1.05pm The first hour at Trent Bridge belonged to Notts, the second very much to Durham, reports Richard Rae. Resuming on 114-4, the home team progressed serenely to 177-4 without alarm. Bilal Shafayat played some lovely, unhurried shots off his legs, and had just reached his 100 (his first first-class century for almost five years) when he unaccountably stepped back and tried to nurdle a straightish delivery from Liam Plunkett, succeeding only in edging a catch behind.
Chris Read was bowled by Callum Thorp, playing back to a ball that moved back and stayed a little low, Stuart Broad, to his astonishment, was given leg before second ball, presumably on the basis it had been pad before bat, and shortly before lunch Graeme Swann got a more understandable decision, half forward to Thorp. It leaves Notts on 200-8 at lunch, still 66 in arrears.
1.10pm Yorkshire scored 109 runs for the loss of three wickets at Headingley to be 189-3 at lunch, only 15 runs behind Surrey, writes David Smith. Yorkshire's opening stand of 82, which was their highest since May 2007, was spread over three days, having begun at 5.44pm on Wednesday evening and ended at 11.07am when Chris Taylor was lbw to a full-pitched ball from Chris Jordan.
Taylor had faced 97 balls for 23 runs without scoring a boundary, but at least he hung in there and provided a platform. Yorkshire have struggled to find a settled opening pair and have tried 10 different variations in the past 14 games. Taylor's wicket was well-earned by Jordan, a 19-year-old Barbadian who studied at Dulwich College on a scholarship. He kept the ball full and straight in his opening spell, showing unusual control of the art of fast bowling for one so young.
Surrey's other seam bowler for the first hour was not much more experienced. Jade Dernbach, a 22-year-old South African, has been languishing in one-day and second-team cricket since his debut back in 2003. However, his 6-72 against Somerset in late May could prove a watershed.
He also kept it tight and, together, Dernbach and Jordan prevented Andrew Gale from attaining the kind of fluency he showed on Wednesday. Gale added just 10 runs to his overnight 53 in the first 45 minutes before Dernbach dismissed him with a beauty which seamed and bounced to take the edge.
Meanwhile, Yorkshire also had a youngster who was making an impression. The diminutive left-hander Adam Lyth scored his first championship century against Nottinghamshire in the last championship game and looks a player of rare promise. In scoring 36, he drove the ball wristily and elegantly on the off side, unfurling a lovely cover drive off Pedro Collins and a remarkable pull-drive down the ground off the same bowler. Occasionally his shot selection was questionable when he drove at balls too short and this tendency brought his downfall when he wafted and nicked a good ball from Matthew Nicholson.
Yorkshire were then 149-3, still in a dominant position but needing to consolidate their advantage. They did so as Jacques Rudolph became increasingly fluent and picked up his scoring to reach 34 not out at lunch.
1.15pm Three wickets in 25 balls for James Tomlinson, without conceding a run, have pulled Hampshire alongside Kent at lunch on the third day, writes Mike Averis. The spell also helped Tomlinson become the joint leading wicket-taker in the championship alongside Steve Harmison.
The 26-year-old, who took eight for 46 at Taunton in May, caused all sorts of problems for the Kent batsmen, swinging his left-arm medium pace back into the right handers as well as running the ball across them towards the slips. Martin van Jaarsveld played on for 35, trying to force off the back foot, Justin Kemp's attempted drive went to first slip, and Geraint Jones smacked the ball straight to point. Later Yasir Arafat was also caught in the slips, giving Tomlinson his 42nd victim of the season.
Tomlinson's career has been blighted by injury, making just 32 first-class appearances since his debut in 2002. After Taunton, when he benefited from a damp wicket and a lucky toss, he has been a regular in the Hampshire championship side.
After nine wicket-less overs yesterday had gone for 40 runs, his first seven this morning cost just three singles. He finished the spell with figures of 12-6-24-4 - 20 of the runs coming in two overs as Azhar Mahmood mounted an entertaining rearguard action which reduced the Hampshire lead to 31 by lunch. He is 44 not out, having hit eight fours. Hampshire 367, Kent 336-8.
4.10pm Yorkshire ground their way to 282-6 at tea, having scored just 93 runs in the long 140-minute session for the loss of three wickets, writes David Smith. After wickets began to fall, Yorkshire's series of lower-order all-rounders played in attritional style in an effort to ensure a large first-innings lead. The lead currently stands at 78 and Yorkshire will want far more.
Yorkshire had begun the session brightly enough with 35 runs in 31 minutes, then stumbled. The first man to fall was Gerard Brophy for 23 caught low by stumper Jon Batty when he nicked a wide one from Chris Jordan. Jacques Rudolph reached his fifty a short time later when he lifted Jordan over point for four, but he lost his wicket for 64 to poor running. Having dabbed Saqlain Mushtaq to point, Rudolph set off for a single, then hesitated fatally mid-pitch. By the time he had made up his mind to go, Stewart Walters had struck the stumps at the non-striker's end with Rudolph well short.
It was potentially a bad error for Yorkshire. Rudolph was scoring the bulk of the runs and the last specialist batsman. With his departure the innings almost ground to a halt as Yorkshire feared further losses. Richard Pyrah scored a single run from his first 27 balls and Adil Rashid a single run from his first 20 balls. Saqlain proved especially hard to get away even if he hardly threatened to take a bag of wickets. Pyrah picked up his scoring a little before falling for 12 driving at a widish ball from Pedro Collins and inside-edging onto his stumps.
Before tea was taken at 4pm, Rashid was beginning to find his form, one stylish flash of the wrists sending a Collins delivery to the cover fence. He had made 21 by tea, with Tim Bresnan on 10, and sundry bowlers and sloggers to follow.
