County Championship day three: Warwickshire v Surrey and more – live!

LIVE – Updated at 17:43

Rolling report: Join Tanya Aldred for the latest action from Edgbaston and beyond as the opening round of games continues.

The players look very, very cold. Time for me to write up today’s play with Somerset down and out and things look spicy at The County Ground and bubbing at Hove , Lord’s and Grace Road.

What a game! Four wickets and an unbeated 105. Gloucestershire squeak to a lead of nearly 200 in the battle of the promotion boys.

They’re back out at Edgbaston, and so is the sun, the new(ish) ball in the hands of Kemar Roach.

Jordan Cox, 84 not out, has been joined by DI Stevens, who has crashed five fours in his 26 not out. Kent 360-4.

Never mind the stance - look at the numbers! 132 not out, 265 balls, 18 fours. Just what the new head coach, whosoever he may be, will be looking for.

Round the grounds... the weather is being problematic. The floodlights are on at Edgbaston, but the covers are too. At Lord’s the lights are on too, 99-3 with first innings centurion Eskinazi out for 15. A lead of 196 and counting.

Notts have declared - and Sussex are 8-0, a deficit of 151 on their shoulders. Worcestershire, they a-flying, Pollock and Libby putting on an unbeaten hundred for the first wicket, the lead 235 over Derby

Apologies about the delay, I was just chatting to Mark Robinson, surely one of the nicest guys in cricket. He feels Warwickshire are a better side this year, with the addition of Al Davies and Nathan McAndrew, and the knowledge of how to win.

Anyway, rain has stopped play here with Warwicks 231-5

DIVISION ONE

Chelmsford: Essex 514 all out (Browne 107, Cook 100, Critchley 132) v Kent 300-3 (Compton 129)

Rose Bowl: Rose Bowl: Hampshire 428 all out (Weatherley 168) v Somerset 180