6.33pm – Close. Fabulous day for Yorkshire, who set up a target of 498 and have restricted Gloucestershire to 97-4 from 26 overs. Coad, Milnes, Moriarty and Fisher have all picked up a wicket. Price unbeaten on 44.
6.26pm – WICKET! Fisher traps Shaw lbw. It’s 94-4 in the 25th, the day’s penultimate. What a fabulous end to the day this is.
6.19pm – WICKET! Hammond has heaved Moriarty to Brook at mid-wicket, 35. Gloucestershire 93-3, and Shaw is in as nightwatchman with 2.3 overs remaining. Hammond and Price have been attacking Moriarty and Root for the last 15 minutes or so, but the ploy has brought Yorkshire reward.
6.13pm – Yorkshire look likely to end the day with spin from both ends. Moriarty and Root in operation with Gloucestershire 71-2 after 22 overs. Four overs remaining.
5.52pm – WICKET! Bancroft caught behind off Milnes, 8. Huge wicket. 48-2 in the 17th. 498 target.
5.31pm – Double change for Yorkshire as Milnes and Moriarty come into the attack. Gloucestershire are 35-1 after 11 overs.
5.14pm – Gloucestershire 21-1 after seven overs. We have 19 more to bowl this evening. Bancroft and Price at the crease. Fisher and Coad continue.
4.55pm – WICKET! Dent caught at leg slip by Bean off Coad, 5. It’s 7-1 in the third over.
4.51pm – Gloucestershire are 6-0 in the second over of their chase of 498. Fisher and Coad with the new ball.
4.36pm – Yorkshire have declared on 434-6, setting Gloucestershire a target of 498.
4.30pm – WICKET! Hill caught at long-on off Price, 58. 423-6 after 81 overs. Milnes in now with a lead of 486.
4.29pm – Hill reaches his fifty off 54 balls with 6x4s and 1×6. Another excellent knock. 418-5, a lead of 481.
4.17pm – WICKET! De Lange gets Brook caught at deep mid-wicket for 68. 393-5, a lead of 456. Tattersall in now.
4.13pm – SIX! Hill hammers de Lange over mid-wicket to move to 41. 386-4, a lead of 449.
4.06pm – We’re up and running after tea. Yorkshire 365-4, leading by 428. Brook 51, Hill 33.
3.47pm – Tea. 365-4, a lead of 428 with Brook 51 and Hill 33.
3.46pm – Brook 50 off 43 balls 7x4s and 1×6. 363-4, a lead of 426. Super knock.
3.35pm – Yorkshire 343-4 after 70 overs, already of 406. Brook 40, Hill 22. Tea in 10 mins.
3.25pm – Brook has played some dreamy shots in his 40 not out, the last of them as good as any – driven through covers off de Lange. 324-4, and the lead is 387. Tea will be taken at 3.44pm.
3.14pm – WICKET! Root brilliantly caught behind down leg by Bracey – one-handed going to his left – off Akhter for a well made 51. We’re 310-4, a lead of 373 with Brook 29.
3.09pm – SIX! Brook pulls van Buuren into the car park having driven him over cover for four the ball before. He now has 20 of 300-3, a lead of 363 with a little under 47 overs left in the day.
3.02pm – Root reaches his fifty off 56 balls with 4x4s and 1×6. 287-3 in the 62nd over, a lead of 350 now. Excellent.
2.48pm – WICKET! Masood stumped for 40 off van Buuren, 272-3, a lead of 335. Brook in now to join Root, who has 42. Masood advanced at the left-arm spinner, and it actually went through his legs through to keeper Bracey.
2.44pm – SIX! Root on the sweep against Price’s off-spin, and he now has 40. 268-2 after 57, a lead of 331. Masood has 38.
2.35pm – Without being gung-ho, Yorkshire are scoring very freely and have moved to 256-2 and have a lead of 319. Masood 34 and Root 32.
2pm – SIX! Masood hoists van Buuren over mid-wicket, moving to 21. Yorkshire 216-2, a lead of 279.
1.51pm – WICKET! Lyth reverse sweeps van Buuren to short third, falling for a brilliant 113. 202-2, a lead of 265. Root in now.
1.41pm – We’re up and running after lunch, and Lyth has an early boundary, dabbed down to third off Singh Dale, moving him to 112 and the score to 199-1, a lead of 262.
1.01pm – Lunch. Ideal morning for Yorkshire as they move towards a declaration. 194-1 after 41 overs, leading by 257. Lyth 108 and Masood 9.
12.51pm – WICKET! Bean trapped lbw by van Buuren’s left-arm spin for a well made 73. Yorks 180-1 in the 38th over, a lead of 243. That’s the highest of five century partnerships between Lyth (103) and Bean. Masood in now.
12.43pm – HUNDRED! Lyth reaches his second hundred in as many matches this season, off 120 balls with 18x4s. 171-0, and the lead is 234. Outstanding.
12.35pm – Yorkshire 162-0, leading by 225. Lyth 97 and Bean 61.
12.10pm – Lyth takes three successive boundaries off de Lange, all through the cover region, moving to 77. It’s 136-0, and the lead is 199. Bean 55.
12.02pm – SIX! Bean pulls de Lange over long-leg, moving to his fifty off 75 balls. 123-0, a lead of 186. Super stuff.
11.47am – We’ve moved to 102-0 in the 22nd over with three fours in the last four balls for Lyth and Bean, who have 58 and 41 respectively. 165 lead. That’s their first century opening partnership of the season. Excellent.
11.36am – Lyth reaches his fifty off 61 balls with 9x4s. The score has moved to 87-0 in the 19th over.
11.17am – Early stages of the day, and we’re 73-0 in the 15th over. Lyth 46, Bean 24. 136 lead.
11.02am – We’re up and running for day three. Yorkshire 57-0 after 11 overs, leading by 120. There will be 99 overs in the day.
10.26am – We published a story on the website yesterday about Kevin Sharp being nominated as the next president of the Yorkshire Players’ Association. Here he is in the nets with a young Joe Root.

Picture courtesy of Kevin Sharp. Kevin in the Headingley nets with a young Joe Root.
9.20am – Good morning from the Seat Unique Stadium. The sun is out, and we’re all set for day three, which will start at 11am.
Yorkshire enjoyed another good day yesterday, bowling Gloucestershire out for 263 in reply to 326 and then almost doubling the first innings lead before close to sit 120 ahead going into today. The visitors will resume on 57-0.
Ben Coad and Matthew Fisher were both excellent, finishing with three wickets apiece yesterday, as Glos advanced from 28-2 overnight. It was a real grind for the bowlers, particularly before lunch as the hosts dug in on a placid pitch. But all Yorkshire’s bowlers played their part. Dan Moriarty was good for his two-for, Matt Milnes as well with one. Golden arm Adam Lyth claimed the other.
Lyth can have a big influence on today given he will start on 39 not out.
There is the suggestion of some rain about tomorrow, so it will be interesting to see if that plays a part in Yorkshire’s thinking today. Do they really kick on and try and beat the weather as well as Gloucestershire?
If you want to recap yesterday’s action, you can do via our match report and reaction piece from Coad. They are both linked below. The scorecard and live stream are available via the tabs at the top of the page.
Enjoy the day.