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Who'd be a bowler?

No fewer than 11 batters scored centuries today (if we have counted correctly), capped by Keaton Jennings' magnificent 318 for Lancashire against Somerset and Ed Pollock's astounding 67-ball ton as Worcestershire beat Middlesex..

It wasn't all doom and gloom for the bowlers, though, with Simon Harmer taking 15 wickets in Essex's win over Gloucestershire, and Chris Rushworth has 11 so far for Durham against Derbyshire.

One day left in the latest round of games and some enthralling finishes in store. Join us again tomorrow.

Division One

Essex 310 & 79-1 v Gloucestershire 136 & 252

Essex won by 9 wickets

Hampshire 370-9 dec v Warwickshire 217 & 212-9

Warwickshire lead by 59 with 1 wicket standing

Kent 335 v Northamptonshire 303 & 284-5

Northants lead by 252 with 5 wickets standing

Lancashire 624-9 v Somerset 446

Lancashire lead by 178 with 1 wicket standing

Yorkshire 521 & 65-2 v Surrey 515

Yorkshire lead by 71 with 8 wickets standing

Division Two

Durham 296 v Derbyshire 283 & 329-6

Derbyshire lead by 316 with 4 wickets standing

Glamorgan 318 & 421-5 dec v Nottinghamshire 285 & 19-1

Notts need another 436 to win with 9 wickets standing

Middlesex 188 & 240 v Worcestershire 191 & 238-3

Worcestershire won by 7 wickets

Sussex 588 v Leicestershire 529-4

Leicestershire trail by 59 with 6 wickets standing

George Hill takes a single to move to 33 and James Wharton is content to block out the last five balls of Will Jacks' over to end the day at North Marine Road.

Having resumed on 281-3, Surrey got within six runs of the Yorkshire first-innings total, thanks chiefly to England pair Rory Burns (132) and Ben Foakes (86 not out)

Dom Bess took 5-126 but he was one of two batters dismissed by Jamie Overton just before stumps.

Yorkshire lead by 71 - but a couple of early wickets in the morning and Surrey will believe victory is a possibility.

Will Jacks will bowl the final over of the day at Scarborough.

Another Will Jacks over ticks by and George Hill sweeps the final delivery for four. Two more to be bowled this evening.

Ryan Rickelton safely navigates the final over of the day at Canterbury, bowled by Jack Leaning. The South African international is 101 not out of the close, and Northants lead by 252.

It has been a good day for the visitors, who took the remaining five Kent wickets this morning fairly quickly, and then set about setting a total for Kent to chase.

Jimmy Neesham also batted nicely for his 91, whilst Grant Stewart was the pick of Kent's bowlers with 2-51.

Will Jacks tries his luck for Surrey and George Hill collects two boundaries, the second over mid-off after good use of the feet.

Yorkshire lead by 66 with four overs to go.

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Kent 335 v Northants 303 & 283-5

Ryan Rickelton punches a full ball from Grant Stewart back past the bowler, and picks up two runs that take him to 101 from 204 balls.

He's batted beautifully, and is giving Northants a real chance of victory tomorrow - they lead by 251.

He has two hundreds in two games for Northants now, which isn't a bad record.

Play is continuing at Scarborough and as it has been since the start on Monday, the batters are on top.

George Hill Collects a single in Jamie Overton's latest over and is 20 not out. Adam Lyth has 23 and there are five overs remaining.

That three-wicket burst by Keith Barker in the evening session may well lead to a final-day victory for Hampshire - but Danny Briggs and George Garrett survive the final over at the Ageas Bowl.

Barker has 4-23 from 18 overs and despite some defiant batting, no-one managed more than Michael Burgess' 58 for the 2021 champions.

They lead by just 59 and barring an unlikely Briggs/Garrett partnership and/or a prolonged spell of rain, it appears to be just a matter of time before Hampshire seal their sixth win of the season.

Derbyshire lead by 316 with one day remaining at the Riverside following centuries by Leus du Plooy and Brooke Guest.

They came together at 36-4 and shared a stand of 248 with du Plooy making 134 - his second hundred of the game - and Guest 116.

Chris Rushworth has taken 11 wickets in the game for Durham, but others proved expensive in Derbyshire's second innings.

The question now is: when will the declaration come?

Ben Slater pulls a short one from Michael Neser for four in the final over of play at Sophia Gardens as Notts avoid further damage following the downfall of Haseeb Hameed.

Having been set a target of 455, they theoretically need 436 more on day four, but survival may be their main order of business.

Eddie Byrom made 144 off 204 balls and Sam Northeast finished unbeaten on 105 as Glamorgan passed 400 in their second innings before David Lloyd made the declaration.

Keaton Jenning's wicket was the last action of the day at Southport - Lancashire lead by 178 runs, and have given Somerset the run-around all day.

The question overnight is whether Lancashire bother coming out to bat in the morning, or if they stick Somerset in...

Danny Briggs and Oliver Hannon-Dalby are clinging on grimly to try and see it to the close for Warwickshire.

The Bears lead by 52 and there are three overs to come.

This game is almost certainly destined for a draw. Indeed, it would require something truly remarkable, one of the all-time great collapses, for anything other than a draw.

The main story from today's play is the three magnificent hundreds by Leicestershire's Louis Kimber, Colin Ackermann and Wiaan Mulder. Ackermann and Mulder are not out at the close, and will look for further landmarks tomorrow.

There was also heartbreak for opener Rishi Patel, who fell just one short of a maiden first-class hundred.