County Championship Division Two: Nottinghamshire close in on victory over Durham

Nottinghamshire are closing in on an opening Specsavers County Championship Division Two win over Durham at Emirates Riverside, with the hosts still trailing by 19 runs with only five second-innings wickets remaining.

Luke Fletcher starred with the bat, striking 92 as Notts tallied 305 in their first innings, though the allrounder literally fell short of a maiden first-class century - run out after slipping when stranded out of his crease.

Fletcher (1-32) made amends by then taking one of the five Durham wickets to fall - Jake Ball (2-46) and James Pattinson (2-24) sharing the other four - as the home side closed on 162-5, with Keaton Jennings 62 not out.

A counter-attacking 99-run final-wicket stand between Ben Brown and Jofra Archer helped Sussex fight back on day two of their contest with Kent at Hove.

Brown hit a 116-ball 90, while Archer followed up his seven first-innings wickets with an unbeaten 60 from 72 balls to lift Sussex's score to 291, trailing by only 13.

In their second innings, Kent openers Daniel Bell-Drummond (35) and Sean Dickson (34no) added to that lead with a 60-run partnership, before two late Ajmal Shahzad (2-15) strikes reduced the visitors to 82-2 at the close.

Nathan Buck took a first five-for for Northamptonshire as they earned a slim advantage on day two against Derbyshire.

Buck took 5-68 as Derbyshire - resuming on 219-6 - were bowled out for 281 in their first innings.

In reply, Northants openers Ben Duckett (53) and Rob Newton (50) both hit fifties in a century opening stand but the team lost their way thereafter, closing only 10 runs ahead on 291-9 - Max Holden unbeaten on 68.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore hit a hundred as Worcestershire took control of their game against Glamorgan on day two in Cardiff.

Kohler-Cadmore's 102, plus useful lower-order contributions from Ed Barnard (59) and John Hastings (51) helped the visitors to 403 all out, a first-innings lead of 196.

Josh Tongue then took 2-22 to help reduce Glamorgan to 141-3, still trailing by 55, at stumps - Colin Ingram unbeaten though on 41.

Will Tavare struck a century on day two of Gloucestershire's clash with Leicestershire in Bristol, as the hosts look set to earn a healthy first-innings lead.

Tavare top-scored with 101, while Phil Mustard (72), Jack Taylor (60) and David Payne (54) also hit handy half centuries to see Gloucestershire ultimately declare on 466-8.

In reply, the home side reduced a sorry Leicestershire outfit to 165-6 by stumps, with the 102-run fourth-wicket stand between Mark Pettini (52) and Mark Cosgrove (48) the only resistance shown by the visitors.