County cricket: Hameed hits overdue century for Lancashire – as it happened

Haseeb Hameed hit a century for Lancashire against Middlesex while Tom Curran took three wickets to keep Essex in check at the Oval 6.59pm BST On a day plump with runs some runs meant more than others. For Haseeb Hameed, Lancashire’s 22-year-old batsman, they marked the return of hope, luck and form. With a merry hook over backward square-leg off Middlesex’s Toby Roland-Jones, straight into the Warner Stand for six, Hameed reached his first first-class hundred since August 2016.That