COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE, Old Trafford:
CLOSE OF PLAY, DAY THREE: Yorkshire 447 & 111-3 v Lancashire 358
Yorkshire 7pts, Lancashire 5pts
Match scorecard

Kyle Hogg is the grandson of former West Indies spinner Sonny Ramadhin

Lancashire paceman Kyle Hogg's career-best 88 helped his side fight their way back into the 251st Roses match against Yorkshire at Old Trafford.

The Lancashire number 10 dominated a ninth-wicket partnership of 121 in 52 overs with Luke Sutton (47 not out) to ensure they avoided the follow-on.

Having started the day 260 runs adrift on 187-6, Lancashire reached 358.

And they then made inroads before the close as Yorkshire reached 111-3, with Anthony McGrath still there on 50.

Adil Rashid polished off the final two wickets in the space of four balls in the 122nd over to finish with 5-90 from 38.5 overs, to earn Yorkshire a first-innings lead of 89.

Fellow spinner Azeem Rafiq finished with 4-92.

Hogg, who celebrates his 27th birthday on Friday, first made his debut for the county as a 17-year-old in 2001, signing professional terms at Old Trafford on the same day as James Anderson.

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Their careers have since taken different paths, Hogg having spent time both with Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire - and he has not even yet been awarded his county cap.

But his third-day contribution was vital in this private battle of two Championship aspirants.

After Tom Smith had offered a return catch to Tino Best early in the day, with just seven runs added, Lancashire had started to turn things round with an eighth-wicket stand of 41 between Sutton and home skipper Glen Chapple (21).

Wicketkeeper Sutton was then joined by Hogg with the score at 235-8 - and he belted 11 fours in his 140-ball stay before slapping Rashid to Rich Pyrah in the covers.

Rashid then had Daren Powell caught at short leg by Adam Lyth moments later.

Yorkshire opener Lyth then had the chance to become the first man to reach 1,000 Championship runs for the summer.

But, having seen captain Jacques Rudolph edge Powell behind to Sutton in the fourth over, he pulled Hogg down Stephen Moore's throat at deep backward square leg for 29 to fall 18 runs short,

And left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan had Jonny Bairstow caught by Smith at backward point in the 32nd before McGrath passed 50 for the ninth time this summer five minutes before the close.

BBC Radio Lancashire's Scott Read on the Old Trafford battle:
"A Roses battle wouldn't quite be the same without one side being on top before the other producing a gritty fightback, and that's exactly what Lancashire have done here.

"A ninth-wicket partnership between Kyle Hogg and Luke Sutton might well have effectively saved the game for Lancashire - Hogg with a career best 88 left the pitch to a standing ovation, such was the importance of his knock.

"Maybe Lancashire haven't been at their best in this game and, yes, there is still a lot of work to do - but when the season ends this might well turn out to be a pivotal game and a vital comeback."

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