Yes, I did wonder if the pitch has calmed down but if it is the pitch, they don't usually get better if it is that as opposed to overhead conditions. Just hope Yadav can make it really difficult and tie Somerset in knots.

Which, without being biased, is fantastiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic. As long as it continues. Then we could have bad light.

Looking on the Met Office site, it suggests rain at Headingley and yet on other sites it has no rain. How can so many expert sites have such contrasting opinions, If Yorkshire can get to a 200 lead, it could be an interesting few hours. I would though. settle for rain as it said on the forecast and if that happened and it was dry tomorrow, it could be one of those 'Runs in front, wickets in hand and overs left' scenarios.

I must come clean and wondered about his ability as an allrounder but he is a very good player and who knows how far his talent will take him.

If Yorkshire can get out of their game v Somerset with a draw or win, no one would be betting against us.

In that Yorks/Soms game, it's a bit like a game we played in 2010 v either Yorks (With OHD) or Lancs where the first 5 wickets did nowt in each innings and the last 5 appeared to score a decent amount in each innings. In a low scoring game, this Yorkshire 2nd innings could yet do something if tomorrow is a bit wet and also time and overs used up can't hurt us.

Come on Yorkshire, their lead is 108 and very highly rated (By me) George Hill is playing nicely with Bess and these 2 made runs in the 1st innings, please one of you get to 3 figures and help us out, we've done our bit.

9 down but it could be a case of 'As you were; if we win as Yorkshire are now 4 down and only 51 ahead, we need 2 days of Headingley rain. That being the case, we would probably need to hope Somerset slip up against Surrey. A job for us to do at Chelmsford first.

Yes, we hung on in there and 3 wickets quickly is a good sign but this bloke Bell, if he is out of favour with Lancs, might be chasing a contract maybe so is eager to do well. He held us up in the first innings or this game would be over by now, we can't have another hour of him.

Looks as though Yorkshire are doing their best to prove us right, 5-2. Met office says rain mid-afternoon there and not looking good tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

I've got the feeling this is where Somerset get to put one hand on the title as they are virtually up to the Yorkshire total and I think Leach at one end will take wickets whilst the others chip away at the other. It has gone so badly for us this morning after being great at 11.15. How things change.

I hope this isn't slipping away from us, Essex are playing plenty of shots as if they expect wickets could tumble at any time. If we lose this, our season is over.

In the last 45 minutes, all 3 games have really taken a turn for the worst, Somerset have got to within 58 of Yorkshire with 8 down still and Sussex are 54-2 and Essex have knocked off a good chunk of our lead.

My only fear in t5he Somerset game is that Yorkshire go to pieces after what happened with Overton in the T20 game and I hope he doesn't take Somerset near the Yorkshire total and then Yorkshire collapse in a heap and hand the game to Somerset. There is bad weather forecast for Headingley so it could be a waiting game.

191, we would have settled for that overnight but pity that Hain couldn't have got his 100. We really must ge4t early wickets as I doubt it will get any easier to bat on that pitch. It appears to be going well for us in the other 2 games so this is a game that if we win, could be the biggest boost going into the last games next week.

Somerset 4 down.

Yes, at 33-7 we looked to boss this game for the duration, now we need our 2 most experienced players to get us somewhere. Somerset are 3 down and Notts 8 down so maybe it could be a case of no batting bonus points and then a case of who grabs their respective game by the throat and wins it. At the moment, I wouldn't put money on any of the top 3.

At 19-2, it could be a game where we are happy with a lead and maybe bonus points will be difficult. If we get none for batting then we really have to win as a draw (this could be low-scoring so that might not happen) would only get us 11 points and that will be it as far as I am concerned.

I can only see that happening in our last game v Leicestershire if they also need to win to stay up but I cannot see it being the case in any of Somerset's or Notts' games as none of their opponents are in need of a win, maybe to get better positions and prize money. I doubt if any captain wants to be the one to hand a title to either of the top 3.

Weather looks pretty ropey around the 3 venues and if we are still around the same point difference coming into the last game, we might have to take a risk or two in this one maybe.