6.28pm – Match drawn. Yorkshire have taken 14 points as Northamptonshire, chasing 326, finish on 250-8 with Vasconcelos 129 all out. Fine innings from him, and a brilliant effort from Shan Masood and his side on day four.
6.24pm – One over to go, two wickets still needed. Revis to bowl with Vasconcelos on strike on 129. 250-8.
6.19pm – Two wickets in two overs needed.
6.14pm – Yorkshire need two wickets in three overs to win.
6.08pm – Four overs remaining, two wickets needed.
5.58pm – WICKET! Thompson gets Sanderson lbw, 4. It’s 219-8 with six overs left.
5.50pm – Lyth has been replaced by Leech following a brilliant 4-56 from 14 overs. Eight left in the match. We need three wickets. 218-7.
5.47pm – Yorkshire have nine overs left to get three wickets. Northamptonshire 214-7 with Thompson bowling to Vasconcelos on 101. He’s taking the majority of the strike now with the tail in.
5.35pm – Diamonds finished on 80-9 from 11 overs against the Sparks at Headingley.
5.35pm – WICKET! Broad trapped lbw by Lyth, who has four wickets (career best). It’s 210-7 in the 46th over. We have 11.5 overs to take the final three wickets.
5.25pm – Vasconcelos reaches his century off 125 balls with 11x4s. 209-6 in the 43rd. A little under 15 overs remain. 326 target for the hosts.
5.18pm – The last hour begins. Northamptonshire 204-6 after 41 overs, 16 remaining. They need 122 to win. Vasconcelos 98.
5.11pm – WICKET! McManus caught at square-leg on the sweep at Lyth, who has three-for. It’s 192-6 in the 40th over! Northamptonshire need 134 in 17.5 overs.
4.56pm – WICKET! Keogh caught and bowled by Lyth, 3. Northamptonshire are 178-5 in the 36th over, needing 148 more in 21 overs.
4.51pm – WICKET! Bartlett has miscued Revis to Bess (on as sub) at mid-wicket, 6. Northamptonshire are 173-4 in the 35th over, needing 153 to win with 22.1 overs remaining.
4.46pm – 11 overs per side game at Headingley has just started between the Diamonds and the Sparks.
4.44pm – Yorkshire back to level on the over-rate now. 168-3 in the 34th over. Vasconcelos 83 and Bartlett 2.
4.40pm – WICKET! Nair caught by Bean running towards short third off Revis for 36. Northamptonshire 165-3 in the 33rd. They need 161 more in 24.3 overs.
4.26pm – The Diamonds have been hit by more rain at Headingley. They’ve still not started against the Sparks.
4.19pm – Northamptonshire are 128-2 after 27 overs, needing 197 from 30 to win. Vasconcelos 73 and Nair 13.
4.15pm – Life for Nair on 4 as he tries to come back for two to fine-leg and is well short, but Tattersall misses the stumps as he tries to take the bails off. Northamptonshire now 119-2 in the 27th over.
4.06pm – WICKET! Procter has cut Lyth to Wharton at cover, 31. Northamptonshire 102-2 in the 24th over. They need 224 more inside 34 overs.
4pm – Play about to resume after tea. Yorkshire are now down to minus one on the over-rate.
3.42pm – Tea. Northamptonshire are 94-1 after 22 overs. We have 35 overs remaining, and the hosts need 232 more to win. Vasconcelos 56 and Procter 27.
3.35pm – Vasconcelos reaches his fifty off 61 balls. Northamptonshire 81-1 after 20 overs. Their target is 326, and we have a minimum of 37 overs remaining in the day.
3.15pm – Northamptonshire are 51-1 after 15 overs. There are a minimum of 42 remaining, with the hosts chasing 326. Thompson into the attack in place of Fernando.
3.05pm – The Diamonds are yet to start at Headingley, with more rain having arrived. Northamptonshire are 34-1 in the 13th over chasing 326. We have a little under 45 overs remaining in the day.
2.49pm – Play will resume at 2.55pm with 14 overs lost. There are now 47.4 overs remaining in the day.
2.27pm – The rain has stopped, and the umpires have called for an inspection at 2.45pm.
2.15pm – Delayed start at Headingley for the Diamonds game. 3pm start planned instead of 2.30pm.
