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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Tom Lammonby and Tom Abell have added 53 runs so far and Somerset look to be heading towards their third win in a row.

There's been little to concern the batsmen today and the track seems to have flattened down after 18 wickets fell here yesterday.

Batting looks far more straightforward than at any other point in this game. I think we will be done by tea, unless we get a heavy shower.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

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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