Ben Stokes plays for Durham, Sussex v Hampshire, and more: county cricket – live

<ul><li><p>All the latest from around the grounds</p></li><li><p><a href="mailto:tanya.aldred.freelance@guardian.co.uk">Mail Tanya</a> or comment below with your thoughts</p></li></ul><p><strong>And now from the Finchale end</strong>, Ben Stokes… the first ball is a dot, the second flies down to fine leg off the thigh pad of Vasconcelos for four. Ball three: nothing. Ball four – ooops, a drop by Ben McKinney at leg slip. In and out, midnight sweats. Ball five: four through the covers in front of the watching groundsmen sitting on plastic chairs. Ball six – off the ankles to long leg for a couple. Ten from the over.</p><p><strong>The Grace Road</strong> groundstaff have gone for a weird striped pitch today – beige ends and a grassy middle. It has been largely successful – Luxton and Whiteman both out, Yorkshire 40-2.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jun/19/ben-stokes-plays-for-durham-sussex-v-hampshire-and-more-county-cricket-live">Continue reading...</a>