The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action on day three of the eighth round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches in 2023
Chester-Le-Street (third day of four): Glamorgan 390 & 159-4, Durham 630 - Glamorgan trail by 81 runs with four second-innings wickets in hand
Bas de Leede produced career-best batting and bowling figures to boost Durham's hopes of defeating Glamorgan on day three of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Seat Unique Riverside.
De Leede scored an unbeaten 85 to allow Durham to post a mammoth total of 630, their fifth-highest score in first-class cricket, following 151 from David Bedingham.
The hosts added 170 for the final three wickets to force Glamorgan to toil in the heat, taking a 240-run lead into the second innings.
The Netherlands international then took centre stage with the ball, striking with his first two deliveries before adding a third to end the day with figures of 3 for 25 to leave Glamorgan four down at the close, still requiring 81 runs to make Durham bat again.
Sussex and Worcestershire have traded big totals (Getty Images)
Bristol (third day of four): Gloucestershire 368 & 9-0, Leicestershire 350 - Gloucestershire lead by 27 runs with 10 second-innings wickets in hand
Lewis Hill maintained concentration in energy-sapping heat to score his seventh first-class century as Leicestershire battled for first innings parity on the third day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Bristol.
The visiting skipper's 103 occupied nearly five and a half hours and led his side to a total of 350 in reply to 368. Rishi Patel cracked 59 off 70 balls, while Louis Kimber contributed 34 before being given out for obstructing the field.
Seamer Zaman Akhter was the most successful Gloucestershire bowler with 4 for 33 from 17 overs in only his third first class match. By the close, the hosts had made nine without loss in their second innings and a draw looks by far the most likely outcome tomorrow.
Chesterfield (third day of four): Derbyshire 111 & 453, Yorkshire 353 & 147-6 - Yorkshire need 65 runs to win
Shan Masood holds the key for Yorkshire with the LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire in the balance after a pulsating third day at Chesterfield.
The Yorkshire captain was unbeaten on 68 but his team lost late wickets chasing 212 and closed on 147 for 6 with 65 more runs needed.
Derbyshire skipper Leus du Plooy made a superb 170 and shared a fifth wicket stand of 277 with Haider Ali who scored 146 as the home side made 453 to set up a thrilling finale.
Matthew Fisher and Dom Bess both took three wickets before Derbyshire's innings ended when Suranga Lakmal was hit by a short ball and replaced by concussion substitute Zak Chappell.
Yorkshire seemed to be cruising on 140 for 3 but spinners Mark Watt and Alex Thomson took three wickets in four overs to raise Derbyshire's hopes of pulling off a remarkable victory.
Kiran Carlson is key to Glamorgan's hopes of stopping Durham (Getty Images)
Hove (third day of four): Sussex 348 & 359-6, Worcestershire 410 - Sussex lead by 297 runs with four second-inning wickets remaining
Tom Haines made 91 and there were half centuries for skipper Tom Alsop, Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Jack Carson as Sussex recovered from a mini collapse to head into the final day against Worcestershire at Hove with a lead of 297 and four second-innings wickets in hand.
Haines and Tom Clark knocked off their first innings deficit of 62 in a confident opening stand of 143 that appeared to be putting their side in a strong position. But 45 minutes after lunch suddenly there was some assistance in the 1st Central County Ground pitch for Worcestershire's seamers.
Haines and Clark departed to successive balls and both James Coles and Ollie Carter fell cheaply as four wickets went down in 27 deliveries for just four runs. When Dan Ibrahim was fifth out for a skittish but in the circumstances vital run-a-ball 28, Sussex were only in front by 116.
But the obdurate Alsop and Hudson-Prentice tilted the balance back in their favour during a stand of 82 in 23 overs either side of tea. Hudson-Prentice fell to Pakistan leg-spinner Usman Mir for 54 but Alsop was joined by Carson in another productive alliance so far worth 99 with Sussex closing on 359 for 6.
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