Summary

  • Day four of eight matches in the County Championship

  • Div One: Durham v Sussex, Essex v Hants, Notts v Yorks, Warwickshire v Somerset

  • Games at Durham, Essex, Notts & Warwickshire end in draws

  • Div Two: Gloucs v Derbys, Lancs v Kent, Leics v Glamorgan, Northants v Middlesex

  • Northants chase 311 to win by four wickets

  • Rapid Stewart hundred gives Kent remarkable draw at Blackpool

  • Draws at Leicestershire & Gloucestershire

  1. Postpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time

    Notts 487 & 64-0 v Yorkshire 510

    The players could shake hands now at Trent Bridge.

    Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed are cruising along at more than five an over on this flat pitch.

    Haseeb HameedImage source, Rex Features
  2. Postpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time

    Warwickshire 56-2 (target 377) v Somerset

    Two slips and a short leg in for Archie Vaughan who causes problems straight away.

    The spin twins in tandem now just 15 overs into this fourth innings.

  3. 6 runs

    Postpublished at 14:28 British Summer Time

    Warwickshire 52-2 (target 377) v Somerset

    Sam Hain is playing far more positively in this innings interestingly.

    I am not sure yet whether the chase is on so to speak, but it is odd that he did not do this to get what could have been easy batting bonus points in the first innings.

    He shuffles and hits Jack Leach for six straight.

    Archie Vaughan to bowl from the City End now.

  4. Danger of falling asleeppublished at 14:26 British Summer Time

    Sussex 218-4, lead Durham by 252

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Unmitigated levels of excitement may break out as the new ball has just been taken in CLS.

    The old one has been unceremoniously booted off the field. And good riddance to it. It's been utterly dull today. Credit to the batters, who have not lost a wicket, but this is enough to get cricket done away with.

    The Kookaburra gives the bowlers about a 15-over window when it's new and that's about it. 20 overs if lucky. And if it gets wet you've had it.

    I hope this experiment is abandoned next year, when we have whatever structure to the county season they decide. Sadly there's still three rounds of games to go with it this season.

    Ben Raine had a big appeal for LBW against Danial Ibrahim (75) with the first delivery of the new ball, but it was not given. John Simpson has 63. Batting has been extremely straightforward though, on a slow, flat track.

    Not sure what will come first? A wicket, or me falling asleep!

  5. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time

    Warwickshire 44-2 (target 377) v Somerset

    Jack Leach appeals, he is giving Sam Hain pain with his arm balls particularly, but not given.

    Hain sweeps for four next ball as Leach gets too full and onto his pads.

  6. Postpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time

    Warwickshire 40-2 (target 377) v Somerset

    Craig Overton is not at all happy with Sam Hain's time wasting.

    Neither are the crowd, with many Somerset fans still here after the short trip up the M5 Sunday morning.

    Oohs and aahs from the crowd are ignored by Hain who just tickles one off his hip and Overton neglects the chance to bump nor sledge him as Hain runs past him.

  7. Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time

    Essex 296 & 234-5 v Hants 453

    Michael Pepper and Tom Westley continue to accumulate nicely for Essex, frustrating the Hampshire bowlers and increasing the probability of a draw.

    Essex lead by 77, with Westley on 87 and Pepper on 71.

  8. new ball

    New ballpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time

    Durham 327 v Sussex 361 & 214-4

    A final throw of the dice from Durham as they take the new ball.

    Sussex lead by 248 runs.

    Ben Raine hits the pads of Danial Ibrahim with his first ball with the new cherry - not out.

  9. Postpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time

    Lancs 639-9d v Kent 374 & 90-5

    Chris Green (4-32) is bowling with seven fielders around the bat plus wicketkeeper Matthew Hurst.

    If Joey Evison or Jaydn Denly fancy a chat then they won't be short of company.

    Evison sweeps for four runs.

    Kent trail by 175 runs.

  10. Postpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time

    Lancs 639-9d v Kent 374 & 86-5

    Chris Green's hat-trick ball at the start of his next over is safely negotiated by Joey Evison.

