Back to back sixes over mid-wicket for Shan Masood at the start of a new spell by Siddarth Kaul.

The Indian doesn't have the zip to bowl that sort of length and Masood is now 73 not out.

Justin Broad will return at the other end in a double switch by the home side.

Aaron Beard gifts a leg-stump half-volley to Joe Denly, which the batter just guides down to fine leg for four.

That sees Kent bring up the 250 and get a first batting point.

With it coming in the 98th over, it may be the only one they get.

Three balls after catching Ben Cox off his own bowling, Timm van der Gugten removes Ben Mike for a four-ball duck.

An inside edge hits the batter's pad than cannons into the off stump.

It's a two-wicket maiden and the paceman now has figures of 5-60. It may get better yet.

Tom Scriven cannot bowl for the rest of the match after picking up an injury, but can wield a bat.

Shan Masood's wrist may be troubling him but he's still capable to lofting Rob Keogh straight down the ground for six.

A top-class shot and Masood is now 63 not out. Ben Sanderson apart, the Northants attack is looking short of ideas at the moment.

The Yorkshire lead is 180.

Ollie Pope flicks Felix Organ backward of square leg to bring up the fifty for Surrey in the 28th over for the loss of skipper Rory Burns.

It's been hard going out there as you would expect from a team going out to bat 481 behind on first innings.

James Wharton runs Ben Sanderson down to third man - there are three runs there and that is a 50 partnership with Shan Masood from 72 balls.

Masood defends the final ball of the over, that wrist problem is still a cause for concern.

Liam Dawson single-handedly removed Surrey's top three first time around, but hasn't quite found his line yet.

Ollie Pope plays solidly in defence before opening the face of the bat and running a single down to third man.

Felix Organ is the spinner asking the questions at the moment. Pope almost chops on to his first ball but gets away with a single.

The 24-year-old then lets out the yelp of a curtailed lbw appeal off Dom Sibley.

It's a battle out there.

Simon Harmer is brought back into the Essex attack.

He has gone wicketless from his 21 overs so far in this innings and with Sam Cook off the field, Essex really need the South Africa off-spinner to come to the party.

Harmer has 14 wickets so far this summer, not quite reaching the standards of previous years yet.

It's spin at both ends again as Liam Dawson returns for his second over of the innings.

Two Dom Sibley singles and another from Ollie Pope is the outcome.

There's a yelp as Sibley then plays back to Felix Organ and the ball drops at his feet.

Middlesex are slowly ticking along and not in any great hurry but Sam Robson will be hoping to get 100.

He's really been hanging in there looking for that.

Shan Masood edges Ben Sanderson towards third slip but it does not carry.

He's clearly not happy about that wrist. We're going to see the Yorkshire physio for the second time.

Leicestershire have four overs to get the 25 runs needed for a third batting point.

In all honesty it looks unlikely, Scott Currie (34) and Ben Cox (22) are not exactly motoring against some disciplined bowling.

Even more unlikely now. Maiden from Zain-ul-Hassan.

Nathan Lyon has proved himself at the very highest level to be a doughty battler with the bat.

So this won't be a necessarily straight forward job to remove him.

What happened there?

Shan Masood plays and misses but then takes off his right glove and appears to have some sort of wrist or finger injury.

The Yorkshire physio comes out to provide several minutes of treatment.