Division Two leaders Gloucestershire suffered the loss of five wickets as they wobbled in their quest to chase down a victory target of 332 against Kent.

Kent tailenders Ryan McLaren (42) and Simon Cook (40) had frustrated Gloucestershire with an 10th-wicket stand of 87 before Vikram Banerjee had the former caught by William Porterfield.

Gloucestershire then lost Porterfield (11) early in their chase before Kadeer Ali (38), Hamish Marshall (45), Alex Gidman (12) and Craig Spearman (13) perished before stumps to leave Gloucestershire on 131 for five - 201 runs behind - heading into the final day.

Iain O'Brien took six for 87, including a spell of five for 13 in 23 balls, as Leicestershire bowled out Derbyshire for 365 to secure a lead of 47 at the end of the first innings.

Leicestershire slipped to 92 for five at the start of their second innings, but Tom New's unbeaten 63 and James Allenby's 52 led a recovery that took the visitors to 209 for seven, 256 in front.

Surrey's Mark Ramprakash underlined his status as the most successful batsman the County Championship has ever seen by continuing his assault on former club Middlesex.

The 39-year-old hit 136 at Lord's, defying the heat to score his 106th first-class hundred in more than six hours at the crease.

Ramprakash hit 17 fours and faced 306 balls after starting the third day on 64 as Surrey reached 392 all out in reply to Middlesex's 385, who then made 38 for no loss in their second innings at stumps.