Summary

  • Yorkshire beat Northants by one run at Headingley - only the club's second single-run Championship win

  • Gloucestershire chase down 348 to beat Leicestershire and lead Group Two

  • Lancashire defeat Sussex by 5 wickets at Hove and stay top of Group Three

  • Somerset beat Middlesex by 4 wickets - their third win of the season

  • Essex draw with Worcestershire at New Road despite enforcing follow-on

Live Reporting

Josef Rindl and Paul Grunill

  1. Play is under way at four grounds - with the exception of Hove, where we have had some rain.

  2. Listen live

    Our BBC commentators are in place at the five grounds where matches have reached the final day. For ball-by-ball coverage on the game of your choice, select the commentary link from the top of the page.

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  3. Day three recap

    Stuart BroadRex Features

    Saturday was a momentous day for Nottinghamshire, who finally registered their first County Championship win since June 2018, when they beat neighbours Derbyshire by 310 runs.

    The home side had no answer to the potent Notts pace attack as they were bowled out for just 159, with England's Stuart Broad claiming 4-37.

    But they weren't the biggest winners on the day as Surrey and Durham wrapped up huge innings victories over Hampshire and Warwickshire respectively.

    West Indies paceman Kemar Roach returned career-best figures of 8-40 as Surrey won by an innings and 289 runs at the Kia Oval, while Brydon Carse led the way with 5-49 as Durham walloped the previously unbeaten Bears by an innings and 129 runs at Chester-le-Street.

  4. Weather outlook

    Looks like there could be odd bursts of rain which might affect some of today's games, but let's hope any delays are only short ones.

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  5. How things stand

    After third day's play

    Group One

    • Essex 561-8 dec v Worcestershire 302-5

    Worcestershire trail by 259 runs with 5 wickets standing

    Group Two

    • Leicestershire 421 & 125-3 v Gloucestershire 275

    Leicestershire lead by 271 with 7 wickets standing

    • Middlesex 357 & 117 v Somerset 268 & 104-4

    Somerset need another 103 to win

    Group Three

    • Sussex 328 & 154 v Lancashire 230 & 124-2

    Lancashire need another 129 to win

    • Yorkshire 206 & 247 v Northamptonshire 234 & 94-4

    Northants need another 126 to win

  6. Good morning

    According to Agatha Christie's master detective, Hercule Poirot, cricket is the English enigma, a game where even the players are unsure of the rules.

    Let's hope, though, that the teams are fully clued in with some thrilling final-act finishes in prospect in the five remaining Championship games.

    We will have all the words necessary to describe what is happening around the grounds.

    Will it be as much fun as Toyah and Robert's Sunday lunch videos? That's setting the bar high, but we'll certainly try our best.

    Play starts at 11:00 BST.

    New Road, WorcesterRex Features