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Martin Emmerson
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Graham Clark has just become Jack Leach's fifth victim of the Durham second innings, caught behind when on 32.

It's Leach's 25th five for for Somerset and the 33rd of his First Class career. I think it is his fourth against Durham as well.

But it all means this game still appears to be heading for a two-day finish. The lead is only small, but at what point will Somerset start to worry, on this track? Would anything above 100 be a challenge?

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BBC Radio Newcastle

And just like that the wickets start to fall again at Taunton and it is the spinners who are taking them.

Neil Wagner and Emilio Gay had added 75 runs for the third wicket and made things look pretty straightforward, until Wagner tried to sweep a full toss from Archie Vaughan and fell LBW for 33.

Gay was out four balls later, clipping a catch to the diving Craig Overton at mid-wicket, off the bowling of Jack Leach. He departed for 42 with the score still on 76.

Only one more run was added before Colin Ackermann fell for a third-ball duck. He mistakenly chipped a ball from Leach to Tom Banton at mid-off and fell to a great diving catch. It left him with a pair from this game.

I believe this one will be over today.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Half an hour into day two and Durham have not lost a wicket yet.

22 wickets fell yesterday, partly down to some good bowling, partly due to some very poor batting and partly due to a very dusty pitch which started doing things mid-afternoon.

But we have had seamers on so far today and now the spinners have returned. We've had the starter. Is this the main course?

In my preview video this morning I said it would not be out of the question to think this one could be over today.

There have been lots of discussions in the press box about the state of the track and there's a feeling Somerset may yet face some action because of it. We will have to wait and see what happens there.

But as things stand Durham are doing their bit to avoid an innings defeat. Best case scenario for them is they are still batting at the close of play. But at the moment that seems a bit fanciful.

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Durham have at least avoided their lowest score against Somerset, which incidentally was 116 in a narrow win in Chester-le-Street in 2013.

For a long while today it didn't look like they would reach three figures, as Craig Overton ran through them, taking 6-17 as the visitors struggled on a green top in Taunton.

Twice he was on a hat-trick, bowling a nagging length which left a few of the batters unsure what the best way forward was.

Alex Lees had offered resistance until he tried to smash Overton into the graveyard and instead got a nasty top-edge which steepled up and back to the bowler when he was on 27.

It was an awful shot, but he'd obviously decided to throw caution to the wind. Ben Raine then made 42 and Neil Wagner 24.

I am not sure what to make of the track. I think it is a bit sticky and that is catching the players out, however some of the shots we have seen have been really poor too.

Maximum bowling points came after 27.4 overs. It will be interesting to see how Somerset cope with the bat.