Live: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC, Day Three

Yorkshire end day three 73 runs in arrears after a hugely positive day of batting.

Fin Bean stood out with his 224 and was one of only three wickets to fall in the day. Jonny Bairstow made 41 and Matthew Revis an unbeaten 54.

George Hill will begin day four alongside him on 4.

Fin Bean caught Freddie McCann bowled Farhan Ahmed, 224.

What an innings, but it’s ended as he tries to turn Ahmed’s off-spin to leg and gets a leading edge which loops to slip.

Bean has faced 489 balls. It’s not the longest innings balls faced wise in Yorkshire history. Martyn Moxon faced 490 against Worcester in 1994 for a career best 274 not out, and not all high innings in the county’s history were fully recorded. So some scorecards show minutes and not balls faced.

George Hill joins Matthew Revis at the crease. The latter is 52 not out.

Matthew Revis has posted his first fifty of 2025, off 132 balls.

Yorkshire have moved 403-5 after 145 overs. Six more to bowl this evening. Fin Bean has 222, with Yorkshire 84 in arrears.

Excellent.

Yorkshire 377-5 after 139 overs, with Fin Bean 207 and Matthew Revis 39.

They have shared 100 and counting for the sixth wicket, with Yorkshire’s deficit now standing at 110.

At the Test, meanwhile, England are 305-5, needing 66 more to win.

Fin Bean reaches his maiden career first-class double hundred off 450 balls with 27x4s and 1x6s. Outstanding knock.

Yorkshire are 365-5 in the 134th over now, trailing by 122. He and Matthew Revis 37 have shared 88 for the sixth wicket.

Yorkshire have moved to 346-5 in reply to 487 all out, and Nottinghamshire will have to bat again in this match, which for all money looks to be heading towards a draw.

Fin Bean has 195 and Matthew Revis 23. They have shared 69 unbroken.

Fin Bean takes the applause at Trent Bridge at tea.

We’re back underway in the evening. Yorkshire 320-5. He has 185 and Matthew Revis 7.

Yorkshire have reduced the deficit to 167 runs at the break.

Fin Bean is on 185 and Matthew Revis 7. They have shared 43 for the sixth wicket.

England, meanwhile, are 253-3, with Ben Duckett having fallen for 149. They require 118 more to win.

Fin Bean clearly loves this neck of the woods.

After scoring his 441 in the second team in 2022 just down the road at Lady Bay, the Yorkshire opener has moved to a career best 175 not out here in the first team.

Yorkshire are 309-5 in the 113th over.

The next port of call is to reach 338 and put the follow-on out of the question.

The bonus points cut-off period has passed. Yorkshire finish with two batting points, to Nottinghamshire’s one for bowling.

Fin Bean has 170 and Matthew Revis 4.

Fin Bean has 162 and Matthew Revis 4.

Revis has just cut a boundary off Liam Patterson-White, off his 23rd ball, to get off the mark.

Jonny Bairstow lbw Liam Patterson-White, 41.

Trapped in front pushing forwards at the left-arm spinner.

Bairstow was the subject of a big appeal for similar in Patterson-White’s previous over, but he doesn’t survive this one.

That ends a partnership of 101. Matthew Revis in now alongside Fin Bean, who has 152.

Fin Bean reaches his 150 off 348 balls with 23 fours. Fabulous stuff.

He has also shared a fifth-wicket century stand of 101 with Jonny Bairstow, who has 41 out of 277-4. Yorkshire trail by 210.

Ben Duckett has not long since reached his century at Headingley, where England are 178-0 chasing 371. Will the light hold long enough for England to seal a famous win?

Duckett 104 and Zak Crawley 57.

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.

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.

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.

Great start for England chasing 371. Ben Duckett is leading the way on 59. Zak Crawley has 42.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.