Ryan Higgins to Miles Hammond.

Hammond pushes the ball into the off side and is picked up on the bounce at short cover.

Hammond is squared up with a play and miss outside off stump but survives the maiden over.

A few yelps and howls as Archie Vaughan sends down his 12th over and picks up his second maiden.

Dom Sibley is doing what Dom Sibley does. He's still there on 26 from 96 balls.

Jack Leach almost slides a ball through the gate of Ben Geddes, but an inside edge saves him.

Then Leach turns two balls past his outside edge. Eyes look to the heavens.

Geddes is not finding things easy. A brilliant over from Leach but no reward.

James Bracey gets a single glanced into the leg side off Ryan Higgins for one to keep the strike on move on to 48.

He tries to work Luke Hollman through leg and is stopped at forward short leg.

Bracey defends down the ground. Maiden over.

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Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings speaking to BBC Lancashire:

"It's really disappointing again but it's not through lack of effort. People are turning up and they're trying their hearts out to improve and be at the races.

"But what we are producing at the moment is just fundamentally not good enough. You saw the way David Bedingham and Colin Ackermann went about their work and it was a template for our guys to follow.

"Bedingham's innings is one of the best first-class innings I've ever seen. He controlled the tempo of the game and he hurt us.

"You want to try and find a way to compete and ours is a very quiet changing room at the moment. The players are hurting. It's tough to take, you don't want to turn up every week and get spanked around, it's not why we spent months and months working in the winter.

"We now have to make sure we turn up next week. We have two really big games ahead of us and it could come down to eight days of cricket.

"The whole narrative of the season could change. At the moment it's bitter to take. We're a young team but that's no excuse. We have to turn up."

50 for Miles Hammondpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 12 September 2024

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Gloucs 141-3 - target 234

Ryan Higgins is in the attack and his first ball is driven through the off side by Miles Hammond for four.

Hammond's fourth 50 of the season comes in 100 balls with six fours and a six.

He's also scored two centuries this summer.

Jack Leach has his head in his hands as Ben Geddes looks to attack, but the ball keeps low.

It runs past the off stump and through the legs of wicketkeeper James Rew for four leg byes.

Middlesex have turned to the leg spin of Luke Hollman but an already slow over rate is slowing further while a fielder gets shin pads on to field at forward short leg.

Miles Hammond works the first ball through mid wicket for one.

James Bracey tries to work the ball away through leg but can't get the ball past Leus du Plooy at short mid wicket.

Just the one run in the over.

Jack Leach almost has his first wicket as Dom Sibley almost gives forward short leg a catch. It drops just short.

Sibley then gets a leading edge as he looks to work Archie Vaughan into the legside, but it rolls harmlessly along the grass to point.

The opener responds by driving a full ball straight down the ground for his second four to move to 25.

Worth remembering that young Archie Vaughan has now removed former England opener Rory Burns in both Surrey innings.

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Harry Finch is living a charmed life.

He flashes at one Brad Wheal delivery before Hampshire go up as one for an lbw shout.

Taht looked very very very close. It stayed low. Maybe just going down. Probably umpire's call if we had DRS.

Kent 24 runs behind with 57 overs remaining in the match.

Toby Roland-Jones spears one down the leg side and that's an easy glance for four by James Bracey.

One more run tapped to square leg. He's on 47.

Another leg side ball is scooped away square by Miles Hammond for one.

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There's shades of Graeme Swann in Archie Vaughan's run up and he's got the same number (66).

So maybe consciously modelling himself on that fine England off-spinner.

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Gloucestershire definitely gaining a few flat-capped followers today...

The clouds haven't quite delivered rain to Lord's yet - but they're still here threatening to spoil an interesting contest.

Single to Miles Hammond, whipping Tom Helm through square leg.

James Bracey is struck on the pad in front of middle but it's not out.

Pitching well outside leg.

Bracey gets one worked off the hip to the on side.

The slips put their hands to their heads as Jack Leach spins one a whisker past the outside edge of Ben Geddes.

What a first ball to get!

Somerset are right up for this. A Dom Sibley single from the over.

A lovely, flowing cover drive from Miles Hammond but Tom Helm picks that up smartly on the bounce at a short mid off.

Single to Hammond off the fourth ball to deep mid wicket.

A leg bye is scrambled off the fifth ball and Hammond has three runs cutting a short one to deep point.

Not quite timed but it will do nicely for Gloucestershire.

Shot! Width from Tom Helm and James Bracey drives through cover for four runs.

The fourth ball is pulled to long leg for one.

Miles Hammond is a bit squared up defending but keeps the ball out.

He'll keep the strike with a single pulled to deep square.

Dropped catchpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 12 September 2024

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Kent 207 & 145-5 v Hampshire 403

Jack Leaning has driven the ball very hard at Tom Prest at midwicket.

Prest tries to swallow the ball but it bounces off his stomach and out again.

A difficult chance but one Hampshire would have really liked at this point.