Rory Burns takes a step down the pitch to Jack Leach and drives, but can't pierce the infield.

A fourth maiden for the England left-armer. Surrey tick off another six balls.

Craig Overton does a Stuart Broad and changes the bails around in a superstitious attempt to bring a wicket.

It brings an appeal from the third ball of Archie Vaughan's latest over as he wraps the pads of Dom Sibley.

Nothing from umpire David Millns. Too high?

Gloucestershire are halfway there.

Miles Hammond tries to drive Toby Roland-Jones through cover but doesn't clear the inner field.

Roland-Jones adjusts his line and Hammond defends down the ground.

Another maiden over from the Middlesex captain.

Unfortunately, dark clouds are gathering overhead...

Kevan James
BBC Radio Solent commentator

Hampshire need to get rid of one of these pretty quick or else it is pretty certain they'll bat again.

It is looking increasingly likely that they will be batting for a little while, even if they get these last five wickets.

Miles Hammond drops the hands down and sways away from a Tom Helm bouncer, then taps the third ball to deep backward point for one.

James Bracey defends.

Dan Whiting
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

So much of cricket is played in the head.

Pressure does funny things to sides.

A single for Bracey.

Another let off for Gloucestershire as Miles Hammond plays close to the ball from Tom Helm outside off and survives.

James Bracey defends Toby Roland-Jones down the ground.

An LBW shout is turned down. Looks a bit leg side and high.

The last ball is clipped sweetly through wide mid on for four.

Great shot.

That's the 50 partnership for the fourth wicket in 89 balls.

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Dom Sibley continues to give Jack Leach full respect, with impeccable defence to all five balls.

Then a switch flicks and the Surrey opener decides to be expansive. Instead he gets a thick outside edge and takes two.

Rory Burns plays the first shot in anger after lunch, cutting away Archie Vaughan for a single.

Dom Sibley follows suit. Two from the over. Surrey need exactly 200 more.

Somerset legend Marcus Trescothick has taken a break from England white-ball coaching duties and is watching on.

How he'd love to be in the thick of the battle I'm sure.

This is really hard-graft batting for Jack Leaning and Harry Finch.

Two former Test bowlers in Kyle Abbott and Mo Abbas are bowling incessantly straight, with Ben Brown up to the stumps.

The ball still has a little bit of nip still in it as well.

Kent still 45 in arrears.

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Gloucs 111-3 - target 234

Tom Helm is also round the wicket.

Close! James Bracey drives a full ball outside off and the ball bounces out of Sam Robson's fingertips!

High chance. Very tough indeed. But it was a chance.

Two runs taken.

We've lost 10 further minutes to rain and three more overs - 60 remain.

Archie Vaughan lets out a big shout for a catch in the slips off Dom Sibley, but nothing doing. It looked to be pad and no bat.

A single opens the afternoon account.

Jack Leach continues at the Marcus Trescothick End.

Dom Sibley looks to leans forward to smother the spin and does just that. Maiden.

Now then. Josh de Caires is out of the attack after just one over since lunch.

Toby Roland-Jones is back on. There will be some concerns about the Middlesex over rate but for now the hosts have to go all out for the win.

The Middlesex captain bowls round the wicket and Miles Hammond drives straight without getting the ball away.

Maiden over.

That last shot takes James Bracey to 1,000 runs for the Championship season.

We have a slip, cover and short extra cover in for Josh de Caires.

Miles Hammond gets one driving on the front foot through the off side.

James Bracey tries to cut one that's too close for the shot and survives an appeal for caught behind.

Tom Helm will bowl from the Pavilion End and starts with a loose ball, short and wide tapped away by Hammond for an easy single.

A short fourth ball is pulled away for two to deep square.

The last ball is driven just past gully for four.

A bit of a loose shot but still very welcome runs for Gloucestershire even so.

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Rory Burns and Dom Sibley walk out to the crease for the 11th and penultimate session of a super top-of-the-table clash.

Archie Vaughan to bowl the first over of the afternoon.

Surrey need a further 203 runs to win off 63 overs, while Somerset need all 10 wickets to clinch victory.

The Londoners nurse a 24-point lead over Somerset so a draw would be no bad thing for them. All results are still possible.

If Somerset were to win, they would close within eight points of the leaders.

But a Surrey win would take them 40 points clear of Somerset, and Hampshire would go second if they beat Kent, but with a yawning 35-point chasm to top spot.

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Worcestershire 307, Warwickshire 128 & 252-3

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Just seven balls bowled at Worcester, six runs scored - and it's all change again.

Players off, covers on.

And this time it looks like someone's turned on the taps.

Suddenly, it's hosing it down!!!

This could be terminal!

A slight delay to the restart at Taunton after another rain shower.

The covers are being taken off and a rope has been trawled around the outfield to remove unwanted moisture.

The sun's out and we should have play in no time.

The lunchtime rain threat has been averted - and we are back underway at Worcester with a glorious Hamza Shaikh cover drive.

But the clouds overhead do still look fairly menacing . . .

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