    Two batsmen are going to have to play very well to deny Lancashire a first red-ball win of the season.

  11. First change at Edgbastonpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time

    Warwickshire 30-2 (target 377) v Somerset

    Craig Overton brings himself on to replace Matt Henry after five overs.

    Jack Leach may be plugged in for the session from the Pavilion End whilst Somerset seamers rotate from the City End.

  12. Postpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time

    Lancs 639-9d v Kent 374 & 84-5

    Oh, almost another wicket with the first ball of the very next over.

    Jaydn Denly fends at one off Mitchell Stanley and it falls just short of the man at gully.

    Kent are wobbling.

  13. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time

    Leaning c Wells Green 0 (Lancs 639-9d v Kent 374 & 84-5)

    Chris Green takes two in two balls.

    He gets Jack Leaning caught at bat-pad by Luke Wells and Kent are crumbling.

    Green has four wickets but will have to wait for his hat-trick ball until his next over.

    Joey Evison is next in - Kent still trail by 181 runs.

  14. Postpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time

    Warwickshire 24-2 (target 377) v Somerset

    Sam Hain is taking his sweet time between balls, already irritating the Somerset fielders, there could be a fair amount of gamesmanship across the rest of this match this afternoon.

    61 overs to go, Henry and Leach the only bowlers used thus far.

  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time

    Muyeye c Jenning b Green 3 (Lancs 639-9d v Kent 374 & 84-4)

    Tawanda Muyeye outImage source, Rex Features

    Same combination, same result.

    Tawanda Muyeye goes forward to Chris Green and Keaton Jennings takes a fine catch by getting his fingers under the ball just off the ground.

    Three wickets for Green now.

    Kent trail by 181 runs.

  16. 100 runs

    100 Partnership & 200 up for Sussexpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time

    Durham 327 v Sussex 361 & 202-4

    A nice job done by Danial Ibrahim and his captain John Simpson.

    They came together at 111-4 when the game could have rapidly gone south for Sussex but they're now batting their side towards a well-earned draw.

    Sussex lead by 236 runs.

  17. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time

    Lancs 639-9d v Kent 374 & 82-3

    Lancashire want the wicket of Tawanda Muyeye as he tries to pull a ball from Mitchell Stanley.

    It keeps low and goes through to Matthew Hurst.

    Was there a touch? No sir.

    Nervy moments for Kent just as with the early stages this morning.

    Kent trail by 183 runs

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time

    Yates b Leach 13 (Warwickshire 16-2, target 377 v Somerset)

    Jack Leach has Somerset a second inside six overs here!

    Rob Yates bowled by an absolute peach flicking his off bail.

    Sam Hain in far earlier than he would have wanted, but at least he is right handed, so the footmarks should be less of an issue for him.

    Hain had 78 off 170 balls in the first dig, will he be more positive in this innings to attempt the chase or will they try and shut up for the draw early?

  19. Elsewhere in Div Two...published at 13:55 British Summer Time

    Gloucestershire declared their second innings at lunch on 526-6, setting Derbyshire 316 for victory. They've got off to a flier - 26-0 off three overs.

    Glamorgan are almost level with Leicestershire as Sam Northeast and Colin Ingram's fourth-wicket stand continues to grow. They've put on 183 to take Glamorgan to 219-3, and they trail by just four runs.

    Northants, chasing 311 to beat Middlesex, have lost opener Ricardo Vasconcelos to Toby Roland-Jones. The hosts are 27-1 at Wantage Road.

    Toby Roland-Jones bowlingImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 13:53 British Summer Time

    Notts 487 & 17-0 v Yorkshire 510

    Yorkshire don't look particularly like running through Nottinghamshire's batting line-up in this second innings.

    Jack White starts with a few wayward deliveries down the leg side, one of which skips away for four byes and leaves Jonny Bairstow with a sore hand.

    Dan Moriarty takes the new ball from the other end and is carved to the fence twice by Haseeb Hameed.