The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action on day three of the sixth round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches in 2023
Chester-le-Street (third day of four): Yorkshire 254 & 218, Durham 227 & 213-8 - Durham need 33 runs with two second-innings wickets in hand
Yorkshire and Durham face a thrilling final-day shootout to decide their LV= Insurance County Championship clash at Seat Unique Riverside.
Defending a total of 246, Matthew Fisher claimed four wickets to turn the game in the favour of the visitors after Durham threatened to inch their way towards victory courtesy of a fifty from Michael Jones.
Fisher produced a brilliant spell in the evening session supported by Jordan Thompson, with three strikes of his own, to put the White Rose on course for victory.
But, after taking four wickets apiece with the ball to bowl out Yorkshire for 218, Matthew Potts and Ben Raine produced a brilliant stand for the ninth wicket to bring Durham back into the match.
The home side require 33 runs to win with two wickets remaining, although one of those wickets belongs to the ailing Brydon Carse, who missed the entirety of day three due to injury.
Matthew Potts picked up four wickets and is now in a vital ninth-wicket stand with Ben Raine [Stu Forster/Getty Images]
Derby (third day of four): Derbyshire 251-9d, Gloucestershire 195-5 - Gloucestershire trail by 56 runs with five first-innings wickets in hand
Derbyshire opener Harry Came scored his maiden first-class century on the third day of the County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Derby.
The 24-year-old made 108 from 192 balls out of 251 for 9 declared with Matt Taylor and Ajeet Singh Dale both taking three wickets.
In reply, Miles Hammond made 50 before Gloucestershire slipped to 103 for 4 in the face of quality seam bowling from Suranga Lakmal who took 1 for 12 from 13 overs and Luis Reece (3 for 37 from 12).
But Ben Charlesworth (58 not out) and James Bracey (41) launched a recovery that took their side to 195 for 5 at the close.
Wiaan Mulder picked up five wickets against Sussex [Gareth Copley/Getty Images]
Leicester (third day of four): Leicestershire 270 & 16-0, Sussex 430 - Leicestershire trail by 144 runs with 10 second-innings wickets in hand
Sussex gave themselves an opportunity to secure a second win of the season that may see them move top the County Championship Division Two table after forcing Leicestershire to follow-on.
The home side were dismissed for 270 in reply to Sussex's 430 on day three at Grace Road, with Ari Karvelas and Fynn Hudson-Prentice taking four wickets each as Leicestershire fought back from 160 for 7 thanks largely to Rehan Ahmed (59 not out) and Chris Wright (48) but still fell short. They are 16 without loss following on.
A superb unbeaten innings of 182 by Tom Alsop, who shared a stand of 169 with James Coles (70) for the fifth wicket, was responsible for putting Sussex in such a strong position despite Wiaan Mulder's 5 for 63 and Tom Scriven's 3 for 75 on a better day for Leicestershire's bowlers.
Should Sussex fashion a victory on the final day, they will move at least into clear second place in the table, top should Durham fail to secure victory over Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street, where they had two wickets in hand overnight but still required 33 runs to win.
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