Key events
Scores on the doors
DIVISION ONE
New Road: Worcestershire 447 v Kent 171 and 353-8
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 337 and 179-5 v Somerset 239
The Oval: Surrey 444-9 v Lancashire 204 and 26-1
Southampton: Hampshire 40-1 v Essex 438-8dec
Chester-le-Street: Durham 531-7 dec v Nottinghamshire 229 and 212-6
DIVISION TWO
Merchant Taylor’s School: Middlesex 250-7 v Northamptonshire 207 no play on Saturday.
North Marine Road: Yorkshire 326 and 28-2 v Sussex 189 and 239
County Ground: Derbyshire 429 v Glamorgan 168 and 236-7
Bristol: Gloucestershire 544-4dec v Leicestershire 402 and 41-0
Preamble
Hello from a crisp late summer morning in Manchester, the dew heavy, some leaves just starting to turn. All nine games are still in action on this final day of the round – with Derbyshire tantalisingly close to their first home win since August 2019 and Lancashire with a job on their hands at The Oval. Plenty more too but, first, a coffee.