County cricket round-up

Graham Thorpe made light of his England omission to lead Surrey's recovery on the first day at Guildford.
Middlesex elected to field and had the champions in trouble after dismissing openers Ian Ward (10) and Jonathan Batty (2) inside the first 10 overs.
But Thorpe joined Mark Ramprakash and they added 75 for the third wicket, taking Surrey to 95 for two at lunch.
Surrey 95-2 (25 overs) v Middx

Essex

Darren Stevens got visitors Leicestershire off to a fine start at Southend with an unbeaten 67 from 117 balls.
James Middlebrook took the only wicket to fall when opener John Maunders was caught by James Foster six short of a half century.
But Darren Maddy steadied the ship with 16 from 22 balls as the visitors seemed set to pile up a big score.
Leics 136-1 (37 overs) v Essex

Hants

Stephen Fleming found the going tough against Hampshire at Scarborough after Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat. The New Zealand captain faced 40 balls before getting off the mark. Fleming then made 16 runs before being caught by Christopher Tremlett off a delivery from James.
Yorks 94-1 (38 overs) v Hants

OTHER SCORES

Old Trafford: Lancs 93-2 (27 overs) v Warwicks - rain stopped play
Northampton: Northants 134-2 (33 ov) v Somerset
Cheltenham: Gloucs 117-5 (32.1 ov) v Worcs