James Bracey tries to swing Josh de Caires down the ground but picks out mid-on.

So Graeme van Buuren is needed to raise 300 for The Shire's second batting point.

Middlesex will probably carry on now themselves to try for at least one more wicket and another bowling point in the remaining 40 minutes.

Frank Watson
BBC Hereford & Worcester

We're watching a slow death of this game unfortunately.

Hampshire will just keep ticking down the overs.

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Worcs 171-2 (Target: 358) v Hants

A difficult chance on the deep square leg boundary but a chance.

Jake Libby (75) sweeps Felix Organ hard and Sonny Baker puts it down despite a good tumbling effort.

Adam Hose then launches a huge six over long on as Worcs take 13 from the over.

Some hard running in that over from Kyle Abbott but no boundaries with seven coming from it.

Derbyshire trail by 10 but have enjoyed a solid partnership of 109 that looks like taking them to safety.

Still 51 minutes available and Northants will keep pressing you feel.

Three overs until the final hour at Cheltenham.

You'd think Gloucestershire will keep batting for a second point and then shake hands.

Would there be time to get to 350? Possibly. So they could go on. Middlesex may also fancy a shot at another bowling point.

Joe Phillips has just been dismissed for a career-best 136.

And any cricket is good cricket at the College. The final knockings of first-class cricket on this wonderful ground for another year.

It was Hameed who set Notts up with a chance to force victory after his wonderful 208 yesterday.

But the scoring in those first two innings was only very steady and time was always against a victory.

It's a dent in Notts' bid for a first title since 2010. But they remain right in the hunt - 17 points behind Surrey with three games to play.

The two sides meet in the penultimate round in September.

Somerset are back in fourth, 34 points adrift, but the dream of their maiden Championship still burns.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

Both will lose ground on Surrey with the draw.

It's a shame that the game has been spoilt with a dead pitch and a poor kookaburra ball.

Today has been exciting, right from the start with Notts losing those early wickets and some attractive stroke play from Rew and Lammonby.

Followed by a very stubborn partnership from Abell and Banton.

I stand corrected and Haseeb Hameed offers his hand to the batsmen at the earliest opportunity.

Somerset were really wobbling at 103-4, still behind, but Tom Abell, with 51, and Tom Banton, 43 not out, have eaten up enough time to see the visitors to safety.

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Notts 544 v Somerset 438 & 200-5

There's still some decent turn available but Somerset are ticking the time and overs down.

19 remain and the lead is 94. We'd lose two and 10 minutes for a change of innings.

Notts may not quite give this up at the top of the hour but it's looking very unlikely they can force victory now.

This rain-affected game in Canterbury has inevitably ended in a draw and it all but secures Leicestershire's promotion to Division One.

The table-topping Foxes are now 65 points clear of third-placed Derbyshire, who may cut that lead slightly if they can scrape a draw at Northants.

No one's catching Leicestershire with three games to go.

Kashif Ali droppedpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 1 August

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Worcs 107-1 (Target 358) v Hants

It was difficult but James Fuller has failed to hang on to a lofted drive coing over his shoulder after running back from mid off.

Kashif Ali had 33 at the time and, typically for the bowler Sonny Baker, finishes the over with plenty more, hoiking his last ball over deep midwicket for six.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

We have had one of these games which features a hat-trick, we might need something similar.

Had Somerset been five wickets down already, it may have been a bit different.

It's getting a lot more gloomy here now.

For all that this pair have not hung about the run rate has risen to 8.50 an over which wouldn't be a shoo-in in the Blast let alone the County Championship.

Jake Libby can throw down an anchor with the best of them but has skipped to a 57-ball 50 and Kashif Ali is at a less than express 32 from 61 balls.

Either they get a move on or slow down and shake hands.

The Toms, Abell and Banton, have picked up where they left off before tea and have taken any sting out or the situation after the break.

The lead is 81 and Notts need a breakthrough fast to take this into the final hour.

Abell goes to fifty in 110 balls.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset

A magnificent match for Tom Abell.

A century in the first innings and another 50 in this one. Somerset are nearly safe.

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Gloucs 218-3 v Middlesex 445

Well batted!

There's little riding on the game apart from bonus points, but this has been a superb innings from 21-year-old Joe Phillips.

The Gloucestershire number three brings up his maiden first-class century.

Two fifties and now a hundred in his last three innings at Cheltenham College over the past week.

A couple of singles off Eddie Jack for Jake Libby (36) and Kashif Ali (23) start off the final session of the match.

Plenty needed in double quick time, too.

You would imagine they will keep at the chase until they lose a couple more wickets.