Moeen Ali spun England right back into contention on a fluctuating second day of the fourth test with five wickets as India slumped to 273 all out in their first innings on Friday.

All-rounder Sam Curran followed up his innings-salvaging job on the opening day to take the crucial wicket of India skipper Virat Kohli as England fought back strongly in the second test at the Ageas Bowl on Friday.

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of between Essex and Hampshire on Friday at Chelmsford, England Hampshire trail Essex by 246 runs with 8 wickets remaining Essex 1st innings Nick Browne b Fidel Edwards 9 Varun Chopra lbw Kyle Abbott 61 Tom Westley b Kyle Abbott 40 Dan Lawrence c (Sub) b Ian Holland 124 Ravi Bopara c Jimmy Adams b Kyle Ab

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of between Gloucestershire and Leicestershire on Friday at Bristol, England Leicestershire need 377 runs to win Gloucestershire 1st innings Miles Hammond c Ned Eckersley b Mohammad Abbas 7 Chris Dent b Gavin Griffiths 28 James Bracey lbw Mohammad Abbas 76 Benny Howell c Colin Ackermann b Mohammad Abbas 0 Gareth Roderick lbw Mohammad A

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of 4th test between England and India on Friday at Southampton, England England trail India by 21 runs with 10 wickets remaining England 1st innings Alastair Cook c Virat Kohli b Hardik Pandya 17 Keaton Jennings lbw Jasprit Bumrah 0 Joe Root lbw Ishant Sharma 4 Jonny Bairstow c Rishabh Pant b Jasprit Bumrah 6 Ben Stokes

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of between Yorkshire and Somerset on Friday at Leeds, England Yorkshire need 411 runs to win Somerset 1st innings Marcus Trescothick c Adam Lyth b David Willey 4 Edward Byrom c Andy Hodd b Jack Brooks 1 Azhar Ali b Josh Shaw 89 James Hildreth c Tom Kohler-Cadmore b David Willey 81 Tom Abell c Andy Hodd b Jack Brooks

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of between Derbyshire and Kent on Friday at Derby, England Derbyshire trail Kent by 78 runs with 8 wickets remaining Kent 1st innings Sean Dickson lbw Hardus Viljoen 4 Zak Crawley lbw Tony Palladino 96 Joe Denly b Hardus Viljoen 106 Heino Kuhn lbw Tony Palladino 51 Daniel Bell-Drummond c Ha

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Standings of the County Championship Div2 on Friday P W L T Ded RR PTS Warwickshire 10 7 2 1 0 172 Sussex 10 5 2 3 0 148 Kent 9 6 2 1 0 134 Middlesex 10 5 3 2 0 125 Leicestershire 9 4 3 2 3 115 Derbyshire 9 2 4 3 0 93 Durham 10 3 5 2 0 92 Northamptonshire 10 3 6 1 0 91 Gloucestershire 9 2

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the third day of between Glamorgan and Warwickshire on Friday at Colwyn Bay, Wales Warwickshire win by an innings and 35 runs Glamorgan 1st innings Nick Selman c Tim Ambrose b Keith Barker 0 Jack Murphy c Tim Ambrose b Ryan Sidebottom 18 Connor Brown c Tim Ambrose b Olly Stone 4 Kiran Carlson b Jeetan Patel 32 David Lloyd c Ian Bell b Keith Barker

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Standings of the County Championship Div1 on Friday P W L T Ded RR PTS Surrey 10 8 0 2 0 196 Somerset 9 5 1 3 0 141 Nottinghamshire 11 4 6 1 0 116 Lancashire 11 2 6 3 1 96 Essex 9 3 3 3 0 95 Hampshire 9 2 3 4 0 93 Yorkshire 9 3 4 2 0 88 Worcestershire 10 2 6 2 0 87 Note: Ded-Deductions; RR-Net Run R

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the third day of between Lancashire and Worcestershire on Friday at Southport, England Lancashire win by 4 wickets Worcestershire 1st innings Daryl Mitchell c Dane Vilas b Toby Lester 9 Tom Fell lbw Tom Bailey 31 Joe Clarke c Dane Vilas b Jordan Clark 36 Alex Milton Run Out Keshav Maharaj 0 Brett D'Oliveira c Steven Croft b Tom Bailey

Aug 31 (OPTA) - Standings of the County Championship Div2 on Friday P W L T Ded RR PTS Warwickshire 9 6 2 1 0 149 Sussex 10 5 2 3 0 148 Kent 9 6 2 1 0 134 Middlesex 10 5 3 2 0 125 Leicestershire 9 4 3 2 3 115 Derbyshire 9 2 4 3 0 93 Durham 10 3 5 2 0 92 Northamptonshire 10 3 6 1 0 91 Gloucestershire 9 2

All-rounder Sam Curran followed up his innings-salvaging job on the opening day to take the crucial wicket of India skipper Virat Kohli as England fought back strongly in the second test at the Ageas Bowl on Friday.