Live: Yorkshire’s senior sides aim for Super Sunday

Dean Elgar 45 and Tom Westley 36 have shared 74 unbroken for the second wicket.

Jack White claimed the only wicket in the morning session, that of Paul Walter caught at second slip.

Matthew Revis has replaced Will Sutherland in the attack. Essex 91-1 in the 30th.

Dean Elgar has 40 and Tom Westley 35.

Harry Duke is on as sub fielder for George Hill and has been ever since the end of his four-over spell.

Essex have moved to 78-1 in the 27th over. Dean Elgar 29 and Tom Westley 33. The pitch is looking pretty decent for batting. There’s not a massive amount of pace in this pitch.

Essex are 62-1 after 23 overs. Will Sutherland comes on in place of George Hill.

Sutherland actually signed for Essex a few years before having his deal cancelled following injury.

Spin introduced by Jonny Bairstow, with Dom Bess replacing Ben Coad, who has bowled nine overs for 21.

Essex are 47-1 after 18 overs.

First change sees George Hill on in place of Jack White, who has bowled seven overs, 1-18.

Essex are 30-1 early in the 16th over, with Dean Elgar on 12.

Paul Walter caught Adam Lyth bowled Jack White, 16.

Caught at second slip as he looked to work to leg.

Essex captain Tom Westley is in now alongside Dean Elgar, who has 8.

Jack White has just had an lbw appeal against Dean Elgar turned down, the South African shouldering arms.

Jack White is sharing the new ball. Paul Walter has just worked him off his legs for the game’s first boundary.

Ben Coad is opening the bowling to Dean Elgar. Paul Walter is the other Essex opener.

Yorkshire: Adam Lyth, Fin Bean, James Wharton, Abdullah Shafique, Jonny Bairstow c&w, Matthew Revis, George Hill, Will Sutherland, Dom Bess, Ben Coad, Jack White.

Essex: Dean Elgar, Paul Walter, Tom Westley c, Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley, Charlie Allison, Michael Pepper w, Simon Harmer, Nohan Thain, Shane Snater, Khaleel Ahmed.

Rothesay County Championship, Division One 

Hampshire v Worcestershire, Utilita Bowl, Southampton

Somerset v Nottinghamshire, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Surrey v Durham, The Kia Oval

Sussex v Warwickshire, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

Division Two 

Derbyshire v Lancashire, Chesterfield 

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Kent v Northamptonshire, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury 

Leicestershire v Middlesex, The Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road 

Vitality Blast Women’s League 2, South Group 

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, The Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol 

Abdullah Shafique (picture) and Will Sutherland will make their only four-day appearance for Yorkshire this week. Both will then finish the Vitality Blast through next month.

Sutherland has been with Yorkshire since the start of the Blast in late May, and completes that competition, while Shafique only arrived from Pakistan on Wednesday. He plays the last four Blast matches, replacing Will O’Rourke after the next two.

Photo by William West/Getty Images.

Good morning from Clifton Park, York, where Yorkshire’s men are hosting Essex in a blockbuster Rothesay County Championship clash. Yorkshire are second from bottom in Division One, Essex a place and 14 points better off.

It’s a glorious morning, warm and sunny. We get going at 11am, with Yorkshire hoping for a replica of the dominant performance they put in at Chelmsford in May. Fingers crossed it brings a win this time instead of Essex holding on for the draw nine wickets down.

Later on, Yorkshire’s women are in Vitality Blast action against Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Peterborough Town (2.30pm).

Yorkshire will qualify for Finals Day with a fifth successive victory, achieving that feat with three games to spare.

You can read our previews for both games via the embedded X posts above.

Enjoy the day.