LATE PENNINGTON STRIKE IS A BOOST

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LIAM Patterson-White claimed the key wickets of Adam Lyth, Dawid Malan and James Wharton during the third evening to keep league leaders Nottinghamshire on course for another Rothesay County Championship victory, having set Yorkshire a 463 target at Headingley yesterday.

Yorkshire made a confident start to their unlikely pursuit, reaching 114-1 after tea, with opener Lyth contributing 44.

But Patterson-White's left-arm spin was introduced and, after 11 balls, he had removed Lyth, caught behind cutting, and Malan, bowled for 12 playing back to one that turned appreciably.

He later had Wharton lbw for 58.

Struggling Yorkshire are aiming to avoid a fourth defeat in seven Division One games and closed on 176-5 from 56.3 overs, needing 287 more.

Nottinghamshire are chasing a fourth win in seven.

The visitors, for whom Dillon Pennington struck in the day's final over, declared their second innings on 393-8 midway through the afternoon, Joe Clarke top-scoring with a fluent 94 off 121 balls.