Find out what happened across the LV= Insurance County Championship on day three of the first round of divisional fixtures
Division One
Hampshire v Yorkshire
Southampton (third day of four): Yorkshire 243 & 312-6d, Hampshire 163 & 26-2 - Hampshire need 367 runs to win with eight second-innings wickets in hand
Yorkshire put themselves firmly in a strong position to wrap up an emphatic victory against an under-manned Hampshire after another LV= County Championship day of dominance at the Ageas Bowl.
Starting the day on 37 for 1 - a lead of 114 runs - the visitors batted their dispirited opponents out of the game after declaring on 312 for 6 - setting a mammoth target of 392 for an unlikely victory.
The Tykes then reduced the hosts to 26 for 2 before close after Ben Coad had dismissed Ian Holland for three thanks to a one-handed diving slip catch by Harry Brook. Tom Alsop fell in the penultimate over of the day to Dom Bess to leave Hampshire 367 runs behind and needing to bat 96 overs to save the match.
Lancashire v Warwickshire
Emirates Old Trafford (third day of four): Warwickshire 371 & 52-1, Lancashire 341 - Warwickshire lead Lancashire by 82 runs with nine second-innings wickets in hand
Lancashire’s Josh Bohannon scored a brilliant 170 to steer his side towards a share of the points with Warwickshire as this opening Division One clash prepared to enter its final day heading towards an inevitable stalemate.
The 24-year-old batted from the start of play until just before 5pm in compiling his second century of what is becoming a memorable 2021 for the Boltonian whose season average now stands at 66.27 – numbers that are inevitably prompting talk of an England call-up of some kind this winter.
Bohannon’s efforts saw the Red Rose bowled out for 341 after resuming day three on 100 for 1, meaning they trailed the visitors by just 30 runs with Warwickshire grateful for Liam Norwell’s 6 for 57 as they faced a tricky period of 19 overs before closing on 52 for 1 with a lead of 82 runs.
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Division Two
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
Bristol (third day of four): Northamptonshire 327 & 92-7, Gloucestershire 191 - Northamptonshire lead by 228 runs with three second-innings wickets in hand
Ryan Higgins led a Gloucestershire charge on third afternoon at Bristol as the home side came storming back into the match as Northamptonshire closed 92 for 7 leading by 228.
Higgins took 3 for 26 and Tom Price 2 for 22 as the Glosters kept themselves alive in a game they looked well out of.
56 from Graeme van Buuren and superb resistance from Gloucestershire’s tail had earlier held up Northants to save the follow-on before they were eventually bowled out for 191.
Liam Norwell took 6 for 57 for Warwickshire against Lancashire
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Division Three
Middlesex v Derbyshire
Lord's (third day of four): Middlesex 282 & 256, Derbyshire 205 & 42-1 - Derbyshire require 292 runs to win with nine second-innings wickets in hand
A last-wicket stand of 58 between Toby Roland-Jones and Tim Murtagh leaves Derbyshire needing the fifth-highest run chase in their history ahead of day four at Lord’s.
The two pacemen missed eclipsing Middlesex’s 10th-wicket record against Derbyshire of 66 set three years ago, but their effort carried the hosts to 256 all out, a lead of 333, Alex Thomson taking 3 for 71.
Murtagh then removed Luis Reece as somehow Derbyshire limped to 42 for 1 in an absorbing last session truncated by bad light, still needing 292 for victory.
Earlier, Ethan Bamber took Derbyshire’s last first-innings wicket to record a career-best 5 for 41.
Worcestershire v Sussex
Worcester (third day of four): Sussex 264 & 199-6, Worcestershire 213 - Sussex lead Worcestershire by 250 runs with four second-innings wickets in hand
Dan Ibrahim gave another demonstration of his outstanding promise with an unbeaten half-century for Sussex on day three of the LV= Insurance County Championship encounter with Worcestershire at New Road.
Ibrahim celebrated his call-up into the England Under-19 squad for the forthcoming ODIs against the West Indies by making 56 not out to steer Sussex into a strong position.
He had become the youngest ever player to score a half-century in the County Championship against Yorkshire at Emirates Headingley in June at 16 years and 299 days.
Today he followed up his first innings 48 and 2 for 9 in nine overs in Worcestershire’s first innings with another accomplished knock.
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