Live: Yorkshire Men v Essex, Rothesay CC, Day 3

Essex are 58 behind heading into day four.

Matthew Revis 150 and Ben Coad 84 and two wickets Yorkshire’s heroes.

Essex are under severe pressure heading into day four.

Dean Elgar bowled George Hill, 16.

If Carlsberg did day’s off cricket!

Essex trail by 63 with a couple of overs left.

Essex are 17-2 after 10 overs, with Dean Elgar 10 and Jordan Cox 6.

If Yorkshire can get one of these two before close, that would be the dream. Essex trail by 74.

Tom Westley caught behind Jonny Bairstow bowled Ben Coad, 0.

Sixth wicket to fall caught behind down leg in the match.

Wow!

Paul Walter lbw Ben Coad, 0.

You just knew it would be Coad, didn’t you.

Yorkshire have their tails up.

Matthew Revis caught Paul Walter bowled Matt Critchley, 150.

Caught at long-on, and Yorkshire lead by 91 with 16 overs remaining in the day.

You don’t see innings like that very often. Outstanding.

Matthew Revis reaches his 150 off 185 balls with 18x4s and 2x6s. Superb.

It’s 459-9, a lead of 91.

Ben Coad bowled Matt Critchley, 89.

What an innings that was, but it ends with the lead of 74.

Matthew Revis 133 and Coad shared 169, the highest ninth-wicket partunersby by any county in a first-class match against Essex.

Jack White in now.

What an innings. Fabulous.

The all-rounder reaches his third career century in first-class cricket. Denied last week at Trent Bridge with 93 not out, but not this time.

He gets there off 151 balls with 14x4s.

Yorkshire now 386-8, with Ben Coad on 62. The lead is 18.

Matthew Revis on 98 and Ben Coad on 56.

Yorkshire 374-8, leading by six.

Yorkshire with a lead of two. Matthew Revis 94 and Ben Coad 56. Outstanding 97-run stand between the pair.

What an innings this is from Ben Coad, his second first-class fifty coming off 69 balls with 3x4s and 2x6s.

Both career fifties have come against Essex, the first being 69 in defeat at Headingley in 2022.

Yorkshire are now 359-8 in the 117th over, trailing by nine as we close in on tea.

The partnership between Matthew Revis 83 and Ben Coad 37 is approaching 70, and Yorkshire are only 30 behind now.

This has been a superb effort, and Yorkshire have a glimmer of hope with regards to a victory chance.

Yorkshire have reached 313-8 from 110 overs, trailing by 55.

Matthew Revis 72 and Ben Coad 24. This partnership of 40 has denied Essex a third bowling point. Yorkshire have finished with two batting points.

So the bonus points total in the match is Yorkshire four and Essex three.

Excellent passage of play for the White Rose.

Yorkshire have a second batting bonus point, and they could really do with Matthew Revis 68 and Ben Coad 17 batting for another five overs to deny Essex a third bowling point.

It’s an interesting game now in the sense that, while the draw is the most likely result by a distance here, you could argue that Yorkshire are more likely winners than Essex if there was to be a positive result.

Essex came into this game with a 14-point gap from Yorkshire, who are second-bottom. Surely, Essex will not want to risk Yorkshire winning and getting above them. So they will potentially be ultra-cautious with any declaration.

Yorkshire, however, are within striking distance of Essex’s total and early wickets could put the cat amongst the pigeons.

Dom Bess caught behind Michael Pepper bowled Shane Snater, 4.

Another strangle down the leg-side. Bess mightily frustrated as he trudges off as the fifth batter to fall that way in the match.

Ben Coad in alongside Matthew Revis 55.

Will Sutherland lbw Simon Harmer, 20.

Sutherland on the back foot is trapped in front having maybe not played a shot at one. Harmer knew it was out immediately.

Matthew Revis 46 is joined by Dom Bess.

The White have a batting bonus point.

