Live: Somerset v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC, Day Three
It's day three at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, where Yorkshire will begin on 13-0 in their second innings, trailing by 99. Follow this page for updates throughout the day.
Close. Yorkshire 365-9, 108.4 overs
Yorkshire enjoy a superb day with the bat to take a lead of 253.
James Wharton 92, Joe Root 64, Jhye Richardson 48 no and Dom Bess 40 all with significant contributions to set up a fascinating final day at Taunton.
Yorkshire still going...
The White Rose have moved to 353-9, a lead of 241.
Jhye Richardson has 41 and Jack White is yet to get off the mark.
Yorkshire 337-9, 93.4 overs
Dom Bess caught Jake Ball (sub) bowled Archie Vaughan, 40.
Slog-swept out towards deep mid-wicket, where Ball – running around from deep square-leg – takes the catch.
Yorkshire’s lead is 225, with Jhye Richardson 27 and Jack White at the crease.
Yorkshire 336-8, 94th over
Dom Bess 40 and Jhye Richardson 27 have shared 50 for the ninth wicket.
The lead is now 224 with a little more than 15 overs remaining in the day.
Yorkshire 311-8, 87th over
The lead is 199.
Dom Bess 28 and Jhye Richardson 14 are eking out the runs here.
We still have just under 23 overs remaining in the day.
Yorkshire 294-8, 81st over
Yorkshire lead by 182.
Migael Pretorius has taken the new ball.
Dom Bess 22 and Jhye Richardson has 5.
Yorkshire 286-6, 77.3 overs
Logan van Beek bowled Archie Vaughan, 5.
Significant turn does for our Dutch all-rounder.
Dom Bess remains on 19, and the lead is 174.
Jhye Richardson is in now as well.
Yorkshire 273-7, 73 overs
George Hill caught Craig Overton bowled Lewis Gregory, 31.
Pushed forwards and edged to second slip.
Logan van Beek is in now alongside Dom Bess, 11.
Yorkshire lead by 161.
Yorkshire 260-6, 70 overs
The White Rose are 148 ahead.
George Hill has 22 and Dom Bess has 9.
We have 40 overs still to bowl this evening.
Tea. Yorkshire 257-6, 68 overs
The White Rose’s lead stands at 145.
George Hill has 18 and Dom Bess 8.
Yorkshire 250-6, 65 overs
The lead is 138, with George Hill 15 and Dom Bess 4.
Somerset ending the afternoon – tea at 4pm – with spin from both ends in Josh Thomas and Archie Vaughan.
Yorkshire 226-6, 58.5 overs
James Wharton caught Lewis Gregory bowled Alfie Ogborne, 92.
That’s a superb catch, to be fair, going low to his left at first slip.
Yorkshire lead by 114, with Somerset having taken three quick wickets.
Dom Bess in alongside George Hill, 1.
Yorkshire 214-5, 54 overs
Matthew Revis caught behind James Rew bowled Migael Pretorius, 1.
Somerset have gained success following a ball change, which came at 209-3.
George Hill in now alongside James Wharton, 81.
Yorkshire lead by 102.
Yorkshire 212-4, 51.4 overs
Jonny Bairstow caught Josh Thomas bowled Migael Pretorius, 18.
Bairstow top-edges a cut at the South African seamer and is caught at deep third.
Matthew Revis is in now alongside James Wharton, who has 80.
The Yorkshire lead is 100.
Yorkshire 209-3, 50 overs
Yorkshire’s lead is 97.
James Wharton has just played a lovely straight drive off Migael Pretorius to move to 78.
Jonny Bairstow has 17.
Craig Overton celebrates dismissing Joe Root.
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Yorkshire 190-3, 46 overs
James Wharton and Jonny Bairstow have just taken 21 off a Craig Overton over, including five fours.
Wharton hit three of them, Bairstow two.
Wharton 67 and Bairstow 10.
The Yorkshire lead is 78.
