Summary

  • Day three of round four of the County Championship

  • 18 counties split into three groups of six

  • Surrey beat Hants by an innings & 289 runs; Roach takes 8-40

  • Durham beat Warwickshire by an innings & 127 runs

  • Notts beat Derbyshire by 310 runs for first red-ball win since 2018

Live Reporting

Gary Smee and Josef Rindl

  1. And with the close of play at Taunton, that's where we'll leave it tonight.

    Thanks for joining us.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Leach c Holden b Finn 5 (Somerset 104-4, target 207 v Middlesex)

    Jack Leach goes to the penultimate ball of the day and that'll be stumps.

    What a game we've got tomorrow. Somerset need another 103 for victory with six wickets in hand.

  3. Somerset 97-3 (target 207) v Middlesex

    Jack Leach comes in as nightwatchman for Somerset.

    Three overs to go.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Hildreth c White b Andersson 43 (Somerset 95-3, target 207)

    That's the wicket Middlesex wanted!

    James Hildreth is dismissed by Martin Andersson with just four overs left in the day.

    Big, big wicket in the context of this match. Somerset still need 112 for victory.

  5. Stumps at Hove

    Lancashire 124-2 (target 253) v Sussex

    And just a few balls later that is stumps.

    Lancashire need 129 more runs to win.

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    WICKET

    Luke Wells lbw b Carson 12 (Lancashire 123-2, target 253 v Sussex)

    The few games still remaining are now trickling towards close but there is one final bit of action at Hove.

    Luke Wells misjudges a straight one and is out plumb. Still very much Lancashire's day on the south coast though.

  7. Somerset 91-2 (target 207) v Middlesex

    Five overs to go at Taunton.

    Can Middlesex sneak out another wicket before stumps?

    James Hildreth and Tom Abell have been excellent since they came together at 17-2.

  8. Close of play at New Road

    Worcs 302-5 v Essex 561-8 dec

    Worcestershire reach a third batting bonus point just before stumps on another day where wickets were hard to come by at New Road.

    Just five fell.

    It looks like the Pears are heading for a fourth straight draw, unless Essex can take 15 wickets on the final day.

  9. Somerset 77-2 (target 207) v Middlesex

    This has been an excellent past half hour for Somerset.

    James Hildreth has raced onto 42 off just 30 balls.

    If he's still there at stumps with captain Tom Abell you'd have to say Somerset will be favourites heading into the final day.

    130 needed for victory.

  10. Stumps in Bristol

    Leicestershire 421 dec & 125-3 v Gloucestershire 275

    And as expected it's stumps in Leicestershire's game with Gloucestershire with the players unable to return to the pitch because of bad light.

  11. DURHAM BEAT WARWICKSHIRE
    Breaking

    Durham (391-9 dec) beat Warwickshire (87 & 177) by an innings & 127 runs

    It's all over now!

    Chris Rushworth dismisses last man Oliver Hannon-Dalby to seal a thumping win by an innings and 127 runs.

    After Warwickshire were skittled for 87 on day one, there was no way back.

  12. Durham 391-9 dec v Warwickshire 87 & 177-9

    Still waiting at Durham.

    Warwickshire's last-wicket pair of Tim Bresnan and Oliver Hannon-Dalby have stuck around for 30 minutes now.

  13. Bad light stops play

    Leicestershire 421 dec & 125-3 v Gloucestershire 275

    And we're off for bad light in Bristol on a day which had already been dominated by the weather.

    Lewis Hill (22) and Rishi Patel (24) had both looked unfazed not out in the middle.

    They've helped stretch Leicestershire's lead to 271.

    Eight more overs are still scheduled to be played tonight. I doubt we'll even see one.

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    WICKET

    Lancashire 102-1 (target 253) v Sussex

    A shred of hope for Sussex as Alex Davies is bowled by Stuart Meaker for a 59-ball 73.

    That's the one they wanted, now to get a couple more before stumps...

  15. Close of play

    Northamptonshire 94-4 (target 220) v Yorkshire

    The bad light doesn't improve and the umpires call an early stumps.

    An even game with both sides in with a chance. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to decide this one at Headingley.

  16. Durham 391-9 dec v Warwickshire 87 & 170-9

    Tim Bresnan and Oliver Hannon-Dalby are digging in for the Bears.

    Bresnan has 35. But this game is long gone.

  17. 100 runs

    up for Lancashire

    Lancashire 102-0 (target 253) v Sussex

    That's the 100 up. Openers Alex Davies (73) and Keaton Jennings (28) have hardly put a foot wrong.

    Lancashire require just 151 more runs to win and this opening partnership has put them in a superb position.

  18. Somerset 48-2 (target 207) v Middlesex

    Classy from James Hildreth.

    The Somerset batsman cuts Tom Helm away to the rope and follows it with back-to-back fours, both clipped off his legs.

    12 off the over.

  19. Somerset 36-2 (target 207) v Middlesex

    There are still 15 overs to go at Taunton.

    On the balance of today's play, that should equate to another four or five wickets.

    But Tom Abell and James Hildreth are doing a good job of calming things for the hosts. Two experienced heads at the crease.

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  20. Durham 391-9 dec v Warwickshire 87 & 149-9

    Oliver Hannon-Dalby survives the hat-trick delivery from Brydon Carse.

    But this game is as good as over.