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Live: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC, Day Three
Yorkshire will begin day three on 154-3 in their first-innings reply to Nottinghamshire's 487 all out at Trent Bridge. Follow our blog for live updates throughout the day to see if the White Rose can get level with the Division One leaders by close.
Batting point number one secured
Yorkshire have moved to 251-4 in the 95th over.
Fin Bean has 137 and Jonny Bairstow 31. These two have shared 75 and counting for the fifth wicket.
Yorkshire 232-4, 87 overs
Eleven runs off the first over of the afternoon, with a boundary apiece for Fin Bean and Jonny Bairstow, who have 127 and 23 respective.
Picture by John Heald.
Lunch: Yorkshire 221-4, 86 overs
Yorkshire are 266 runs in arrears at Trent Bridge after a very positive third morning.
Only nightwatchman Dan Moriarty fell, with Fin Bean making his way to 118 and Jonny Bairstow 21.
England 108-0 at Headingley
Great start for England chasing 371. Ben Duckett is leading the way on 59. Zak Crawley has 42.
Yorkshire 206-4, 80.1 overs
Mohammad Abbas has one ball to warm up with the old ball before calling for the new one.
Fin Bean 114 and Jonny Bairstow 10.
Yorkshire 200-4, 79 overs
New ball due in a moment or two.
Fin Bean 113 and Jonny Bairstow 9.
Yorkshire are 287 in arrears.
Positive morning so far for the White Rose county.
Bean gets his ton
Fin Bean reaches his century off 236 balls with 16x4s.
Superb innings from the left-handed opener, his first Championship ton since this time last June.
He has helped Yorkshire to 182-4 after 69 overs, a deficit of 305.
Picture by John Heald.
England, meanwhile, are 56-0 chasing 371 to beat India on day five at Headingley.
Yorkshire 176-4, 67.5 overs
Dan Moriarty caught Freddie McCann bowled Liam Patterson-White, 8.
Caught at first slip on the drive.
Jonny Bairstow comes to the crease to join Fin Bean, who has 98.
Yorkshire trilby 311.
Quiet but sturdy start for Yorkshire
The score has moved to 162-3 after 62 overs, seven bowled today.
Just the one boundary so far, the pull from Fin Bean off Liam Patters0n-White. He has moved to 93, Dan Moriarty 1.
Experienced core to Yorkshire's second team
Yorkshire’s second team has started a four-day Championship match against Northamptonshire at Weetwood this morning.
The team includes Ben Coad, Harry Duke, Will Luxton as captain, Matt Milnes, Jonny Tattersall as wicketkeeper and Jordan Thompson.
Jawad Akhtar, Noah Kelly and Yash Vagadia all remain with England on 12th man duties at the Headingley Test.
Yorkshire 159-3, 56th over
Liam Patterson-White is bowling the first over of the day. Dan Moriarty has got off the mark, and Fin Bean is facing on 90.
Bean has just pulled the left-arm spinner over mid-wicket for four. Confident start.
Yorkshire are 328 runs in arrears.
Perfectly set up at Headingley
England, chasing 371 to beat India, will begin day five on 21-0, needing 350 more to win.
It couldn’t be more perfectly set up.
Batting coach Sadler on Bean
Yorkshire batting coach John Sadler also did some media last night with BBC Radio Leeds.
He said: “I’m delighted for Beany. He played beautifully. The way he went about his business was fantastic.
“Beany’s character is very, very strong, which is what you want in these times. We all go through – anybody who’s played the game at any level – periods where runs don’t flow as easily as other times. But he’s stayed true to himself and true to his beliefs.
“He’s stayed true to what he’s done well in the past, and it’s shown. The wheel always turns if you put the work in and do the hard yards behind the scenes. Eventually, it always comes good for people. And he’s too good a player for it not to come good.
“The big thing was to make sure he kept belief. There is a difference between belief and confidence. Confidence can fluctuate a bit. It’s a bit more in the moment, here and now. But as long as the belief stays strong, which it absolutely has done with Beany, then that’s going to stand you in good stead. Everyone’s delighted.”
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Good morning...
From Trent Bridge, where the sun is trying to poke through the clouds. There’s patchy blue sky, and we’re all set for a start on time at 11am.
The first port of call today will hopefully be a Fin Bean century. He sits on 86 not out as Yorkshire resume on 154-3 in reply to Nottinghamshire’s 487.
It will be his first century in a year and a day if he gets there. His last was 164 on the first day of Yorkshire’s clash with Gloucestershire at Scarborough last year. That was Yorkshire’s eighth match of the season and their first win as they got on a roll in the second half of the season and clinched promotion.
Maybe, this knock here helps Yorkshire do the same during the second half of this season, though the aim is different – Division One survival.
He will begin the day with Dan Moriarty alongside him as nightwatchman. Jonny Bairstow is next in.
You can recap yesterday’s action via our match report and reaction pieces, which are available above via the embedded X posts.
Enjoy the day.
