Loose from Blake Cullen and Marcus Harris cuts it aerially through backward point for four. The Australian is 36 not out.

Joe Clarke has added real impetus you would expect from a handy white ball batter and drives George Drissell down the ground for four.

He nudges a single and goes to 17 off just 12 balls.

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Worcestershire are still hanging in there despite the third new ball being taken. Somerset are racing through their overs. Very tense stuff.

Matthew Waite is batting as though his life depends on it. A superb effort from him - 68 not out from 243 balls.

Durham roll the dice again and bring Paul Coughlin into the attack to replace Matthew Potts.

Haseeb Hameed and Joe Clarke before Coughlin gets one to spit at the Notts skipper who looks quizzically at the wicket.

Hameed responds by pulling Coughlin into the Smith Cooper Stand for the second six of the innings. He goes to 32.

New ballpublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 7 April

16:44 BST 7 April

Essex 582-6d v Surrey 365 & 198-4

A last throw of the dice for Essex as they take the new ball.

The Essex attack have bowled one ball short of 211 overs in this game - a mammoth effort on a pitch they may not want to see for a bit.

Joe Clarke is in a hurry.

He slaps George Drissell over the short boundary and into the Smith Cooper Stand to get off the mark with a six.

He then pulls the next ball for four in front of the Hound Road Stand and then nips through for a single.

Haseeb Hameed moves to 25 with a single and that's 12 from the over.

50 up for Warwickshirepublished at 13 overs

13 overs

Warks 50-2 - target 388 v Sussex

Bears have weathered that minor problem after two wickets in two overs after tea.

Sam Hain strokes Jack Carson very sweetly through cover for four to bring fifty up.

Won't be too long until hands are shaken on a draw - unless Sussex find another couple of quick strikes.

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Blake Cullen is back for Middlesex after an impressive earlier spell of 1-20 from seven overs - although it should be pointed out that a ball change benefitted the home side at that time after the first one did precious little off the pitch.

Just a single from that one.

And having just mentioned a ball change, we're going to have another one.

Big appeals are becoming common from Somerset's slip cordon, not all of them genuine, but this one looks close.

Jack Leach turns one into the front pad of Tom Taylor as he pushes forward and the four men around the bat try a few start jumps.

Not out. Perhaps just outside the line.

An Archie Vaughan no-ball then brings up the Pears 450.

Somerset wait goes on.

Matthew Potts is gunning for Haseeb Hameed who misses the first ball with a defensive push.

Maiden.

50 for Ben Foakespublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 7 April

16:36 BST 7 April

Essex 582-6d v Surrey 365 & 193-4

A second half century of the match for Ben Foakes.

His watchful effort yesterday is a big part of why Surrey are on the verge of saving this game.

Four boundaries from 128 balls for the former Essex man.

Lancashire are in nudging and nurdling mode at the moment, which is keeping the scoreboard moving.

Marcus Harris is 28 not out and Luke Wells has five.

Another 171 needed from 32 overs. It's doable if they can keep some wickets in hand.

Double teapot from Matthew Potts as he's driven past gully by Haseeb Hameed to the boundary at deep extra cover.

The skipper then annoys the England paceman a little more with a single.

Freddie McCann rotates the strike once more and the runs are flowing at both ends.

Potts shares a word or two with Hameed. Asking for restaurant recommendations perhaps?

George Drissell's spin replaces Ben Raine.

Ben Raine finds the edge off Haseeb Hameed but it drops just short of wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson.

The skipper gets off strike with a single, and Freddie McCann moves victory closer with a back-foot pull which goes over the head of Alex Lees and takes one bounce over the short boundary.

Two left-handers together for Lancashire now - Luke Wells having joined Marcus Harris - and they need 190 to win from 35 overs.

If one of these goes, it may be time to press the abort button as far as any notion of chasing the target down is concerned.

Four leg-byes from Ben Foakes thigh pad brings up the 100 partnership alongside Dom Sibley.

Safety is within Surrey's sights.

For the completists among us, the deficit is 36 runs but that's a mere addendum now.