Notts v Somerset, Essex v Warks, and more: county cricket day four - live

6m ago 14.41 CEST After a fiery OT chilli, a blatant advert for man along the row from me, Jamie Bowman. Jamie makes excellent chutney, played John Squires in 24 hour Party People and now has a cricket podcast, mostly concentrating on Merseyside and Lancashire. Do give it a listen. @tjaldred https://t.co/K3sD6K4ta8 — Jamie Bowman (@JamieBowman77) August 1, 2025 Share

40m ago 14.08 CEST Lunchtime scores DIVISION ONE Chester-le-Street: Surrey 322 and 176-5 BEAT Durham 153 and 344 by five wickets. Chelmsford: Essex 602-6dec and 60-1 v Warwickshire 485 Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 544 v Somerset 438 and 72-2 New Road: Worcestershire 249 v Hampshire 293 and 235-6 Scarborough: Yorkshire 545-9dec v Sussex 222 and 166-7 DIVISION TWO Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 54-1 v Middlesex 445 no play yet today Canterbury: Kent 307-5 v Leicestershire 471 Old Trafford: Lancashire 137 and 274-7 v Glamorgan 261 and 348-7dec Lancs need 199 to win Northamptonshire: Northants 550-9dec v Derbyshire 377 and 52-4 no play yet today Share

46m ago 14.02 CEST More shouts from Kellaway and Crane, but Balderson and Harris – who has completed an excellent 50 – make it till lunch. The skies are darkening again. Share

52m ago 13.55 CEST A seventh at OT, and a second wicket for Kellaway. After two rather lovely fours, Chris Green sweeps – onto his pad? - and Carlson pops up at silly point to swallow the catch. Lancs 270-7. Share

1h ago 13.41 CEST And now at OT, a hot-off-the-press inswinging yorker from Fernando to send nightwatchman Bailey on his way. Deserved a better victim really. Fernando crosses himself at the top of his run, Lancs 259-6, enter Chris Green. Share

1h ago 13.39 CEST A wicket at New Road – Gubbins fencing at Ben Allison, Hants 197 for four – and, more pertinently, two at Trent Bridge, where Notts have got rid of Gregory and Davey within three balls, Somerset 36 for two and 70 behind. Share

1h ago 13.25 CEST Now bright sunshine at OT. Kellaway wheels in from the Statham end, Harris dabs dangerously wide of slip. Those who were here yesterday report that it isn’t turning as much as it was then, when the odd ball ripped square. Lancs 242 for five, the target 473. Share

1h ago 13.20 CEST And at 1.25pm at Cheltenham 68 overs in the day, if the day is kind. Share

1h ago 13.18 CEST Play to start at 12.30 at Wantage Road Unfortunately for Derbyshire. Share Updated at 13.25 CEST

2h ago 13.12 CEST Will Sutherland makes the breakthrough at Scarborough, Lamb the man gone, for a 52-minutes seven. Yorkshire just three wickets away. Share

2h ago 13.10 CEST A 12.15 start here at OT, with twenty overs lost. A member of the groundstaff is currently polishing a stump with a yellow rag. A handful of hardy supporters shuffle in cagoles under the Point, and the party stand sits empty wet and damp, its rows of grey seats like braces awaiting eager teeth. Share

2h ago 13.01 CEST Four matches in play: Essex are one down – Noah Thain caught for two – a lead of 132. If they get a hurry up, it is possible they could make a game of things. Notts have lost four during a morning Somerset counter attack. Somerset start their second innings with a deficit of 106. And John Simpson is currently wiping the tape after his leave toJack White at Scarborough, Sussex 135-6. And in Division Two: Ben Compton bats on, 129, though Leicestershire have wheedled out Garrett and Dawkins. Kent 249-5. Somerst Share

2h ago 12.42 CEST Rain The groundstaff are peeling back the covers here, an inspection at 11.45. Rain also at New Road, Cheltenham and Northampton. Share

2h ago 12.39 CEST Paul Edwards, sitting next to me at OT, is purring about watching Dan Lawrence. He references Pinter, That beautiful evening Compton made 70 – “I’d never seen anything to compare it to until Lawrence made 78 off 77 balls at Scarborough. And again, his 88 off 116 balls at the Riverside. Magnificent.” Share

2h ago 12.25 CEST A tasty snippet from the press box that one of Matthew Revis’ former coaches thinks he’s the nearest thing to Andrew Flintoff since, well, Andrew Flintoff. Share

