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Glamorgan DRAW with Derbyshire<\/p>\n
They cut their loses at Derby<\/p>\n
The County Ground: Derbyshire<\/a> 17-0 DRAW with Glamorgan 259<\/p>\n Glamorgan take 9 points, Derby 11 points, which ends Derbyshire\u2019s hopes of promotion. Glamorgan are nearly there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lunchtime scoresDivision One<\/p>\n Riverside: Durham 109-2 v Worcestershire<\/a> 591-9dec<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset 454-8dec v Hampshire<\/a> 172 and 82-3<\/p>\n The Oval: Surrey 173 and 163-4 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 231 and 256 Surrey need 152 to win<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 232-8 v Yorkshire<\/a> 194 no play yet today<\/p>\n Edgbaston: Warwickshire<\/a> v Essex 325-5 no play yet today<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n The County Ground: Derbyshire<\/a> 17-0 DRAW with Glamorgan 259<\/p>\n Bristol: Gloucestershire 241 v Northamptonshire<\/a> 206 and 55-3<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire<\/a> 239-3 v Middlesex 211<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 459-7 v Kent 17-0 no play yet today<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n More and more heads are now visible in The Oval stands as they go into lunch, the game, definitely\/defiantly in the balance. Surrey<\/a> need 152 to win.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n WICKET! Pope pokes, McCann tumbles to his right and Lyndon James celebrates. Surrey suddenly four down, and a skittish Pope goes for 41.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I know nothing. Big Josh Tongue comes back into the attack from the Vauxhall end, and Foakes pushes forward, edging to first slip. Surrey<\/a> 149-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Surrey have reduced the target to 168 and suddenly it all seems quite manageable.<\/p>\n Hampshire meanwhile have lost the stonewalling Albert \u2013 a third wicket for Vaughan \u2013 65 for three.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Washington Sundar and his shirt<\/p>\n To those who spotted that Washington was wearing 100 on his shirt yesterday as against ECB regulations \u2013 Hampshire<\/a> have been asked to ask him to change his number.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pope is getting the treatment here, the ball suddenly capricious, keeping low. He nearly falls over playing his next shot. But he\u2019s still there. Surrey<\/a> 128 for two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n With an hour and a bit gone, let\u2019s wander around the other grounds.<\/p>\n Gubbins and Albert have dropped anchor at Taunton \u2013 7 off 69 balls, 6 off 46 balls respectively. Hampshire<\/a> 53 for two \u2013 trail Somerset by 229.<\/p>\n Durham have lost a second in the CLS draw, McKinney for 16. Durham<\/a> 61 for two.<\/p>\n Gloucestershire are all out 241, a lead of 33 over Northants, who are batting again<\/p>\n Lancashire lost Luke Wells early for 62, but are ploughing on \u2013 Jennings a steadfast 50, Bohannon a rapid 52. Lancs 179-1.<\/p>\n No play yet at Derby, Hove, Edgbaston, or Grace Road.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sibley gets himself into a right old pickle, a sort of ugly walking right angle, and ends up poking Hutton to slip. Surrey 107 for two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Surrey will be relieved to see the temporary end of Josh Tongue, as Dillon Pennington takes over from the pavilion end. Ominously for Notts, the notoriously skittish Pope is settling into his work. Four byes fly past Verreynne.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Two wickets at Bristol already this morning \u2013 Graeme van Buuren and Zaman Akhter \u2013 but Jack Taylor is 60 not out and has guided Gloucestershire<\/a> into a lead. Gloucs 230-7.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A thrilling over from Tongue, full of venom, which Pope does well to survive, but 16 from it. Surrey<\/a> 96 for one, the target 219.