Yorkshire CCC v Gloucestershire CCC live updates

IT’S day four of the County Championship match between Yorkshire and Gloucestershire at Headingley.

4.50: The match ends in a draw.

4.35: Chris Dent has George Hill caught at slip for 25 and it’s 200-6. No sooner does Hill depart than the rain arrives and the players head off.

3.50: A couple of quick wickets as Yorkshire slip to 161-5.

Dan Moriarty celebrates his five-wicket haul at Headingley today. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.comDan Moriarty celebrates his five-wicket haul at Headingley today. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com
Dan Moriarty celebrates his five-wicket haul at Headingley today. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

Dawid Malan is caught behind off Zafar Gohar for 20, and then Jonny Tattersall edges Ben Charlesworth to Ollie Price at slip for a single.

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2.55: Bad light has stopped play with Yorkshire 148-3. Dawid Malan has 17 and George Hill two.

The clouds are building up behind the West Stand and it looks like rain is not far away.

The lead is 234, and there are 50.2 overs left at this stage.

2.45: Yorkshire have moved on to 140-3 in increasingly gloomy conditions.

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Fin Bean fell to the third ball after lunch, caught behind off Zafar Gohar for 38, then Adam Lyth edged Zaman Akhter to Ollie Price at a wide slip for 55 before Shan Masood was bowled for 38 trying to reverse-sweep Gohar.

Dawid Malan (11) and George Hill (yet to score) are at the crease.

1.00: Yorkshire have reached lunch on 72-0 from 18 overs, leading by 158 with 67 overs left in the game.

Adam Lyth has 32 and Fin Bean 38.

11.30: Dan Moriarty wraps up the innings with his fifth wicket on debut, bowling Ollie Price as he tries to sweep.

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Moriarty finishes with figures of 34.2-9-139-5 as Gloucestershire are dismissed for 464.

Price made 113 from 162 balls with 15 fours and a six, and Zaman Akhtar provided useful company at the finish, scoring an unbeaten 26 from 27 balls with four fours.

Yorkshire lead by 86 runs and there are 85 overs left in the game.

11.05: Dom Leech strikes with his first ball of the day – the first of the second over – as Matt Taylor edges low to George Hill at first slip without adding to his overnight four. It’s 425-9, and Yorkshire have maximum bonus points from this match.

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11.02: Ollie Price reaches his century from the fourth ball of the day, glancing George Hill to the fine-leg boundary.

Price reached the milestone from 145 balls with 15 fours and a six.

10.30: It’s a muggy, overcast day at Headingley, with possible showers later in the day.

The state of play is that Gloucesteshire are 421-8 in reply to Yorkshire’s first innings 550-9 declared.

Ollie Price is within three runs of a maiden hundred, and Matt Taylor is unbeaten on four.