Summary

  • Day four of six County Championship matches

  • Glamorgan beat Hants by an innings & 69 runs

  • Surrey beat Sussex by eight wickets

  • Notts ease to target of 73 to beat Leics by 10 wickets

  • Somerset chasing 260 for victory at Taunton

  • Matt Milnes takes 6-12 as Kent beat Derbys by 223 runs

  • Middlesex draw with Durham at Lord's

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  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11:13 BST 4 May

    Hughes c Burns b Clark 39 (Sussex 82-5, trailing Surrey by 182)

    Surrey pick up where they left off yesterday evening, by removing Sussex batters.

    Daniel Hughes, who had dug in for 39, tries to drive Jordan Clark but he edges to the slips, where Rory Burns takes the catch.

    Fynn Hudson-Prentice is the next man in. Still no sign of opener Tom Haines, but news on him to follow...

  2. wicket

    WICKET - SOMERSET NEED 260 TO WINpublished at 11:08 BST 4 May

    Richardson c J. Rew b Overton 50 (Yorks 371 all out)

    Somerset have the wicket they craved!

    Jhye Richardson is the man out, playing an uncertain waft to a ball from Craig Overton which moves away from him.

    The Australian international nicks it and James Rew makes the catch.

    Somerset will need 260 to win.

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11:08 BST 4 May

    Montgomery c Muyeye b Milnes 0 (Kent v Derbys 25-3, target 384)

    And another!

    Matthew Montgomery goes second ball to give Kent paceman Matt Mines his second wicket.

    Two wickets in the first seven deliveries, and Derbyshire are staring down the barrel.

  4. Postpublished at 11:08 BST 4 May

    Yorkshire 371-9 (lead Somerset by 259 runs)

    Maybe Jack White doesn't need to be protected too much! He clips a shot through mid wicket for four. A very useful boundary.

  5. 50 runs

    for Richardsonpublished at 11:06 BST 4 May

    Yorkshire 367-9 (lead Somerset by 255 runs)

    A cut shot from Jhye Richardson takes him to 50. He's batted extremely well, and managed the strike with Jack White perfectly.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11:05 BST 4 May

    Came c Dawkins b Dudgeon 18 (Kent v Derbys 21-2, target 384)

    Kent get a wicket in the first over!

    Keith Dudgeon dismisses Derbyshire opener Harry Came, caught by Ben Dawkins with a fine low grab at gully.

    In comes Wayne Madsen at four with plenty of work to do.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11:04 BST 4 May

    Scriven c Haynes b Patterson-White 2 (Leics 216-8 f/o lead by 34 runs)

    Fourth ball of the morning and Notts have another.

    There were some bold words from Ajaz Patel last night about how Leicestershire might set some sort of target for Notts to chase.

    Well Patel has a chance to add some substance now after Liam Patterson-White gets Tom Scriven to push tamely to Jack Haynes at short leg.

    Not the start Leics needed.

  8. Postpublished at 11:02 BST 4 May

    Yorkshire 366-9 (lead Somerset by 254 runs)

    Craig Overton's final over of day three was curtailed two balls early due to floodlights needing to be switched off at 18:59 BST.

    He has now got through that work held over from yesterday, the first ball beating Jhye Richardson's edge and the second pushed back past the bowler for a quick single, keeping the Aussie on strike - and on 49.

  9. Postpublished at 11:00 BST 4 May

    It's just ticked over to 11:00 BST, so let's get going...

  10. Listen livepublished at 10:59 BST 4 May

    BBC Sounds

    As ever there will be live ball-by-ball radio commentary on all of today's matches.

    To tune in click on the 'watch and listen' tab at the top of this page.

    Or ask your smart speaker to play Somerset v Yorkshire, day four, on BBC Sounds.

    Whatever match you choose, make sure you say 'day four' as well!

  11. Somerset facing testing targetpublished at 10:55 BST 4 May

    Yorkshire 365-9 (lead Somerset by 253 runs)

    Yorkshire's James Wharton drivesImage source, Getty Images

    What a day we could have in store at Taunton, if the weather plays ball.

    Somerset held a first-innings lead of 112, but that was eliminated by James Wharton’s 92 and Joe Root’s 64. The hosts hit back with quick middle-order wickets, and at one point yesterday Yorkshire led by 174 with only two wickets in hand.

    However, they have since added 79 crucial runs, with a half-century stand between Dom Bess (40) and the unbeaten Jhye Richardson (48 not out) for the ninth wicket.

    Anything they can eke out in the first half hour, or beyond, will be vital.

    Conditions are bowler friendly today, so a run chase could be tense.

    Let’s hope the rain stays away.

