Report

It is a hard world in which you do almost all that is asked of you only to find it is not quite enough. That, though, may be Somerset's fate at some stage on Friday afternoon

There is no better way to prove that you are worthy of Division One status than by bowling out your last opposition in the final five hours of the summer. For Hampshire, that is the task

Whatever the last day has in store, Warwickshire will have to conclude that this has been a let-down of a season, irrespective of the trophy they brought home from Lord's last weekend

Essex will require three runs with only one wicket in hand to avoid the follow on after reaching stumps on day three in Canterbury on 289 for 9

Ben Brown's unbeaten century has put Sussex in a commanding position after three days of their Specsavers' County Championship game against Gloucestershire at the Brightside Ground, Bristol

Glamorgan lost their last six wickets for just ten runs as Leicestershire pulled off an incredible victory in their Division Two Specsavers County Championship match at Grace Road

A century stand between M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara gave India the ideal start to their 500th Test, before New Zealand's five-pronged attack struck back to reduce them to 291 for 9 by stumps

Tim Bresnan made an unbeaten 72 to keep Yorkshire's Championship hopes alive, as Nick Compton's dropped catch cost Middlesex

Dom Bess, Somerset's 19-year-old offspinner, took another five-wicket haul to bundle out Nottinghamshire and edge his side closer to a first-ever Championship title

Warwickshire's lead of 67 on first innings should give them a better than even chance of winning, which they must do if they are to be sure of avoiding relegation for the first time since 2007. For Lancashire the news is not so good

Ben Stokes, Graham Clark and Michael Richardson all made half-centuries to frustrate Hampshire

Chris Nash and Luke Wells batted Sussex into a position of strength on the second day of their Specsavers' County Championship game against Gloucestershire at Bristol.

Kent beneficiary Darren Stevens hit an unbeaten century in what could transpire to be his final game for the county as the hosts posted 389 for 7 on the second day

Glamorgan's seamers picked up Leicestershire's last eight second-innings wickets for just 85 runs to put the visitors in a strong position to go on and win their Division Two Specsavers County Championship match

Joe Clarke achieved his career-best score and Joe Leach a first century for three years as Worcestershire's batsmen dominated a rain-truncated second day

Chris Dent and David Payne saved Gloucestershire's blushes on the first day of their final County Championship game of the season against Sussex

A brilliant century from Nick Gubbins anchored Middlesex on an attritional first day of their County Championship decider at Lord's

James Hildreth produced a courageous century alonsgide his fellow centurion Chris Rogers until a wholesale Somerset collapse frittered away a massive advantage against Nottinghamshire at Taunton