Well, even in the Bazball era, that was another eye-catching day.
22 wickets in one day at Edgbaston - and three top flight sides all bowled out by mid-afternoon on home soil.
Leaders Surrey dismissed Somerset for 170 with four wickets for Tom Lawes and closed only 32 behind with six wickets in hand.
Chasers Essex also took 10 wickets as Hampshire were all out for 120 but with Essex only 25 ahead at 145-6, that game is in the balance.
And Ethan Bamber ledt the carnage at Edgbaston, with 5-20 as Warwickshire were bowled out for just 60, their lowest score in 41 years, before doing better seocnd time around on 53-2 after Middlesex were also bowled out for 199.
When wickets have been tumbling this season, Northants have usually been in the thick of it but not today.
They recorded their best first innings score of the season - 302-5 - against Lancashire, thanks to a brilliant 144 from opener Emilio Gay.
Rain played its part at Trent Bridge and in Division Two at Headingley and Derby but there were hundreds for Nottinghamhire's Ben Slater (100) and 136 for Colin Ingram of Glamorgan.
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Close of play scoreboard
Division One
Southampton: Hampshire 120, Essex 145-6
Manchester: Northamptonshire 302-5 v Lancashire
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 275-5 v Kent
Taunton: Somerset 170 v Surrey 138-4
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 60 & 53-2 v Middlesex 199
Division Two
Derby: Glamorgan 408-6 v Derbyshire
Scarborough: Yorkshire 142-2 v Durham
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Cheltenham College starts on Wednesday
Close of play at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 60 & 53-2, Middlesex 199
And that's it.
The wicket count for the day is only 22.
Rob Yates returns to the pavilion on 26, with Sam Hain on 6.
To reword an old Seekers classic, the Carnage is Over.
Last over of the day at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 60 & 53-2, Middlesex 199
Last over of the day coming up at Edgbaston - to be bowled by Middlesex spinner Josh De Caires.
Close of play
Derbyshire v Glamorgan 408-6
A fantastic day ends for the Welsh county.
Colin Ingram top scored with 135 while half centuries from Zain ul Hassan, Kiran Carlson and Billy Root has Glamorgan in a great performance.
It has all been scored at a good lick and sets them up to control the game.
It was not how Derbyshire were hoping the day would go after asking their opponents to bat first at 11am this morning.
Close of play at Trent Bridge
Notts 275-5 v Kent
Nottinghamshire will feel fairly satisfied, having been put in and built a strong platform with the bat.
Ben Slater struck his first hundred of the season and Notts were also boosted by a strong partnership of 89 between Tom Moores - who is unbeaten on 72 at stumps - and Steven Mullaney.
Both Slater and Mullaney were eventually dismissed by Kent seamer Jas Singh, who has been expensive with figures of 2-75 from 14 overs.
Stumps at the Ageas Bowl
Hampshire 120 v Essex 145-6
Simon Harmer plays out a maiden from Liam Dawson - surviving one that turned sharply - to complete the day and Essex hold an advantage of 25 runs.
Adam Rossington is unbeaten on 36 at the end of what has been a good day for the visitors, despite losing Shane Snater early on to what looked like an Achilles or hamstring injury.
Jamie Porter took five wickets and Harmer three as Hampshire were bundled out for 120 after being put in, but the home bowlers have shown enough to suggest this game could be a close one.
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Notts 265-5 v Kent
Kent captain Jack Leaning has brought himself on to bowl in the hope that his off-breaks can prise out another Notts wicket before stumps.
Leaning's tactic of bowling full tosses doesn't appear to bear fruit, though, as Lyndon James gratefully tucks him away to the boundary.
Post update
Hampshire 120 v Essex 138-6
Still four overs to go at the Ageas Bowl, where Essex are gradually building a useful lead.
Adam Rossington has advanced to 30 not out, clubbing Liam Dawson down the ground for the first six of the game, while Simon Harmer has seven to his name.
WICKET Mullaney lbw b Singh 28
Notts 252-5 v Kent
Jas Singh missed out on the wicket of Tom Moores, but he's made up for it by removing the Nottinghamshire captain instead!
Steven Mullaney is struck on the pad by one that nipped back and Kent have broken this partnership of 87.
Lyndon James is out there to join Moores for the seven overs that remain tonight.
for Tom Moores
Notts 252-4 v Kent
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Tom Moores got stuck in the late 40s, but he eventually progresses to a half-century by cutting Jas Singh for four - part of an eventful over for the Nottinghamshire left-hander.
