Warwickshire v Essex, Sussex v Yorks and more: county cricket – live!

Good morning from Edgbaston! The sky is palest blue, the skyscrapers(ish) of Birmingham stretch out ahead, to the right, the pitched roofs of everyday life. Someone is having a bowl - from the height of the press box , I can't tell who - and fresh lines are being painted on the creases of the pitch. Essex were bowled out for just less than 300 here yesterday - with half centuries for Nick Browne, Paul Walter Ryan ten Doeschate, plus Alastair Cook's six - but no-one could stick around for too long. Let's see how Warwickshire - emboldened by their run-chase over Notts last week - fare this morning. The two Olivers - Stone and Hannon-Dalby - finished with four wickets each.