Nottinghamshire's unbeaten record in jeopardy at Trent Bridge
Friday 8 September 2017 13:47, UK
Haseeb Hameed missed out on a first Specsavers County Championship ton of the season on a rain-affected day three of Lancashire's top-of-the-table clash against Essex at Old Trafford.
The opener, who scored 88 from 250 balls, was one of five victims for PCA Player of the Month for August, Jamie Porter (5-73), as Lancashire scored 290 in their first innings, thanks partly to a 57-run stand for the 10th wicket between Tom Bailey (34no) and Kyle Jarvis (26).
Lancashire, 36 points behind league leaders Essex then reduced the visitors to 115-4 before a heavy downpour prevented any play after tea.
Somerset seem poised to beat Warwickshire in the bottom-of-the-table encounter at Edgbaston after Jonathan Trott's side stumbled to 172-6 chasing 402 for just their second win of the campaign.
Marcus Trescothick earlier completed his 51st first-class century for Somerset and 65th in total, scoring an unbeaten 119 as the away side, 12 points above basement boys Warwickshire, declared on 265-4, James Hildreth (68) and Tom Abell (51) also bagging fifties.
Ryan Sidebottom, meanwhile, took 3-49 for Yorkshire as they reduced Middlesex to 108-3 at Headingley, having dragged their first-innings score up to 358 thanks to Tim Bresnan (44) and Liam Plunkett (34).
Hampshire's lower-order also came to the fore as they moved from their overnight 129-7 to 290 all out against Surrey, Gareth Berg (80) adding 93 runs with Kyle Abbott (37no) for the ninth wicket.
Surrey turned a 90-run deficit into a 45-run lead after reaching 135-4, Rory Burns scoring 63 but Jason Roy and Scott Borthwick falling for one.
Chris Read's final game at Trent Bridge could end in defeat with Division Two table-toppers Nottinghamshire battling to avoid a first Championship loss of the season to second-placed Worcestershire.
Read, who will retire at the end of the season, scored 38 in his last innings at his home ground, putting on 56 with Jake Ball (34no) for Notts' ninth wicket as the hosts set second-placed Worcestershire 226 to win.
Daryl Mitchell moved to 63 not out as Worcestershire closed on 123-2, needing a further 103 runs on day four to trim Notts' lead at the top of the table, which currently stands at 32 points.
Third-placed Sussex remain in their tussle with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road, after Jofra Archer (74no) and David Wiese (61) combined to put on 127 for the ninth wicket - Sussex closing on 382-9 with a lead of 128.
Winless Leicestershire look set for a seventh defeat in 12 matches - the Foxes lead Gloucestershire by eight runs with three second-innings wickets intact having lost 4-12 prior to the close, Liam Norwell taking 5-37.
Durham extended their lead over Kent to 156 at Emirates Riverside, with New Zealand opener Tom Latham unbeaten on 64 and Graham Clark hitting 49 not out.
Derbyshire and Glamorgan finally got underway after rain wiped out the first two days at Derby - the hosts closing on 236-9 with Luis Reece scoring 53 and Lukas Carey taking three wickets for Glamorgan.