Moores drives the next delivery back at the bowler, who puts down the chance and then capitalises by pulling him for four more straight afterwards to secure a first batting bonus point.
WICKET - Rhodes c Simpson b Helm 19
Warwickshire 60 & 36-2, Middlesex 9-1
Another one gone at Edgbaston. 22 in the day now!!!
Just when it looked like Rob Yates and Will Rhodes would see out the session in pleasant evening sunshine, there was another twist in the tale of this bizarre day.
Bears skipper Rhodes hung out his bat, John Simpson pouched the catch - andTom Helm has his first wicket of rhe day.
Close of play at Scarborough
Yorkshire 142-2 v Durham
Matty Potts claimed a second wicket, George Hill leg before wicket, but when further Scarborough sea fret arrived, that was it for the day.
Adam Lyth will resume in the morning on 75.
For the Non-Benefit of Bertie Buse . . .
Warwickshire 60 & 27-1, Middlesex 199
Of the five occasions when a County Championship game was all over in one day since the war, perhaps the best tale is Lancashire (158) beating Somerset (55 and 79) by an innings and
24 runs at Bath, also in 1953 - in fact just four days after the Queen's Coronation.
Long-serving
Somerset all-rounder Bertie Buse had the misfortune to select this as his
benefit match, as it was in his home town. Reportedly, asked afterwards if he would like another benefit match, he said he
couldn't afford one!
In
the event, the county sportingly waived their costs, and a fund was set up to
raise money for Buse, so he wasn't out of pocket.
Arguably,
he didn't help matters. He took 6-41 himself in bowling out Lancs before
England spinner Roy Tattersall then took 13 wickets for Lancashire.
Reports say the pitch (on
the council-owned Recreation Ground next to the rugby ground) was in such a
state because the city of Bath's coronation celebrations had been held on it.
Many thanks to BBC Radio WM's chief stat man Mike Taylor for that deep delve into county cricket's golden past.
ESSEX INTO THE LEAD
Hampshire 120 v Essex 121-6
A single by Adam Rossington, steering Liam Dawson away on the leg side, nudges Essex into a first-innings lead.
They've had to work hard for it, but if Rossington and Simon Harmer can keep going for a while yet they could eke out a valuable advantage in this low-scoring game.
The last time . . .
Warwickshire 60 & 17-1, Middlesex 199
But the last time a County Championship game was all over in one day was 1960 when Kent (187) beat Worcestershire (25 and 61) by an innings and 101 runs at Tunbridge Wells.
But that game did have a Warwickshire connection.
It was the first-class debut of future Bears captain and coach and Pears legend Norman Gifford. He took 4-63 – and made 0* and 4.
Close of play at Taunton
Somerset 170 v Surrey 138-4
Tom Latham plays out a maiden to Shoaib Bashir's spin to finish the day.
He will sleep on 67 not out and his batting has taken Surrey to just 32 runs behind Somerset's first innings score.
The leaders are in a strong position to push on for a decent lead at halfway after an excellent first day's action.
All over in a day?
Warwickshire 60 & 12-1, Middlesex 199
There have been five first-class
matches since the Second World War which have both started and been completed on
the first scheduled day.
It happened to Warwickshire at The Oval in 1953, also a Coronation Year when Surrey won by an innings and
49 runs.
After Surrey scored 146, Alec
Bedser took 8-18 in the first innings (part of 12 in the match) as Warwickshire were shot out for just 45 and and fellow England great Jim Laker then claimed a hat-trick in the second innings as the Bears were skittled second time round for just 52.
Post update
Somerset 170 v Surrey 138-4
Kasey Aldridge tests Will Jacks with a couple of super deliveries. But Jacks survives.
And then he capitalises on a bit of width to crunch one through the covers.
Surrey are slowly moving into a position of strength towards the end of day one.
Close of play at Old Trafford
Lancashire v Northamptonshire 302-5
Saif Zaib and Dom Leech survive a few hairy moments but they make it through to the close.
An excellent day for Northants thanks to their fourth wicket partnership of 207 between Emilio Gay and Luke Procter.
They have taken their season's batting points from one to three in the course of 96 overs!
And in a nod to the slow over rates in Test cricket, 96 overs have been bowled by 18:05 BST.
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Ged Scott, Adam Lanigan and Ben Kosky
All times stated are UK
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Well, even in the Bazball era, that was another eye-catching day.
