Summary

  • Sussex beat Leicestershire by 222 runs at Grace Road

  • Middlesex beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 14 runs

  • Defending champions Notts start with draw against Somerset

  • England's Jamie Smith hits 132 for Surrey in Edgbaston draw

  • Glamorgan set Yorkshire a 295 target, but they are 239-7 as the game ends drawn

  • Northants' final pair hold out for draw with Lancashire

  • Worcestershire bat through final day for a draw after following on at Derby

  • Tawanda Muyeye scores 109 not out as Kent draw with Durham

  • Essex beat Hampshire by an innings and 137 runs on Sunday

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  1. Postpublished at 18:11 BST 6 April

    Northants 213-9 (11 balls remaining)

    Ajeet Singh Dale is back on for the penultimate over.

    George Bartlett may yet get a century here with the uncontested boundaries. He needs another six runs.

    And they have run a single off the first ball which is a bizarre decision.

    Ben Sanderson is back on strike.

  2. Worcestershire just 9 runs behind at Derbypublished at 18:11 BST 6 April

    Derbyshire 625-8 v Worcestershire 312 & 304-7

    Tom Taylor edges one along the ground and past the slips for four dropping Worcestershire's deficit to 9.

    The scoreboard says six overs to go but it'll effectively be four if Worcestershire get ahead.

  3. KENT DRAW AT DURHAMpublished at 18:09 BST 6 April

    Durham 335 & 218-9d v Kent 197 & 234-5

    That's that then...out of the blue hands are shaken with nine overs remaining.

    Tawanda Muyeye has saved the day for Kent with 109* on the final afternoon.

    Durham had Kent reeling at 41-3 but the young right-hander put the team on his back and shared vital stands with Daniel Bell-Drummond and latterly Chris Benjamin to secure 11 points for Kent, while Durham take 13 - though their over rate of minus two might see that adjusted, one to watch out for.

    Emilio Gay's 128 was the highlight of the opening day while Sam Northeast's defiant 94 on his Kent return helped his side avoid the follow-on, and though Durham set up an interesting final day chase - after 128 overs were lost to the elements, in particular damage caused by Storm Dave on day three, neither side were able to prise a victory.

  4. Postpublished at 18:08 BST 6 April

    Yorks 228-6 - target 295

    So, five overs to come.

    Glamorgan need four wickets and Yorkshire 67 runs.

  5. Postpublished at 18:08 BST 6 April

    Northants 211-9 (14 balls remaining)

    George Balderson is going to bowl the third last over. George Barlett is on strike. Which George are you backing?

    A four for Bartlett off the second delivery tilts it Northants way. A straight drive off the fourth ball again hits the rope.

  6. Postpublished at 18:07 BST 6 April

    Kent 234-5 (54 balls remaining at Durham)

    The obligatory single off the opening ball of Kasey Aldridge's over for Tawanda Muyeye.

    Chris Benjamin, on 17*, sees out the over without troubling the scoreboard, digging out a good yorker along the way.

  7. Postpublished at 18:06 BST 6 April

    Yorks 228-6 - target 295

    Yet another full toss from Mason Crane and George Hill straight bats it down the ground through the legs of partner Dom Bess for four.

    We don't think Yorkshire are still going for this target but Hill is certainly living up to the old adage about gift horses and their bridgework.....

  8. Down to the last seven overs at Derbypublished at 18:06 BST 6 April

    Derbyshire 625-8 v Worcestershire 312 & 299-7

    It's been an excellent game of second division cricket. Derbyshire have been on top throughout the four days but can they translate that to a win?

    Worcestershire are getting tantalisingly close to securing the draw trailing by 14,

  9. Postpublished at 18:05 BST 6 April

    Northants 203-9 (18 balls remaining)

    Good yorker from round the wicket from Ajeet Singh Dale tries to spring the surprise third ball but Ben Sanderson digs it out.

    A short ball next up sees him duck to the dust with the ball going over the top of the stumps.

    Sanderson just gets enough on the next delivery to send it dribbling out towards point.

    The last delivery is blocked and Northants survive again.

  10. 6 runs

    for Tawanda Muyeyepublished at 18:04 BST 6 April

    Kent 233-5 (60 balls remaining at Durham)

    This wasn't even particularly short from Colin Ackermann but Tawanda Muyeye has spun on it and deposited the ball well over the mid-wicket boundary for six runs... and didn't even watch it go.

    Nonchalant as it gets.

    He adds a single to move to 108* before Chris Benjamin sees out the over.

  11. Eight left at Derbypublished at 18:02 BST 6 April

    Derbyshire 625-8 v Worcestershire 312 & 297-7

    Ben Aitchison can't make the breakthrough but does restrict Worcestershire to a rushed single in the over.

    Worcestershire now 16 behind.

    Over to Shoaib Bashir

  12. Postpublished at 18:02 BST 6 April

    Northants 203-9 (24 balls remaining)

    Lancs accuracy is deserting them when they need it most. Now George Balderson is guilty of allowing George Bartlett to leave too many.

    Ajeet Singh Dale resumes against Ben Sanderson with just 24 balls left in the game.

  13. Postpublished at 18:02 BST 6 April

    Yorks 224-6 - target 295

    Ryan Hadley has a slightly splay-footed walk but he is sprinting in with some conviction and Dom Bess does well to get on top of a rising delivery dug in towards the body.

  14. Postpublished at 18:01 BST 6 April

    Kent 226-5 (66 balls remaining at Durham)

    Kasey Aldridge sends down a maiden over. 11 remain.

    Will we see Matty Potts or Ben Raine again before all is said and done? They had the ball on strings earlier.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:59 BST 6 April

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    Thank you Kyle (17:50), we all owe you a pint!

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    Tension, what tension?

  16. Postpublished at 17:59 BST 6 April

    Yorks 222-6 - target 295

    An even worse delivery from Mason Crane follows - even loopier and fuller of toss - and George Hill helps himself to another gift of a boundary.

  17. Postpublished at 17:58 BST 6 April

    Yorks 218-6 - target 295

    Full toss from Mason Crane. Silly mid-off takes evasive action as George Hill thumps it away for four.

  18. Nine overs to go at Derbypublished at 17:58 BST 6 April

    Derbyshire 625-8 v Worcestershire 312 & 295-7

    Nine overs to go and Worcestershire are now only 18 runs behind. If they can get those runs with two overs left it'll be job done as Derbyshire won't have time to start their second innings.

    Tom Taylor has hit 14 from 19 balls while Matthew Waite continues to dig in with 57 from 130 deliveries.

    Ben Aitchison the latest Derbyshire bowler to have a go.

  19. Postpublished at 17:58 BST 6 April

    Kent 226-5 (72 balls remaining at Durham)

    Chris Benjamin adds three runs from the remainder of Colin Ackermann's over and will retain strike for the next over.

    12 overs to come. If these two remain out there we might not seem them all.

  20. Postpublished at 17:57 BST 6 April

    Northants 201-9 (30 balls remaining)

    Not the greatest over from Ajeet Singh Dale who allows Ben Sanderson to comfortably leave a couple of deliveries. It needs to be on the stumps.

    George Balderson oversteps on his first delivery.