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Rhodes sways out of the way<\/strong> of a bouncer, a few guided missiles follow of the sort that hone in on the body. He\u2019s warming up here.<\/p>\n At Trent Bridge,<\/strong> Notts are all out at last, for 487. While Surrey are in touching distance of Worcestershire, but they\u2019ve lost Sam Curran (batting at four). Lawrence joins Sibley (69 not out).<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jof-watch<\/p>\n Archer<\/strong> is very much in the Jimmy Anderson mould, neat as a new pin. Gay again finds himself at the wrong end, but whistles away after a quick single. Will Rhodes survives tasty toe-crusher. A double change as Carson comes on at the other end.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jofra hands t<\/strong>he umpire his cap at Chester le Street.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Dillon Pennington\u2019s<\/strong> career-best knock is over, acught and bowled by Dan Moriarty for a run-a-ball 61, Notts 475-9; while at Edgbaston Tom Banton perishes going for a huge woof down the ground \u2013 a wicket for that man Jacob Bethell. Somerset 458-6. No make that, 460-8 as Yates gets Vaughan and Pretorius in the next over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Everyone is now out,<\/strong> post lunch. The first wicket of the session goes to Simon Harmer, who has snaffled Fletcha Middleton for 61, Hants 97-3 following Essex\u2019s 296. And a huge shout from the long limbed figure of Green here at Blackpool \u2013 but to no avail.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lots of activity on the outfield a<\/strong>t lunchtime \u2013 young men sprinting to bowl, while two stewards in high vis guard the pitch. It\u2019s busy in the club house too, pints clutched close to the chest, a protective arm against the wind. They took a late lunch here to make up time from yesterday, elsewhere things are already underway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n After squinting at the stream,<\/strong> time for a brisk stroll in the sea air.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lunchtime scores<\/p>\n DIVISION ONE<\/p>\n Chester le Street:<\/strong> Durham 50-0 v Sussex<\/a> 361<\/p>\n Chelmsford<\/strong>: Essex<\/a> 296 v Hants 89-2<\/p>\n Trent Bridge:<\/strong> Nottinghamshire<\/a> 453-8 v Yorkshire<\/p>\n Edgbaston<\/strong>: Warwickshire<\/a> v Somerset 446-5<\/p>\n New Road: <\/strong>Worcestershire 209 v Surrey 147-1<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n Bristol: <\/strong>Gloucestershire 187 v Derbyshire 242-2<\/p>\n Blackpool: <\/strong>Lancashire v Kent 279-5<\/p>\n Grace Road: <\/strong>Leicestershire 36-0 v Glamorgan 353<\/p>\n Wantage Road: <\/strong>Northamptonshire 71-1 v Middlesex 413<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The clouds have cleared at CLS<\/strong> and it now looks set fair for batting. Just over ten minutes till lunch, and Robinson takes the ball again, marking the end of Archer\u2019s first spell: 4- 2- 11-0. Everything seemed in good working order, easing himself into business. In the words of Ali : \u201cThere\u2019s too much emphasis on his pace, he tends to operate in the 80s unless the mood takes him.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lees takes on Jack Carson.<\/strong> Four and six \u2013 huge and straight. Now Archer again, whites setting sail in the breeze, this time around the wicket to Gay \u2013 and relief in the form of a back foot punch for four, and another whipped off the boots. Lees survives his last ball and that\u2019s nine off Jofra\u2019s third over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A bit of ballast for Durham,<\/strong> as Lees picks up the first four of the innings, but now they face Jofra again. Emilio Gay, whose summer has been famine, and feast, gets the honour again. He ducks a short ball, shoulders arms at another. Archer seems to be picking up speed but I can\u2019t see a speed gun \u2013 is anyone at CLS? And that\u2019s a second consecutive maiden.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026and a maiden<\/strong> to top things off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>After 1501 days, Jofra time!<\/p>\n Flashing a bit of ankle,<\/strong> wearing a sleeve on his right arm, he zips in. A huge appeal first ball \u2013 but reality beats romance, nothing doing. Emilio Gay concentrates, hard, three slips wait.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n All this waiting<\/strong> calls for a Double Decker from the Blackpool picnic bag. At Edgbaston, Tom Lammonby has eased to a century and he and Tom Abell have put on 104 and counting. Somerset flexing their rarely-seen batting tranquility muscle: 380-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n John Simpson is toying with us. <\/strong>At the other end at Chester Le Street, Gurinder Sandhu. Jofra Archer kicks his heels at long leg.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n [Meanwhile, at Blackpool,<\/strong> Ben Compton goes to his century-warm applause round the ground as he raises his bat to all corner in a window of bright sunlight.]<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jofra time!