After two days of their Specsavers County Championship fixture the home county are 189 for four in their second innings, holding a healthy overall advantage of 257 over Notts.
Gary Ballance, the hosts’ skipper, reached stumps unbeaten on 76, with Jack Leaning remaining undefeated on 37. The pair batted throughout the final session and have added 94 together for the fifth wicket.
Earlier, Notts had been bowled out for 188, a total that had seemed unrealistic once they had been reduced to 130-8. Ross Taylor top-scored with 57 and Jake Ball finished on 44 not out.
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