Summary

  • Alastair Cook hits unbeaten 127 in Essex draw

  • Lancashire beat Notts by eight wickets

  • Leics defeat Glamorgan by 10 wickets

  • Sam Robson makes 231 & 106 in Middlesex draw

Live Reporting

Paul Grunill

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  2. Lancashire poised for victory

    Lancashire 332 & 62-2 v Nottinghamshire 242 & 175

    Looks like Lancashire have got this one in the bag as Alviro Petersen hits successive boundaries off Stuart Broad. Only 24 more needed and 82 overs to get them in. That might have been a big ask for me, the way I used to bat (I once batted the entire 48 overs of a village game and only reached 50 in the last over), but it should be plain sailing for the Red Rose boys.

  3. 50 runs

    Robson in the runs again

    Middlesex 452 & 107-3 v Warwickshire 468

    Sam Robson clearly intends to fill his boots this summer. A single off Chris Wright carries him to a 114-ball half century to go with his first innings score of 231. Warwickshire must be sick of the sight of him.

  4. Good contest at Old Trafford

    Lancashire 332 & 51-2 v Nottinghamshire 242 & 175 - Lancashire need another 35 to win

    BBC Sport's Lizzy Ammon at Old Trafford:

    "Another glorious day and despite the early loss of Karl Brown, Lancashire are well on track to reach their victory target well before lunch. 

    "It's been an impressive performance by the home side on their return to Division One. If there was a man of the match award it would surely be given to Neil Wagner for his 11 wickets.

    "This has been a thoroughly entertaining match and a good contest between bat and ball."     

  5. I promised you yesterday that I would find out who produced the best figures of Lancashire in their debut appearance following Neil Wagner's binary-beautiful 11-111 against Notts. It's taken a few hours, but the answer is Cecil Parkin, who had match figures of 14-99 against Leicestershire in 1914.  

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    WICKET Hameed (c Mullaney b Ball 9)

    Lancashire 333 & 31-2 v Nottinghamshire 242 & 175

    The wickets are coming thick and fast and there goes another one at Old Trafford as opener Haseeb Hameed departs. It's a second success for Jake Ball - and the Red Rose county still need another 55 to win the game.

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    WICKET Compton (lbw Clarke 44)

    Middlesex 452 & 91-3 v Warwickshire 468

    With a Test series against Sri Lanka looming and stacks of runs being scored by England hopefuls around the country, current number three Nick Compton won't be happy at missing out on the chance for a big innings of his own. His stand with Sam Robson was worth 71.  

  8. dropped catch

    Dropped catch

    Essex 320 & 9-1 v Sussex 360 & 288

    BBC Sussex's Adrian Harms at Hove:

    "Alastair Cook is being given a stern examination by the Sussex bowlers. He's been dropped at slip by Danny Briggs, a regulation chance off the bowling of Ollie Robinson, and survived a huge appeal for lbw from his first-innings tormentor Steve Magoffin."

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    WICKET Lees (lbw Tomlinson 1)

    Yorkshire 593-9 dec & 3-1 v Hampshire 453-9 dec

    It's been a poor match for Yorkshire opener Alex Lees. Dismissed for seven in the first innings, he departs second ball as James Tomlinson strikes for Hampshire.

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    WICKET Browne (lbw Magoffin 3)

    Essex 320 & 8-1 v Sussex 360 & 288

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    Alastair Cook looks on from the other end as opening partner Nick Browne departs in the third over. Essex need another 321 to win at Hove with nine wickets remaining.

    That is the 518th first-class wicket of Steve Magoffin's career and he's taken them at an average of just 23.73 - how did he never win a Test cap Australia?   

  11. Innings over

    Glamorgan 348 & 191 v Leicestershire 427

    A sorry end to Glamorgan's second innings as Graham Wagg is run out for 33. His downfall means Leicestershire need 113 to win at the Swalec - their last victory at Cardiff came in 2001.

  12. Hampshire declare at Headingley

    Yorkshire 593-9 dec v Hampshire 453-9 dec

    So what's happening with the defending champions? They are about to bat again after Ryan Sidebottom's dismissal of Chris Wood for 31 prompts Hampshire to call a halt to their first innings 140 runs in arrears. Ryan McLaren is left unbeaten on 55 and Sidebottom's final figures - having taken the 1000th wicket of his career on day three - are 4-80. 

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    WICKET Slater (run out 6)

    Derbyshire 444 & 6-1 v Gloucestershire 563

    Barring a Derbyshire collapse, it's hard to see how anything other than a draw is possible at Bristol. A run out in the fourth over of play might have started one or two butterflies fluttering in the visiting dressing room. They trail by 112.

    BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Bob Hunt:

    "Are we in for another extraordinary day? Ben Slater is run out backing up, and who's the bowler who sticks out a involuntary hand to divert a powerful Chesney Hughes' drive onto the stumps, yesterday's century-maker as nightwatchman Liam Norwell."

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  15. Innings over

    Sussex 360 & 288 v Essex 320

    So, Essex will face a target of 329 at Hove after Jamie Porter ends a stubborn last-wicket stand of 46 for Sussex by having Ajmal Shahzad caught for 23. Porter finishes with figures of 5-82, the first five-for of his career, and Steve Magoffin is left 23 not out. Graham Napier took 5-92 - a fine effort by the two Essex bowlers. 

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    WICKET Brown (lbw b Ball 8)

    Lancashire 332 & 8-1 v Nottinghamshire 242 & 175

    Now then, is there going to be a sting in the tail of this match? Jake Ball strikes for Notts as Lancashire opener Karl Brown follows his first-innings duck with another failure. Lancashire need another 78 runs to win the match.

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    WICKET Hogan (c O'Brien b Raine 23)

    Glamorgan 348 & 177-9 v Leicestershire 427

    Ben Raine strikes in his opening over at Cardiff. That's his fourth wicket of the innings and Glamorgan are only 98 ahead with one wicket remaining. Just to remind you - Leicestershire have not won their opening fixture in a Championship season since 2012.

  18. Can Broad rescue Notts?

    Of course, it's not absolutely impossible that Nottinghamshire could pull off an astonishing win at Old Trafford. They do have a certain Mr Stuart Broad in their team and he knows a thing or two about knocking batsmen over quickly - remember his incredible 8-15 in last summer's fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. 

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  19. Slow pitch at Old Trafford

    BBC Radio Manchester’s Scott Read at Old Trafford:

    "Under blue Manchester skies, Lancashire head into the final day in a position of strength that even the most optimistic of supporters would have found it hard to believe.

    "Some wonderful bowling from Neil Wagner and some determined batting from the middle and lower order has been enough - unless something remarkable happens – to set up an impressive opening round win.

    "On a pitch which seems slow and difficult to score, adding even another 50 runs to the 86-run target would have left a tricky total to chase."

  20. How things stand

    Here's the position in the six Championship games before the start of play:

    Division One:

    Nottinghamshire 242 & 175 v Lancashire 332 - Notts lead by 85

    Middlesex 452 & 76-2 v Warwickshire 468 - Middlesex lead by 60

    Hampshire 450-8 v Yorkshire 593-9 dec - Yorkshire lead by 143

    Division Two:

    Glamorgan 348 & 172-8 v Leicestershire 427 - Glamorgan lead by 93

    Gloucestershire 563 v Derbyshire 444 - Glos lead by 119

    Sussex 360 & 282-9 v Essex 320 - Sussex lead by 322