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12.45pm – The Northamptonshire chase is up and running. They require 326 to win. Fernando has the new ball.
12.36pm – Yorkshire have declared at 264-6, a lead of 325. Northamptonshire will need 326 in 71 overs to win. Masood finishes with a brilliant 131 not out.
12.31pm – Play is about to resume. Yorkshire’s innings continues on 251-6, a lead of 312. Three overs have been lost, so 73.4 remaining in the day.
12.19pm – We’re off for rain at 251-6, a lead of 312. Masood 119 and Tattersall 27.
12.11pm – Yorkshire’s lead is now 300, at 239-6. Masood 116 and Tattersall 22. It’s been an ideal morning so far.
12.02pm – Shan Masood celebrates his century this morning. Picture by John Heald.
11.40am – WICKET! Luxton caught first slip off Sanderson, 27. We’re 198-6, a lead of 259. Tattersall in now.
11.39am – HUNDRED! Masood gets there off 126 balls with 10x4s and 3x6s. Super knock, and we’ve moved to 196-5 in the 48th over, a lead of 257.
11.32am – Yorkshire 188-5 in the 46th over, a lead of 249. Luxton has just driven Broad for four to move to 25. Lovely shot. Masood has 94.
11.18am – Encouraging start to the day from Yorkshire, who have added 22 runs in just over 15 minutes. 178-5, a lead of 239. Masood 91 and Luxton 17.
11.01am – Masood has just been struck by a Sanderson short ball with his second ball of the day and requires a bit of treatment. He’s ok to continue and hits his next ball for four. 160-5, and he has 86.
11am – We’re up and running at Wantage Road. Yorkshire 156-5, leading by 217. Masood 82 on strike against Sanderson. Luxton there on 6.
10.36am – We’ve just published a report from Yorkshire’s Disability D40 win yesterday. Here’s a brief summary of events against Surrey…..
Captain Matt Bateman’s impressive all-round display – four wickets and 40 not out – led Yorkshire’s D40 side to their first win of the National Quest League season at the third attempt, beating Surrey by seven wickets at Higham yesterday.
Having won the toss, Bateman struck four times to bowl Surrey out for 154 inside 39 overs, with Kyle Clayton, Cameron Cooper, Owen Morris and Alex Jervis striking once added to a run out. Only nine visiting wickets fell, all from 37-0.
In reply, Bateman came to the crease at 52-2 in the 14th over and batted through the remainder of the innings, facing 69 balls in all.
He shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 98 in 16 overs with Cameron Sweeney, who overtook his skipper and top-scored with 53 off 41 balls.
9.35am – Good morning from Wantage Road. It would be an exaggeration to suggest there’s not a cloud in the sky, but it’s nonetheless a glorious start to day four in the South Midlands. An 11am start is in the offing.
Yorkshire will begin the day on 156-5 in their second innings, leading by 217. Shan Masood is unbeaten on 82.
The visiting dressing room are looking at around another 120 runs before declaring to get bowling for victory. Fingers crossed, they can achieve that just before lunch, leaving themselves in the region of 70-75 overs to bowl Northamptonshire out again.
If you want to recap yesterday’s action, you can do so via our match report and reaction piece with assistant coach Ali Maiden. They are linked below.
Match Report
Ali Maiden
The Northern Diamonds are also in action today, facing the Central Sparks at Headingley at 2.30pm in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. It’s their third match of the T20 campaign, and they are bidding for win number one as well. We will keep you up to date with how that match goes.
The live stream from Northampton is available via the tab at the top of the page. Enjoy the day.