County cricket: Yorkshire v Kent, Lancashire v Middlesex – live!

Notts – argh. Now six down. Joe Clarke, who started the season with a hundred and a 97 not out at Trent Bridge, may end it in similar fashion. Currently 68 not out after a first-innings century. Just a shame about the small chasm in between.

Your forties, re-imagined

A fifth Durham wicket for Hutton and just one more needed for Northamptonshire to have all but their toe-nails in Division One.

And as Matt Parkinson goes to his highest first-class score – now 14 – Yorkshire lose their first wicket – 49 for seven. Not the most inspiring way to end the season – though who can stand in front of Darren Stevens in autumn of 2020 mode? Not Tim Bresnan, caught behind for a duck.

Stevens 12-4-13-5.

I suspect “strongly considering” means “have already decided.”

Parky starting the day with gumption, two banging fours – “Amongst,” said Ken Grime, “the best shots he has ever played.”

DIVISION ONE

Headingley: Kent 482-8 dec & 337-7 dec:Billings 122*, Robinson 97 Yorkshire 269 & 44-6: Kohler-Cadmore 19; Stevens 4-12, Milnes 2-9. Yorkshire need 507 to win.

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 498 and 105-5 v Warwickshire 488.

DIVISION TWO

Northants: Northamptonshire 217 & 315: Procter 86, Levi 60; Raine 4-93Durham 131 & 212-8: Eckersley 54*; Hutton 4-54. Durham need 19o to win.

Old Trafford: Lancashire 259 & 289-8: Jennings 97, Livingstone 68; Cummins 4-50Middlesex 337: Simpson 167*, Sowter 52; Bailey 5-78, Parkinson 3-49.

Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 435 and 251-5dec v Leicestershire 263 and 32-2. Leicestershire need 392 to win.

Good morning from Old Trafford where the heavy roller has just been pushed off the pitch and the players are hitting one last slip catch, bowling one last ball. After five months, we are nearly there, this is the final day of the penultimate round.

After yesterday’s pyrotechnics from Kyle Abbott and Simon Harmer, the title-decider goes to Taunton for a shoot off. Essex, Hampshire, Derbyshire and Worcestershire all won, which leaves us Lancashire fighting to keep their unbeaten record on the day the Second Division Trophy will be presented, Notts trying to win a game and Yorkshire in with a fight to still be batting by lunch. Expect Northants to polish off Durham quickly and Glamorgan to keep their dreams alive by bowling out Leicestershire. Northants and Gloucestershire could finish the day in Division One.