Rory Burns hits second hundred of season as Surrey take command against Somerset

Rory Burns scored his second century of the LV= Insurance County Championship season to put Surrey in a commanding position heading into day three of their match against Somerset.

The England Test opener posted 113 from 217 balls, smashing 14 fours and a six to help his side to 382 and a healthy lead of 202.

Roelof Van de Merwe later dismissed Burns with his first ball of the day and Will Jacks went well before falling short of three figures when he was dismissed on 88 by Martin De Lange, who replaced the concussed Craig Overton.

Hashim Amla was also not able to resume his innings due to illness but Jordan Clarke closed the day unbeaten on 63.

Kent fought back with the bat as they finished day two on 232 for three, 206 behind Gloucestershire who were earlier bowled out for 438.

Daniel Bell-Drummond and Ben Compton made 89 and 80 respectively but were unable to convert their scores into centuries. Jack Leaning ended the day on 24 with Jordan Cox on 21.

Steven Croft fell 10 runs short of a century but was crucial in helping Lancashire to their overnight score of 280 for nine, just 12 runs behind Warwickshire.

Lancashire started their innings on Monday morning but lost Keaton Jennings early on before contributions from Luke Wells (36) and Dane Vilas (37) helped the visitors to a similar score at the halfway point of a finely balanced contest.

Yorkshire remained in a good position heading into the third day of their contest with Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.

The visitors looked to add to their overnight score of 324 and Dom Bess’ unbeaten 51 helped them reach 428, with Brad Wheal (four for 59) the pick of Hampshire’s bowling attack.

Hampshire’s reply got off to a rocky start when Jordan Thompson removed openers Ian Holland