Vaughan takes six wickets before Surrey fight back

Archie Vaughan signed a professional contract with Somerset in May

Vitality County Championship Division One, Taunton (day three)

Somerset 317 & 194-9: C Overton 40*; Shakib Al Hasan 4-83

Surrey 321: T Curran 86; Vaughan 6-102, Leach 4-105

Somerset (5 pts) lead Surrey (5 pts) by 190 runs

Match scorecard

Teenager Archie Vaughan took 6-102 as Somerset bowled out Surrey before their title rivals hit back with the ball on day three of the County Championship match at Taunton.

The 18-year-old added the wickets of England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, Jordan Clark and Cameron Steel to the three he collected on the second day as second-placed Somerset restricted Surrey to a first-innings lead of four runs.

But he was unable to make a similar impact with the bat in Somerset's second innings, adding only three to his 44 earlier in the game before being bowled by Shakib Al Hasan playing across the line.

The home side slumped to 75-5 and 122-8 in their second innings but Tom Banton (28 not out) gallantly limped out at number 11 despite an ankle injury and helped Craig Overton (40 not out) see them to 194-9 at stumps, a lead of 190.

Surrey will still fancy their chances of securing an eighth win of the season on the final day which would put them within just a few points of a third title in a row - but Somerset will look to Jack Leach and Vaughan on a pitch helping the spinners.

Vaughan is the son of former England captain Michael and playing in only his second first-class match - one that second-placed Somerset cannot afford to lose, having begun 24 points behind their opponents.

He bowled in tandem with fellow spinner Leach, a member of the England squad for the tour to Pakistan, as the pair got through more than 85 overs.

Foakes, who lost his England Test place to Surrey team-mate Jamie Smith, was caught at short leg for 37.

Vaughan then had Clark taken at mid-wicket by Tom Abell and Steel caught behind in the space of three deliveries.

Left-armer Leach did claim the vital wickets of Rishi Patel (70) and Al Hasan (12) before Tom Curran counter-attacked reaching 50 off 33 balls.

Leach ended the innings on the stroke of lunch when Curran was caught at long-on for 86 off 75 balls, including eight sixes, Leach finishing with 4-105.

Surrey soon removed the Somerset openers and as in the first innings, it was Bangladesh's Shakib - signed by Surrey for this game - who proved the main spin threat.

He also sent back Tom Abell, James Rew and Lewis Gregory for figures of 4-83, But Leach and Overton added 31 for the ninth wicket before the former was caught behind off Curran.

Banton had injured his ankle during the warm-up before play began, and will have a scan following the game - potentially bad news for Somerset ahead of Saturday's T20 Blast Finals Day - but he hit four fours in a stand of 41 as he and Overton saw it through to the close.

Somerset's Archie Vaughan told BBC Somerset:

"It was pretty special. I just tried to keep bowling my best ball, put it in an area and hope the pitch and the ball did the rest of the work, just be as consistent as possible.

"Sometimes I'm a batter (who bowls), sometimes I'm a bowler (who bats), but anything I do I just try and enjoy and that's when I play my best cricket.

"Obviously, the pitch here is quite suitable for spinners, other days it might be one for seamers. I may be an all-rounder, but honestly I don't know.

"We have full confidence in our bowling attack. Anything can happen. We're pretty content (with the match position)."