The Cricketer wraps up the best of the action during day three of round 13 of the Vitality County Championship in 2024
Hove (day three of four): Glamorgan 186 & 218, Sussex 491 - Sussex won by an innings and 87 runs
Sussex are closing in on a return to Division One of the Vitality County Championship after wrapping up their seventh win of the season with a day to spare against Glamorgan.
Having established a first-innings lead of 305 they bowled Glamorgan out for 218 to win by an innings and 87 runs at Hove.
The second division's leading run scorer Colin Ingram and Kiran Carlson scored half-centuries but Sussex's relentless attack kept chipping away. There were three wickets each for Ollie Robinson, Henry Crocombe and off-spinner Jack Carson, the second division's leading wicket-taker who took his tally to 45.
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Northampton (day three of four): Northamptonshire 219 & 211, Derbyshire 165 & 132 - Northamptonshire won by 133 runs
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal starred with career-best match figures of 9 for 99 as he bowled Northamptonshire to their first Vitality County Championship victory of the season inside three days against Derbyshire.
The experienced India white-ball international followed up his five-wicket tally from the first innings with four for 54 to demolish Derbyshire for just 132 second time around at Wantage Road.
Chahal plugged away in tandem with off-spinner Rob Keogh, who took 5 for 45 – a season's best of 8 for 110 in the match – through most of the final session after the entire afternoon had been lost to rain.
The visitors, whose defeat keeps them at the foot of Division Two, never looked likely to mount a convincing challenge to their target of 266 despite bowling Northamptonshire out for 211 earlier in the day.
George Hill played a starring role for Yorkshire with the ball (David Rogers/Getty Images)
Lord's (day three of four): Middlesex 377 & 165, Gloucestershire 309-9d - Gloucestershire need 234 runs to win
Debutant Archie Bailey led the rout as Gloucestershire bowlers sparked a dramatic Middlesex collapse on an eventful day three at Lord's.
Bailey took 4 for 30 as the hosts crumbled from 122 for 2 to 165 all out, leaving Gloucestershire 234 to win on day four. Zafar Gohar chipped in with 2 for 22 as the hosts lost their way following Sam Robson's 50 at almost a run a ball. Wicketkeeper James Bracey took his tally to 11 catches plus a run out in the match amid the carnage.
Zafar had earlier made a stylish 86 with a six and 10 fours as the visitors rallied from an overnight 154 for 5 to 309 for 9 declaring with a deficit of 68. Skipper Toby-Roland led the wicket quest for the hosts with 5 for 79, the fifth time in the last nine innings he has taken five wickets or more.
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Leicester (day three of four): Leicestershire 98 & 209, Yorkshire 379 - Yorkshire won by an innings and 72 runs
Yorkshire moved a step closer to securing promotion after completing a three-day victory over Leicestershire in Division Two of the County Championship despite more time lost to the weather.
Leicestershire, who had trailed by 281 on first innings after being dismissed for 98, were bowled out for 209 second time around as all-rounder George Hill played the starring role.
The 23-year-old seamer took the last half-dozen wickets to fall for season's best figures of 6 for 59, handing Yorkshire a fourth win in five matches by an innings and 72 runs, the last wicket falling just as dark clouds were threatening to cause a fourth stoppage in a disrupted day.
The win lifts Yorkshire to second place in the table, where they will find themselves with two games left if Middlesex fail to beat Gloucestershire at Lord's.
All-rounder Rehan Ahmed celebrated his England recall with an aggressive but well-crafted 77 from 86 balls but India star Ajinkya Rahane could make only 32 and, with top-scorer Peter Handscomb having returned to Australia for his own domestic season, Leicestershire were unable to force Yorkshire to bat a second time.
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