- Latest updates from our writers around the grounds
- Notts hope arrival of Peter Moores will revive lowly county
- Middlesex’s Ollie Rayner turns game away from Hampshire
- Adil Rashid twirls away as Yorkshire chase a win at Durham
The sun is shining and the cricket is hotting up too as a handful of matches head towards a conclusion around the country. We will bring you all the news of wickets, runs and, in Richard Gibson’s case at Trent Bridge, injuries.
Here at Chester-le-Street, Yorkshire are on course for a fifth win from eight Championship matches and with it an eleven-point lead at the top of Division One. They would also have a game in hand on Durham, who would be second. Durham are 244-4 in their second innings having been asked to follow-on. They are 105 runs behind ahead of day four, so a draw is not out of the question just yet. You feel it would take Mark Stoneman to convert his 116 not out overnight into a double century if they are to have any chance of achieving that, however. A draw and Durham would retain top spot and advance with a five-point advantage.
Our writers will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Richard Gibson’s report from Trent Bridge on Tuesday with the news that Peter Moores has been charged with salvaging Nottinghamshire’s season.
Peter Moores has been tasked with saving Nottinghamshire from relegation nearly eight weeks after being sacked as the England coach.
The genesis of the eye-catching move for 52-year-old Moores, planned by Mick Newell and Lisa Pursehouse, the club’s director of cricket and chief executive respectively, came during the innings defeat by Yorkshire at Headingley last week that plunged the east Midlands county to the bottom of Division One halfway through the campaign. His arrival as a coaching consultant on a three-month deal was announced in the home dressing room at stumps on the second evening.
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