3h ago 12.13 CEST Through the puddles, past the Glamorgan coach (painted with a daffodil) and the OT floodlights shine like headlights in the November mist. Conditions are wet and looking wetter. Note for HPG – Chris Green (and Emma Lamb) are Lancashire’s players of the month. Share

3h ago 11.34 CEST Chris Woakes ruled out of the Oval Test Poor Chris Woakes, labours through four Tests and into number five, only to crash land badly while fielding on the boundary and damage his left shoulder. He won’t play again in this Test. Share

3h ago 11.32 CEST Manchester skies are now very grey… Share

3h ago 11.28 CEST Three baby pheasants scuttled in the over-ripe August undergrowth on my dog walk this morning, which after a weasel in the graveyard and a hare and a deer from the train window last night, somewhere between Malton and York, makes it a happy few days. Not so happy for Durham’s head coach Ryan Campbell after yesterday’s defeat by Surrey. “We can either put our heads down and cry in the corner or we can get in a battle and that’s what I know this group are going to do.” he said. “So those next three games are going to be exciting stuff.” Rory Burns was more prosaic, Championship pennant within reach: “That was a massive win for us, especially with the Kookaburra ball….we’ve been on a bit of a road trip up here, so to get this game done a day early is very pleasing.” Share

4h ago 11.15 CEST Thursday's round up Surrey went clear of the rest at Chester-le-Street, a three-day win against Durham that puts them in prime position to swan gracefully in and collect their fourth Championship on the trot, with just three matches left in the season. India’s tall, elegant, slow left-armer Sai Kishore did exactly what he was signed for, zinging the Kookaburra through Durham, finishing with five for 72. Meanwhile Jordan Clark gave the Overtons a run for their money by hitting younger brother Graham, who had batted very nicely for 42, on the grill with a stinging bouncer. Surrey, needing 176 for victory, had a mild wobble when they lost Ryan Patel and Rory Burns in consecutive overs, but 40 from Sam Curran set the sails fair. Things don’t look so rosy for Durham who, if Yorkshire win on Friday, have their boots in the relegation zone. Durham must also ride disquiet from members, who were unhappy to be told at an evening forum that the club would be voting for a conference structure for 2026. Nottinghamshire, who were sitting on Surrey’s coat-tails before this round, look certain to slip further behind despite a wonderful 208 from Haseeb Hameed, which made him the leading run-scorer in Division One. With the game still marooned in the first innings, and Somerset bowling with a 151-over ball, a draw seems inevitable. Matthew Revis danced to his third century in July, his unbeaten 152 putting Yorkshire in a dominant position at North Marine Road. Sussex, 323 runs behind on first-innings, made a dog’s breakfast of the start of their second, perhaps unnerved by the bangs coming from the naval warfare re-enactment at nearby Peasholm Park – three times a week in the school holidays. Imam-ul-Haq’s swooping run out and throw-down from extra cover to dismiss Tom Alsop would have had uncle Inzamam’s approval, if from the sofa. Unbeaten fifties from Daniel Hughes and Danial Ibrahim gave Sussex something to chew on overnight. Centuries from Justin Broad and Rob Keogh bulldozed Northants to 550-9dec, weary Derbyshire then lost four wickets. Sonny Baker’s five wickets for Hampshire will have given his Lions’ tour prospects a boost, Jake Libby propped up Worcestershire with an unbeaten 100. Nightwatchman Ethan Bamber flew to his first first-class century and helped Warwickshire avoid the follow-on at Chelmsford. And Lancashire had a bad day at Old Trafford, finishing with half the side out and 247 runs needed. Just 9.5 overs were possible at Canterbury and there was no play at Cheltenham. Share

4h ago 11.15 CEST Scores on the doors DIVISION ONE Chester-le-Street: Surrey 322 and 176-5 BEAT Durham 153 and 344 by five wickets. Chelmsford: Essex 602-6dec v Warwickshire 465-9 Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 511-6 v Somerset 438 New Road: Worcestershire 249 v Hampshire 293 and 139-2 Scarborough: Yorkshire 545-9dec v Sussex 222 and 115-3 DIVISION TWO Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 54-1 v Middlesex 445 play no play day three Canterbury: Kent 217-3 v Leicestershire 471 Old Trafford: Lancashire 137 and 226-5 v Glamorgan 261 and 348-7dec Northamptonshire: Northants 550-9dec v Derbyshire 377 and 52-4 Share

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