  12. Can Kent get off the mark?published at 10:53 BST 4 May

    Kent v Derbyshire 19-1 (target 384)

    Kent and Derbyshire, both without a win in Division Two this season, lock horns on the final day at Canterbury.

    Led by Chris Benjamin's fine century, Kent set their opponents a big target of 384.

    Nine more wickets needed for the hosts, 365 more runs for Derbyshire. You'd have to say Kent are favourites.

  13. Leics refuse to rule out come from behind winpublished at 10:50 BST 4 May

    Leics 308 & 215-7 f/o (lead by 33 runs) v Notts 490

    Leics' Ajaz Patel refused to give up on victoryImage source, Shutterstock

    Ajaz Patel insisted there was still belief in the Leics dressing room that a home victory remains an option going into the final day against Notts.

    On the face of things the Foxes face an uphill battle resuming on 215-7 after following on with a lead of 33 runs over the reigning Division One champions.

    But Patel issued a rallying call to his team-mates that all was not lost. “For us now, it's still about believing that we can do it, whatever that looks like,” he said.

    “Whether that is batting for a long period of time or whether it's getting a lead that we feel is substantial and that we can have a crack at kind of trying to win the game.

    “Nothing's off the cards just yet.”

    Notts debutant James Hayes, who answered a late call to come in as substitute for the injured Brett Hutton, naturally saw things differently.

    “I think we're really in the driving seat in the game. I don't see a way in which we don't come back tomorrow and finish the job,” he said.

  14. Tough day for Middlesex?published at 10:47 BST 4 May

    Middlesex 430 v Durham 530-8

    Josh de Caires in the netsImage source, Shutterstock

    Middlesex's batters could face a tricky couple of sessions at Lord's as Durham look to stretch their lead of exactly 100.

    Centuries from Emilio Gay and David Bedingham on Sunday put the visitors in the driving seat, while Kasey Aldridge also starred before falling for 99.

    Bowling conditions look ideal under leaden skies in the capital.

  15. Hants deflated after Glamorgan's 'perfect day'published at 10:45 BST 4 May

    Hants 214 & 118-5 f/o v Glam 536-7d

    Former Hants star Mason Crane now with GlamorganImage source, Shutterstock

    Hampshire batting coach Jimmy Adams admitted a dominant Glamorgan had left their dressing room “deflated” and facing defeat going into the final day.

    Hants closed on 118-5, still trailing by 204 runs, with the visitors on course for a first win in Division One win since 2005.

    “Hats off to Glamorgan they bowled well, but we are disappointed with how we have gone about it," said Adams. "There were some cheap dismissals in that first session and we haven't wrestled momentum back since.

    "We have to show a bit of fight tomorrow and take some momentum in. You never know what might come weather-wise and you know one partnership can be possible.

    “We have to cling to those things and do things bit by bit. There are things to play for but it is a deflated place at the moment.”

    Mason Crane (above) has had a good match on his return to the county where he spent the bulk of his career taking the final wicket last night and 4-57 in the match.

    “It is not far off the perfect day,” said the leg-spinner. "We have played some really good cricket and we deserve to be in this position.”

  16. Surrey closing in on first victorypublished at 10:43 BST 4 May

    Sussex 76-4 (trail Surrey by 188 runs)

    Surrey's Adam Thomas, without helmet in left hand, celebrates a century with Sean AbbottImage source, Shutterstock

    Today may be a Bank Holiday, but Sunday was Adam Thomas Day.

    The 19-year-old made a century on his first-class debut, a rare feat indeed, and to do it at The Oval, against a Sussex attack skippered by the experienced Ollie Robinson, will feel very special indeed.

    He was eventually dismissed for 120, and that achievement even managed to overshadow Dom Sibley’s 187, which set Surrey up for a mammoth total of 622.

    Sussex were in the field for 139 overs in their last match at Yorkshire, and by the end of 158 more at The Oval, they looked shattered.

    And by the end of the opening over of their second innings, three Sussex batters were back in the pavilion. Tom Haines retired hurt after being hit in the helmet grille by the first ball, Tom Clark was trapped lbw the very next delivery and James Coles edged behind for a duck.

    Jack Leanng and John Simpson tried to steady the ship but they were both dismissed by the end of a Surrey-dominated day – and the hosts will expect to wrap up their first win of the season later.

  17. Postpublished at 10:40 BST 4 May

    Leus du Plooy warms up at Lord'sImage source, Shutterstock

    Morning!

    We've got six County Championship matches entering their fourth and final day after Northants thumped Worcestershire on Sunday.

    Some exciting chases could well be on the cards!

    Play coming up from 11:00 BST...