Yorkshire CCC v Essex CCC updates

6.25: Essex win it by one wicket as Shane Santer shovels Ben Coad to the mid-wicket boundary. Snater finishes on 65 from 51 balls, the match ending with just four overs left on day three.

For Yorkshire, Steve Patterson (5-46) and Ben Coad (2-40) were impressive.

But Yorkshire’s wait for a second Championship victory of the season – after they won their opening game at Gloucestershire – goes on.

5.20: Essex are 100-7 and the game remains firmly in the balance. There are 17 overs left on day three.

4.45: Steve Patterson has Sir Alastair Cook slashing to Tom Kohler-Cadmore at first slip and Essex are in a heap of trouble at 64-6.

4.40: Ben Coad traps Feroze Khushi for a second-ball duck and Essex are 60-5. Match now firmly back in the balance.

4.30: Steve Patterson has taken two wickets in four balls to bring Yorkshire right back into the game. First he yorked Dan Lawrence for 13 and then he caught Matt Critchley one-handed to his left off his own bowling. Essex are 51-4 chasing 162 to win.

4.00: Essex lose their second wicket as Steve Patterson has Tom Westley driving to Matty Revis at point.

Westley made nine and the visitors are 35-2 in the 20th over.

3.30: Essex are 30-1 at tea off 16 overs. Sir Alastair Cook has 15 and Tom Westley 8.

Essex need another 132 to win, and there are a minimum of 36 overs left in the day.

2.35: Jordan Thompson strikes in his first over as Nick Browne is caught at third slip by Will Fraine for three. Essex are 3-1.

2.20: Yorkshire are all-out for 252 as Steve Patterson is caught behind off Jamie Porter for nine.

Essex need 162 to win and there are a minimum of 52 overs left on day three.

2.10: Ben Coad is out for 69, bowled by Matt Critchley, and Yorkshire are 244-9. Coad’s career-best came from 70 balls and included 10 fours and a six.

2.00: Essex finally break Yorkshire’s eighth-wicket stand as Jamie Porter bowls Matty Revis for 14. The ball kept low and Revis was trying to turn it on to the onside.

Revis played his part, sharing 80 with Ben Coad, the highest stand of the match, with Coad’s contribution 65.

Steve Patterson is the new man and has been loudly cheered to the crease by the Yorkshire supporters in this, his final season at the club.

1.40: A quick flurry of runs after lunch and Ben Coad has his maiden first-class fifty, reached from 51 balls with 10 fours.

The pace bowler has chanced his arm to notable effect to ensure that he will at least have something to bowl at when the innings concludes.

Yorkshire are 222-7, leading by 131, with Matty Revis unbeaten on 12.

12.40: Lunch. Yorkshire are 179-7, a lead of 88, with Matty Revis on eight and Ben Coad 14.

12.25: Yorkshire fall to 158-7 – effectively 67-7 – as Jordan Thompson lofts Matt Critchley straight down Dan Lawrence’s throat at deep mid-wicket. Thompson is out for two and Yorkshire are in the mire.

12.15: Yorkshire lose their fourth wicket of the morning – and their sixth of the innings – as Will Fraine is bowled by leg-spinner Matt Critchley for 27.

The ball appeared to go straight on as it bowled Fraine through the gate, leaving Yorkshire 152-6 on the cusp of lunch, just 61 ahead.

12.00: Yorkshire lose their fifth wicket as Jonny Tattersall steers Ben Allison to Sir Alastair Cook at first slip for 10. Yorkshire are 150-5, 59 ahead.

11.20: Fin Bean falls for 53, trapped lbw by a full-length delivery from Jamie Porter. It was the final ball of Porter’s first over from The Howard Stand end after replacing Shane Snater, a wicket-maiden. Bean faced 120 balls and hit 11 fours. Will Fraine has 11, and the new man is Jonny Tattersall. Yorkshire are effectively 32-4.

11.10: Fin Bean reaches his maiden first-class half-century with his 11th boundary, a flick off the legs off Shane Snater.

The 20-year-old, who made his debut at Old Trafford last week, faced 111 balls for the milestone and received a warm ovation from the Headingley crowd.

Yorkshire are 121-3, a lead of 30, with Will Fraine unbeaten on nine.

The sun has just begun to peek through the clouds. Hurrah.

10.45: Yorkshire lose their first wicket of the day as Tom Kohler-Cadmore edges Sam Cook to Sir Alastair Cook at first slip for 12. Kohler-Cadmore had stepped down the track to hit the previous ball over Cook’s head to the Kirkstall Lane end boundary. His wicket is a big blow to the hosts, who are 103-3, 12 runs ahead.

10.30: Play is under way amid gloomy conditions with the floodlights on.

Yorkshire are 87-2 in their second innings, four runs behind Essex.

Finlay Bean is resuming on 41 and, after George Hill’s departure to the final ball of day two, the new batsman is Tom Kohler-Cadmore.