Summary

  • Penultimate round of 2026 County Championship, with nine games

  • Warwickshire beat Essex by eight wickets in two days to go top of the table

  • Yorkshire's Ben Cliff takes 8-76 as leaders Somerset are dismissed for 201

  • Notts 240 all out against Sussex at Hove and trail by 68 at the close

  • Glamorgan's Asa Tribe hits 142* against Surrey at the Oval

  • Nick Gubbins scores 124* for Hampshire against Leicestershire

  • D2 champions Durham all out for 465 against Worcestershire

  • Kent need 140 to beat Lancashire after bowling them out for 192

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Ben Ashton, Steve Mather, Ben Pheazey and Paul Grunill

  1. Leicestershire 244 v Hampshire 214 & 222-2

    Leicestershire's spin duo of Rehan Ahmed and Ajaz Patel have restored a bit of control to this innings without quite finding the breakthrough.

    Now Nathan Gilchrist will have a bowl. The seamer goes full and Nick Gubbins drives for a single. He's on 111, which would be most inconvenient for the superstitious.

    Jake Lehmann almost plays on as the ball is jammed between boot and inside edge.

    He gets a single to backward point. Eight overs left here tonight.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Hurst c Bell-Drummond b Dudgeon 27 (Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 192-9)

    Matty Hurst has tried to go for it for Lancashire but it proves to be his undoing.

    A two, a four and a six from Keith Dudgeon's over... and then out.

    Hurst takes a big swing across the line and skies it to Daniel Bell-Drummond in the covers who makes no mistake.

    And now 44-year-old Jimmy Anderson gets a round of applause from the Canterbury crowd as he comes to the crease. Who doesn't love Sir Jimmy?

  3. 6 runs

    for Hurst

    Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 192-8

    Keith Dudgeon with the full toss on leg stump... dispatched by Matty Hurst.

    He smashes it over deep square leg for six. Lancashire need a few more of those.

  4. Yorkshire 212 & 72-6 v Somerset 201

    Another fine delivery from Craig Overton, drawing Dom Bess forward into a late leave as the ball nips away off the seam.

    A push into the on side brings a tight but manageable single.

    83 ahead.

  5. Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 184-8

    Matty Hurst sends one very high into the Canterbury sky from Keith Dudgeon and it goes for a one-bounce four.

    Is that a sign that Hurst is going to go for it for Lancashire now?

  6. Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 180-8

    Brilliant yorker by Matt Milnes to Mitch Stanley and there's a huge appeal for lbw from the Kent field.

    But Stanley just about got some bat on it and the not out decision is the correct one.

  7. Yorkshire 212 & 71-6 v Somerset 201

    LBW shout for Migael Pretorius as George Hill misses an attempted scoop to leg. Not out. Too leg side and probably an inside edge.

  8. Leicestershire 244 v Hampshire 214 & 218-2

    10 runs come off the latest Rehan Ahmed over.

    Nick Gubbins is back and across to whip the leg spinner through mid-wicket.

    Three balls later Jake Lehmann crunches a drive off a full ball through cover point.

  9. Sussex 238-5 v Notts 240

    Tom Price sweeps Liam Patterson-White for four.

    And now Joe Clarke is having trouble finding the ball after it rolled under the fence on the boundary...

    We might need a new ball in a minute... we do indeed need a new ball.

    How did nobody see where it went? Gotta laugh.

  10. Yorkshire 212 & 69-6 v Somerset 201

    George Hill gets four runs off Lewis Gregory, swivel-pulling the Somerset captain over square leg.

    Craig Overton continues to ask questions with nearly every ball at the other end, getting one to bounce and nip away from Dom Bess - who does well to keep the ball down.

    Maiden over.

    Now Migael Pretorius replaces Gregory from the Howard Stand End.

  11. Division Two update

    Daz Ahmed takes a single off a no-ball to reach 50 from 87 balls faces and Sai Kishore lofts Ryan Higgins straight for six as Gloucestershire pass 200 in pursuit of Middlesex's total of 326.

    Ben Stokes is into his 17th over of the day at the Riverside, but the partnership between Adam Hose and Brett D'Oliveira is now worth 142 as Worcestershire progress to 232-3 - still 233 behind.

  12. Sussex 233-5 v Notts 240

    Nice shot by Tom Price to pounce on the half-volley by Tom Giles.

    Price punches straight down the ground, evading the fielder at mid-on who tries to cut it off, and it zooms away to the rope.

    And now the Notts lead is cut to only seven runs.

  13. 100 runs

    100 for Nick Gubbins

    Leicestershire 244 v Hampshire 214 & 208-2

    His first century of the season.

    He moves to 98 with four runs driven past the outstretched hand of bowler Ajaz Patel.

    Four more off the next ball whipped through mid-wicket.

    190 balls and 13 fours.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Sales b Randell 9 (Northants 218-6 v Derbyshire 372)

    Two wickets in the over!

    Brett Randell, with curiously the number 00 on the back of his shirt, pins Calvin Harrison lbw for 20 before getting on to angle in and take out the stumps of James Sales for nine.

    Northants still a fair way short of a batting point and once again have two new batters at the crease.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Bailey c Muyeye b Milnes 8 (Kent 214 v Lancashire 161 & 178-8)

    Tom Bailey picks up three and then hits Matt Milnes for four.

    But Milnes gets almost instant revenge to find the edge and Tawanda Muyeye takes the catch in the slips.

    Two wickets left for Kent to take with the Lancashire lead 125.

  16. Leicestershire 244 v Hampshire 214 & 200-2

    Nick Gubbins drives leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed down the ground for a single to take Hampshire to 200 in the 57th over.

    This game is drifting somewhat for Leicestershire - who now trail by 170 with eight wickets standing.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Kellaway c Thomas b Lawes 43 (Surrey 115 v Glamorgan 132 & 290-4)

    Adam Thomas has shown himself in this match to be a very dependable slip fielder - although he needed two grabs at that one.

    Ben Kellaway plays away from his body, gets the edge and Thomas does the rest - just - to give Tom Lawes his second wicket of the day.

    Glamorgan lead by 307 as Billy Root comes out to join Asa Tribe, who put on 80 with Kellaway.

    First up, he receives a full toss which he steers square for four.

  18. 6 runs

    for Zen Malik

    Warwickshire 30-0 – target 133

    Zen Malik goes big, lofting Sam Cook for the first six of the innings.

    The Bears openers going well and the total is almost under 100 now.

  19. Sussex 228-5 v Notts 240

    John Simpson picks up a couple of twos from Tom Giles' 11th over and Sussex edge closer to parity - now trailing by just 12 runs.

    Simpson is 26 not out and Tom Price unbeaten on 15 at the other end.

  20. Yorkshire 212 & 64-6 v Somerset 201

    Maiden over from Lewis Gregory.

    Craig Overton is back on to bowl. George Hill gets on top of the bounce to push a single into backward point.

    Dom Bess drives down the ground and a diving stop keeps it to one.

    Hill pushes a single to deep third and one more to Bess pushing into the same region.

    A period of calm for Yorkshire in a game full of drama.