The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action on day three of the 13th round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches in 2023
Chester-le-Street (day three of four): Sussex 266 & 263-9, Durham 505-9d - Sussex lead by 24 runs with one second-innings wicket in hand
Durham are closing in on victory in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash against Sussex following another dominant performance on day three at Seat Unique Riverside.
Bas de Leede produced an excellent all-round display as he notched his maiden first-class century before he claimed three wickets with the ball.
Graham Clark posted his highest first-class score of 128 as Durham posted 505 for 9 declared, their highest Championship total against Sussex.
Matthew Potts made immediate inroads into the visitors' line-up before Matt Parkinson grabbed the vital wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara, opening up the lower order. De Leede removed Oli Carter for a valiant 80 before adding two further strikes to put Durham on the brink.
But, Sussex led by Fynn Hudson-Prentice battled on to take the game into the final day with a slender lead of 24.
Matthew Revis scored a century for Yorkshire [Stu Forster/Getty Images]
Scarborough (day three of four): Yorkshire 297 & 520-9d, Derbyshire 247 & 65-1 - Derbyshire need 506 runs with nine second-innings wickets in hand
Yorkshire set Derbyshire a completely out of the question target of 571 to win the ongoing County Championship match at Scarborough, which heads into its final day tomorrow.
The home side are chasing the season's double over Leus du Plooy and company and have dominated this Division Two affair from very early during day one.
Day three was no different, with Yorkshire - they led by 50 on first innings - advancing their second innings from 179 for 2 overnight to 520 for 9 declared just after tea.
Five players went beyond fifty, including allrounder Matthew Revis as the only centurion. His 106 off 142 balls represented his second first-class century of the season and of his career.
Captain Shan Masood also completed a morning 86 against his former county, who closed the day on 65 for 1 from 26 overs of their chase.
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