Zak Crawley made his third successive sub-30 County Championship rating for Kent after Northamptonshire ran up a report 684 for 2 declared at Canterbury.
After opening day lots of for Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter and Calvin Harrison, Nathan McSweeney acquired to 3 figures on Saturday as Northants’ top-four all made centuries for the primary time ever.
Procter made his a maiden double ton, ending unbeaten on 261, earlier than handing over to Kent, who misplaced Ben Compton and Sam Northeast cheaply with all eyes on under-pressure England opener Crawley.
Crawley’s Check spot is the topic of heavy scrutiny after an underwhelming Ashes and a median of simply over 31 in 64 matches, that means he may do with some large scores for Kent to shore up his place.
Having made 9 and 20 at Durham final week, Crawley confirmed some endurance in attending to 26 however he missed a drive off Harry Conway and had his off-stump knocked again earlier than Kent closed on 119 for six.
Ben Duckett, Crawley’s opening associate for England, was run out for one for Nottinghamshire earlier than Joe Clarke’s 136 lifted the county champions to a commanding 450-run lead over Glamorgan at Trent Bridge.
After Glamorgan have been all out for 113 for a 166-run first-innings deficit, Duckett was dismissed by Sean Dickson’s direct hit following a mix-up with Ben Slater, who made 70 in Notts’ 284 for 9.
Ben McKinney has achieved his prospects of displacing both Crawley or Duckett no hurt in Bristol, the place he was finally dismissed for 244 in Durham’s 605 for 5 declared at Gloucestershire.
Kemar Roach and Ben Raine then cemented Durham’s dominance with three wickets apiece as Gloucestershire went to stumps on 168 for eight, nonetheless trailing by 437.
Craig Overton’s career-best 141 lifted Somerset to 348 in response to Essex’s 149 at Chelmsford, the place the hosts recovered from 45 for 3 of their second dig to shut on 131 with out additional loss.
An unbroken 86 between Paul Walter (63 not out) and Matt Critchley (53no) helped Essex rally, though they nonetheless path their opponents by 68 heading into the penultimate day.
Rishi Patel’s unbeaten 133 and Australia opener Jake Weatherald’s 96 helped Leicestershire struggle again after Surrey had run up 520 on the Kia Oval, the place the guests closed on 350 for 3.
Sonny Baker and Kyle Abbott claimed 4 wickets apiece to skittle Yorkshire for 177 earlier than Hampshire went to stumps at Headingley on 93 for 2 and a lead of 167.
Rob Yates’ unbeaten 75 underpinned Warwickshire’s 154 for 5 and a lead of 217 after Sussex have been all out for 204 at Hove.
Harry Got here made 83 and Brooke Visitor 60 not out in Derbyshire’s 235 for 3 in response to Lancashire’s 351 at Emirates Outdated Trafford, the place James Anderson claimed one for 33 from 14 overs.
Fifties for openers Daniel Lategan (65) and Jake Libby (79) helped Worcestershire to 200 for seven and a lead of 208 towards Middlesex, who have been earlier bowled out for 183 at Lord’s.
