robson, the limpet, 84 not out, but only four wickets left to support him with the lead 36. Sussex 221 all out! Great recovery by the Yorkies! Patterson 4-26. Lead 71. Four noughts in that once-promising Sussex innings - though I wouldn’t dismiss that lead out of hand. All happening since lunch ! A brilliant ball from Jamie Porter gets Vihari out in the second over after lunch for 32. Warwicks 83-3. Sussex sliding into a soggy squelch of vanilla ice cream, 216-9, and they’ve lost three for 0. Sussex 216-9, lead 66. Lunchtime scores Group One Riverside: Durham 388-6 v Derbyshire Edgbaston: Warwickshire 75-2 v Essex 295 all out New Road: Worcestershire 389-9 v Nottinghamshire Group Two Rose Bowl: Hampshire 376-5 v Gloucestershire Grace Road: Leicestershire 233 all out v Somerset 157-4 Lord’s: Middlesex 176-5 v Surrey 154 all out Group Three Canterbury: Kent v Lancashire 350-7 The County Ground: Northamptonshire 17-2 v Glamorgan 407 all out Hove: Sussex 212-8 v Yorkshire 150 all out Simon Harmer, short sleeved jumper, No.11 on the back, twirling, twirling, against Sam Hain, who thinks about smashing him to the boundary but checks the shot.He pulls a long-sleeved jumper back on after his over , possibly not as warm as it looks out there. Porter bowling, every sinew straining, the last over before lunch - suspect his England chance whisked by like a dandelion clock in the wind. Warwicks 75-2; Hain 17; Vihari 25. A good morning’s work. Glamorgan’s long, lingering, innings comes to an end for 407; Chris Cooke last man out for 136 . Northants have already lost Vasconcelos, well caught by Joe Root. Just went to re-read last night’s round-up to check where the small boundary was and found that the paragraph on Glamorgan and Northants didn’t make the cut! Apologies all ye Northants/Glammy fans. This is what should have been in the paper/online “Glamorgan, inspired by a second century of the season by Chris Cooke, made hay at The County Ground, helped by a tiny square boundary and a greased-up outfield. Cooke’s unbeaten 102, was helped by half centuries from the gloriously in-form Kiran Carlson and David Lloyd, who on-drove with panache.” More carnage in South African cricket, fifty for Tom Abell, a wicket for Derbyshire ‘and a note from Brian Withington, “Don’t know why but the tweet from Gary Naylor about the friendly Warwickshire electronic scoreboard immediately recalled this nostalgia from another Gary N. Enjoy.” When I wasn’t looking, Sussex decided to collapse. Now 179-6, losing 3 for 11. Two to tearaway quick Duanne Olivier, but the danger man Haines was bowled by Dom Bess for 86. The lead? A fragile 30. 200 for David Bedingham! Huge congratulations to David Bedingham - who has now made the first 200 of his first-class career, in only his eighth Championship match. Durham 355-5, eggs over easy and on they go! Eckersley lbw to Aitchison for 34 Derbyshire’s only success today. Will Rhodes chops on in Siddle’s second over, for 26. Warwicks 35-2, on a pitch only a third of the way across the width of the ground. A slow-scoring, hard-work, kind of day. Great point by Gary Naylor - stupidly, I didn’t even realise it was electronic. In the first half hour: a batting point for Hampshire, Alsop 130 not out, nightwatchman Mason Crane caught behind for 4. Slow runs for Durham (330-4), and Essex take a wicket, Yates plays forward, misses, bowled by Sam Cook for four. Warwicks 16-1. Alzarri Joseph makes his first fifty for Worcestershire, before falling to Chapell for 61., Barnard 46 not out, partnership of 114 for the eighth wicket. Worcs 330-8. Abell and Leach doing excellent work at Grace Road, Somerset 76-3. Sam Robson and Robbie White, both past fifty, take their stand to 113 against Surrey - just 25 behind. Luke Wood, on the brink of fifty, and Danny Lamb, eeek Lancs towards 300 (295-7); Glamorgan are 352-8 v Northants , but Cooke remains, 122 not out. And it is turning at Sussex but no wickets yet for Bess. Scores are level. Haines 83 not out, Clark 25 not out. A drop! By Harmer, high up at second slip off Porter. Yates on 3. The beautifully clear scoreboard at Edgbaston reads 11-0. I’ll wager it is the easiest to read in country - at least to this 48 year old with dodgy eyesight. Clean and not overloaded with information. Will here, with some Hundred news. They’re sticking with wickets - was that just a talking point they were always going to row back on? I think so. Flummoxed by the choice of teas in the Edgbaston press room - Melbourne black tea or French Earl Grey anyone? In the end plumped for a bog standard green tea. No further score this morning here, just patient punting back. And we’ve discovered the recipient of the white-bear-ed cap: Tim Bresnan, on the back of last week’s heroics. Cap Number: 547. The man handing over the prize ... a be-jeaned Ian Bell. For those BTL who were keen for more Northants info, some quotes from Wayne Parnell, who took 2-66 on his county