Monday 6 July 2015 19:47, UK
Leicestershire are staring down the barrel of defeat at Grace Road after reaching the close on day two of their encounter with Kent on 110-9 in the second innings - just 59 runs ahead.
Ben Raine is the only player to have provided significant resistance, reaching stumps 30no as Matt Coles, Calum Haggett and Darren Stevens shared nine wickets evenly - five of them through lbw in helpful conditions.
Stevens had earlier top-scored for Kent with 63 as the visitors moved their overnight score of 44-2 to 210 all out.
Ollie Feckingham (3-32) proved his undoing, drawing an edge behind in between claiming Sam Billings and Adam Ball before Charlie Shreck (3-50) cleaned up the tail as Kent lost their last three wickets for just four runs.
Colin Ingram cracked an unbeaten 73 to light up a rain-affected day at Chesterfield as Glamorgan closed day one against Derbyshire on 167-3.
With only 32 overs bowled, the visitors ensured the cricket that was possible was exciting to watch, barrelling along at 5.21 runs per over having been reduced to 10-2 - Jacques Rudolph (1) and Ben Wright (0) both going early.
Rudolph's fellow opener Will Bragg made 37 in a 63-run stand with Ingram before he was bowled by Tom Taylor and after Mark Wallace was forced to retire hurt having faced just two balls, Craig Meschede hit a run-a-ball 34no to see Glamorgan to stumps with no further setback.
Ingram's 73 has come from 91 balls and seen 16 fours.
Only 25.4 overs were possible at Old Trafford with Lancashire restricted to 96-4 by a combination of the inclement weather and the Essex bowling attack.
Jamie Porter accounted for both openers - Paul Horton (25) and Karl Brown (18) falling within three balls of each other - before Liam Dawson, on his Essex debut after joining on a one-month loan from Hampshire, trapped Alviro Petersen and then bowled Ashwell Prince for figures of 2-7 from 4.4 overs.