Yorkshire 166-3, 43.2 overs
Joe Root bowled Craig Overton, 64.
Full ball which Root looks to straight drive.
That ends a 123-run partnership with James Wharton, who has 52.
The Yorkshire lead is 54 as Jonny Bairstow comes to the crease.
Wharton 50
James Wharton has reached his fifty off 99 balls. Excellent.
Yorkshire 156-2, the lead is 44.
Joe Root has 56.
Root 50
Joe Root has just reached his fifty off 79 balls. Excellent stuff from him and James Wharton, who has 48.
Yorkshire 143-2 – these two have put on 100 for the third wicket.
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Yorkshire 140-2, 37 overs
We’re up and running after lunch. Craig Overton is bowling to Joe Root.
It’s pretty gloomy here at Taunton.
Root has 49 and James Wharton 46.
The White Rose lead is 28.
Lunch. Yorkshire 140-2, 37 overs
We lead by 28. Root has 49 and Wharton 46.
A very productive morning for the White Rose.
Yorkshire 115-2, 28 overs
Joe Root and James Wharton have 35 apiece, and they’ve shared 72 and counting.
There hasn’t been a great deal of assistance for the bowlers this morning.
The suggestion that pitches gets better as the games progress here is certainly looking to be true.
Root doesn't let Vaughan settle
Somerset have just introduced Archie Vaughan’s off-spin into the attack, and Joe Root has reverse swept his first ball for four. He now has 23, and Yorkshire are 100-2. James Wharton has 32.
These two have shared a half-century partnership.
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Yorkshire 84-2, 23 overs
Joe Root 14 and James Wharton 26 have shared 41 unbroken for the third wicket. They look settled at the crease.
The White Rose trail by 28 now.
The next aim will be to get through to lunch, when that deficit should have been wiped off and then go from there.
Yorkshire 72-2, 17th over
Joe Root survived a huge appeal from Lewis Gregory for lbw when on 2. You will have seen plenty of them given.
But he’s into his stride now.
He has 12 and James Wharton 17.
The deficit is 40.
Yorkshire 43-2, 11.5 overs
Adam Lyth caught behind James Rew bowled Craig Overton, 16.
Feathers behind a drive and Yorkshire are two down with a deficit of 69.
Joe Root is in now alongside James Wharton, 6.
Yorkshire 24-1, 7.1 overs
Fin Bean bowled Craig Overton, 12.
Bowled by one angled into him and moved away ever so slightly.
James Wharton in now alongside Adam Lyth, who has 7.
Yorkshire 17-0, 6th over
Adam Lyth has an early boundary through the covers off Craig Overton.
Lyth has 6 and Fin Bean 8.
Extra overs today...
It’s not exactly cracking the flags here at Taunton, but the sun is trying to make an appearance.
We will have 104 overs scheduled for today given yesterday’s rain.
In fact, we will have 104.3 given the incomplete over bowled yesterday. Yorkshire will resume on 13-0 from 4.3 overs.
Good morning...
It’s a dry but overcast morning in Taunton ahead of day three against Somerset.
When play does begin, and that looks like being 11am, Yorkshire will advance from 13-0 overnight, a deficit of 99.
Adam Lyth and Fin Bean are together at the crease.
We had 13 wickets fall on the first day and seven during the morning session yesterday. But, fingers crossed, things are much quieter this morning and Yorkshire can pile the runs on today.
If they can and can leave Somerset somewhere in the region of 300 to win, then there’s every chance of a victory tomorrow, which would be quite the effort having conceded a first-innings lead of 112.
No doubt, though, Somerset hold the whip hand. A good morning with the ball and it would leave them in sight of a third victory in four matches.
You can read our match report and reaction from yesterday, the latter with Matthew Revis, via the links below.
You can also read our match report and reaction from Yorkshire women’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup defeat to Essex at Headingley yesterday via the links below.
The live stream link will be available at the top of the page before we get going.
