Leaders Yorkshire are on course for their eighth CricInfo Championship win of the season as they chase their first title for 33 years.

With Darren Lehmann hitting his fifth century of the summer, Yorkshire will start the third day at Grace Road on 267 for three in their second innings, a lead of 376.

Lehmann loves playing against Leicestershire. He scored a century against them in the earlier meeting between the sides at Headingley and this was the third time he has reached three figures on this ground in the last four years.

After a duck in the first innings he took 24 balls to get off the mark but once he had done so the runs began to flow.

He reached 50 off 92 balls with seven fours and his century came up off 160 balls with 14 fours. Along the way he shared a stand of 138 with the impressive Michael Vaughan for the third wicket after Yorkshire had slipped to 23 for two in the first nine overs.

Fast bowler James Ormond claimed both wickets, having Craig White caught behind and Matthew Wood taken at gully, but after that it was Yorkshire all the way.

Vaughan again looked in excellent form before edging a fine delivery from Darren Maddy into the safe hands of wicket-keeper Neil Burns. Even then there was no respite for the toiling home attack, handicapped by a groin injury to Devon Malcolm and the lack of a specialist spinner.

David Byas came out to join Lehmann in a partnership of 106 in 25 overs, and with two days to go Yorkshire will be looking to add more runs yet before declaring.

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