Surrey v Durham, Somerset v Notts, and more: county cricket day four – live

Some reaction from Grace Road yesterday.

Middlesex acting captain Leus du Plooy: “The way the young guys, Noah and Nav, bought into our plans, was fantastic. There was definitely a lot of variable bounce and pace in the wicket and every now and then there was one that just shot up a little bit. We tried to keep the stumps in play a little bit more with the odd good bumper and Nav led the way there. He exploited that – then Noah today, it’s just exceptional. After six overs, still wanting the ball, then getting one of the best batters in the Championship, in the world, out. That is proper character and that’s what you want.

“It is a different challenge with the Kookaburra but I think actually Grace Road is one of the few grounds or wickets in the country that produces… a very good Kookaburra game. So compliments to the groundstaff for that.”

And Alfonso Thomas, Leicestershire head coach. “We took the decision to bowl first because we thought the pitch was going to get better. We left a lot of grass on it to get more pace but it was very dry underneath and we thought with the make-up of our team that bowling first was the best chance we had to go and win the game, to keep ourselves in it and hopefully have to chase a score on the last day.

“We were missing some players. You take out Holland, Scriven, Mike, Hull out of our team at the moment, that is going to leave a big hole in what’s a very small squad anyway.

“But I don’t want to make any excuses for it. Middlesex have outplayed us in every department. Sometimes it can be a good thing to have a bit of a kick up the backside, a bit of a reality check. It is okay to have a result like this, but it’s important that we address it and that we don’t bury our head in the sand.”