Find out what happened on day three of the latest round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches
DIVISION ONE
Edgbaston (third day of four): Warwickshire 292 & 327-9, Lancashire 291 & 5-0 - Lancashire need 324 runs to win with 10 second-innings wickets remaining
Warwickshire opener Alex Davies scored a superb century against his former club Lancashire to set up a fascinating final day of their LV=Insurance County Championship tussle at Edgbaston.
Davies defied his old team mates to make 121 (211 balls, 12 fours, one six), his first ton for the Bears, and tilt a terrific, fluctuating game narrowly his side's way.
His skilful work lifted Warwickshire to 327 for 9 declared, setting a victory target of 329 (they suffered a five-run penalty for Henry Brookes running down the pitch while batting). The visitors reached five without loss in four overs before the close.
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Canterbury (third day of four): Gloucestershire 438 & 37-5, Kent 564 - Gloucestershire trail by 89 runs with five second-innings wickets remaining
Kent are scenting a first win of the County Championship season at Canterbury, after a late salvo by Jacob Duffy reduced the Gloucestershire to 37 for 5 after day three, still 89 behind the hosts' first innings total of 564.
Matt Quinn started the visitors' collapse when he removed George Scott for 10 and New Zealander Duffy then took 4 for 8, to leave Gloucestershire reeling at stumps.
Earlier Jordan Cox made 158 and Jack Leaning 128 in a record Kent stand for the fourth wicket against Gloucestershire.
After two and half days in which the bowlers struggled to make any impact, Tom Price took a hat-trick career-best figures of 5 for 53, but wickets continued to tumble through the evening session, with Chris Dent and Miles Hammond clinging on at the close of play on eight and nought not out respectively.
Jordan Cox made 158 for Kent (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
Southampton (third day of four): Yorkshire 428 & 101-5, Hampshire 410 - Yorkshire lead by 119 runs with five second-innings wickets remaining
Keith Barker gave Hampshire hope of beating Yorkshire at home in the County Championship for the first time since 2008 with a wicked evening spell of fast bowling.
Lancashire-born Barker picked up 3 for 22– with Kyle Abbott and Brad Wheal also picking up a wicket apiece – to ignite a match seemingly heading for a draw. Yorkshire slumped to 101 for 5, a lead of 119 at the close.
Earlier, Hampshire's last four wickets put on 142 runs, which included a useful 38 from Barker, to frustrate the visitors before they were bowled out for 410. That meant Yorkshire took a slender 18-run first-innings lead, with the teams who started the round in second and third in Division One both picking up six bonus points each.
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Taunton (third day of four): Somerset 180 & 319-8, Surrey 382-9 - Somerset lead by 117 runs wth two second-innings wickets remaining
Lewis Goldsworthy and Lewis Gregory kept Surrey waiting to wrap up victory on the third day of the County Championship match with Somerset at Taunton.
The visitors were bowled out without adding to their overnight score of 382 for seven, Hashim Amla again absent through illness, but still had a commanding lead of 202. Jordan Clark ended unbeaten on 63.
A three-day finish looked probable when Somerset slipped to 119 for 4 in their second innings. But Goldsworthy had other ideas, hitting a career-best 67 before Gregory weighed in with 71 not out.
By the close, Somerset had reached 319 for 8 in their second innings, building a precarious lead of 117 on a pitch that has rewarded good batting and bowling.
Lewis Gregory has led Somerset's resistance (Harry Trump/Getty Images)
DIVISION TWO
Cardiff (third day of four): Sussex 376 & 89-3, Glamorgan 494 - Sussex trail by 29 runs with seven second-innings wickets remaining
Despite a flurry of early morning wickets pegging them back, Glamorgan have finished the third day of the County Championship match against Sussex with a chance to push for victory.
The day started with Eddie Byrom and Colin Ingram taking their outstanding partnership passed 300 before four quick wickets before lunch brought Sussex back into the contest.
Glamorgan's lower order took their score to 494, a first innings lead of 118, with Eddie Byrom making a career-best 176 and Colin Ingram dismissed for 178.
Two early wickets, and Ingram picking up a third from the last ball of the day, have left Sussex with work to do to save this game with them still 29 runs behind Glamorgan going into the final day.
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Chester-le-Street (third day of four): Durham 642-7d, Worcestershire 431-6 - Worcestershire trail by 211 runs with four first-innings wickets remaining
Brett D'Oliveira and Ed Barnard scored centuries to bat Worcestershire back into their County Championship Division Two match against Durham at Seat Unique Riverside.
D'Oliveira and Barnard shared a stand worth 197 for the sixth wicket to defy the home side, who were forced to toil in the field, claiming only three wickets from the 96 overs. The Worcestershire skipper fell shortly after reaching three figures, but Barnard remained unbeaten at the close on 116, although the Pears still trail Durham by 211 runs with four first-inning wickets remaining.
Ben Raine was once again the pick of the Durham bowlers, striking twice on a placid pitch, but the north-east outfit's hopes of securing their second Championship win of the season appear to be slim heading into the final day of the contest.
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