Final round of the 2026 County Championship; nine games
Warwickshire will be champions if they win or draw against Leicestershire, having taken six bonus points
Second-placed Somerset start day three 200 runs in arrears against Surrey
Defending champions Notts now cannot win title, even if they beat Yorkshire
Kent poised for promotion after rivals Northants set Middlesex a target of only 134
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Somerset 305-3 v Surrey 422
Image source, ShutterstockTom Bell brings up three figures for Somerset with a clip to the mid-wicket boundary - his 14th of the innings.
It took Abell 195 balls to get to his century.
Andersson c Cullen b Gibbon 8 (Derbys 38-5 - target 333)
Derbyshire head of cricket Mickey Arthur must be fuming.
A careless swish at a wide one costs Martin Andersson his wicket as keeper Henry Cullen takes the catch.
First wicket of the innings for left-armer Ben Gibbon.
Albert lbw Price 0 (Hampshire 128 & 3-2 v Sussex 244 & 319-9 dec)
A nightmare start in what has been a forgettable season for Hampshire as they lose two wickets in the first nine balls of their innings.
Jaydev Unadkat removed Felix Organ lbw and Tom Price got Toby Albert via the same method to leave Hampshire wobbling already.
Tough going for relegated Hampshire who will finish bottom of Division One and are once again up against it.
James b Coad 15 (Notts 251 & 85 v Yorks 179)
A slice of fortune for Lyndon James as he takes on Ben Coad.
Aiming for midwicket, James instead top edges over the slip cordon for four.
But his luck soon runs out as he takes a huge swipe across the line and Coad takes out middle stump. He finishes with 4-27 after a stunning morning with the ball.
Notts have lost their final seven wickets for 30 in less than 90 minutes this morning.
Not a great way for your batters to head into the close season.
Somerset 301-3 v Surrey 422
Tom Lammonby pulls away a long hop from Mahipal Lomror for four runs and up comes the Somerset 300.
Surrey are beginning to cut a frustrated bunch.
Somerset 297-3 v Surrey 422
Tom Abell and Tom Lammonby nod to each other as they mark the 200 partnership for this fourth Somerset wicket.
Abell gets a boundary and then a single to bring up the landmark.
Both have been dropped this morning but it has not affected their concentration levels.
Ahmed lbw Ahmed 34 (Kent 353 v Glos 229 & 134-5)
Ahmed falls to Ahmed for the second time in the game.
Daz Ahmed limps away from the crease after being struck on the knee and looks round aghast to see the umpire has given him out.
Khaled Ahmed strikes but there looked to be a suspicion of an inside edge there.
Kent 353 v Glos 229 & 133-4
Daz Ahmed goes after a wide, full delivery from Keith Dudgeon and edges it aerially wide of the slips and away for four.
The boundary brings up a 50 stand off 71 balls with Kamran Dhariwal and Gloucestershire now lead by nine runs.
Glamorgan 505 v Essex 129 & 14-0 - Essex trail by 362 runs
Nick Webb
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Glamorgan enforced the follow-on as expected, with rain expected in Cardiff tomorrow, after Essex added just 29 runs for their last three wickets on the third day.
Once Kiwi Ray Toole made the breakthrough by bowling Zaman Akhter, medium-pacer Zain Ul Hassan enjoyed himself by completing his maiden five-wicket haul, having Sam Cook caught at slip and bowling Simon Harmer for 35.
Essex looked as short of confidence in their first innings as Glamorgan were until the Asa Tribe-led revival started at Surrey last week.
But the home bowling attack will have to work hard with little assistance from the pitch so far.
Glamorgan 505 v Essex 129 & 11-0
A first boundary for Essex in their second innings.
Ray Toole strays onto middle and leg which allows Paul Walter to flick him away to the mid-wicket fence.
Walter plays and misses at the next ball.
Robson c McManus b Conway 3 (Middx 12-2 v Northants - target 134)
Happening in a hurry at Lord's as a fifth wicket of the morning falls.
Sam Robson walks off a frustrated figure - and yoiu can understand why.
Harry Conway nips one back in towards the opener.
There's a sound as the ball moves throgh to wicketkeeper Lewis McManus which the umpire believes is the edge, but replays suggest it's more likely connected with Robson's hip.
Hope remains alive for Northamptonshire as Ben Geddes walks to the middle.
Oh dear.
When you're a struggling side, you can't afford to give wickets away.
Michael Jones is run out for 23 and they are 52-2 in the 26th over.
Only himself to blame as he calls for a single to point but Ben McKinney's throw to bowler Callum Parkinson finds him well short of the crease.
Notts 251 & 79-9 v Yorks 179
Lyndon James steps down the pitch and launches Ben Coad straight to James Wharton at mid-off.
He really leathered that and Wharton can't hold on. James survives on 10.
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Pretty sure this is the poorest Essex side I have seen in 50 years of watching them, the soul has left the club! Way too many has beens or never will be!
Graham, Essex
Bin Naeem lbw Allison 6 (Derbys 32-4 - target 333)
Another one for Ben Allison!
Big inswinger is too good for Yousaf Bin Naeem who tries to play to mid-wicket but makes on contact and is leg-before.
Somerset 284-3 v Surrey 422
A second one goes down for Surrey this morning.
Tom Abell drives in the air to Adam Thomas in the covers and down goes a pretty regulation chance.
Giles b White 1 (Notts 251 & 79-9 v Yorks 179)
Image source, ShutterstockBrilliant stuff from Jack White as he moves one away from Tom Giles' defensive push and clatters one into off stump.
That's a first five-wicket haul of the season for White who has four wickets this morning and has given Yorkshire every chance at Trent Bridge.
Notts have lost six wickets this morning for 24 runs and are collapsing in a heap.
Lancs 40-1 v Durham 493
Lancashire lose their first wicket as Keaton Jennings top edges a sweep shot off Callum Parkinson and Shafiqullah Ghafari takes a comfortable catch at square leg.
Jennings made 17 and has been replaced at the crease by Josh Bohannon.
Hampshire 128 v Sussex 244 & 319-9 dec - Hampshire need 436 to win
Image source, ShutterstockHampshire can't take the final Sussex wicket and the visitors decide that is enough for their second innings.
They scored quickly throughout the morning, adding 103 runs and allowing Tom Haines to complete his century before declaring with a massive lead of 436 runs.
Kent 353 v Glos 229 & 121-4
Too much width from Matt Quinn. Daz Ahmed flashes hard and although it takes the top edge, the ball flies over the slips and away for four.
