County Championship: Day four – text & radio

Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex

A brilliant effort from Danial Ibrahim.

He’s been in for over five and a half hours and it’s a wonderful effort of concentration.

He’s seen Sussex to safety – well played and full credit to the Durham players who stood and applauded him.

It’s a real milestone for him and he’s taken his chance which is all you can do (Ibrahim is the team because of an injury to Tom Alsop)

Leicestershire still have hope of victory against Glamorgan. The Foxes have just picked up a fifth wicket – Ben Green dismissed Ben Kellaway – to leave the Welsh county 291-5.

Colin Ingram is still there on 110 and they lead by 68. Could be a tight finish.

Northants might have a chance of chasing 311 to beat Middlesex. Captain Luke Procter has passed fifty and they’re 126-2, still needing 185.

As my lunchtime photograph showed, there are more footworks in play from the City End with footmarks outside the lefthanders off stump.

Jack Leach’s first effort from this end gives a catch to Craig Overton at slip, but the umpire decision is it was pad not bat.

Well batted young man.

Danial Ibrahim brings up a second first-class century and his first in the top division.

The 20-year-old has struck 11 fours in his effort which has so far lasted 264 balls.

The first maximum of the Kent second innings.

Joey Evison muscles Chris Green over the rope and up comes the Kent 150.

A mere statistic which doesn’t really impact the bigger picture.

They trail by 114 runs.

Grant Stewart smacks a couple of boundaries for Kent off the bowling of Tom Bailey.

Kent trail by 119 runs but more pertinently still have 44 overs to bat out.

Hampshire’s seamers continue to charge in, but with no success.

Michael Pepper runs Eddie Jack down to deep third to move to his second hundred of the season.

Essex have fought back magnificently today, with Pepper and Tom Westley guiding them towards a draw.

Harry Everett
BBC Sport from Edgbaston

I promise I do not have a radio connection to captain Craig Overton or any influence on this game from my seat in the press box.

But lo and behold four minutes later (see 15.03 post), Overton does turn to Tom Lammonby before Pretorius and Davey!

He did not bowl one ball in the 121.1 overs in the first innings for context.

The chase is very much on in Bristol.

Derbyshire have raced to 122-0 in 22 overs, needing 316 for victory.

Harry Came has 64, while Caleb Jewell has 53. There are 45 overs left in the day. 194 more needed.

A wicket, yes we have a wicket.

John Simpson has just passed 800 first-class runs for the season and he tries to celebrate it by whacking Sam Conners over the rope only for Durham skipper Alex Lees to take a fine catch in the deep.

It would be overstating it to say it’s woken everyone up but some spectators opened one eye.

Sussex lead by 291 runs.

Duck for cover!

The standing umpire is nearly clobbered badly by that charge and smash for four as Sam Hain breaks the shackles after my just described quiet period.

Archie Vaughan beat him, nearly taking his off stump or the edge the ball before, that was a bit batting by numbers, a revenge smash by Hain.

Tom Latham and Sam Hain, alongside the kookaburra ball and benign pitch, are squeezing the life out of this game.

It seems to have calmed down rather after that dramatic start.

The two spinners still toiling away, Tom Lammonby had a long bowl in the lunch interval, the first man out there with whites on, so maybe we will see some left arm mediums soon?

Josh Davey or even the overseas seamer Miggy Pretorius would have rights to be tried first mind.

Or if they believe the game’s gone maybe they will happily save themselves for Notts at home on Sunday.

We’ve got a drinks break now.

Let’s face it, Sussex are not going to declare and we are not going to see Jofra Archer bowler anymore in this game.

Eighteen overs, eight maidens and one wicket for 32 runs plus a handy 31 in the first innings are what he has to show for his four days in the North East.

Sussex lead by 288 runs.

Dan Moriarty spins one past the outside edge of Haseeb Hameed and takes out middle stump.

A lovely deliver from the Yorkshire left-armer.

Freddie McCann joins Ben Slater in the middle.

It seems harsh but it’ll go down as a chance.

Matthew Potts gets Danial Ibrahim edging high, Ollie Robinson gets a fingertip to the ball and it would be quite a catch but he can’t get enough on it.

Ibrahim has 87 and survives as he heads towards a second first-class century.

Sussex lead by 278 runs.

Two wickets in four balls and another fantastic catch by Keaton Jennings.

Tom Bailey finds the inside edge of Harry Finch’s bat and Jennings throws himself to his right at short leg to hang on to a beauty.

Kent are heading for a fifth straight defeat.

A maiden first-class 50 for Jaydn Denly but his innings over and Kent hopes might be as well.

Tom Bailey dislodges the youngsters bails and the last recognised Kent batsman Harry Finch is in.

Kent trail by 149 runs with just four wickets remaining.

Finally a wicket for leaders Leicestershire! Liam Trevaskis gets Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast for a fine 139.

Glamorgan are 266-4 and 43 runs ahead – the Foxes will need more quick wickets to stand a chance of a sixth victory in eight games.

Derbyshire are racing along in their pursuit of 316 to beat Gloucestershire. Harry Came and Caleb Jewell have taken them to 97-0 in 17 overs.

Northants are also going well as they chase 311 to beat Middlesex. They’re 81-1.

The sun is out at Blackpool.

Jaydn Denly and Joey Evison are resisting the Lancashire attack with James Anderson rotating his bowlers as he looks for a sixth wicket.

Kent trail by 154 runs.

Tom Westley delivers a true captain’s knock for Essex.

He moves to his 30th first-class hundred with a powerful pull shot.

It comes from 250 balls and has featured 11 fours.