Ricardo Vasconcelos drives - big edge, but....

....it falls just short of second slip.

Relief for him - two overs gone, 34 more to go.

Postpublished at 16:15 BST 15 June

16:15 BST 15 June

Northants 7-0 - target 191

Kristian Clarke took six wickets in the Northants first innings - what can he produce now?

His second ball is short and Ricardo Vasconcelos thumps it over square leg for a maximum.

The task is a lot tougher than seemed likely earlier in the day - 191 from 36, that is a rate of 5.31 per over for the home side.

Ricardo Vasconcelos and Luke Procter are the two openers.

Will Williams to bowl the opening over and following a Vasconcelos single, goes past Procter's outside edge with a beauty.

Middlesex have 37 overs left to get the three wickets they need for victory.

They have a new ball available in seven.

It's been a great effort from Henry Cullen and Tom Taylor who've been at the crease together for over an hour. It will have been a remarkable effort if Worcestershire can save the game.

100 for Essexpublished at 16:04 BST 15 June

16:04 BST 15 June

Essex 108-2 v Leicestershire (Essex need 107 more runs to win)

We are back playing at Grace Road - and Charlie Allison has stylishly driven the second delivery of the session for four.

It proves to be an expensive over, for Paul Walter, having taken the strike, flicks to the deep mid-wicket boundary before the over is out.

Here we go then for the final session at North Marine Road.

Can Yorkshire find the five wickets they need for victory?

They still have 35 overs left and a new ball available in four.

But they're up against the obdurate resistance of Sam Hain and Ed Barnard.

Mike Taylor
BBC WM commentator

Sam Hain batted serenely through the middle session until the very last delivery, a sharp ball on his hip from Ben Cliff for which George Hill had been moved to leg slip.

Hain popped it just out of the fielder’s reach, to end a session mostly of frustration for the home team on a well-attended final day.

Dom Bess bowled for most of it, adjusting his length to aim into the rough that Keith Barker left behind outside the right-handers off-stump.

Twice in an over to Beau Webster he fell just short and the Australian punched him to an undefended cover boundary, but going a yard fuller made the difference, bowling Webster off his inside edge. Ed Barnard filled in for Webster up to tea.

Warwickshire now only have survival in view, 35 overs away, and after using a nightwatchman earlier they have a relatively strong lower-order, with Zen Malik, Manav Suthar and Keith Barker still to come.

Yorkshire have tactical cards to play, not least the new ball, which will become available to them four overs after the break.

Craig Overton has 31 wickets in seven matches for Somerset this season, at an average of 19.19.

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Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores said his side "cannot have any complaints" about their defeat to Somerset because they were "outplayed".

"I was disappointed about the way we started but I give Somerset a lot of credit," Moores said.

"We didn't play to our usual standards until the third day. You have to take this one for what it is and go on to Essex committed to improve.

"It's a good place to go in the circumstances because you always get a good game there with they way they play.

"This match was a reminder that if you don't perform to the way you should you're punished.

"I was diappointed about how we attacked the game in some ways and I think everybody knows it in the dressiing room.

"We are a very good team, make no mistake, but we didn't play to the standards we set."

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Somerset stand-in skipper Craig Overton also had an update on how the squad is taking shape for the next game against Warwickshire which starts on Friday.

"We have only 13 fit players at moment but if James Rew doesn't make the Test team we hope we'll get him back for the Warwickshire game," Overton said.

"Lewis Gregory, after being substituted here, will definitely be absent, though."

Gregory appeared to suffer some sort of hamstring injury when pulling up while bowling in the Notts first innings on day two, having taken 4-51.

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Acting Somerset captain Craig Overton praised 18-year-old Thomas Rew for his outstanding contribution to a dominant victory against Nottinghamshire.

The 32-year-old took 5-29 to help his side thrash the reigning champions and said: "Our youngsters have been outstanding and the Somerset academy just keeps churning them out. They turn up and produce runs when we need them.

"Tom Rew is a phenomenal talent, I thought the 68 he got in the first innings was actually more significant than his hundred because it kept us in the game when it was difficult."

Overton said they "knew they were in the game with their bowling attack when the ball was moving off the straight" and that they were "confident from the start".

"Notts are a very good side and if they immediately go off and get another win there's no reason to suppose they can't win the title again," he said.

"So it's obviously a very good result for us as they don't lose here (Trent Bridge) very often but we've the belief we can beat anyone and I think we showed that today."

We've got some reaction to bring you from Somerset's huge 306-run win against reigning champions Nottinghamshire, which they sealed earlier today...

That is tea at Grace Road. Essex appear to be in charge of their chase, which will soon be in double figures if they continue at the rate they have scored so far.

Leicestershire have removed Dean Elgar and Tom Westley but Paul Walter (56 not out) remains there after the interval and has expertly guided his team, up to now, towards achieving their target of 215 without too many dramas.

Three wickets soon after lunch turned the game Middlesex's way.

Pakistan spinner Zafar Gohar ended Ben Allison's entertaining career best 89 and soon added the wicket of Brett D'Oliveira.

Matthew Waite fell to Sebastian Morgan and Middlesex scented victory.

But after avoiding the pair on first class debut Henry Cullen has resisted along with Tom Taylor surviving 17 overs to tea.

Middlesex will hope the new ball, available in eight overs, will allow them to finish the job.

A third win of the season is still on for Yorkshire but they'll need five wickets in the final session.

They only managed one between lunch and tea, Beau Webster playing on to Dom Bess for 49.

Sam Hain continues to lead the resistance using up 172 deliveries for his 63 so far. Along with Ed Barnard they've batted for over an hour. The nearest Hain got to being out was from the last ball before tea which he steered just wide of leg slip.

What could help Yorkshire is the new ball will be available soon after tea although spinner Dom Bess has been causing problems with the old one.

Regular in-depth tactical chats between the Northants hierarchy out in the middle are slowing this game down.

James Sales fizzes one past the outside edge of Will Williams' bat. Another over ticks by and Gloucestershire lead by 190.

Tea will be delayed with nine wickets down.

James Bracey tries to reverse sweep Calvin Harrison, the ball balloons up and is caught by the keeper.

Northants are convinced he is out - the umpire's body language suggests he doesn't know what all the fuss is about.