Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle at Chester-le-Street

David Bedingham, Division One's leading run-scorer, has just passed the 200-run mark for Durham, for the second time.

His top score for the county is 257 in a game against Derbyshire in 2021. On that occasion he became the first Durham player to score more than 300 in a game. Today he has 214, while at the other end Colin Ackermann has 141.

Their partnership is already a club record for a fifth wicket, at 336 and now stands at number three for Durham. Lancashire look flat in the field and don't seem to have any idea how to break this stand with the Kookaburra ball and a track which seems benign.

It is a bright and breezy day in Chester-le-Street and at 435-4 Durham lead Lancashire by 207.

Tom Curran is not looking comfortable out there against the twin spin attack.

Three times Jack Leach beats Curran's outside edge in his 39th over.

After a quiet start to the day, Somerset are all over the leaders.

Colin Ackermann is forward to Tom Hartley, driving down the ground for one to get up to 140.

Single to David Bedingham down the ground.

Ackermann keeps the strike with a single cut into the off side and this is a record partnership for any wicket for Durham, now worth 336.

Derbyshire require 266.

Rob Keogh goes across his stumps to open up the leg side, but only offers a clear route for Martin Andersson to thud into his leg stump.

This could be an exciting chase.

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Those two Jack Leach wickets have created an opening for Somerset, but can they burst through it?

Their hopes may have taken a blow, however, depending on the fitness of Tom Banton.

The Somerset gloveman, who made a fine century in the first innings, pulled up in the warm-up this morning and had to be carried from the field.

Henry Brookes is in the attack for the first time this morning and his first over of the day yields four singles to Gloucestershire.

Zafar Gohar plays perhaps his best shot of the day with a beautifully timed drive through cover for four runs off the bowling of Tom Helm.

Helm bangs the last ball in short and Zafar rides the bounce to slap the ball backward of point for two.

Tom Hartley is in the attack and Colin Ackermann is forward, sweeping square for four. He's on 131.

David Bedingham is on 207 at the other end and he might have a chance of another record here.

The highest first-class score of any Durham batter is 273, made by Martin Love against Hampshire on this ground in 2003.

Bedingham's current top score for Durham is 257, also scored on this ground against Derbyshire in 2021.

Dropped catchpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 11 September

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Kent 101-5 v Hampshire 403

Hampshire haven't been great in the slips this season and another one goes down.

Toby Albert is the guilty party on this occasion at second slip.

James Fuller had done well to extract a drive out of Ben Compton, on 32, but he'll have to find another one.

Warwickshire's openers Rob Yates and Alex Davies are back in again - just over 24 hours after they began their first innings.

After losing over half the day's play yesterday, who could possibly have imagined that?

Logan van Beek opens the bowling for the Bears.

50 for Northants' Keoghpublished at 11:28 British Summer Time 11 September

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Northants 219 & 202-8 v Derbyshire 165

Not a single batting point earned on the opening two days in Northampton.

And Northants' second innings is following that same pattern - but Rob Keogh is doing his best to change that.

He's up to 54no and the Northants lead is past 250 - which looks a daunting target for Derbyshire with what we've seen so far.

100 for Tom Clarkpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 11 September

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Sussex 463-6 v Glamorgan 186

Well batted, Tom Clark!

He sweeps Ben Kellaway down to the fine leg boundary to brings up his third first-class century.

It's also his first of the season and has been made from a nuggety 220 balls with 11 fours. He removes his helmet and shows his bat to all four corners of the ground.

And who can blame him?

The lead is 277.

Toby Roland-Jones is into his 20th over of the innings, trying to prize out Ollie Price.

He bowls full but Price can't push the ball past mid off.

Rojo adjusts his length slightly and Ollie Price defends down the ground.

Maiden over.

A century up for Kent.

No, not the runs yet, but the amount of balls faced between Ben Compton and Harry Finch during this sixth-wicket stand.

They have calmed things down.

The Division Two leaders continue to march on at Hove despute the loss of centurion John Simpson.

Tom Clark takes two off Ben Kellaway to bring up 450 for Sussex and then a single to move within two runs of a ton.

But it's Fynn Hudson-Prentice who is picking up the pace.

He strokes a beautiful cover drive off James Harris which takes him to 25 off as many balls.