2.10pm – It’s raining pretty hard here. Even if there’s not much prospect of a result as we get deeper into the day, Yorkshire will want to get back on for as much cricket as possible given they are -3 on the over-rate. They could yet lose three points from their points haul.
2.03pm – We’re off for rain again. Northamptonshire 21-1 in the 10th over chasing 326.
1.42pm – WICKET! Gay has edged the first ball of the afternoon from Fernando to Hill at first slip, 2. It’s 13-1 in the fifth over. 326 target for Northamptonshire.
1pm – Lunch. Northamptonshire 13-0 after four overs.
12.59pm – Northamptonshire are 13-0 in the fourth over chasing 326. Fernando and Hill are searching for the early breakthrough.
12.45pm – The Northamptonshire chase is up and running. They require 326 to win. Fernando has the new ball.
12.36pm – Yorkshire have declared at 264-6, a lead of 325. Northamptonshire will need 326 in 71 overs to win. Masood finishes with a brilliant 131 not out.
12.31pm – Play is about to resume. Yorkshire’s innings continues on 251-6, a lead of 312. Three overs have been lost, so 73.4 remaining in the day.
12.19pm – We’re off for rain at 251-6, a lead of 312. Masood 119 and Tattersall 27.
12.11pm – Yorkshire’s lead is now 300, at 239-6. Masood 116 and Tattersall 22. It’s been an ideal morning so far.
12.02pm – Shan Masood celebrates his century this morning. Picture by John Heald.
11.40am – WICKET! Luxton caught first slip off Sanderson, 27. We’re 198-6, a lead of 259. Tattersall in now.
11.39am – HUNDRED! Masood gets there off 126 balls with 10x4s and 3x6s. Super knock, and we’ve moved to 196-5 in the 48th over, a lead of 257.
11.32am – Yorkshire 188-5 in the 46th over, a lead of 249. Luxton has just driven Broad for four to move to 25. Lovely shot. Masood has 94.
11.18am – Encouraging start to the day from Yorkshire, who have added 22 runs in just over 15 minutes. 178-5, a lead of 239. Masood 91 and Luxton 17.
11.01am – Masood has just been struck by a Sanderson short ball with his second ball of the day and requires a bit of treatment. He’s ok to continue and hits his next ball for four. 160-5, and he has 86.
11am – We’re up and running at Wantage Road. Yorkshire 156-5, leading by 217. Masood 82 on strike against Sanderson. Luxton there on 6.
10.36am – We’ve just published a report from Yorkshire’s Disability D40 win yesterday. Here’s a brief summary of events against Surrey…..
Captain Matt Bateman’s impressive all-round display – four wickets and 40 not out – led Yorkshire’s D40 side to their first win of the National Quest League season at the third attempt, beating Surrey by seven wickets at Higham yesterday.
Having won the toss, Bateman struck four times to bowl Surrey out for 154 inside 39 overs, with Kyle Clayton, Cameron Cooper, Owen Morris and Alex Jervis striking once added to a run out. Only nine visiting wickets fell, all from 37-0.
In reply, Bateman came to the crease at 52-2 in the 14th over and batted through the remainder of the innings, facing 69 balls in all.
He shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 98 in 16 overs with Cameron Sweeney, who overtook his skipper and top-scored with 53 off 41 balls.
9.35am – Good morning from Wantage Road. It would be an exaggeration to suggest there’s not a cloud in the sky, but it’s nonetheless a glorious start to day four in the South Midlands. An 11am start is in the offing.
Yorkshire will begin the day on 156-5 in their second innings, leading by 217. Shan Masood is unbeaten on 82.
The visiting dressing room are looking at around another 120 runs before declaring to get bowling for victory. Fingers crossed, they can achieve that just before lunch, leaving themselves in the region of 70-75 overs to bowl Northamptonshire out again.
If you want to recap yesterday’s action, you can do so via our match report and reaction piece with assistant coach Ali Maiden. They are linked below.
The Northern Diamonds are also in action today, facing the Central Sparks at Headingley at 2.30pm in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. It’s their third match of the T20 campaign, and they are bidding for win number one as well. We will keep you up to date with how that match goes.
The live stream from Northampton is available via the tab at the top of the page. Enjoy the day.
