50 up for Warwickspublished at 16:04 British Summer Time

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Warwicks 93 & 53-2 v Notts 367

Two glorious straight drives in as many balls from Hamza Shaikh suggests he's in the mood to give Nottinghamshire a harder task of this one than they might have thought following that wicket of Rob Yates.

50 up for Warwickshire - they still trail by 221 runs with eight second-innings wickets remaining.

for Kashif Alipublished at 15:59 British Summer Time

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Essex 179 & 317 v Worcs 202 & 117-4

Kashif Ali's 50 arrives from 86 balls with a push to mid-wicket for one.

It's been a fine innings thus far and has given his side some hope of being able to chase down this target.

Essex increasing the pressure with tea approaching.

Kasun Rajitha keeps Kashif Ali on 49 with a maiden and another one follows as spinner Simon Harmer comes into the attack.

Gloucestershire reach tea with a lead of 191 over Kent, with Ollie Price 21 not out and Miles Hammond on nine.

Kent were all out for 393 immediately before lunch after a superb innings of 178 by opener Ben Compton.

But Ben Charlesworth (58) and Cameron Bancroft (22) began the reply with an opening stand of 71 and the visitors certainly look the more likely winners at this stage.

100 for Lawrencepublished at 15:56 British Summer Time

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Sussex 435 v Surrey 370-3 (trail by 65 runs)

This has been a terrific knock from Dan Lawrence and even if that is a sketchy way to reach it his century has lit up the day.

The Surrey batsman has taken a swing at Ollie Robinson and an edge has looped through the vacant area between first and third slip to the third man boundary.

Do not be fooled though. His 102 in 92 balls with eight fours and six sixes has really dragged a Surrey win back into the equation.

The champions are going to be up beyond Sussex's first innings score soon enough and applying a bit of scoreboard pressure before the end of day three.

The players have been called off and bad light has, unfortunately, stopped play.

Early tea is being taken but I would be surprised if we see more action at The Utilita Bowl today.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

A great unknown in the match, given we've not had a single over of spin, is what Farhan Ahmed might do if he gets a bit of a bowl after tea?

You don't know, it's been a seam dominated game and continues to be.

Glamorgan trail by 168 runs at the end of a session in which they lost just two wickets and they will be pretty happy with that.

Conversely Middlesex will be a little frustrated that a game they expected to tilt their way that session has refused to.

Nottinghamshire's bowling attack beginning to become a little ragged.

Lyndon James is pulled up for a no ball, which in truth could have also been a wide.

The hosts still trail by 229 runs, however.

We have spin from both ends now as Tom Prest comes on to bowl.

It's starting to look rather gloomy over The Utilita Bowl - and so far we've not seen a lot of turn on this pitch.

Somerset still trail by 67 runs with nine wickets remaining.

An absolute beauty from Kasun Rajitha beats Brett D'Oliveira.

Worcestershire move a fielder away from gully and D'Oliveira edges the next one through that exact gap and away for four.

Second new ballpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time

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Sussex 435 v Surrey 362-3 (trail by 73 runs)

Ollie Robinson will have a go with the second new ball in hand but not before Ben Foakes has faffed around a few minutes and changed his bat grip.

Dan Lawrence will face the new cherry on 95.

Brett D'Oliveira dabs Shane Snater down past the slips for four as Worcestershire's total passes 100.

Noah Thain will continue at the other end and there's another glorious cover drive from Kashif Ali which brings him a ninth boundary.

He is 48 not out and D'Oliveira has 13.

Relief for Worcestershire.

Noah Thain flattens Kashif Ali's leg stump - but it's a no-ball.

No-one for the bowler to blame there except himself.

To rub salt in the wound, Thain overpitches with the extra delivery at the end of the over and Ali cover drives for four.

That's a great stroke by Kashif Ali, who drives Shane Snater for four and briefly holds the pose in the follow through. He is 36 not out and Brett D'Oliveira has four.