County cricket: Durham v Essex, Surrey v Hampshire – as it happened

County Championship updates, play due to start at 11am BSTSign up for The Spin | And you can email Tanya or post BTLBen Raine giving Dean Elgar a thorough working over from the Lumley end. But he survives. Essex 33-0.Gets there with a single, what riches after a run of lowish scores. High praise for Duckett yesterday from both his teammate (Ben Slater) “Ben batted really well. We know how good he is. I think he has been a bit annoyed to miss out in the first couple of games, but he has had