and Rudolph follows, game over.

Still time for Lancs to eff this one up... Still, much better position than I'd hoped.

Still think I'll give it a swerve tomorrow, mind. If there's any play left there won't be much.

and off they go bad light and rain apparently, 188 to win with 7 wickets to go - I think I'll go along tomorrow more in hope than expectation if that's it for today.

Can't agree with this 'penalised' issue.....Its a thing that has gone on for donkey's years.

Back in the day, when Championship games ran Wed-Fri and Sat-Tues, an unneeded player would simply have to miss a match and then play in the weekend game, it was no big problem.

Now we have to believe that a club like Yorkshire are that short of players that they must wangle Tim Bresnan into the line up, on day 2??....



It is a farce, and in my opinion goes against the spirit of the game, plus it must be a killer for the poor lad who has to drop out....That doesn't exactly build a lad's confidence does it?

Very negative that isn't it? Or just the Bradfordism creeping in?

Huge session is tomorrow morning....if Lancs can snag some wickets and get 6 down at least before Yorkshire hit 150, then, unless Pyrah's got something left, I'd be a little more confident.

Yorks not exactly hanging around though, near enough 4 an over, considering its only day 3, the chase is hardly huge and the wicket seems to be bowler friendly.

It's just realistic based on our displays this year!

They're back out now at Headingley, still 17 more overs tonight - not an unbiased opinion but my mate at the game was fuming about the fact they were still batting before we went off in the period we lost McGrath and Rudolph - he's left now so I'm not sure what conditions are like.

4th wicket goes, Bairstow for 16. 118/4 needing 166.

Heading for a nervy finish this, proper Roses match

5 down now, 8 overs to go tonight - it might not make day 4 after all.

One day Gary Keedy will be allowed to retire and we will be buggared...

6 down, Bresnan goes for 11 - can he be sent back to London to replace Broad now?

244-9 at lunch. Yorks need 40 to win. Lancs need one wicket.

Sporting Life seems to suggest they've got it, Yorks 260 all out, 24 short of what would of been an epic win.

At least we had a decent crack at it, like I posted earlier though I knew the game had gone with Hogg and Mahmood's 9th wicket stand yesterday.

Gutted they've done the double over us this season.

Not bad, close to within one of Durham who just cannot win at Somerset. So they'll end up less than 10 ahead with the impending draw in that one.

Another biggie next though, Warwickshire at Aigburth.

Looking worrying for Yorkshire though, unless the form picks up, they're only 15 ahead of Worcs having played two more matches.

Unless Rudolph finds form quickly we're in trouble.

Throwing the title away in the last game of last year has obviously had some effect mentally.

Leaving out Sayers and Lyth to accommodate a fat passenger without a fifty in any form of cricket this season at 3 hasn't helped either.

Time for Moxon to take his old pals act elsewhere.

Well that'll teach me to decide not to go to the last day of a match again. Superb win for us and it's good to see the team holding their nerve when needed.

Nottinghamshire at Southport this week, starting tomorrow. Utterly crucial that we get a good result out of this one. We could still regret not finishing Sussex off at Hove earlier in the year.

But perhaps not quite as much as Warks may regret preparing a "poor" pitch a few weeks back! It's shaping up to be a classic three-way finish.

Totally off topic, I'm watching a programme on BBC4 right now, and some bloke has just told Julia Bradbury (Phwooar!) that "tickling your first trout is a bit like touching your first woman - smooth, slippery, and rather exciting!"

That's true. If they fall just short they are going to be absolutely fuming about that one. And I thought our one point deduction for a slow over rate was bad!

Unbelievable day yet again watching Lancs yesterday. Same old story of the season so far. Although the Notts tail proved that it was just shocking batting from everyone else. The pitch looked perfectly fine at lunch and had hardly changed at tea - just a few extra marks on the landing areas at one end.

It was quite funny seeing the optimism and smiles at tea in the pavilion... Only for everyone to be moaning like f**k at the close!

258 to win, looks big compared to the three totals so far. However Lancs can go at one an over and get there, still two whole days left.

41-3 currently... Oh bugger.

Now that is an absolutely disgraceful surrender. F**king fuming!

Done and done. Notts win by 129 runs. Adams finishes with a 10-for.

Lancs: County Champions 2012.

Welcome to our world.

Another spineless batting performance live on Sky against Sussex this week. Time for change at the top, although I suspect it will rely on Moxon quitting as we can't afford to pay him up.