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When the current Championship matches began, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Hampshire were all playing catch up on Warwickshire, Somerset and Lancashire in the title race because of points carried forward.

Notts, however, have done their bit to close the gap by rolling over Somerset by an innings with a day to spare at Taunton as Dane Paterson took 4-46.

Yorkshire are in a good position to follow suit against Hampshire, but a draw looks favourite between Lancashire and Warwickshire.

We also had wins for Essex and Kent today - the latter's first of the season - and we'll be back with you tomorrow for full coverage. See you then.

Division One

Ageas Bowl: Hampshire 163 & 26-2 v Yorkshire 243 & 312-6 dec

Hampshire need another 367 with 8 wickets standing

Old Trafford: Lancashire 341 v Warwickshire 371 & 52-1

Warwickshire lead by 82 with 9 wickets standing

Taunton: Somerset 107 & 181 v Nottinghamshire 448

Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 160 runs

Division Two

Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 134 & 112 v Essex 320

Essex won by an innings and 74 runs

Bristol: Gloucestershire 191 v Northamptonshire 327 & 92-7

Northamptonshire lead by 228 with 3 wickets standing

Division Three

Leicester: Leicestershire 109 & 253 v Kent 232 & 262

Kent won by 132 runs

Lord's: Middlesex 282 & 256 v Derbyshire 205 & 42-1

Derbyshire need another 292 with 9 wickets standing

Worcester: Worcestershire 213 v Sussex 264 & 199-6

Sussex lead by 250 with 4 wickets standing

You can see more details on all those matches on our scorecards page.

Joe Weatherley plays out a maiden form Adam Lyth - but the wicket of Tom Alsop in the previous over has left Yorkshire well on top ahead of the final day's play at the Ageas Bowl.

Gary Ballance's unbeaten 101 off 86 balls - against an attack minus injured Kyle Abbott and Brad Wheal - enabled Yorkshire to declare 392 ahead.

James Vince is still to come for Hampshire, but survival is likely to be their sole focus as the match reaches its conclusion.

Chris Benjamin has impressed in the second innings after his hundred in the first, stroking four fours in an unbeaten 28 and helping his team to 52-1 at stumps.

Warwickshire lead by 82 runs after three days and they control the destiny of the game. But they will have to bat positively in the morning to get themselves into a position to declare.

Lancashire will need a spectacular session with the ball for an unlikely victory, and the draw remains the most likely result of the lot.

Mason Crane does his job for the final five balls of the over, but is unable to rotate the strike so he will face the last one of the day, to be bowled by Adam Lyth. A wicket maiden for Dom Bess.

Another maiden from Jordan Thompson and Hampshire have two overs left to survive on day three at the Ageas Bowl. Joe Weatherley is 16 not out and Tom Alsop has seven.

Bad light ends the day early at Lord's where Billy Godleman and Tom Wood have battled well to reach 42-1 after the loss of Luis Reece for a duck.

Derbyshire added four to their overnight 201-9 in their first innings before Middlesex rattled along to 256 at almost four an over in their second. Sam Robson top scored with 52 but nobody could get the big score to completely bat their opponents out of the game.

But in setting a fourth innings target of 334, the home side still look by far the more likely winners.

An intriguing final day is in prospect at New Road after bad light ends play with Sussex 250 to the good.

Dan Ibrahim (56 not out) and Archie Lenham - both 17 years old - are the not out batsmen after Ali Orr (57) and Fynn Hudson-Prentice (46) helped the visitors recover from 87-4.

Worcestershire only added 27 to their overnight 186-7 earlier in the day as paceman Henry Crocombe took 3-44.

The umpires call off play because of bad light in Bristol, with Northamptonshire 228 ahead despite struggling in their second innings.

Luke Proctor took 5-42 as Gloucestershire failed to earn a batting point earlier in the day despite Graeme van Buuren's 56.

But the visitors soon found themselves 26-3 and Ryan Higgins (3-26) nipped out Harry Gouldstone and Adam Rossington in successive overs before the teams had to leave the field.

Yorkshire call up England spinner Dom Bess - a predictable decision as they look to make a second breakthrough before the close. Joe Weatherley does not look entirely comfortable but plays out a maiden and there are five more overs to come.

Tom Alsop pinches a strike with a single from the final ball of the latest Matthew Fisher over. There are seven more for Hampshire survive, having been set a target of 393 by Yorkshire's earlier declaration.

Matthew Fisher overpitches and Joe Weatherley puts it away unerringly through the covers to move on to 14 not out. There are nine overs left after this one and Hampshire cannot afford any further loss before stumps.

@DavidBell5667 Fantastic win for Notts #bbccricket, external

Indeed, since ending their 1043-day wait for a Championship victory in May, Notts have now had four innings wins which is fantastic form.

Tom Alsop only hit one four in 96 balls at the crease in Hampshire's first innings. It only takes him three to match that boundary total in this knock as he cover drives Ben Coad. Hampshire need another 376 to win and there are 12 overs remaining this evening.

Adam Rossington is bowled by Ryan Higgins for 18 and Northamptonshire are 92-7 in our one remaining Division Two game, a lead of 228 over Gloucestershire.

They have gone off for bad light at New Road in Division Three, with Sussex 250 in front on 199-6 - Dan Ibrahim is 56 not out.

The teams are back out at Lord's where Derbyshire are 14-1 against Middlesex, chasing a target of 334.

Scott Read on BBC Radio Lancashire has just said that pitches are Old Trafford are ideal for five-day matches, which is good to hear when there is a Test taking place next week.

But not quite so for a four-day county game where Warwickshire have taken four runs from as many overs to inch their lead to 34.

One-Day Cup winners they may be, but Glamorgan were on the receiving end of an innings-and-74-runs defeat by Essex this morning.

Afterwards, head coach Matthew Maynard told BBC Sport Wales: "The prep with having so many players isolated before the game had a little bit of an effect, but not as much as that (result).

"On a new-ball wicket, they exploited conditions in both innings better than we did, they took their chances and we dropped Browne on eight before his crucial hundred.

"It looks like an absolute hammering but it's small margins. It's a disappointing way to start but Essex have been county championship winners in the last couple of years, they want to show every team how good you need to be."