Hampshire wins after skipping Somerset for 69 runs, and Essex is on the verge of victory

Keith Barker accepted 6-27 as Hampshire bowled out Somerset for only 69 to set up a 10-wicket LV= Insurance County Championship triumph at Taunton.

Hants had continued on 144-5 and 57 from Aneurin Donald with help from Barker and James Fuller, who scored 36 and 38 separately saw them arrive at 280, a lead of 69. Somerset versus Hants scorecard

Somerset persevered through a deplorable beginning to their second innings as Barker and Mohammad Abbas, who wrapped up with 2-11, decreased them to 25-6 preceding they were in the end dimissed for 69 in just 25 overs.

With the scores tied, a solitary from Felix Organ off the fourth chunk of Hampshire’s innings was everything that was expected for a 10-wicket win.

Spinner Simon Harmer left Essex near the very edge of an innings triumph over Lancashire with a five-wicket pull at Old Trafford. Lancs versus Essex scorecard

The home side began the day on 32-5 in their most memorable innings as they endeavored to pursue down the guests’ 391, yet were approached to trail behind coming to only 103 in spite of Phil Salt’s 44 with Sam Cook taking 4-18.

In any case, it was Harmer who caused a large part of the harm in the second innings with his 5-85 leaving Lancashire on 213-9, still 75 runs unfastened.

Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes and Sam Hain halted the decay as Yorkshire turned the screw at Headingley. Yorks versus Warks scorecard

Rhodes and Hain will continue on 10 and 19 not out individually on Sunday with their side 149 runs behind having steadied the boat after the guests had been diminished to 25-3 in their second innings by Jordan Thompson’s 3-19.

Yorkshire had before taken their short-term score from 269-4 to 450 hard and fast on account of opener Adam Lyth’s 145 and 82 from Harry Brook as he commended his hit up to the England crew in style.

Luke Procter drove a center request fightback to disappoint the Kent assault and keep Northamptonshire above water, if by some stroke of good luck just. Northants versus Kent scorecard

Procter’s 72, combined with 45 from Rob Keogh edged the home side to 347-7 in their most memorable innings by the nearby on day three, still 172 runs uncontrolled of the guests’ 519-9 announced.

In Division Two, Azhar Ali’s twofold hundred and a four-wicket impact from Matthew Waite assisted Worcestershire with cruising to a far reaching triumph over Leicestershire by an innings and 259 runs. Worcs versus Leics scorecard

Ali, who had continued on 202 at New Road, took his count to 225 preceding being bowled by Chris Wright, however fifties from Brett D’Oliveira and Ben Cox saw the home side announce on a mammoth 577-6.

Leicestershire, who had scored just 148 in their most memorable innings, fared minimal better in their second with Lewis Hill’s 50 the main commitment of note as Waite asserted 4-35 and Dillon Pennington 3-30 to excuse the guests for 170.

Middlesex paceman Toby Roland-Jones left Durham in a difficult situation at Lord’s in the wake of shooting out their top request with a late salvo. Middlesex versus Durham scorecard

The seamer eliminated openers Alex Lees and Michael Jones in his first finished and afterward Keegan Petersen in quite a while third as the guests’ endeavors to kill a first innings deficiency of 72 saw them lurch to 25-3 by stumps on day three, still 47 behind.

Prior, England captain Ben Stokes had asserted 4-72 in Middlesex’s 422 all out with Max Holden scoring 71 and No 9 Martin Andersson 62.

Nottinghamshire need 162 races to get a last day triumph over Derbyshire subsequent to excusing the guests for 262 in their subsequent innings.

With their side having added only 24 to their short-term score of 334-7, James Pattinson and Dane Paterson took three wickets each with Wayne Madsen making 52 and Alex Hughes and Liam Hurt both falling one run shy of fifties.

Notts openers Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed will continue on 3-0.