Matthew Revis has 45 and Will Sutherland 16. Both men look in good order.

Yorkshire are 113 behind.

No addition to the score just yet.

Yorkshire 236-6 in the 87th over.

Three wickets have fallen this morning, with Matthew Revis unbeaten on 37 and Will Sutherland 6.

George Hill lbw Shane Snater, 0.

Trapped lbw half pushing forwards. First impression was maybe height an issue. But umpire Michael Gough raises the finger.

Will Sutherland is in now alongside Matthew Revis, who has 35.

Adam Lyth caught behind Michael Pepper bowled Shane Snater, 84.

Lyth falls just short of a 40th career first-class century. The new ball works for Essex.

George Hill is in alongside Matthew Revis, who has 31.

The deficit is now 146.

Khaleel Ahmed has returned to the attack and will bowl with the new ball.

Yorkshire 220-4 after 80 overs, trailing by 148.

Adam Lyth has 83 and Matthew Revis 30. These two have shared 51 and counting for the fifth wicket.

Yorkshire’s deficit is now 160, with the new ball due shortly – just before lunch.

Adam Lyth has 81 and Matthew Revis 20.

Adam Lyth, upon reaching 69 this morning, went to 14,000 career runs in the Rothesay County Championship.

Of the Yorkshire batters to have debuted in the last 60 years, only Martyn Moxon, who went beyond 16,000, has scored more.

He now has 73 out of 190-4. Lyth has been batting through a calf injury since last night.

Khaleel Ahmed has just thrown a ball back at Adam Lyth in his follow through. It hit Lyth on the ankle and looks to have smarted. Ahmed apologised immediately but umpires Hartley and Gough convened and penalised Essex five runs. Yorkshire 179-4 in the 63rd over, with Lyth on 73.

Jonny Bairstow caught behind Michael Pepper bowled Khaleel Ahmed, 29.

Edges behind trying to uppercut.

Ahmed claims his first wicket for Essex.

Matthew Revis is in now, alongside Adam Lyth on 72.

Jonny Bairstow has come out this morning with his chest pushed out. He’s cut a couple of boundaries and has moved to 25 out of 155-3 in the 59th over.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.

Adam Lyth has just been dropped on 66 off Khaleel Ahmed in the day’s third over, by Dean Elgar at first slip. Pretty regulation really.

Yorkshire 150-3 in the 57th over.

Adam Lyth 65 and Jonny Bairstow 14 will resume on 143-3, with Yorkshire trailing by 225.

We will be getting underway under an overcast sky.

Khaleel Ahmed has taken the ball.

Rothesay County Championship, Division One 

Hampshire 68-3 v Worcestershire 679-7d, Utilita Bowl

Somerset 379 v Nottinghamshire 214-3, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 

Surrey 820-9d v Durham 59-1, The Kia Oval

Sussex 278-3 v Warwickshire 415, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

Division Two 

Derbyshire 261 v Lancashire 367 and 114-1, Chesterfield 

Glamorgan 228-4 v Gloucestershire 380, Sophia Gardens

Kent 566-8d v Northamptonshire 140-1, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury 

Leicestershire 103-8 v Middlesex 534, The Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road 

From York, where the sun has just broken through. It’s not likely to be as warm as the previous two days, but still warm enough.

Yorkshire will require a good day with the bat to give themselves hope of victory. It’s by no means impossible at the halfway stage of this contest. The draw is most likely result, but both will believe there is a route to victory.

Adam Lyth will resume unbeaten on 65 at the start of the day alongside captain Jonny Bairstow on 14.

Essex’s 14-point lead over second-bottom Yorkshire will no doubt come into their thinking should they get into a position tomorrow where a declaration to set a target comes into play. Yorkshire could put pressure on with a lead or even a small deficit.

To recap yesterday’s action, you can read our match report and reaction piece, with Fin Bean, via the embedded X posts above.

Enjoy the day.