Two balls and one run later and the players are heading to the dressing rooms.

Surrey lead by 133 runs in the second innings with nine wickets left.

We may do well to get back on tonight.

Ryan Higgins is into the 90s now and he'll be determined to maintain his focus as Middlesex creep towards what would effectively be a position of safety.

Higgins has just pumped Dan Moriarty back down the ground for a boundary to reach 94 - a shot that also takes the Middlesex all-rounder beyond 1,000 first-class runs this summer.

The Notts players are all stood around chatting to umpires Paul Pollard and James Middlebrook.

Are they waiting for the umpires to send them off for bad light?

It is dark and the lights are on at Trent Bridge.

We carry on, and with spin at both ends.

Oh dear. Autumn really is here.

24 overs and change on the slate but those pesky clouds have other ideas.

Sam Northeast and his team are not happy. He seems to be asking to bowl spin in the failing light.

Peter Handscomb (33*) and Ajinkya Rahane (47*) are basically already back in the hutch. They are very happy with this.

They have done the business for Leicestershire, hauling the deficit down to 157 and strengthening their chances of coming back across the Severn with something to show for it.

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Off for bad light in Chelmsford and Taunton.

Very gloomy in Nottingham with the lights on.

Lovely in Manchester, which does not help Lancashire!

Good shot from Luke Hollman, who punches Dom Bess through the covers for four and lifts the Middlesex total above 400.

That in turn means the deficit dips below 200 and the visitors are inching towards saving the follow-on, with Ryan Higgins - who is unbeaten on 89 - probably holding the key to that.

There are a minimum 11 overs scheduled for tonight, but we'll get more than that assuming the light holds for the next hour or so.

Dan Douthwaite is causing some problems.

Peter Handscomb was saved by an inside edge in his previous over and now the Glamorgan man has beaten the edge of Ajinkya Rehane's bat.

Every moment those two are at the crease must seem like a lifetime for Mason Crane, who has spurned chances to dismiss them both, remember.

Their partnership is 61 from 109 balls and is the cause of some frustration for the hosts.

Surrey are out there for the second knock with Rory Burns and Dom Sibley in the middle.

Farhan Ahmed is bowling and the lights are on.

Maybe that's why Simon Harmer continued...

The clouds have gathered over Chelmsford and off troop the players.

Worcestershire are 165 ahead with 20 overs remaining in the day.

This delay will certainly be aiding their cause more than Essex's.

Not what Somerset supporters wanted to see, but it's been coming and the umpires have now decided the light is too murky for play to continue.

The home side lead by 419 overall, with James Rew 33 not out and Archie Vaughan on 16.

When you have Simon Harmer in the zone, you don't need a new ball, right?

Logan van Beek doesn't mind as he gets down on one knee to sweep the spinner to the deep square boundary for four to move to 12 and bring up the Pears 300.

The lead is 163.

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BBC Radio Newcastle

The Cure had a song called A Strange Day. It's one of my favourites from The Cure Live in Orange. Look it up! Very atmospheric.

And we have a similarly strange day here in Taunton.

Grey murk has been hanging over the stadium this afternoon. It's felt like dusk for hours.

The lights are on. The Durham players are complaining they can't see the ball in the field. The umpires aren't interested. It feels like an October evening.

Oh, and Somerset are 257-5 in their second innings and lead by 407.

Whether we get the remaining 25 overs in is doubtful. It's all about a declaration now from the hosts.

Logan van Beek (7) and Tom Taylor (10*) have nudged the Worcestershire lead up to 155, but the hosts have the option of a fresh cherry at the end of this Matt Critchley over.

After a delay of about half-an-hour the players are back out at Hove.

Harry Came and Brooke Guest have been taking it slow and one expects them to carry on in that vein with their side still 268 behind.

James Rew is enjoying himself, reverse sweeping Callum Parkinson for a very low-flying six and belting Bas de Leede to the midwicket boundary in the next over.

Rew has 27 from 20 balls and Somerset are now 405 ahead - so the question now is how soon do they look to pull out?

There are 25 more overs scheduled for tonight, although two of those will be wiped out by a change of innings.