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

Another nice touch from Leicestershire, who’ve done good things this season – a cricket swap shop of old gear, a huge give-away of tickets for the Sussex game, and free tickets for kids to the women’s ODI.

Headingley rises out of its plastic seats in unison to Brook, who gloved/edged a short one behind for 194. A tired shot, and the first chance he’s given. What a pity, a beautiful innings, utterly unruffled, full of shots.

Harry Brook has overtaken Ben Compton to become the leading run-scorer in Division One, currently on 510. Bess, meanwhile, has been having a glorious time, 73 off 91 balls. Yorkshire 455-5.

In the Division Two garden, batting is easy: Labuschagne not out 109, though he’s lost Cooke and Cullen in quick succession.Glamorgan 331-6. At Lord’s, Mulder and Swindells had put on 59, before Swindells was lbw to Roland-Jones for 26. Leicestershire 105-6, still 113 behind. Barnard, whose batting has been bristling this season is biffing Notts round the ground, 152 not out, and has found an ally in Finch, 22 not out. Worcestershire 310-7, a lead of 203. And Pujara (160) and Rizwan (69) beat gloriously on, and onSussex 459-5.

Brook is picking off anything off line or over-pitched – in the last five minutes, a pitch-perfect straight drive and two successive on drives, one lofted, one trimming the grass. He moves to 174.

His sixth for Glamorgan, his first since 20119. Just 137 balls. Bendigedig!

A Saturday stroll round the grounds:

Warwickshire are under the cosh: now 14-2, with Sibley (alas, cheaply again) following Davies. A wicket each for Davey and Coverton. Warwicks 15-2.

Essex, slowly building: Northants are wicketless this morning, Snater and Steketee have put on 55. Essex 138-8.

Is the wicket at Bristol benign? Gloucestershire 136-0 v Surrey’s 603. Dent, 68, outscoring Marcus Harris, 47.

James Anderson took a third wicket at the Rosebowl, Dawson for 24. Hants 142-4, a lead of 148.

And Brook and Bess are beating beautifully this morning at a sun-dappled Headingley. Brook has moved past 150, with cuts and drives through midwicket. Yorkshire 382-5.

Stuart Broad has made the breakthrough at New Road, Ben Cox for 55, ending a partnership of 142, and one makes two, with Josh Baker following shortly afterwards. Worcs 243-7, a lead of 140.

At the County Ground, it is Marnus-time. Labuschagne is 75 not out, Glamorgan 274-5, trail Derby by 93.

Fully serving of an exclamation mark. Warwickshire 209 all out. Davey 3-30, Coverton 2-12.

England selector James Taylor, who watched Bohannon get his double hundred at Old Trafford, is at Headingley today. Just thought you’d like to know.

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

TWO DIVISION

The County GroundDerbyshire 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

hove: 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…