Three evening session wickets from Liam Patterson-White put Nottinghamshire close to completing a win against Yorkshire at Headingley in the Rothesay County Championship.
Patterson-White’s dynamic intervention, that saw him finish the day with figures of 3/25, included the scalps of Adam Lyth and Dawid Malan as the hosts chase an improbable 463.
That chase was teed up after the Green and Golds, having resumed on 227-3, advanced to 393-8 before declaring, with Joe Clarke’s fluent 94 the top score.
Additionally, Brett Hutton brutally hammered an unbeaten 44 from 26 balls, sharing in an unbroken ninth-wicket partnership worth 60 with Dillon Pennington.
Ben Coad finished with 3/64 as Yorkshire were set the task of achieving the highest successful run chase by any side in first-class history at Headingley and also the county’s highest anywhere.
Clarke had fallen narrowly short of what would have been a deserved second century in as many matches, ending a 95-run fourth-wicket stand with Jack Haynes when he was trapped lbw on the back pad by Jordan Thompson.
That wicket fell just before the new ball was taken, and just afterwards Haynes was brilliantly caught behind one-handed by Harry Duke for 43 off an inside edge.
Kyle Verreynne edged Jack White to second slip just before lunch, which Notts reached at 318-6, leading by 397.
The lead was then boosted past 400 in the space of eight destructive overs as Hutton and Pennington went in search of quick runs prior to a declaration.
Hutton crashed four fours and two sixes, before Haseeb Hameed called his troops back in, setting the White Rose their nominal target.
Adam Lyth shared 40 with Finlay Bean, who was first to go for 17 when trapped lbw by Pennington, and either side of tea, the left-hander then put on 74 for the second with James Wharton.
However, 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.
From 114-1, Yorkshire had stuttered to 160-4, as Patterson-White’s intervention - dampened any rising home hopes.
Wharton did reach his fifth fifty of the season off 75 balls, but he followed not long after as he was trapped in front playing forwards against Patterson-White.
With what proved to be the final delivery of the day, Pennington then had Duke caught behind with a snorting bouncer, further strengthening Nottinghamshire’s position.
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