Stokes withdrawn from Durham duty, Essex v Notts and more: county cricket day three – live

<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/21/cricket-ben-stokes-gus-atkinson-withdrawn-county-matches-ecb-england">Stokes and Atkinson withdrawn from county action</a><br> <a href="mailto:tanya.aldred.freelance@guardian.co.uk">Email Tanya</a> with your thoughts on the day’s action</p><p><strong>And Essex are in real trouble</strong> now with Dean Elgar and his limpet like qualities gone, lbw Stone for 42. Essex 65-4, trail Notts by 208. Nick Friend of The Cricketer was at Chelmsford for the first two days and tells me that Essex prepared a pitch for Harmer, only for Patterson-White to rip through them on day one. Harmer finished with a five-fer too – his first in 36 games(three years) for Essex.</p><p><strong>Great little knock</strong> this by Ollie Robinson, now 66. His last 100 was against Notts last May. Durham 383-9.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jun/21/ben-stokes-durham-england-essex-nottinghamshire-surrey-county-cricket-live">Continue reading...</a>