Live: Rothesay County Championship – Yorkshire Men v Warwickshire, Day 3
Yorkshire are in day three action against Warwickshire, who are 15-0 chasing 185. Follow this page for live updates to see if Yorkshire can claim their second victory of the season.
Yorkshire deducted a point
Yorkshire have claimed two points from this match, with their haul of three cut because of a slow over-rate.
Warwickshire win by five wicket
Zen Malik pulls Hill for six to win it and finish 49 not out.
We have now lost two, won one and drawn one at the start of the season.
Warwickshire have claimed 20 points, though our haul of three points is TBC because the over-rate was minus 2 a short time ago.
Warwickshire 168-5, 42.2 overs
Ed Barnard caught behind Jonny Bairstow bowled Ben Sears, 37.
Caught behind trying to uppercut a short ball.
Warwickshire need 17 to win. Beau Webster is in now.
Barnard ramps Sears for six
Warwickshire are 160-4, needing 25 more. Zen Malik and Ed Barnard are thwarting Yorkshire. They have shared a half-century stand.
Malik 34 and Barnard 33.
Barnard has just ramped Ben Sears for six over third. Lovely shot.
Warwickshire 122-4 in the 35th over
Warwickshire need 63 more to win, with Ben Coad and Jordan Thompson searching for the breakthrough.
Zen Malik has 23 and Ed Barnard 6.
We have reached the final act of this fixture
What is likely to be the final session of this match is about to get underway.
Warwickshire are 109-4 chasing 185. Ed Barnard has joined Zen Malik, who has 16, at the crease.
Lunch: Warwickshire 109-4, 29.1 overs
Dan Mousley bowled Jordan Thompson, 4.
Ideal end to the session.
As the players leave the field, a spectator underneath the press box can be heard saying, ‘It’s game on, it’s game on’.
He’s right.
Warwickshire 96-3, 26.3 overs
Rob Yates caught Joe Root bowled Ben Sears, 41.
Warwickshire’s opener is caught at first slip.
Dan Mousley in to join Zen Malik, who has 7. 185-target for the Bears.
Yorkshire in need of quick wickets
We have just under 20 minutes to go until lunch, and we’re at the stage where Yorkshire have got very little margin for error here.
Warwickshire are 92-2, and they need 93 to win.
Rob Yates has 37 and Zen Malik 7.
Alex Davies is bowled by Ben Coad this morning.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Warwickshire 60-2, 17.4 overs
Hamza Shaikh caught behind Jonny Bairstow bowled Jordan Buckingham, 8.
Yorkshire’s overseas Australian seamer has struck in his second over. Zen Malik has joined Rob Yates at the crease. The latter has 16.
And some rain has arrived. We’re are in for a delay.
Warwickshire 45-1, 12.1 overs
Alex Davies bowled Ben Coad, 31.
The Warwickshire captain goes, losing his off and middle stumps having been beaten through the gate by a beauty of in-swinging delivery. Hamza Shaikh is in now alongside Rob Yates, who has 9. 185-target.
Davies leading the Bears' victory pursuit
Warwickshire captain Alex Davies is 31 not out in a score of 41-0.
He has just taken three successive boundaries off George Hill and has just edged Ben Coad to third-man for another four, the latter going through at catchable height. Harry Brook got a hand on it at third slip but was late to react.
Coad and Hill searching for wickets
Ben Coad has joined George Hill in the attack this morning. Warwickshire are 21-0 in the fifth over chasing 185.
Up and running
Play has started. George Hill is bowling the first over from the Howard Stand End. Warwickshire 15-0 chasing 185, with Alex Davies and Rob Yates at the crease.
Overcast conditions at Headingley
The sun was shining about an hour ago, but the cloud has rolled in, which Yorkshire won’t be too disappointed about.
Around the grounds…
Before we get going, let’s have a look at what’s happening around the counties today.
Division One
Hampshire 112-1 v Durham 511, Utilita Bowl
Somerset 145 v Essex 206 and 143-4, The Cooper Associates County Ground
Division Two
Glamorgan 431 v Derbyshire 215-7, Sophia Gardens
Lancashire 450 v Gloucestershire 184-2, Emirates Old Trafford
Leicestershire 304 and 96-6 v Northamptonshire 191, The Uptonsteel County Ground
Middlesex 238 v Kent 129 and 226-4, Lord’s.
Picture by Michael Steele/Getty Images. Durham’s Graham Clark scored a first-innings 160 against Hampshire.
Good morning from Headingley
The sun’s out once more at HQ, though there is a significant nip in the air ahead of what will be the final day of this game.
Warwickshire have the advantage and are most likely winners. They are 15-0 chasing 185. But stranger things have happened.
If Yorkshire are going to turn this around, you feel they will need a couple of quick wickets this morning.
Alex Davies and Rob Yates are at the crease for the Bears.
Both sides are aiming for their second win of the season.
You can recap yesterday’s action via the match report, which is linked via the X post above, as is our daily reaction piece with George Hill.
