After finally bowling Northants out for 420, Notts' second innings got off to a terrible start, Guy Welton departing first ball, bowled by Darren Cousins. Jason Gallian departed soon after for two, edging Carl Greenidge to Mike Hussey at second slip but Paul Johnson claimed a 50 in guiding his side to 88 for two at tea.

Usman Afzaal, 34 not out at the interval, did not add to his score before departing soon after the break caught by wicket-keeper Tobin Bailey off Brown. Johnson soon followed, caught at mid-off by Greenidge trying to hit Swann over the top for 70 and three balls later Balal Shafayat also departed, caught at bat pad by Tony Penberthy off Brown for nought.

Nicky Boje (18) then played all round a straight one from Swann and when Chris Read was caught at silly mid-on by Adrian Rollins off Brown for six, Nottinghamshire had slumped to 133 for seven. As the close approached, Paul Franks became Swann's third victim, Adrian Rollins snaffling another catch at silly mid-on.

Northants began the day at 248 for two but lost Mal Loye early on when he was run out backing up without adding to his overnight 105. Two balls later Jeff Cook was leg before to Boje for nought and Boje then took a slip catch which dismissed Tony Penberthy for two off Logan.

Swann quickly became Logan's third victim, Shafayat taking a smart catch at point before Bailey edged Andy Harris to wicketkeeper Read for eight. That prompted David Sales to get a move on and he brought up his century after racing towards three figures with a series of boundaries. But at the other end Boje removed Greenidge lbw for seven before Darren Cousins finally provided some steadiness at the other end, allowing Sales to play around him.

The tail-ender took nearly an hour to accumulate his 13 before being dismissed just after lunch, Boje taking another catch in the slips off Harris. With last man Brown joining him, Sales began to throw the bat at everything, taking 18 off the next over from Franks to move past 150.

The assault continued, with both Franks and Boje disappearing into the stands for six, before Logan came back to finally end Sales' innings on 179, Johnson taking the catch in the deep.

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