The umpires have signalled that we are into the final hour at Old Trafford.

Northants are close to securing a hard-fought draw.

Luke Wells drops short and James Sales pulls it for four.

That's his fourth boundary and those runs are closing to wiping out the Northants deficit.

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Lancashire 544-7 dec v Northamptonshire 342 & 181-5

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The Northants skipper has a ton up!

That is 100 balls faced for his 18 runs. Determined stuff skip!

Hands shaken and it's all over at Derby - as, realistically, it has been ever since mid-afternoon.

Records broken by Harry Came and Luis Reece - the latter reaching his maiden first-class double century to close the game and Came finishing 141 not out as they set a new Derbyshire county first-wicket record partnership of 360.

Glamorgan, the draw specialists of Division Two, collect 13 points from the game, while Derbyshire - no longer bottom of the table following Yorkshire's points deduction - take nine.

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Derbys 318 & 360-0 v Glamorgan 521-8 dec

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Yes, this might be a dead game but Luis Reece has gone on to record the first double hundred of his first-class career, anyway.

The Derbyshire left-hander cuts Zain ul Hassan to the point boundary to reach 200 from 336 deliveries.

Just minutes remaining in the game, you would think - and the only other point of interest is whether the record highest first-wicket partnership scored against Glamorgan is overtaken.

It currently stands at 362, set by Martyn Moxon and Michael Vaughan for Yorkshire in 1996.

Tom Hartley is sharing the new ball with Tom Bailey, so the spin continues from one end.

Northants are really gutsing this one out. Skipper Luke Procter has 14 from 87 balls.

Billy Root is bowling now for Glamorgan but - unlike his brother at the Oval - he hasn't managed to take a wicket and break this Derbyshire opening partnership.

Instead, he's conceded a single to Luis Reece that sets a new record for the county's highest first-wicket stand, now 334 between himself and Harry Came.

Reece was already a joint holder of the previous Derbyshire record, having shared a first-wicket partnership of 333 with Billy Godleman back in 2017.

New ballpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 28 July 2023

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Lancashire 544-7 dec v Northamptonshire 342 & 168-5

80 overs bowled.

Lancashire have toiled away manfully and now have a new red cherry to use.

Tom Bailey back into the attack (to bowl seam).

Well played Derbyshire opener Luis Reece, who's now moved on to his career-best score as their game against Glamorgan heads towards a draw.

Reece, who is 185 not out, has been at the wicket for almost six and a half hours alongside opening partner Harry Came and the pair are within four of setting a record for the county's first-wicket partnership.

Northants trail by 36 runs before Lancashire will have to bat again.

There are a minimum of 14 overs left, although given the speed that Lancashire have bowled, expect at least eight or nine more.

Lancashire have bowled 72 overs in this Northants innings so far.

Their over rate is +20!

One negative about the thrilling Ashes series this summer is how many overs have been lost each day through slow over rates.

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Derbys 318 & 301-0 v Glamorgan 521-8 dec

A ripple of applause as Luis Reece drives Kiran Carlson for two on the off side to bring up the Derbyshire 300.

It should have been a single, but the ball was fumbled by Mitchell Swepson at mid-off. In fairness, nobody seems all that bothered.

The fact Sam Northeast is bowling off-breaks at the other end and Colin Ingram has taken over behind the stumps gives you some idea of the level of urgency in what remains of this game.

Tom Hartley and his five close fielders are convinced Luke Procter has nicked off to the first ball after tea.

Crucially umpire James Middlebrook is not.

Not out. No bat involved.

Division One

Manchester: Northamptonshire 342 & 154-4, Lancashire 544-7 dec

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire (350 & 372-6 dec, 22 pts) beat Kent (316 & 85, 3 pts) by 321 runs

Division Two

Derby: Glamorgan 521-8 dec, Derbyshire 318 & 297-0

Scarborough: Yorkshire 340, Durham 106-1. Match abandoned as a draw. Yorkshire 7 pts, Durham 8 pts

Cheltenham College: Worcestershire 406 & 109-3, Gloucestershire 301

Time for tea.

It is a bit of a late tea at Cheltenham College, but a welcome break for Jake Libby and Adam Hose, who have put together a useful stand of 54 for the Pears, who were wobbling a little in their second innings on 55-3.

Libby is on 51. Hose is on 21. And the Worcestershire lead has grown to 214.

100 up for Pears second time aroundpublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 28 July 2023

15:57 BST 28 July 2023

Worcestershire 406 & 106-3, Gloucestershire 301

After their early second-innings wobbles, Jake Libby and Adam Hose have put together a 50 partnership, nudged Worcestershire past the 100 and into a 200-run-plus lead - and now Libby has his own half-century too.

A welcome improvement on his first-innings third-ball duck - and the seventh time this season he has gone past 50. He has only twice gone on to convert them into centuries.

This game is meandering towards its inevitable conclusion, with Derbyshire openers Luis Reece and Harry Came knocking off singles and twos as they inch towards a 300 partnership.

Reece is 164 not out at tea - just 21 short of a career-best - while Came has already achieved that distinction on 122 not out.

Derbyshire are 94 ahead, so the only issue to be decided when the players return after the interval is whether they can break that county first-wicket record of 333 before handshakes are exchanged.

42 overs bowled in the session.

Northants have scored 101 for the loss of two wickets and trail by 48.

There are a minimum of 22 overs left, but Lancashire need to do something special to avoid a seventh draw of the season.