Key events
Score on the doors
Division One
Chelmsford: Warwickshire 191 and 138-2 BEAT Essex 134 and 189 by eight wickets
Grace Road: Leicestershire 244 and 156-3 v Hampshire 214 and 363 Leics need 178 to win
The Oval: Surrey 115 and 177-2 v Glamorgan 132 and 594 Surrey need 435 to win
Hove: Sussex 358 v Nottinghamshire 240 and 149-7
Headingley: Yorkshire 212 and 275 v Somerset 201 and73-3 Somerset need 214 to win
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham 465 and 161-6 v Worcestershire 448
Bristol: Gloucestershire 296 v Middlesex 326 and 298-6
Canterbury: Kent 214 and 142-3 BEAT Lancashire 161 and 192 by seven wickets
Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 310 and 37-0 v Derbyshire 372 and 286 Northants need 312 to win
Preamble
Good morning and welcome to the final day of this penultimate round. There are last-gasp buddlejas growing in the pavement cracks all over Headingley, much like today’s assignment for Somerset, for Notts and for Northants.
Somerset need 214, but they’ve lost three wickets and batting was fiendishly hard last night. They’ll be hoping a new dawn and an older ball brings some succour. Notts must to batten every bolt to keep Sussex at bay, while Northants need another 312 to keep up with Kent, who, like Warwickshire, watch and wait.
Join us as the story gets told. Play starts at 10.30am.