22 wickets in one day at Edgbaston - and three top flight sides all bowled out by mid-afternoon on home soil.
Leaders Surrey dismissed Somerset for 170 with four wickets for Tom Lawes and closed only 32 behind with six wickets in hand.
Chasers Essex also took 10 wickets as Hampshire were all out for 120 but with Essex only 25 ahead at 145-6, that game is in the balance.
And Ethan Bamber ledt the carnage at Edgbaston, with 5-20 as Warwickshire were bowled out for just 60, their lowest score in 41 years, before doing better seocnd time around on 53-2 after Middlesex were also bowled out for 199.
When wickets have been tumbling this season, Northants have usually been in the thick of it but not today.
They recorded their best first innings score of the season - 302-5 - against Lancashire, thanks to a brilliant 144 from opener Emilio Gay.
Rain played its part at Trent Bridge and in Division Two at Headingley and Derby but there were hundreds for Nottinghamhire's Ben Slater (100) and 136 for Colin Ingram of Glamorgan.
Thanks for your company today. Please join us at 10:45 BST tomorrow for more runs, wickets and merriment!
Close of play scoreboard
Division One
Southampton: Hampshire 120, Essex 145-6
Manchester: Northamptonshire 302-5 v Lancashire
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 275-5 v Kent
Taunton: Somerset 170 v Surrey 138-4
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 60 & 53-2 v Middlesex 199
Division Two
Derby: Glamorgan 408-6 v Derbyshire
Scarborough: Yorkshire 142-2 v Durham
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Cheltenham College starts on Wednesday
Close of play at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 60 & 53-2, Middlesex 199
And that's it.
The wicket count for the day is only 22.
Rob Yates returns to the pavilion on 26, with Sam Hain on 6.
To reword an old Seekers classic, the Carnage is Over.
Last over of the day at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 60 & 53-2, Middlesex 199
Last over of the day coming up at Edgbaston - to be bowled by Middlesex spinner Josh De Caires.
Close of play
Derbyshire v Glamorgan 408-6
A fantastic day ends for the Welsh county.
Colin Ingram top scored with 135 while half centuries from Zain ul Hassan, Kiran Carlson and Billy Root has Glamorgan in a great performance.
It has all been scored at a good lick and sets them up to control the game.
It was not how Derbyshire were hoping the day would go after asking their opponents to bat first at 11am this morning.
Close of play at Trent Bridge
Notts 275-5 v Kent
Nottinghamshire will feel fairly satisfied, having been put in and built a strong platform with the bat.
Ben Slater struck his first hundred of the season and Notts were also boosted by a strong partnership of 89 between Tom Moores - who is unbeaten on 72 at stumps - and Steven Mullaney.
Both Slater and Mullaney were eventually dismissed by Kent seamer Jas Singh, who has been expensive with figures of 2-75 from 14 overs.
Stumps at the Ageas Bowl
Hampshire 120 v Essex 145-6
Simon Harmer plays out a maiden from Liam Dawson - surviving one that turned sharply - to complete the day and Essex hold an advantage of 25 runs.
Adam Rossington is unbeaten on 36 at the end of what has been a good day for the visitors, despite losing Shane Snater early on to what looked like an Achilles or hamstring injury.
Jamie Porter took five wickets and Harmer three as Hampshire were bundled out for 120 after being put in, but the home bowlers have shown enough to suggest this game could be a close one.
Post update
Notts 265-5 v Kent
Kent captain Jack Leaning has brought himself on to bowl in the hope that his off-breaks can prise out another Notts wicket before stumps.
Leaning's tactic of bowling full tosses doesn't appear to bear fruit, though, as Lyndon James gratefully tucks him away to the boundary.
Post update
Hampshire 120 v Essex 138-6
Still four overs to go at the Ageas Bowl, where Essex are gradually building a useful lead.
Adam Rossington has advanced to 30 not out, clubbing Liam Dawson down the ground for the first six of the game, while Simon Harmer has seven to his name.
WICKET Mullaney lbw b Singh 28
Notts 252-5 v Kent
Jas Singh missed out on the wicket of Tom Moores, but he's made up for it by removing the Nottinghamshire captain instead!
Steven Mullaney is struck on the pad by one that nipped back and Kent have broken this partnership of 87.
