06:52
Arghg, wickets, wickets everywhere. Now Rossington pushes plumply forward at Luke Wood and is caught by Jennings at slip for 8. Northangs 87-5.
06:49
Durham, Durham, Durham. Now 87-5, need another 81. Harmer has snaffled both Burnham and Borthwick and hopes rest with Eckersley and Poynter.
And from Gary Naylor, the Parky Problem:
06:38
Parky! Second ball of the day, Vasconcelos decides to reverse sweep and is bowled into the dust. Middle stump pingo. Perhaps not the wisest decision of the day. Northants 76-4.
06:25
Oh dear Middlesex. With Robbie White’s dismissal, for 73, and now Andersson – both to Holland – another low-key name who has had a big match – their chances have fallen from miniscule to infinitesimal (if that is actually a decrease).
And Glamorgan’s hope slip away too with Kiran Carlson bowled by another man of the moment Ollie Robinson – who now has 5-61 . Amazing effort by Carlson though, 132 to join his 127 from the first innings.
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06:15
And the bell tolls first for Daniel Bell-Drummond, bowled by David Willey for 24. Just the 397 to win for Kent, seven wicket in hand.
06:05
Mahmood has the ball from the Jimmy Anderson end, arrow-straight run up, fast arm. Loved watching the three slips – Jennings, Croft and Hartley – shimmy-inch into position, rather like the soldiers shuffling into line to lift the Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin out of the hearse yesterday.
05:58
Reports from Taunton spoke of no devil in the pitch, but we know Somerset’s potential for black magic on the last day. A nice interview with one of Ciderabad’s finest here.
05:55
At Old Trafford Glenn Chapple is holding a baseball glove and looking as lithe as ever. I fear for Northants , on a turning pitch against Parky and after Saqib Mahmood’s rapid spell yesterday evening.
04:54
Good morning from Manchester where the sun continues to shine, if through a more hazy lens. So much to look forward to today – tight games all around: at Chelmsford – where Durham need another 108 – at Taunton – where Gloucestershire need another 125 – even at Trent Bridge where Warwicks need an unlikely 248 (without Dom Sibley) to prevent Notts winning their first game since 2018.
Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Kent, Northants and Middlesex have to bat all day – with various degrees of likelihood – and Glamorgan till tea if they fancy setting up a run chase. Grab a coffee, we’ll be here all day.
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