Sam Northeast came to the crease yesterday morning at 16-1. He leaves it as a Lord's record holder.

Northeast batted 392 balls for his 335 not out, hitting 36 fours and six sixes.

He put on 129 with Billy Root (67) for the second wicket.

He put on 176 with Kiran Carlson (77) for the third wicket.

He shared an unbroken stand of 299 with Colin Ingram, who ends on 132 not out - a very impressive score in most circumstances.

Northeast's effort is the highest Championship score ever recorded in April.

Here comes the big fella - Jamie Overton replaces Jordan Clark at the Brian Statham End.

The pacer is having to contend with a stiff breeze that is blowing acros the ground from his left, and three balls in Josh Bohannon cuts him away to the boundary at third.

Nathan Smith almost foxes Will Rhodes with a yorker but the Bears number three digs it out almost off balance.

Smith adjusts his line and Rhodes leaves outside off.

Worcestershire are a little stuck here and this Warwickshire pair have put on 57, looking largely untroubled in the past hour.

Ben Mike gets stuck into George Hill, slicing him high over mid off for four as the Foxes continue to frustrate the home side.

Sam Northeast collects one more single to get to 335.

And then he decides, as captain, that it's time to finish the innings and so he walks off unbeaten.

He takes in the applause of the Lord's crowd as the highest ever scorer in an innings at Lord's, eclipsing Graham Gooch's iconic 333 against India in 1990.

Ollie Robinson is back on and getting the ball to swing both ways as he tries to dislodge Saif Zaib.

He pitches up outside off and Zaib withdraws his bat very late.

The fifth ball is leg side and glanced just out of the grasp of leg slip by Zaib for four.

Roland Butcher
Former Middlesex and England batter on BBC Radio London

Obviously Sam Northeast is very aware of the significance of this innings as he raises his bat above his head to his team mates who are all applauding.

A marvellous innings.

Sam Northeast gets a single out to midwicket and he is now the highest run-scorer in a single innings at Lord's.

Congratulations Sam!

Dan Lawrence continues to whirl away at the James Anderson End, sending down another tidy over. He's got 1-12 off his six overs so far.

Sam Northeast gets a single off Josh de Caires to move to 333, level with Graham Gooch's Lord's record score.

Will Rhodes moves to 23 with a lovely flowing drive through cover on the front foot off the bowling of Adam Finch.

Rhodes keeps the strike with a leg bye.

Nathan Smith bowls around the wicket to Rhodes, who leaves outside off.

The third ball is driven down the ground for four. Rhodes gets a single to long leg and Davies brings up the 50 partnership in 68 balls with a gentle steer wide of the slips for four more.

One more to the total. Northeast is one away from Graham Gooch.

The Leicestershire tail is wagging as Ben Cox slashes George Hill away to the rope at third.

It's a blustery day in Leeds, with the shadows from the clouds hareing across the outfield.

Another single. Northeast moves to 331.

Sam Northeast takes a single to move to 330. He is within three.

Alex Hoad
BBC Radio Kent commentator

That is a big wicket for Somerset it feels like, you can tell from the celebrations.

That was a very expansive shot, Ben Compton didn't necessarily need to play it. He is incredibly frustrated, he'll feel that.

Compton is getting warm applause but he is not a happy man, he obviously feels responsibility for the team because of the predicament that they've got in.

Kent have got themselves into a bit of a pickle.

There's lots of action at Old Trafford - off the pitch, as the groundstaff wheel some sightscreens into position behind the bowler's arm..

The new ball is available but Sussex aren't taking it yet.

James Coles will continue with his left arm spin round the wicket to Rob Keogh.

The second ball is shorter, wider and smashed through point by Keogh for four.

Jayden Seales is coming on at the other end - still with the older ball until the third delivery, when the shiny new nut is displayed to the scorer box.

Sam Northeast is only the sixth player to score a triple hundred at Lord's.

He is in illustrious company, but Graham Gooch's record of 333 is now tantalisingly in reach - just 14 runs away.

And he has stepped on the gas, hitting Josh de Caires for two sixes since reaching 300.