The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action during day three of round 12 of the Vitality County Championship in 2024
Cardiff (day three of four): Leicestershire 251 & 144-3, Glamorgan 550-9d - Leicestershire are 155 runs with seven second-innings wickets remaining
Leicestershire's international pair Ajinkya Rahane and Peter Handscomb battled hard to give their side a chance of saving the game after Glamorgan's Colin Ingram had continued his batting masterclass.
Rahane was 47 not out and Handscomb unbeaten on 33, Leicestershire 144 for 3, trailing by 155 when bad light stopped play with 21.2 scheduled overs remaining.
Both the Indian and Australian were dropped by Glamorgan leg spinner Mason Crane, two of his three dropped catches coming off his own bowling, in moments which may come back to haunt the home side as they chase victory on the final day.
That was after Glamorgan had declared on 550-9, with a lead of 299, Ingram unbeaten on a personal best 257, Crane getting his day off to a better start with 49 runs to his name.
A memorable match continued for Colin Ingram (Getty Images)
Headingley (day three of four): Yorkshire 601-6d, Middlesex 441-5 - Middlesex are 160 runs behind with five first-innings wickets remaining
Centurion Ryan Higgins became this summer's second batter to reach 1,000 runs in the County Championship as Middlesex batted themselves to an almost certain draw against Yorkshire on day three at Headingley.
Unbeaten all-rounder Higgins, who followed Glamorgan batter Colin Ingram's lead after he achieved the feat on day two, top-scored with 117 off 210 balls in Middlesex's 441 for 5 as they replied to Yorkshire's first-innings 601 for 6 declared.
Higgins posted his fifth hundred of the ongoing Division Two campaign, in his 10th appearance, and was joined in posting a century by opener Sam Robson with 108 off 219 balls.
Higgins was slightly more aggressive against an accurate spin-led Yorkshire attack, as reaching his hundred with a six suggests, while Robson's innings came on the ground where he scored his only Test century for England 10 years ago.
Another ex-England player, Dom Bess, claimed 4 for 168 in 64 overs of off-spin.
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Plenty rests on the shoulders of Harry Came if Derbyshire are to save the game at Hove (Getty Images)
Hove (day three of four): Sussex 607-8d, Derbyshire 290 & 141-2 - Derbyshire are 176 runs behind with eight second-innings wickets remaining
Sussex go into the final day of their County Championship match against Derbyshire as clear favourites to extend their lead in the second division with their sixth victory of the season.
But some resolute batting by the Derbyshire batsmen the second time round has given them an outside chance of saving the game.
In their first innings, Derbyshire had been 24 for 4 in reply to the massive Sussex score of 607 for 7.
However, after being asked to follow on, 317 runs behind, they ended the third day on 141 for 2, still 176 behind.
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