Yorkshire pick up vital points in Championship relegation battle

Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire meandered towards a draw in their Specsavers County Championship Division One match at Trent Bridge, which saw both counties collect 12 points.

Yorkshire, 357 for five overnight, chose to bat on until being bowled out in early afternoon for 498.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore made 106 to register a maiden first-class century for the White Rose, while Tim Bresnan scored 80 and Matthew Waite made a career-best 42 as the visitors claimed maximum batting bonus points for the first time this season.

Notts left-arm bowler Samit Patel, meanwhile, picked up figures of six for 114 from 47 overs.

That gave the visitors a lead of 50 over the hosts, who replied with 93 for one in their second innings, Notts opener Kraigg Brathwaite finishing unbeaten on 42.

Nevertheless, results elsewhere see Yorkshire remain in the relegation zone, a point behind rivals Lancashire ahead of their Roses clash at Headingley next week.

In Division Two, promotion-chasing Warwickshire were left frustrated as Durham batted out the evening session to secure a draw at Edgbaston.

Set 218 to win from 41 overs, the visitors looked well placed before Olly Stone claimed four wickets to help reduce Durham to 102 for eight with only seven overs remaining.

Despite intensifying their efforts, wicketkeeper Stuart Poynter and Matt Salisbury put on a resolute 10th wicket partnership of 13 runs from 35 balls to blunt the attack.

The hosts had started the day 28 for one, and were eventually all out for 199 as India spinner Axar Patel claimed seven for 54. Sam Hain had made an unbeaten 58.

Warwickshire are top of the table, but with their lead now down to seven points.

Second-placed Kent maintained their promotion push as New Zealand’s Matt Henry claimed four for 72 in a 102-run victory over Northamptonshire at Canterbury.

Henry’s latest impressive haul gave the Kiwi paceman match figures of 11 for 114 as Northants – who began the final day on 56 for three needing another 264 runs for a win of their own – were bowled out for 217.

Adam Rossington, who top-scored with an excellent 56, held up Kent’s bowlers for almost three hours and featured in a seventh-wicket stand of 48 with Nathan Buck, who battled to 17.

Brett Hutton also offered lower-order resistance with 21, but the end came quickly once Rossington was eighth man out.

At Bristol, Gloucestershire opener Miles Hammond registered his second first-class century of the season against Middlesex, another match which ended in a draw.

Making only his eighth appearance in red-ball cricket, the 22-year-old left-hander made a career-best 123 not out from 268 balls before the hosts declared their second innings on 251 for eight.

Required to score a notional 306 from a minimum 40 overs for victory, Middlesex gave up all hope of chasing after being reduced to 29 for four, eventually reaching the close on 111 for five.

Gloucestershire collected nine points, while Middlesex banked eight – a return which all but ends their interest in the promotion race.