debut, after his quarantine period had to be extended by NHS track and trace. “It has been the nature of the season so far that wickets have been pretty decent. We bowled well in patches but all in all a pretty decent day. “It was nice to bat on if you got stuck in but there was always one ball that could get you out. We need to keep grinding away. “I am still hungry to play and I wanted to come into a new environment and offer things on and off the field – those are the two massive things for me to return to England. “It felt weird bowling again [last first-class match was in 2019]. I bowled in a second eleven game a few weeks ago but it was all about getting back into the match intensity again. “Bowling in the nets is different to bowling in the game but a couple of good overs and I’m hoping to wake up tomorrow and feel young and fresh again.” Gareth Berg with 3-52 caused the most problems. We’ve been chatting in the press box about the merits of this Essex side v 1970s/80s one. Interesting how many of this current multi-Championship winning side would make it into the the early 80s one. Discuss! Just watched one of the Warwickshire players be given his county cap - not sure who yet. Have learnt that the bear on a capped player’s hat is white, whereas the uncapped player get a yellow bear. Yesterday"s round-up Middlesex bowled out Surrey for 154 just before tea on a perfect Lord’s day. Only Mark Stoneman with 44 touched on respectability as Tim Murtagh (4-28) and Toby Roland-Jones (3-41) skittled through Surrey’s lineup. Falling to 16 for three in reply as Reece Topley took three wickets in nine balls, Sam Robson and Robbie White carefully combed respectability to leave them 40 behind at stumps. George Garton took three wickets in 21 balls, including Joe Root for five, as Yorkshire were scuttled out for 150 at Sussex. Yorkshire collapsed after making it to 60 without loss when Garton took the first three wickets. Ollie Robinson, wicketless in his first spell, finished with two for 17. In reply, Sussex finished at 118 for three, with Tom Haines 71 not out. Somerset bowled Leicestershire out for 233 but were struggling themselves at 53 for three at stumps. Marcus Harris made 19 on his Championship debut as Leicestershire never really found their feet, apart from Lewis Hill who hit his fourth consecutive Championship fifty. There were three wickets for Craig Overton, two for Jack Leach andone for Tom Lammonby. Four wickets for Warwickshire’s Olly Stone and four for Oliver Hannon-Dalby ensured Essex were bowled out for 295. There were pugnacious runs from Ryan Ten Doeschate and half-centuries from Paul Walter and Nick Browne. Jimmy Anderson, supposed to be making his first appearance for Lancashire this season, had to drop out with a tight calf. In a game of mixed fortunes in Kent, Lancashire finished 260 for seven. Jake Libby hit 117 against Nottinghamshire. He and Daryl Mitchell put on 140 for the first wicket before Worcestershire lost seven for 76. An unbroken partnership of 89 between Ed Barnard and Alzarri Joseph strained Nottinghamshire’s self-belief. David Bedingham led a Durham recovery against Derbyshire after wobbling into the early morning at seven for two. His 170 not out was helped by 75 from Jack Burnham. Ian Holland and Tom Alsop both made hundreds as Hampshire put on 228 for the second wicket against Gloucestershire. Holland was pinned lbw for 114, while Alsop was unbeaten on 127. Start of play scores Group One Riverside: Durham 307-4 v Derbyshire Edgbaston: Warwickshire 7-0 v Essex 295 all out New Road: Worcestershire 305-7 v Nottinghamshire Group Two Rose Bowl: Hampshire 292-3 v Gloucestershire Grace Road: Leicestershire 233 all out v Somerset 53-3 Lord’s: Middlesex 114-3 v Surrey 154 all out Group Three Canterbury: Kent v Lancashire 260-7 The County Ground: Northamptonshire v Glamorgan 324-7 Hove: Sussex 118-3 v Yorkshire 150 all out Preamble Good morning from Edgbaston! The sky is palest blue, the skyscrapers(ish) of Birmingham stretch out ahead, to the right, the pitched roofs of everyday life. Someone is having a bowl - from the height of the press box , I can’t tell who - and fresh lines are being painted on the creases of the pitch. Essex were bowled out for just less than 300 here yesterday - with half centuries for Nick Browne, Paul Walter Ryan ten Doeschate, plus Alastair Cook’s six - but no-one could stick around for too long. Let’s see how Warwickshire - emboldened by their run-chase over Notts last week - fare this morning. The two Olivers - Stone and Hannon-Dalby - finished with four wickets each. Round the grounds, it was the least-fancied who had the better days - Glamorgan, Worcestershire and Durham dripping with runs. New super-charged Hampshire had another good day, while Surrey and Yorkshire were bowled out for a song. Somerset are in their usual complicated situation, against Leicestershire ,and Lancashire are competently placed against Kent.