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It's a sunny day in CLS but also very windy, with gusts approaching 50mph. There's the odd shower about but anything which does come our way will blow through quickly.

Although Somerset's second innings got off to a reasonable start last night, this has been a difficult track to bat on - 18 wickets fell yesterday and this game will finish today, probably around mid afternoon.

Whether that will be a Somerset win - they need another 194 runs - or a Durham victory - nine wickets needed - remains to be seen.

Somerset will resume their second innings on 71-1 and their target of 265 would be the second highest total in the game if they can pull it off.

The highest score in the match remains Ollie Robinson's 52 from Durham's first innings. So this is anything but a straightforward run chase.

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