Lyndon James is out there to join Moores for the seven overs that remain tonight.
for Tom Moores
Notts 252-4 v Kent
Tom Moores got stuck in the late 40s, but he eventually progresses to a half-century by cutting Jas Singh for four - part of an eventful over for the Nottinghamshire left-hander.
Moores drives the next delivery back at the bowler, who puts down the chance and then capitalises by pulling him for four more straight afterwards to secure a first batting bonus point.
WICKET - Rhodes c Simpson b Helm 19
Warwickshire 60 & 36-2, Middlesex 9-1
Another one gone at Edgbaston. 22 in the day now!!!
Just when it looked like Rob Yates and Will Rhodes would see out the session in pleasant evening sunshine, there was another twist in the tale of this bizarre day.
Bears skipper Rhodes hung out his bat, John Simpson pouched the catch - andTom Helm has his first wicket of rhe day.
Close of play at Scarborough
Yorkshire 142-2 v Durham
Matty Potts claimed a second wicket, George Hill leg before wicket, but when further Scarborough sea fret arrived, that was it for the day.
Adam Lyth will resume in the morning on 75.
For the Non-Benefit of Bertie Buse . . .
Warwickshire 60 & 27-1, Middlesex 199
Of the five occasions when a County Championship game was all over in one day since the war, perhaps the best tale is Lancashire (158) beating Somerset (55 and 79) by an innings and 24 runs at Bath, also in 1953 - in fact just four days after the Queen's Coronation.
Long-serving Somerset all-rounder Bertie Buse had the misfortune to select this as his benefit match, as it was in his home town. Reportedly, asked afterwards if he would like another benefit match, he said he couldn't afford one!
In the event, the county sportingly waived their costs, and a fund was set up to raise money for Buse, so he wasn't out of pocket.
Arguably, he didn't help matters. He took 6-41 himself in bowling out Lancs before England spinner Roy Tattersall then took 13 wickets for Lancashire.
Reports say the pitch (on the council-owned Recreation Ground next to the rugby ground) was in such a state because the city of Bath's coronation celebrations had been held on it.
Many thanks to BBC Radio WM's chief stat man Mike Taylor for that deep delve into county cricket's golden past.
ESSEX INTO THE LEAD
Hampshire 120 v Essex 121-6
A single by Adam Rossington, steering Liam Dawson away on the leg side, nudges Essex into a first-innings lead.
They've had to work hard for it, but if Rossington and Simon Harmer can keep going for a while yet they could eke out a valuable advantage in this low-scoring game.
The last time . . .
Warwickshire 60 & 17-1, Middlesex 199
But the last time a County Championship game was all over in one day was 1960 when Kent (187) beat Worcestershire (25 and 61) by an innings and 101 runs at Tunbridge Wells.
But that game did have a Warwickshire connection.
It was the first-class debut of future Bears captain and coach and Pears legend Norman Gifford. He took 4-63 – and made 0* and 4.
Close of play at Taunton
Somerset 170 v Surrey 138-4
Tom Latham plays out a maiden to Shoaib Bashir's spin to finish the day.
He will sleep on 67 not out and his batting has taken Surrey to just 32 runs behind Somerset's first innings score.
The leaders are in a strong position to push on for a decent lead at halfway after an excellent first day's action.
All over in a day?
Warwickshire 60 & 12-1, Middlesex 199
There have been five first-class matches since the Second World War which have both started and been completed on the first scheduled day.
It happened to Warwickshire at The Oval in 1953, also a Coronation Year when Surrey won by an innings and 49 runs.
After Surrey scored 146, Alec Bedser took 8-18 in the first innings (part of 12 in the match) as Warwickshire were shot out for just 45 and and fellow England great Jim Laker then claimed a hat-trick in the second innings as the Bears were skittled second time round for just 52.
Post update
Somerset 170 v Surrey 138-4
Kasey Aldridge tests Will Jacks with a couple of super deliveries. But Jacks survives.
And then he capitalises on a bit of width to crunch one through the covers.
Surrey are slowly moving into a position of strength towards the end of day one.
Close of play at Old Trafford
Lancashire v Northamptonshire 302-5
Saif Zaib and Dom Leech survive a few hairy moments but they make it through to the close.
An excellent day for Northants thanks to their fourth wicket partnership of 207 between Emilio Gay and Luke Procter.
They have taken their season's batting points from one to three in the course of 96 overs!
And in a nod to the slow over rates in Test cricket, 96 overs have been bowled by 18:05 BST.