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hampshire lose a second wicket at Taunton, Middleton the man to go, guiding the ball into Kasey Aldridge\u2019s giant paws off Archie Vaughan. This match is heading only one way. Hampshire<\/a> 38-2 following on, 244 behind<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Worcestershire have declared and Durham has already lost a wicket.<\/p>\n And a wicket at The Oval! Burns playing across the line to Josh Tongue, Nottinghamshire\u2019s danger man. Surrey 74 for one.<\/p>\n A view of play during day four at the Oval. Photograph: John Walton\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n Delays around the country<\/p>\n At Hove, Edgbaston, Derby and Grace Road.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.57 EDT<\/p>\n Burns squats on the pitch in his regular way before making his way to the middle alongside Surrey\u2019s regular rock, Dom Sibley, a vital anchor for Surrey\u2019s chase. Here we go.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>No play before lunch at Derby – Glamorgan close on promotion<\/p>\n No play today would suit Glamorgan very much \u2013 they would be elevated to Division One, alongside Leicestershire<\/a>, with an unassailable 25-point lead over Derbyshire.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Taha Hashim watched Phil Salt go bananas in Ireland.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n County structure latest:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Wednesday’s round-up<\/p>\n Rain and bad light stalked The Oval as Nottinghamshire and Surrey inched towards a denouement. There was time for Notts to add another 37 runs for the last two wickets, including a corking straight drive for four from Josh Tongue. On the next ball, though, he edged behind to Matt Fisher, who finished with 11 wickets in the match. Brett Hutton was left unbeaten on an invaluable 42 for the visitors.<\/p>\n Set 315 to win, Rory Burns and Dom Sibley clinked down the pavilion steps, applauded by Surrey<\/a> supporters sitting through the gloom. Burns had a lucky escape when he was fumbled at slip in Tongue\u2019s first over, and he and Sibley saw Surrey safely through to mid-afternoon, when bad light stopped play with the hosts 66-0. The destination of the title may hinge on whether Surrey can successfully chase the remaining 249 runs on day four.<\/p>\n Worcestershire\u2019s relegation from Division One was confirmed when they failed to pick up a third batting point at Chester-le-Street. Gareth Roderick collected 151 as Worcestershire<\/a> batted all day, frustrating a Durham side desperate for their own bonus points. Sussex and Hampshire, also in the relegation mix, had mixed days. A draw looks likely at weather-hit Hove, where John Simpson\u2019s 66 gave Sussex a 38-run first-innings lead over Yorkshire, but Hampshire are in trouble at Taunton.<\/p>\n The visitors were forced to follow on against Somerset after some ripping bowling from Jack Leach, who finished with a season-best seven for 69. \u201cI have done an Ashes tour before and it didn\u2019t go how I would have liked, so I feel like I have got some unfinished business in Australia,\u201d Leach said. \u201cI would love to go as part of the current team, I love what Baz and Stokesy have created \u2026 I feel good. I believe I would be in a good place to contribute for England, but we will just have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Scores on the doorsDivision One<\/p>\n Riverside: Durham v Worcestershire<\/a> 591-9<\/p>\n Taunton: Somerset 454-8dec v Hampshire<\/a> 172 and 35-1<\/p>\n The Oval: Surrey 173 and 66-0 v Nottinghamshire<\/a> 231 and 256 Surrey need 249 to win<\/p>\n Hove: Sussex 232-8 v Yorkshire<\/a> 194<\/p>\n Edgbaston: Warwickshire<\/a> v Essex 325-5 no play today<\/p>\n Division Two<\/p>\n The County Ground: Derbyshire<\/a> 17-0 v Glamorgan 259 no play today<\/p>\n Bristol: Gloucestershire 158-5 v Northamptonshire<\/a> 206<\/p>\n Old Trafford: Lancashire<\/a> 105-0 v Middlesex 211<\/p>\n Grace Road: Leicestershire<\/a> 459-7 v Kent 17-0 no play today<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n With the final round in mind \u2013 Notts at home to Warwickshire<\/a>, Surrey away to relegation-threatened Hampshire, the win matters more to Surrey \u2013 who have a tougher final round. The weather forecast for next week is decidedly mixed.<\/p>\n