Ted Maul

There we go.

There's the declaration. Give Rehan the new ball.

Very handy partnership this- runs will be difficult to come by once the ball gets soft.

Fair play to them of they get near 300 on this.

Not sure this will go to day 4.

I think weve just got to attack here. It's going to be very easy to get bogged down and wickets will fall regardless.

Another strange day. Very unlikely Derbyshire chase 350+ on this.

Glad I was in meetings all day and missed the first 2 sessions to be honest absolute horror show. We're watching our young all-rounder come of age this season. Sky's the limit, what a player.

Met office forecast looks okay- maybe a bit of rain around on Thursday morning

Not necessarily a bad thing, as long as those wickets are taken quickly and consistently (which they have been). He hasn't really bowled in favourable conditions this summer yet. It does look like he'll go on to be a batting all-rounder but he's over 10 years away from his peak as a spinner, and his googly is already superb. Just needs to work on his stock ball.

They do look an absolute shambles now- I know their attack was weakened by injuries early on but the batting now seems to be faltering.

A win would be fantastic and basically confirms promotion, but it's a game we can't afford to lose. Especially now that Glamorgan look likely to win.

Glamorgan all over Kent... we could probably do with a win here to cement our place at top.

Wasn't able to watch much of the morning- what do we reckon is a good 1st innings score?

Fingers crossed. A lot of batting to come, but not much margin for error now.

Unbelievable. We go from bowling first with a weakened attack in the most bat-friendly conditions possible, to choosing to not play the 5-man seam attack which got us to the top of the league under low cloud cover and putting ourselves in. Looks like a horrible decision.

Not looking like an inspired decision thus far...

2 spinners and we've chosen to bat under cloud cover- presumably it looks like a turning pitch?

Fatawu being back on the bench this soon makes me very uneasy.

That looks absolutely sensational.

Still got mine. I've played 5-a-side in it occasionally for 15+ years and it still looks brand new- oddly, it's probably one of the best-made and durable kits we've ever had. An absolute monstrosity at the time but I'm quite fond of it now.

So they've released 2 sets of training gear/tat before the home kit? Makes sense.

I'd like to say I'm shocked about us going down the dodgy overseas gambling sponsor route AGAIN (despite the concerns raised around BC Game), but I'm not. It's completely on brand with us these days. That template which we look to have got on 2 kits is an absolute shit sandwich. Tacky and generic as it gets. We're going to look every bit the 2 bob championship outfit we've become this season.

Aye, there's a lad called Luke Thomas. Big future ahead of him!

I'd love him to end up at Valencia. Been meaning to do the Mestalla before they knock it down.