County Championship: Bairstow and Root fall as Somerset dominate Yorkshire

Good morning! May has landed like a gentle kiss on the back of the neck, and with it round five of the Championship. There are seven games today, with Warwickshire, Essex, Gloucestershire and Lancashire – who will lose Daniel Gidney at the end of the season (retirement) but gain Chris Green early – sitting this one out. Jamie Smith will keep wicket for Surrey against Sussex after Ben Foakes injured himself bowling in the dying dregs of the game against Essex. And Kent must plough on Surrey, Leicestershire, Glamorgan, Yorkshire, Northants and Derbyshire are also searching for their first wins. Play starts at 11am, do join us.

Division One Southampton: Hampshire v Glamorgan Leicester: Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire Taunton: Somerset v Yorkshire The Oval: Surrey v Sussex

Division Two Canterbury: Kent v Derbyshire Lord’s: Middlesex v Durham Northampton: Northants v Worcestershire

Surrey to increase security following Golders Green attacks Some sobering news from The Oval. Surrey have increased security and bag checks at the Oval after the Golders Green knife attacks. Police have charged a 45-year-old man with attempted murder following the stabbings of two Jewish men in north London on Wednesday, with the incident contributing to the UK terrorism threat level being raised to severe. That is the second highest level on the scale and means the chance of terror attacks are considered highly likely by authorities.

Surrey’s latest first-class fixture against Sussex runs from Friday to Monday and the club have moved quickly to reflect the changing circumstances. A club statement read: “Surrey are in regular communication with the Met police and will adjust our own security measures in line with the increased threat level. We want to ensure that all staff, spectators and players feel safe and secure at the Kia Oval and will take the action necessary to do so. “Please note there will be additional security presence and heightened bag searches at this weekend’s Rothesay County Championship match with Sussex, so please allow additional time to enter the ground.”

Kent turn off comments on social media feed Kent, who have struggled this season, and lie bottom of Div Two, with just 21 points, have taken the decision to switch comments off the club’s social media accounts. In a statement, coach Adam Hollioake said: “This has not been a decision that we’ve taken lightly and we are in no means stopping people voicing their opinions, but to align with our short-term strategy to allow players and staff to think and play with freedom and clarity, we feel it is a necessary one…

England withdraw Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson England have pulled Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson from the Notts and Surrey squads to manage their workloads. Surrey are also without Tom Lawes (soft tissue injury) – a double blow for him as I’ve suddenly seen his name cropping up as a potential England bowler. It looks as if Fergus O’Neill will play for Notts after recovering from a rib injury and Thomas Rew, brother of James, is included by Somerset for the first time in a CC match.

Warwickshire to name new stand after Dennis Amiss Warwicks have announced that their new stand, due to open next year, will be named after their leading run-scorer.

Lord's breaks women's Test attendance record England women play their first (yes, really) Test at Lord’s later this summer, against India. The MCC have already sold more than the 23,207 tickets which were the previous record for a women’s Test.

Mitchell Santner out of the first Test Mitchell Santner will miss New Zealand’s one-off Test against Ireland, and the first of three Tests against England, with a shoulder injury. He picked in up fielding in the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, returning home for rehab.

Live cricket updates from around the grounds:

Yorkshire 140-5 at Taunton - Root out for 33! Well bowled Lewis Gregory! Zips one back and I think Root plays on, nipping out his own off stump. Gregory crouches down to roar in celebration. Root out for a lovely 33.

Somerset’s bowlers are currently getting schooled by Bairstow and Root - whose cover drive on one knee against Craig Overton was like a bite of a warm buttery croissant straight from a Parisian paper bag.

Overton v Bairstow is a tasty post-lunch show. Glare: glare: beat the bat: glare.

And Overton gets his man – an inside edge, Jonny turns to watch it go, into the gloves of Rew. Overton is quite pleased. Bairstow marches off as only he can. Haughty disgruntlement? And Somerset have got rid of two men who were batting like gods (Root 33, YJB 34). Yorkshire 140-5.

And another! as Matt Revis decides on an elaborate leave to his first ball which horrays into the top of off stump. Yorkshire 140-6.

Oh Yorkshire. Dom Bess, fresh from a rapturous welcome from the Somerset faithful, must shuffle back, lbw for 0, a glorious ball from Gregory. Yorkshire 140-7.

Van Beek nibbles and Archie Vaughan catches on the juggle before pulling it to his chest at third slip. Yorkshire 142-8.

Five wickets for Lewis Gregory! Three in the over! Five in a morning and a yawn.

Another dropped slip catch at Taunton –this time Tom Abell can’t cling on to George Hill at first slip. Yorkshire 143-8.

At The Oval, where a zillion runs have been laid down over the last few weeks, Sussex are 84 for six. Jordan Clark four for 9, Tom Clark out for 44.

At Canterbury, Sam Northeast and Zak Crawley are looking good. Zak Crawley has just driven Zac Chappell through the covers with the sweetest sound. No-one in the field moved. But three slips wait. He reaches 29. Kent 45-1.

A catch for Ollie Robinson, who seems to have slipped out of England conversations with the rise of Jamie Smith. De Caires for eight, Middlesex 34 for one.

Thomas Rew is making his Championship debut, alongside brother James, at Taunton. Yorkshire have lost Adam Lyth, lbw Ogborne, for 8. Yorks 26-1.

And an early wicket at The Oval where Tom Haines has edged Sean Abbott to slip for a duck. Sussex 2 for one.

Worcestershire have also lost an early wicket against Northants, and it’s their banker, Jake Libby, for three. Worcs 13-1.

Division One Table 1 Warwickshire P 4 W1 L1 D2 55 points 2 Somerset P3 W 2 D1 54 points 3 Nottinghamshire P3 W1 D2 44 points 4 Sussex P3 W2 D1 42 points 5 Essex P4 W1 L2 D1 40 points 6 Surrey P3 D3 37 points 7 Leicestershire P3 L1 D2 32 points 8 Glamorgan P3 L1 D2 27 points 9 Yorkshire P3 L1 D2 26 points 10 Hampshire P3 W1 L2 25 points

Division Two table 1 Lancashire P4 W2 L1 D1 60 points 2 Durham P3 W2 D1 57 points 3 Worcestershire P3 W2 L1 51 points 4 Northamptonshire P3 D3 43 points 5 Middlesex P3 W1 D1 L1 38 points 6 Derbyshire P3 L2 D1 25 points 7 Gloucestershire P4 W1 L3 24 points 8 Kent P3 L1 D2 21 points