100 stand for Kent at Canterburypublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 23 September 2021

16:54 BST 23 September 2021

Middlesex 147 & 363, Kent 138 & 206-4

Kent are making a very decent fist of chasing 373 to beat Middlesex and deprive their opposition of the first-ever County Championship Division Three title.

From 103-4, Ollie Robinson (70) and Tawanda Muyeye (51) have now doubled their score with a century stnad.

Kent need another 167 to win in a game that now looks likely to go into a fourth day tomorrow.

Next man due in is Darren Stevens, by the way!

Dane Vilas cuts Abbas past a diving second slip down to the boundary for four. Vilas then walks across and is hit on the pads. Abbas appeals. Not out and a leg bye is run.

This partnership is now a precious 25.

. . . And that's not easy to say!

In more ways than one!

This one is off his England team-mate Jack Leach and deposited over the deep midwicket boundary.

There's only about 30 in the Eric Hollies Stand today. They liked it.

But, had there been the 3,000 they get here on big match days, the place would have gone mental

Lamb starts the latest Crane over with a single. Vilas pushes through another run.

At what point does belief start to wane amongst the fielders?

Lamb gets another single. Vilas does the same with a little flick behind square.

Dane Vilas has played that Mohammad Abbas over well. Very watchful to most of the deliveries, but when he gets the chance to score, he runs an excellent two down to deep backward square.

The Lancs skipper is leading from the front here. 29 to win.

Crane continues and his low full toss is guided away for another run by Vilas.

There are two slips praying for an edge, but they watch as Danny Lamb sweeps one away for another single.

Vilas is then hit on the pads. Crane is pleading for LBW. Not out.

The skipper then ends the over with another run to the total. He is now 23 not out.

Dane Vilas moves to offside to flick one to leg for a single. Danny Lamb is then very watchful off the remaining five balls of Abbas' over.

Crane to continue. Vilas starts with a single out to deep cover. Lamb then does the same. A third run courtesy of Vilas concludes another good over for Lancashire.

Hampshire captain James Vince has no alternative but to throw the ball to the Pakistan international.

Mohammad Abbas has been wicketless today, which is very unusual. He returns with a maiden.

50 up for Yates and Sibleypublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 23 September 2021

16:24 BST 23 September 2021

Warwickshire 367 & 61-0, Somerset 389

Rob Yates and Dom Sibley are going nicely now.

Five fours for Yates in his 27.

Four boundaries (including a rare six) for Sibley, who is on 25.

The Bears lead grows to 39.

Mason Crane looks the biggest threat for Hampshire, but does he have enough runs to work with?

Vilas and Lamb collect singles, before Vilas heaves the last ball of the over, against the spin, through midwicket for a priceless four.

After Crane's wicket maiden, Keith Barker sends down five dots to Dane Vilas, before the batter steers a single off the final ball of his over.

The Lancs captain has been joined at the crease by Danny Lamb.

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Barker gives Dane Vilas a bit of room off the back foot and he powers it away through the offside for four.

The Lancashire skipper then picks up two down to fine leg.

Mohammad Abbas limbering up. Hampshire need him desperately.

Warwickshire need to score quickly at Edgbaston to give themselves some sort of hope of bowling out Somerset to potentially win the County Championship title tomorrow.

But it is still intriguing to see Bears openers Rob Yates and Dom Sibley up the tempo just at the same time that Lancashire appear to be back in the ascendancy at Aigburth.

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For the Bears to win the title, they need Lancashire to win that game.

If Hampshire win, then it's only second place at best.

Crane produces a googly that goes past Steven Croft's bat but misses everything. A real scare.

Two more singles to reduce the target.

Keith Barker to come back on for Hampshire.

Mason Crane is convinced he has Dane Vilas LBW. It might have pitched outside leg stump. Then Steven Croft edges the next ball past slip down to third man for three.

In Brad Wheal's next over, Croft hits two priceless fours and a single before Vilas ends it with a couple. 11 off the over.