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Glamorgan made a fight of it on the final day but in the end fell short on a difficult batting surface.

Kiran Carlson looked like the key overnight and did go on to make 99 but when he fell to Ajaz Patel the game looked up.

Leicestershire still had to be patient as Mason Crane and Chris Cooke almost took the match to lunch but with Ian Holland taking three wickets today to give him five in the innings and nine in the match they got there in the end, including that of last man Ray Toole.

The Foxes will hope there is no after-match issue with the pitch because this victory, their second of the season, has put them in touching distance of the safety places in Division One.

For Glamorgan the title still can't be ruled out as they are just 25 points behind leaders Notts but they're closer to relegation and still have work to do to preserve their top flight status.

Yuzvendra Chahal sends down the final over before lunch and it costs a single from Ben Walkden who nudges his score on to 12 with Noman Ali unbeaten on 3.

Northants have absolutely dominated that session and are just two wickets away from a victory which will shore up their promotion push and compound Lancs' miserable season.

Inexperience has cost the hosts with a few avoidable dismissals including Rocky Flintoff who took on a trap and fell straight in and Joe Moores who was given out obstructing the field after catching the ball in the crease.

From 24-2 at the start of play Lancs have lost 82-6. It will be short and sweet after lunch you suspect.

It looked all over for Middlesex at Merchant Taylors' School when Toby Roland-Jones was dismissed to leave them on 225-8, chasing a target of 356.

But Joe Cracknell and Tom Helm had other ideas and an unbroken stand of 75 has given the home side hope of pulling off an against-the-odds win.

The total reaches 300 in the final over before the interval as Helm tickles Matt Parkinson fine and they pick up three runs.

Kent have taken four wickets this morning after the home side resumed on 186-4 - two for Matt Quinn, and one each for Matt Milnes and Keith Dudgeon.

James Bracey has dominated the morning session and he collects a single from the final ball bowled by Fateh Singh to take lunch on 114 not out.

That is also a 50 partnership between him and Ed Middleton which has Gloucestershire pondering their options.

They have a lead of 243 and there are 66 overs left in the day.

Will captains Cameron Bancroft and Brett D'Oliveira have a discussion in the next half-hour to try to make the afternoon interesting?

Essex avoid further damage in Jake Ball's final over of the morning session but have a lot of batting to do this afternoon to stave off the prospect of defeat at Taunton.

It has been a Jack Leach masterclass this morning, Somerset's left-arm spinner bowling throughout to pick up all four wickets which have fallen and he has figures of 5-77 from 53 overs - and 9-114 in the match.

Charlie Allison (114) and Matt Critchley (94) extended their overnight stand to 212 before both fell to the left-armer in the space of six overs.

Simon Harmer and Shane Snater are the not out batters at lunch, on 22 and 14 not out.

They are off for lunch and Yorkshire will have a sour taste in their mouths for the first few bites.

Dom Bess and Yorks are furious after an appeal for a catch which was out, but you have to sympathise with the umpires.

Andrew Neal edges the ball behind down into the turf but it has bounced off the right boot of Finlay Bean and into the hands of George Hill at slip.

The batter quite rightly feels that has gone to ground and without the benefit of replays the umpires decide that is not out.

They are wrong but it is an easy mistake to make.

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Hants 177-6 v Yorks - Target 278

Ten off the over from Dom Bess and the best of them is a slog over deep midwicket for six by Andrew Neal, who moves to 18 from 17 balls.

The 26-year-old, who scored 110 in 63 balls against Derbyshire in the One-Day Cup earlier this month, is not going to die wondering.

50 for Joe Cracknellpublished at 12:56 BST 23 August

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Middx 291-8 v Kent - target 356

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Well batted Joe Cracknell, who pulls a short one from Matt Milnes through mid-wicket for four to reach 50 from 81 balls.

He's in decent nick at the moment, having scored 128 against Sussex in the One-Day Cup earlier this month.

Just as the Glamorgan captain Kiran Carlson starred with the bat so his Leicestershire counterpart Ian Holland is impressing with the ball.

Glamorgan can't score runs against him. He's conceded just 18 in 21 overs in this innings and has seven wickets in the match.

Somerset decide to give Jake Ball what will probably be a two-over burst before lunch as Archie Vaughan takes a breather.

There is a hint of inswing in his opener which yields just a single for Shane Snater to the Essex cause.

Three singles from the latest Jack Leach over, but Shane Snater takes his life in his hands by trying to hit the Somerset spinner over the leg-side. An inside edge into the pad saves him.

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Glos 344-6 v Worcs - lead by 227

A Cheltenham century for James Bracey!

He nudges a single into the covers off Fateh Singh for his 19th first-class ton.

This has come off 128 balls with 10 fours and two sixes and it has changed the complexion of this game for Gloucestershire.

A new over from Archie Vaughan begins and Simon Harmer clatters his opening delivery past mid-off for four. The other five are dots.

partnership for Middlesexpublished at 12:47 BST 23 August

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Middx 275-8 v Kent - target 356

Joe Cracknell cuts Ekansh Singh away for a couple as he and Tom Helm bring up a half-century stand from 66 balls for Middlesex.

A fine effort so far from these two.