Liam Norwell takes 10 wickets as Gloucestershire claim rare Chelmsford win

Liam Norwell returned career-best match figures of 10-65 to inspire Gloucestershire to a nine-wicket win over Essex at Chelmsford.

The 23-year-old took four wickets in Essex's first innings but improved on that with figures of 6-33 in the second, setting up his county for an easy victory in their County Championship Division Two clash.

Essex had a tiny lead of five runs going into the third day but managed to set Gloucestershire a target of only 114 for victory despite a maiden first-class 50 from Kishen Velani.

Velani hit seven fours and a six in a 91-ball innings of 58 before becoming the ninth wicket to fall, providing David Payne with a second wicket of the innings.

Norwell had taken three of the four Essex wickets to fall on Tuesday and he also accounted for James Foster (13), Greg Smith (12) and last man to fall James Porter (7) to reach the 10-wicket landmark for the first time.

Any fears of a Gloucestershire collapse were soon put to bed by openers Will Tavare and Chris Dent, who took them within eight runs of their target with a 106-run opening stand.

Porter did manage to secure the wicket of Tavare for 57 but Dent remained at the crease with Gareth Roderick to see them over the line, finishing with an unbeaten 52 as Gloucestershire secured their first win at Chelmsford in 85 years.

Only a handful of overs were possible at the Swalec Stadium, where Glamorgan declared their first innings on 103-4 to try and make a positive result possible against visitors Derbyshire.

They moved on from 84-2 overnight, losing Will Bragg for 14 and Colin Ingram for 12, both caught behind by Harvey Hosein as Mark Footitt and Alex Hughes claimed a wicket apiece.

But rain in South Wales meant no further play, with bad light forcing the Derbyshire openers off just as they were about to begin their second innings after tea.

The declaration also caused controversy with Derbyshire claiming they were only trying to deny them bowling bonus points, while also being three overs behind the required rate, which possibly could have cost them points as well.

Both sides spoke to the umpires and held discussions with the ECB's Head of Cricket Operations Alan Fordham with the declaration decision standing, although there could be a hearing after the game.

Lancashire will need some morning breakthroughs on Wednesday if they are to claim victory against Northants at the County Ground.

They built a 51-run lead on first innings scores, mainly thanks to 153 from Ashwell Prince and a fine 89 from Peter Siddle, who hit 11 fours in his knock and took the leaders past the home side's 385 all out.

Northants trail by nine at the end of the day, having lost a couple of wickets on their way to 42-2, but further progress through the batting order will have to come quickly on the final day.

The home side were in trouble when Rob Newton was dismissed by Kyle Jarvis for a duck and Alex Wakely (2) edged a Siddle ball through to Alex Davies,

But Stephen Peters and Richard Keogh put on 29 for the third wicket in a 14-over stand at the end of the day as they avoided any further damage heading into the final 100 overs.

Leicestershire are in position to make Wednesday an exciting final day in their clash with Kent at Canterbury.

They recovered from a perilous 86-7 thanks to some tail-end excitement, and having reached 189-8 at stumps, they lead the hosts by 307 runs.

Australia all-rounder Clint McKay was Leicestershire's hero with bat and ball, first restricting Kent to 268 all out as he returned figures of 6-54.

Things went badly wrong for Kent after Joe Denly's innings came to an end on 87 - he was adjudged leg before off Ben Raine - as they lost their last six wickets for 11 runs.

McKay had taken two wickets on Tuesday and added four more in a sensational three-over spell as Kent fell from 257-4 to 268. Charlie Shreck grabbed the other two wickets including Sam Northeast after he reached 84.

Kent's bowlers soon had Leicestershire in trouble as the wickets continued to tumble, Ivan Thomas claiming the first two of his three wickets before Angus Robson (30) and Mark Cosgrave (29) helped them rebuild to 71-2.

They then slumped to 86-7 with Thomas claiming his third wicket and Darren Stevens taking his match haul to seven wickets before McKay started the Leicestershire rally.

He hit seven fours and a six in a 36-ball innings of 43, putting on 62 with Rob Taylor before Stevens (3-45) struck again. Taylor remained unbeaten on 33 with Jigar Naik on 22 not out in a 41-run partnership for the ninth wicket when play came to a close.