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Another sun-kissed day draws to a close - is this really the new cricket season?

It's four matches down leaving five to go on the final day after Hampshire, Kent, Derbyshire and Leicestershire made winning starts to their campaigns.

Surrey will have to resist Essex to avoid defeat in Chelmsford, and Somerset will be pushing hard for a big victory against Worcestershire on a final day which has plenty at stake.

Thanks for your company - we'll be back right here at 10.30am tomorrow to see what develops.

Division One

Essex 582-6 dec v Surrey 365 & 9-0 (f/o)

Surrey tail by 208 with 10 wickets standing

Hampshire 249 & 148-5 v Yorkshire 121 & 275

Hampshire won by five wickets

Nottinghamshire 579 v Durham 378 & 114-3

Durham trail by 87 with seven wickets standing

Somerset 670-7 dec v Worcestershire 154 & 280-5

Worcestershire trail by 236 with five wickets standing

Warwickshire 454 v Sussex 528 & 126-3

Sussex lead by 200 with seven wickets remaining

Division Two

Derbyshire 391 v Gloucestershire 222 & 259

Derbyshire won by nine wickets

Glamorgan 229 & 248 v Leicestershire 427 & 53-0

Leicestershire won by 10 wickets

Middlesex 260 & 288-6 v Lancashire 359

Middlesex lead by 189 with four wickets standing

Northamptonshire 143 & 114 v Kent 231 & 171

Kent won by 145 runs

Rehan Ahmed square cuts Sam Northeast for four and Leicestershire have an added-time win at Sophia Gardens.

It took them just six overs to reach their target after bowling out Glamorgan for 248, with Ahmed 13 not out and Sol Budinger on 32.

The Foxes were on course for an innings win when Glamorgan were 133-7, but Kiran Carlson (113) and Andy Gorvin (50 not out) staved off that possibility with a stand of 99.

A good start to the season by Leicestershire, for whom Ian Holland took seven wickets in the game.

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Glamorgan 44-0 - target 51

It's all happening.

Spinner Ben Kellaway sends one down which is called a no-ball on height, Sol Budinger miscues and is caught at deep mid-wicket but it doesn't count.

Antooer Kellaway no-ball means he has to be taken off off and Sam Northeast has to finish the over.

His first ball is a long hop and Budinger smashes it for six.

Clive Eakin
BBC CWR Sport

The lead is exactly 200 for Sussex with seven wickets left.

All things are possible, it could just peter out and there'll be handshakes all around at 5 o'clock or we could have one team getting into trouble and a close finish. Who knows?

We will find out tomorrow.

Sol Budinger top edges a pull shot off Timm van der Gugten.

Asitha Fernando makes an unconvincing effort to get underneath it at fine leg, doesn't and it brings the left-hander four runs.

Another boundary follows, this time to mid-wicket, and Budinger then clears mid-off - just - and picks up a couple.

Josh Tongue in for the final over of the day.

Yet another ball stays low, but Colin Ackermann keeps it out, prompting more stifled yelps.

He pokes the next ball down the ground for a single before Ollie Robinson pushes into the offside for two. And that's that for day three.

Three evening session wickets have given Nottinghamshire a sniff of an opening-season victory.

Lyndon James’ century and Josh Tongue’s maiden half-century helped Notts rattle up a 201-run lead and rule out the prospect of a home defeat.

On a good batting strip, Fergus O’Neill conjured up two wickets in three balls to open up the game before Josh Tongue picked up Ben McKinney late on.

Durham are 87 runs away from wiping out the first-innings deficit.

The challenge in the morning will be to remove the wily campaigner Ackermann (45*), not to mention the prolific Robinson (6*).

An early breakthrough and anything could happen, but Notts will need to make things happen relatively quickly if they are to force a win.

There is something reminiscent of the late Malcolm Marshall when you watch Asitha Fernando bowl.

He's not as good, but the sprint up to the stumps and whippy arm action are similar.

