A proud moment for Leicestershire's Chris Wright and Lewis Hill during the interval at the Uptonsteel County Ground as they received county caps.

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The home side are getting on with it since play resumed and have secured maximum batting points by passing 400.

Harry Swindells is 29 not out and Louis Kimber has 12.

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It's South African against South African at the Kia Oval with Simon Harmer wheeling away for Essex and Hashim Amla leading the Surrey resistance.

Amla has batted for three and a quarter hours so far and is 84 not out, with Dan Moriarty yet to score at the other end.

The follow-on will presumably be enforced when Essex take the last two wickets, but do they have it in them to pick up another 10 to win the game?

The County Championship title will be decided next week, with Hampshire, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Nottinghamshire still in contention. Get in touch and let us know how you view your team's chances.

Here are a couple of opinions to start us off:

From @sweepsbrush: "I am confident of beating hampshire if @jimmy9, external is back for the game. It's @lancscricket, external for the taking. #bbccricket, external"

From @iainlindley: "I fear that @lancscricket, external are going to miss out on the championship by a whisker, and then it’ll be thanks to the appalling shambles at Headingley earlier in the season which cost the club at least a point."

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Just a quick reminder that following today's matches, we will be with you again on Saturday to bring you full text commentary coverage of T20 Blast Finals Day.

Hampshire Hawks v Somerset starts things off at Edgbaston from 11:00, with Kent Spitfires facing their neighbours, Sussex Sharks, from 14:30.

The two winners will meet in the final, which begins at 18:45.

Play has just restarted after lunch at Lord's where we're set for an exciting finish.

Worcestershire need another 175 runs to win while Middlesex require seven wickets.

Gareth Roderick (21) is joined by Brett D'Oliveira (two) in the middle.

Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex commentator

A partnership of 248 between centurions Hassan Azad and Lewis Hill, has put Leicestershire in with a very slim chance of victory

The home side lead by 16 with 65 overs left to be bowled in the match, and will be looking to accelerate towards a declaration after lunch

Sussex only have 10 fit batsman with Fynn Hudson Prentice sustaining a broken hand in the first innings, but on a good pitch they should be more than capable of saving this game..

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

We started the final day at Wantage Road in misty and murky gloom but now the lights are off and the sun is out - and that means batting might be easier for the hosts, who still trail by 120, as the day unfolds.

The wickets have been shared around. Matty Potts saw off Emilio Gay for 26 after he edged to Scott Borthwick at second slip. He looked plumb a few deliveries before that but for some reason was given not out.

Ricardo Vasconcelos then edged Chris Rushworth to the keeper on 24 to give the bowler his 55th championship wicket of the season.

Just before lunch Rob Keogh fell lbw to Ben Raine, a ball after the bowler called the keeper to the stumps to put pressure on the batsman. The delivery did look to be sliding down leg side, so perhaps he was a tad unfortunate.

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator

The pitch continues to draw the attention at Lord's as Middlesex appear to have taken a step towards victory.

The hosts' last four wickets fell quickly this morning with Luke Hollman, who registered his maiden 10-fer last week, falling just short of a first 50 - a day before his 21st birthday.

Seam has dominated in this match since the first ball and again today the batting is under huge pressure.

Toby Roland-Jones rolled back the years bowling Jack Haynes just before lunch - nearly five years to the day that his hat-trick helped Middlesex win the title.

Unless Worcestershire can find a couple of big partnerships today then the battle for top spot in the third tier will be between Kent and Middlesex at Canterbury next week.

Ten years ago today, Lancashire became county champions for the ninth time (*yes, they only shared the title in 1950....) and yesterday's win at Taunton has given them a great chance of reaching double figures.

How confident are you, Lancashire fans, that the title is coming your way again? Tweet us at #bbccricket and let us know.

Division One

Yorkshire 108 & 116 v Warwickshire 155 & 176

Warwickshire won by 106 runs

Division Two

Glamorgan 309 & 124 v Gloucestershire 419 & 15-0

Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets

Northamptonshire 183 & 97-3 v Durham 400

Surrey 151-8 v Essex 439

Division Three

Derbyshire 156 & 67-4 v Kent 285 & 211-2 dec

Leicestershire 375-4 v Sussex 359

Middlesex 144 & 247 v Worcestershire 171 & 46-3

Leicestershire have lost a couple of wickets since play began an hour late at the Uptonsteel County Ground.

Lewis Hill was caught at long leg off Henry Crocombe, after hitting two sixes and 15 fours in his 145, ending a third-wicket stand of 248 with Hassan Azad.

And Azad followed two overs later for 152, uppercutting to third man where sub fielder Bertie Foreman again made no mistake.

That is the three Division One games done and dusted and here is how the table looks following Warwickshire's win over Yorkshire:

• Hampshire 58.5 pts
• Warwickshire 55
• Lancashire 54.5
• Nottinghamshire 52
• Yorkshire 41.5
• Somerset 26.5

Just 6.5 points cover the top four - it couldn't be more exciting.

The final round of games start on 21 September and they are:

• Aigburth: Lancashire v Hampshire
• Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire
• Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Somerset