Lancashire very close to a breakthrough - again.

Anderson Phillip raps Archie Vaughan on the pads with one which keeps shin-height low. The umpire says 'not out'.

Phillip tries a short one and Vaughan has all the time in the world to pivot and pull it for four. His dad Michael would have been happy with that one.

Scott Currie's superb maiden hundred is ended by a wicked leg spinner from Yuzvendra Chahal.

It pitches outside leg then rips across the right-hander, taking a feather edge to the keeper.

Superb delivery and breaks a stand of 110 that has seriously held up Northants' victory push.

Leicestershire lead by 123.

What a fine effort this is from Leicestershire.

About to be rolled over at 92-7, a hundred stand for the eighth wicket precedes another century partnership for the ninth!

Scott Currie career-best 117. Sam Wood career-best 43.

Foxes lead by 115.

Image source, Rex Feat

Luke Wells has a short leg in place.

It's a tidy enough over, costing four runs, but no immediate sign of assistance from the pitch.

A flashing square cut from Archie Vaughan brings him another boundary.

Lancashire are going to see if spin will produce a breakthrough - Luke Wells to bowl the next one.

James Minto, on debut, has got through 21 balls so far but is living a charmed life.

Beaten several time already, Sam Curran goes past his outside edge twice more in two balls to end his 13th over and looks heavenward in frustration.

It'll come soon for Surrey.

That looked very, very close.

George Balderson is convinced he has Archie Vaughan leg before but the umpire gives the batsman the benefit of the doubt.

Vaughan clips the next one for four and is 28 not out.

Sam Wood, a 20-year-od playing just his second match, is enjoying himself.

Having sweely lifted Yuzvendra Chahal over long-off for six, he has another dip at the legger and whacks him back over his lead.

He then drives Ben Sanderson through cover for four and Leicestershire now have a three-figure lead.

If they can get it up to 150 they may have a squeak in the fourth innings.

A bizarre way to end as Felix Organ and Muhammad Abbas get into a mix-up and the latter is run out at the non-striker's end.

They had refused a few runs before that when they could have gone, and then ran when they shouldn't have.

Anyway, the result is that Hampshire don't quite get to a lead of 400 but they're not far off it.

Worcestershire will have about 11 overs to negotiate before tea and have been set 394 to win.

If the news has filtered through from Canterbury, Lancashire now know that they have to win this game to retain an outside chance of avoiding relegation next week.

Another tidy over from Will Williams ticks by with two singles from it.

Another streaky one by Tom Lammonby who edges Will Williams past second slip for four.

Lammonby clips through mid-wicket, a more authoritative shot, and it brings him another boundary as George Balderson's dive on the boundary edge fails to prevent it reaching the rope.

He is 39 not out - and has gone past 900 Championship runs in 2024 in this innings - and Archie Vaughan has 21.

Ooh Felix Organ gets away with it on a couple of occasions there but just managing to avoid the fielders with his lofted shots both times.

Kyle Abbott then sends a fuller pitched Joe Leach ball straight back down the ground for four which brings up 200 for Hampshire.

Their lead is now 390.

Canterbury will host Division Two cricket next season after Notts complete an emphatic 10-wicket win, Ben Slater bringing the victory with a hooked six.

Kent had started the day with some hope despite following on with all second innings wickets in tact.

But a relentless drive by Notts has taken them to the win and the brink of safety themselves.

Kent are condemned to the second tier for the first time since 2018.

After winning just one match and only nine batting points all season they can have few complaints.

Nice shot by Tom Lammonby, perhaps deserving of more than a single, but Josh Bohannon intercepts the ball with a diving stop at mid-on. Another 333 needed by Somerset.

Somerset fans won't thank us for saying this but you feel a wicket may be coming at Old Trafford.

George Balderson finds the edge of Tom Lammonby's bat but it doesn't quite carry to Harry Singh at third slip.

Lancashire getting a lot more movement than the visitors did earlier in the day.