Freddie McCann knocks Will Jacks out into the offside and those two runs bring him to 80.

Can the 19-year-old find the 20 runs for a maiden Championship century?

Kashif Ali replies in style as Jamie Porter overpitches a couple and the Pears batter finds the rope with a couple of classic drives in succession.

The deficit is down to 102.

Sam Cook is on it this morning.

He fizzes one past the edge of Kashif Ali's blade as he comes forward in defence and it loops through to Michael Pepper behind the timbers.

Cameron Steel is introduced into the Surrey attack for the first time this morning.

His second ball is greeted with a glorious drive through the covers for four by Freddie McCann.

It's his first boundary of the day as he takes his score to 76.

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Sports teams always need a strong home record to be successful.

Against that, Lancashire have not won a Championship match at Old Trafford since September 2022 when they beat champions Surrey.

Last year, they drew all five games in Manchester, albeit a lot were affected by rain.

This is the fourth match this season and they have had two draws this season of which they were second best and lost the other to bottom side Kent.

They beat Hampshire at Southport last year and did beat Durham in Blackpool in May, but Old Trafford wins have become incredibly scarce.

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Yorks 601-6 dec v Middx 161-1

A steady start by Middlesex this morning, with Sam Robson advancing to 78 after dispatching Jordan Thompson for successive leg-side fours.

Robson had a close call earlier in the over when he tried to pull and the ball appeared to loop off bat and pad, but dropped just short of the close fielder. Max Holden, meanwhile, is now just four away from a half-century.

Dom Bess is operating from the other end and getting the odd one to turn - so don't write this off as a draw just yet.

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Essex 404 v Worcs 266 & 17-1

Michael Pepper was the Essex hero yesterday but has just put down a chance to oust Jake Libby.

Sam Cook drew an edge but Pepper couldn't pouch the catch diving low to his right and the Pears opener remains on 17, garnered from a mixture of some classy strokes and streaky edges to the rope if truth be told.

Gareth Roderick, who is on a pair, survives an appeal for lbw from Sam Cook from the final delivery of his second over of the day.

Might have just been saved by an inside edge there, as Cook withdraws from his appeal midway through.

A single apiece off the opening two overs of the morning from Chris Rushworth and Ollie Hannon-Dalby.

Joey Evison and Jack Leaning are in no rush, batting for time, mainly. But the Bears seamers are already asking some questions under grey skies at Edgbaston.

There was chat this morning about whether Hampshire would enforce the follow-on.

Given that it has only taken nine balls to get the final two wickets and the deficit is still 189, the visitors are in no doubt now.

Lancashire will face the music again.

Somerset have a virtually new ball to play with this morning - it was used for two overs last night - and they've opted to start with a mixture of seam and spin.

Craig Overton and Jack Leach have sent down an over apiece, with Durham adding five singles to their overnight total as they creep closer to that follow-on target of 343.

Liam Dawson needs only three balls to complete his five-fer!

He gives up four byes off his first and then a single from Tom Bailey brings up the 200 for the home team.

But Dawson is on the money straight away to last man Tom Aspinwall, who is pinned LBW in front.

Dawson ends with 5-47 to go with his 104 not out. The player of the match award is already in the bag for the Hampshire all-rounder.

Nightwatcher Joe Leach has the unenviable task of facing Sam Cook with a nearly-new cherry this morning.

Jake Libby saw his outside edge beaten by the very first delivery of the morning and then nudged a single to get off strike.

The hosts smothering from the very off...