County cricket: Warwickshire v Essex, Gloucestershire v Sussex and more – live!

Gloucestershire are having one of those mornings, the eighth wicket goes with the lead only 35. Sussex, who were jeered at by a rather pathetic bunch of home fans before the summer break, could be about to pull the rabbit out of the hat.

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A wicket with the fourth ball of the day for Chris Jordan down at Bristol, Jack Taylor for ten. Gloucestershire’s lead is just 30.

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We could pass the time BTL on what will be a quietish day by chewing on our pencils to come up with 16s for the men’s winter tour parties: New Zealand in November for five T20s and two Tests; then a mega-tour of South Africa from December to February consisting of four Tests, three ODIs and three T20s.

Division One: Warwickshire 517; Essex 278-6. Essex trail by 239 runs with four wickets remaining (first innings).

Division Two: Gloucestershire 200 & 197-6; Sussex 370. Gloucs lead by 27 runs with four wickets remaining (second innings).

Division Two: Leicestershire 308 & 189; Northants 357 & 22-0. Northants need 119 runs to win.

Division One:

Hampshire (149 & 436) beat Surrey (162 & 151) by 272 runs.

Kent (304 & 259) beat Nottinghamshire (124 & 212) by 227 runs.

Somerset (199 & 329) beat Yorkshire (103-9 & 127-9) by 298 runs.

Division Two:

Middlesex (143 & 151) beat Durham (147 & 191) by 44 runs.

Lancashire (418) beat Derbyshire (244 & 129) by an innings and 45 runs.

Worcestershire (205 & 299) beat Glamorgan (193 & 156) by 155 runs.

Good morning! from this final day of the-round-before-the-penultimate-round of the season, where just three games are still breathing. As it was ordained, the day has dawned brightly in Manchester now that Lancashire have returned to the bright lights of Division One, thanks to a thumping win over Derbyshire yesterday. They’ve been clearly the best team in Division Two all season.

Somerset finished yesterday 17 points clear of Essex, who will have to perform a small miracle at Edgbaston to conjure a win from a 239-run deficit, with Tom Westley 123 not out.

Northants (22-0) need only another 119 runs to beat Leicestershire and turbo-charge their promotion chances; and Gloucestershire have slipped up against Sussex, who are also still in the mix – with four second innings wickets left, they lead by just 27.

The weather is looking kind everywhere, even Bristol.