<\/p>\n The stream cameras<\/strong> are showing surround-sound clouds and the commentators report rising damp. Just what Durham\u2019s were dreaming on. Here come the players and the first over goes to\u2026. Ollie Robinson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sussex all out – Coles 148 not out<\/p>\n A standing ovation for Coles,<\/strong> his first century away from Hove. The last two wickets put on 104 runs, and now we wait for Jofra.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Good morning Mike Daniels!<\/strong> \u201cLooking forward to seeing Ben Kella \u201cwhich\u201d way bowling with both arms today.\u201d Yes! \u2013There is an interview with him in one of the cricket magazines (apologies, I can\u2019t remember which) talking about how he came to do it \u2013 such a great skill to have up your sleeve. It also said he sometimes forgets to tell the umpire which arm he\u2019s bowling with.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n At Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire\u2019s new signing Ishan Kishan,<\/strong> dropped at midwicket on 44, eases his way to fifty. Two in two for the irrepressible Ben Green at Grace Road<\/strong> \u2013 actually make that three wickets in his pocket this morning as Glamorgan slip to 317-8, Ingram gone for 56.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jofra Watch<\/strong> \u2013 Sussex are still batting. Stat of yesterday<\/strong> \u2013 Rory Burns kept wicket for Surrey in the Championship for the first time in ten years.<\/p>\n And there\u2019s another wicket for Jimmy,<\/strong> a carbon copy of the first, Evison for a duck. Kent suddenly 219-5 and a little more precarious.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A busy scene at Blackpool<\/strong>, the roller chugging, the players warming up in shades and \u2026.sorry about the delay to the rest of this entry, there was a long queue at the Froth Me Silly coffee van. Long enough to miss Jimmy get a wicket with his first ball, Leaning driving a straight one to short midwicket.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.37 EDT<\/p>\n Sunday’s round-up<\/p>\n With the longest day behind us, the County Championship<\/a> slipped into its summer sandals once more. Those waiting for Jofra Archer to bowl in his first red-ball match for four years, or Jacob Bethell to audition for the next England batting slot, had to bide their time. But there was plenty more to see.<\/p>\n At Blackpool, the Division Two wooden spoonists gathered. Jimmy Anderson was presented with champagne before play to celebrate his 300th first-class match \u2013 but he went wicketless in his first day as interim Lancashire<\/strong> captain, as Kent<\/strong> motored along thanks to an unbeaten 86 from Ben Compton and an easy\u2011on\u2011the\u2011eye half\u2011century from Tawanda Muyeye. Damp squalls washed out much of the evening session.<\/p>\n At Bristol, the players lined up for a minute\u2019s silence in memory of Gloucestershire<\/strong>\u2019s president, the former fast bowler David Lawrence<\/a>, who died just a year after announcing his motor neurone disease. Derbyshire had the best of the day as the left-arm spinner Jack Morley winkled through Gloucestershire, finishing with six for 55. Derbyshire<\/strong> then raced to 116 for two.<\/p>\n Jersey\u2019s young batter Asa Tribe hit a maiden first-class century to help Glamorgan<\/strong> to reach a healthy 305 for five against the early\u2011season table-toppers Leicestershire<\/strong>. Logan van Beek pondered the Kookaburra ball: \u201cIn Australia and New Zealand [it] is a good ball \u2013 here it feels very different, because the wickets are a touch slower and it just seems to get soft more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n There was also a maiden first\u2011class century for Joe Cracknell, as Middlesex<\/strong> fought back from 33 for three \u2013 happily for their new first-team coach Dane Vilas \u2013 against Northamptonshire<\/strong> at the County Ground.<\/p>\n It was an uncharacteristically smooth day for Somerset<\/strong>\u2019s batters against Warwickshire<\/strong> at Edgbaston, after the openers Tom Kohler Cadmore (104) and Josh Davey put on 186 for the first wicket. Bethell was clonked for 23 in his first two overs.<\/p>\n Sussex<\/strong>\u2019s James Coles was happy to let England wait a little longer for Archer, making his first Division One century, against Durham<\/strong> on a damp day at the Riverside. Archer smacked a quick\u2011fire 31 at No 10.<\/p>\n Ben Slater fell four runs short of his century for Nottinghamshire<\/strong> against Yorkshire<\/strong> on an absorbing day at Trent Bridge, while the 20-year-old Charlie Allison hit his second consecutive Championship hundred for Essex<\/strong>, this time against Hampshire<\/strong>. Surrey<\/strong>\u2019s Matt Fisher and Jordan Clark grabbed three wickets each as Worcestershire<\/strong> crumbled to 209 all out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Scores on the doors<\/p>\n DIVISION ONE<\/p>\n Chester le Street:<\/strong> Durham v Sussex<\/a> 322-9<\/p>\n Chelmsford<\/strong>: Essex<\/a> 292-8 v Hants<\/p>\n Trent Bridge:<\/strong> Nottinghamshire<\/a> 298-6 v Yorkshire<\/p>\n Edgbaston<\/strong>: Warwickshire<\/a> v Somerset 327-3<\/p>\n New Road: <\/strong>Worcestershire 209 v Surrey 47-0<\/p>\n DIVISION TWO<\/p>\n Bristol: <\/strong>Gloucestershire 187 v Derbyshire 116-2<\/p>\n Blackpool: <\/strong>Lancashire v Kent 213-3<\/p>\n Grace Road: <\/strong>Leicestershire v Glamorgan 305-5<\/p>\n Wantage Road: <\/strong>Northamptonshire v Middlesex 397-8<\/p>\n