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

Yorkshire claim 22 points from win number four of the season, one which virtually secures Division One cricket for another season.

What a performance.

Kuldeep bowls Sam Cook to finish with career best match figures of 10-120, including 6-50 in the second innings.

Dom Bess and George Hill stood out.

Essex 113 all out to lose by an innings and 106 runs.

Outstanding!

Paul Walter is stumped off Dom Bess on 48.

Essex 106-9.

Zaman Akhter is bowled leaving alone to one which has turned significantly.

Essex are 84-8.

Dom Bess has trapped Shane Snater, offering no shot, lbw.

Yorkshire closing in now.

George Bell has been caught behind off Kuldeep Yadav for 28.

Essex are 66-6, trailing by 153.

Kuldeep has four-for.

Essex are 52-5 after 23 overs of their second innings, trailing by 167.

Paul Walter has 27, including a straight six against Dom Bess not long ago.

George Bell is 16.

George Bell is striding to the crease less than two hours after finishing unbeaten on 64 in the first innings.

Kuldeep Yadav has just removed Luc Benkenstein caught at slip by George Hill.

Essex are 26-5!

Charlie Allison caught James Wharton bowled Kuldeep Yadav, 1.

Soft dismissal as Allison is foxed by a shorter ball and can only chip a simple catch to Wharton running around towards short mid-on.

What a start this is.

And it gets better.

Matt Critchley has been bowled first ball.

That’s lunch as well. Kuldeep on a hat-trick to start the afternoon.

Tom Westley lbw George Hill, 0.

Big wicket, and Yorkshire have strengthened their grip.

George Hill gets Dean Elgar caught behind for 4.

Essex are 13-1 in the sixth over.

Decent low catch by Jonny, good ball too.

Tom Westley in now.

Plenty that’s beat the bat in the first few overs of the Essex second innings from George Hill and Jack White as Paul Walter and Dean Elgar try to advance the visitors’ cause.

George Hill bowls Sam Cook to wrap the Essex innings up at 171 all out.

George Bell has finished 64 not out.

Yorkshire have enforced the follow-on.

Mitch Killeen bowled Kuldeep Yadav, 1.

Essex 168-9, 69th over.

Sam Cook in now alongside George Bell, who has 61.

Zaman Akhter caught behind off George Hill, 29.

Mitchell Killeen in alongside George Bell, 59.

Essex 156-7, and Kuldeep Yadav has replaced Jack White from the Howard Stand End.

George Bell 57 and Zaman Akhter 22. These two have shared 59 for the eighth wicket.

George Bell has reached his fifty off 90 balls.

Essex 148-7 in the early stages of the third day.

Jack White and Ben Cliff have got us started this morning.

George Bell 43, Zaman Akhter 20.

The players are on their way out to the middle here at Headingley.

Essex 137-7, with George Bell 41 and Shane Snater 19.

Jack White will open the bowling this morning.

From a sunny Headingley.

We’re all set to start on time at 10.30am for day three, which will be another 104-over day.

Yorkshire enjoyed by far the better of things yesterday, Indian overseas spinner Kuldeep Yadav even describing it as “a perfect day”.

The White Rose advanced from 241-6 overnight to 390 all out before restricting Essex to 137-7 in reply. George Bell played nicely for Essex with 41 not out and will be key to their hopes of a revival this morning.

Dom Bess and Kuldeep contributed 80 not out and 36 respectively before taking three wickets apiece.

Essex still need 104 runs to avoid the follow-on. As I say, Bell is going to have to kick on for them to avoid that.

You can read more from Kuldeep in our reaction piece to day two, which is linked below.

The stream is embedded at the top of the page.

Enjoy the day!

Kuldeep Yadav reflects on “perfect day”