Leicestershire are finding it hard to reach the boundary but the scoreboard continues to tick.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

There's a lot of mind games being played out there now.

Every ball whether it comes off the middle of the bat or not there's the usual oohs and aahs.

Lots of encouragement for Josh Tongue from the Notts fielders.

Farhan Ahmed gives Ollie Robinson a little width and he whips it through the offside for another single.

With three close catchers for company Colin Ackermann latches on a ball which strays down leg and helps it on its way to add another run to bring up nelson.

He goes over the wicket for his final ball of the day but Robinson reaches forward to block.

In theory, that is the day's allocation completed at Sophia Gardens. Except that it isn't.

Leicestershire want to be on the road home this evening and have called for the extra half hour.

Five runs from the latest Timm van der Gugten over as Sol Budinger has a mow at the final delivery and fails to make contact.

Eight more to be bowled - 40 runs needed by the Foxes.

Colin Ackermann is in shut up shop mode and defends Farhan Ahmed's fourth over for a maiden.

Josh Tongue continues to bend his back, but just an Ollie Robinson single from his penultimate over of the day.

Two overs 'til stumps.

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Sussex have got themselves into a position where they could make it an uncomfortable final day for Warwickshire but the home side may still harbour hopes of forcing a result.

Jack Carson's 4-92 helped Sussex take a 74-run first innings lead and they have gradually built on that.

The late dismissal of Tom Clark to one from Taz Ali which turned a long way also keeps things in the balance.

The draw remains the more likely result but you never know.

Sussex lead by 200 runs.

When Tom Bailey has Leus du Plooy caught behind to leave Middlesex 7-3 in their second innings, it looked like Lancashire might be on their way to victory at Lord's with a day to spare.

But a superb century by Max Holden has turned things around for the home side, who lead by 189, playing out a maiden from George Balderson to end the third day's play.

Holden has batted for over six hours, faced 274 balls and hit 15 fours, sharing a fifth-wicket stand of 163 with Ben Geddes (74).

Bailey has 3-47, with Balderson picking up the other two wickets to fall after Marcus Harris was out for 138 in Lancashire's first innings early in the day.

One over to go on day three at Edgbaston.

That late strike from Taz Ali has kept things in the balance.

Sussex lead by 200 runs.

Clive Eakin
BBC CWR Sport

I think the problem for Tom Clark there was that he didn't play a shot.

The umpire had a long think about it but ruled him out. Even though it probably hit out him outside stump, he can still be out because he hadn't played a shot.

Four wickets in the match now for Taz Ali, a decent enough debut.

Back out again at Cardiff.

Leicestershire send out Rehan Ahmed to open with Sol Budinger in the absence of injured Rishi Patel.

He picks up a single from Timm van der Gugten's second delivery.

Ollie Robinson gets off the mark with a single off Farhan Ahmed before Colin Ackermann sees out the 25th over with dots.

Josh Tongue has bowled nicely this evening and gets one away into the legside from under his ribcage for another single.

Colin Ackermann cracks it square but it's stopped and restricted to a single. He needs seven more for a half-century.

Four overs remain.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

Joe Clarke takes a good catch and Josh Tongue is able to celebrate a wicket.

With just over six overs to go we might find out if a nightwatchman is to be deployed or not.

It was a good catch from Clarke, diving to his left.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

We're into the final few overs of day three at Trent Bridge and Notts are in a good position to push for a win tomorrow.

After a wobbly start Durham recovered for a period but have now just lost Ben McKinney for 37. He was caught by keeper Joe Clarke off the bowling of Josh Tongue.

It came an over after Tongue thought he had the batsman caught at first slip, only to see Lyndon James put him down.

Earlier they were 29-2 when Fergus O'Neill had Alex Lees lbw and then bowled Emilio Gay two balls later, to leave him with a pair.

Colin Ackermann then joined McKinney in the middle and the two added 71 runs in 15 overs before the latter was out.