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3.40pm – Play has been abandoned for the day here at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road.

3.32pm – The umpires are coming out to inspect, but it continues to rain.

3.22pm – Elsewhere in the Division Two promotion picture, Sussex 336-5 in reply to Glamorgan’s 186 at Hove and Gloucestershire 154-5 in reply to Middlesex’s 377 at Lord’s.

3.18pm – No change in the scene here, unfortunately. Looking increasingly likely that we might be done for the day.

2.54pm – It continues to rain here at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road.

2.40pm – Harry Brook and Joe Root have been selected in England’s squad for the three-Test Match tour of Pakistan next month.

2.26pm – The rain continues to fall here at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road.

2.13pm – The full covers are on at Grace Road, and it’s raining pretty steadily.

1.52pm – We’re off for rain at 35-2 in the 11th over. Leicestershire are 246 behind.

1.48pm – WICKET! Holland caught at first slip by Hill off Fisher, 7. Leicestershire are 34-2 in the 10th over.

1.44pm – We’re playing through some rain at present. Leicestershire 34-1 in the ninth over, trailing by 247 in their second innings. Holland 7, Hill 8.

1.35pm – Tattersall and Fisher share a century stand this morning. Picture by John Heald.

Tattersall and Fisher

1.29pm – WICKET! Patel trapped lbw by Fisher attempting to play to leg, and it’s 25-1 in the sixth over.

1.25pm – Patel has come out with real intent. He’s moved to 22 out of 24-0 in the fifth over. Shot a ball stuff.

1.09pm – The covers are coming off, so we should be underway on time for the afternoon session. Leicestershire 0-0 after one over of their second innings.

12.56pm – It’s currently raining at Grace Road. Not hard, but enough to force the covers on.

12.32pm – Lunch. Leicestershire 0-0 after one over of their second innings, which they started 281 runs in arrears.

12.20pm – WICKET! Fisher caught behind off Ahmed for a fine career best 88, 379 all out, a lead of 281, and we will bowl for an over before lunch.

12.14pm – We’ve moved to 363-9 in the 97th over. Fisher 79, Coad 5.

12.05pm – That’s the third batting point secured. We’re 350-9 in the 95th over. Fisher 75 and Coad yet to score.

12.02pm – WICKET! Tattersall edges Ahmed to slip, falling for a magnificent 126, and we’re 348-9 in the 94th. 250-lead. Coad in now as we search for a third batting point at 350.

11.54am – Yorkshire 340-8 after 92 overs, a lead of 242. Tattersall 123 and Fisher 68. These two have shared a superb 130 for the ninth wicket.

11.37am – This Fisher fifty is his first for Yorkshire in first-classcricket. His previous fifty came for England Lions against Sri Lanka A on tour last January.

At 326-8 in the 88th over, we lead by 228. The floodlights are on now. Tattersall 118 and Fisher 59.

11.18am – Tattersall 112 and Fisher 51 have shared 100 and counting for the ninth wicket. 310-8. Superb.

11.15am – Fisher reaches a very fine fifty off 74 balls with 6x4s. We’re 308-8 after 82 overs, leading by 210.

11.12am – Captain Tattersall celebrates his century. Picture by John Heald.

Jonny Tattersall

11.06am – Leicestershire have taken the new ball. 300-8 after 80 overs.

11.05am – That’s the 300 up and a second bonus point. We’re 300-8 in the 80th over. 202-lead, and Tattersall 111 and Fisher 42 have shared 90 for the ninth wicket.

11am – Tattersall has just pushed Currie down the ground for a couple of boundaries, lovely shots, and we’re 297-8. He has 110.

10.54am – HUNDRED!!! Tattersall reaches his second of the year in Championship cricket, off 170 balls with 10x4s. That’s a stunning knock, one of the very best in the circumstances. Yorkshire 284-8, a lead of 186.

10.31am – We’re up and running, and Fisher has flicked Scriven off his pads down to long-leg first ball of the day. It’s 267-8, and he has 32. Tattersall 90, and the lead is 169.

10.27am – The players are on their way out to the middle here at Grace Road, with the sun poking through the clouds.

9.15am – Good morning from the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road, where it’s dry ahead of day two. It’s best to describe it as an overcast start to the day. We’ve had a bit of a blue sky in the last 15 or 20 minutes, but it’s gone overcast again.

Yorkshire will begin the day, at 10.30am, on 263-8, a lead of 165, after an action-packed opening day which saw 18 wickets fall.

Ben Coad with 5-15 and Jonny Tattersall with 90 not out shone as Yorkshire took control.

There’s supposed to be a bit of rain around this afternoon, so it will be interesting to see how far we get.

Each of the top three sides in Division Two, Sussex and Middlesex, had a good day in their respective matches yesterday, so it could well be pretty much as you were by the end of the week. Sussex are 121-1 in reply to Glamorgan’s 186 all out at Hove and Middlesex 377 all out against Gloucestershire at Lord’s.

If you want to recap yesterday’s action, you can do via our match report and reaction piece with Ben Coad via the links below.

Match Report 

Ben Coad 

There is a live stream available, though it’s a paid for service run by Leicestershire CCC.

The link for that is below as well. Enjoy the day.

Foxes TV

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