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Unbeaten Division Two leaders Nottinghamshire have a seventh win of the summer in their sights after setting Northants a mammoth victory target of 417 at Trent Bridge.

They already have four of the wickets they need, two of them taken by England's Jake Ball, and there may be doubts about whether Adam Rossington can bat after suffering a hand injury earlier in the game.

“We’ve put ourselves in a really good position in that last session. I think we sort of had to be honest with ourselves and say we didn’t bowl as well as we could with the new ball, but I think we’ve dragged it back nicely," Ball told BBC Radio Nottingham.

“We know the lengths we have to bowl and it’s slightly fuller than you normally want – and then you get driven – but we feel we’ve got enough runs on the board to put them under enough pressure.”

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Sussex's Ollie Robinson was undoubtedly one of the stars of day three, hitting 41 off 37 balls to see his side to a one-wicket win over Glamorgan - their third in a row.

Returning from injury, Robinson took seven wickets in the match before his nerveless batting saw his side over the line in Colwyn Bay, earning plaudits from team mate Chris Jordan.

"There's no question at all about his talent," Jordan told BBC Radio Sussex. "He's an immensely talented cricketer and he's a competitor - those are things you can't teach.

"This was his first Championship game (of the season) and the first ball he bowled to the last he faced summed his game up: he was very courageous, very brave and very attacking."

There was quite a bit of of rain about yesterday, with no play possible at The Oval or Canterbury, and less than an hour of action at Chelmsford.

Today looks a bit better but Lancashire supporters hoping to see their side beat Warwickshire might be concerned about Alina Jenkins' forecast below.

For further information, please visit the BBC Weather website.

Division One

Essex 159 & 158-4 v Somerset 164

Essex lead by 153 runs

Warwickshire 200 & 275-6 v Lancashire 504-8 dec

Warwickshire need 29 runs to avoid innings defeat

Middlesex 247 & 15-0 v Surrey 280

Surrey lead by 18 runs

Division Two

Durham 480-9 dec v Derbyshire 164 & 305-6

Derbyshire need 11 runs to avoid innings defeat

Leicestershire 350 v Kent 313-9

Leicestershire lead by 37 runs

Nottinghamshire 213 & 344-9 dec v Northamptonshire 141 & 167-4

Northants need another 250 to win

Worcestershire 363 & 295-8 dec v Gloucestershire 258 & 55-3

Gloucestershire need another 346 to win

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Glamorgan 294 & 182 v Sussex 268 & 211-9

Sussex won by one wicket

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There are seven County Championship matches remaining, three in Division One, and four in Division Two, so welcome to our coverage of the final day's play. The action starts at 11:00 BST.

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