Dropped catch for the hat-trick!published at 13:33 British Summer Time

13:33 BST

Somerset v Hants 2-2 (target 121)

Should have been 0-3 and a hat-trick for Lewis Gregory to start the fourth innings!

A tougher chance than the one Kasey Aldridge dropped off Keaton Jennings last week or off Toby Albert in the first innings, but he did get two hands to it swooping low from second slip.

It squirms off his fingers for two and Hampshire are off the mark in the least convincing fashion...has there ever been a hat-trick in the first three balls of a County Championship fourth innings!?

Henry Crocombe squares Max Holden up a little as he plays inside the line at the last moment.

Next up Holden defends into the off side and then drives handsomely through cover for four.

He gets a single into the off side to move to six.

It looks as though Jacob Duffy has been given licence to go out and enjoy himself, with Nottinghamshire moving along briskly after lunch.

Duffy is into double figures already, punching Rob Yates off the back foot for four, while Kyle Verreynne has unfurled a slog sweep for six and is now just 11 short of reaching 150.

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Too full from Justin Broad, who is twice driven through the off side by James Wharton for four.

The rest of the over is much better and Wharton sees it out defending down the ground.

Good news for Northants.

Jack White has recovered from his leg injury sustained off a full-blooded straight drive this morning and will bowl from the Kirkstall Lane End.

His first ball however is driven through cover for four to bring up the 50 partnership with Wharton in 68 balls.

121 runs for Hampshire to get to win then.

Top scorer in the match Toby Albert (77) comes out for his final bat of the season alongside Fletcha Middleton again.

Yes if those of you of a certain vintage have not yet realised he is the son of Tony Middleton.

Logan van Beek, who had a decent morning with the bat, is handed the ball for the first over after lunch and gets Josh Bohannon to play and miss.

Having said that, Van Beek seems to be causing problems for himself as well as he takes a tumble in the follow-through. Just one run from the over, a single to Rocky Flintoff as Lancashire look to recover from losing those two early wickets.

Adam Lyth returns to the crease with James Wharton.

Wharton is on strike first, facing Justin Broad on 11 not out.

Lyth has 31.

Play resuming in most of our games after lunch now.

Big, big session for Lancashire and 16-year-old Rocky Flintoff...

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Close!

Henry Crocombe nearly has a wicket first ball but an edge from Sam Robson flies through the recently vacated third slip position and runs away for four runs.

Single into deep point for Robson for one.

Just to confirm, there was no declaration by Nottinghamshire - because we were already playing an extended session, the normal rule about the ninth wicket falling just before an interval wasn't applied.

That means the innings continues, with Jacob Duffy out there to see how many he and centurion Kyle Verreynne can add to the Notts total.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

A fine, stroke-filled, counter-attacking innings of 59 from skipper Lewis Gregory has given Somerset’s spinners just a chance of bowling Hampshire out for fewer than 120 for an unlikely end of season win.

But it is only a faint chance, as whatever devil there was in this pitch seems to have melted away overnight.

For Hampshire, Kyle Abbott has once again been superb with yet another five-for, taking his career tally of Somerset wickets to 69, at just 17 apiece.

Shot! Full on the leg stump from Jaydev Unadkat and picked up through square lg for four runs by Mark Stoneman.

Quite a bright start from Middlesex, who need to do something quite remarkable to catch Yorkshire in the promotion race.

A pause in play now as the umpires inspect the ball.

Is it damaged after an early flurry of boundaries or damp after incessant rain in the last couple of days?

Whatever the reason, the ball is being changed after eight overs.

Nick Gledhill
BBC Essex

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There’s an element of ‘what if’ about proceedings here at Chelmsford but Dean Elgar and Tom Westley provided great entertainment in a stand of 253, a new second wicket record for Essex against Surrey.

Westley, ending the season in prime form, hit 25 fours and a six before he was caught off Yousef Majid, giving the slow left arm debutant his first Championship wicket.

Elgar has completed his fourth century of the season and continues to give the impression that Essex could not have found a more ideal replacement for Alastair Cook.

Essex need a win to have a chance of finishing third. Could a double forfeit be on the cards later?

Just for a moment Jaydev Unadkat thinks he has Mark Stoneman caught low on the drive in the slips but it hasn't been given.

Perhaps pad only there.

Ollie Robinson continues down the hill and Sam Robson moves to 17 with a flick to the leg side for one.

Central Stags seamer Brett Randall comes out to bowl at the one-armed Steve Kirby (still reeling from his bicep injury) as the roller patrols the Somerset wicket for one last time this season (I do not think they will roll it for our potential media v groundstaff XI match this evening!)

Back out at 13:27 BST.

Sussex are clearly trying to attack the stumps here with a full length but Ollie Robinson is a bit too leg side and Sam Robson tucks the ball away fine for two successive fours.

He adjusts his line and the Middlesex opener pushes defensively into the off side.