It's a good start for Yorkshire. Alex Lees guides Tim Murtagh down to the third-man boundary for four.

Seven off the first. Toby Roland-Jones will take the new ball from the other end.

So here we go. They took an early tea at Lord's, but Adam Lyth and Alex Lees are back in the middle and ready.

The target - 240 in 40 overs. The winner will be county champions. Strap in folks! Tim Murtagh will bowl the first over for Middlesex.

Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick adds to Sky Sports:

"Over the last five or six days, you're not sleeping as well as you could do.

"You strive so hard to get your team into that sort of position and it's pretty tough over the long course of the season.

"You play good cricket, and you get the wins and you put yourself in the position to win the competition and you have to sit back and let the other teams do what they've got to do and it's out of your control.

"It's fairly tough."

Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick tells Sky Sports:

"Both teams want to win, you can understand it, they're going to try and win at all costs.

"We're all pretty disappointed to see because it was heading in a certain direction, but let's wait and see."

That pretty much sums up the madness of the last half hour. James Franklin deliberately chips one in the air and straight back to Adam Lyth and is out for 30.

And that signals the declaration. What a chase we've got on our hands. It could still end in a draw to hand Somerset the title, but the money has to be on a winner at Lord's now.

Yorkshire need 240 at six an over, Middlesex 10 wickets in 40 overs. Do not go anywhere!

I'm running out of things to say. Each over is a repeat performance. Couple of short balls, four or six. A few defensive strokes.

41 overs left.

Four apiece for James Franklin and Steve Eskinazi, nine off Adam Lyth's seventh over.

It's simply a waiting game at the moment.

Graham Wilkins: I want Somerset to win the title but I understand what is happening at Lord’s and would totally do the same  

Chris Dawson-Morris: Is this the best advert for county cricket? If it sets up an exciting finish maybe, but contriving a result then perhaps not  

Mike Bell: Lancashire's batting in the match against Warwickshire was worse than Yorkshire's deliberate pie bowling against Middlesex!   

James Franklin swats a couple of fours off Alex Lees. Lees' figures read three overs, 2-41.

43 overs are left in the day.

Hampshire are running out of time badly. They've got 39 overs to find nine wickets or they'll be playing Division Two cricket next season.

Mark Stoneman is up to 69.

Wow, there were four defensive shots in that Adam Lyth over. Plus a six and a four from Steve Eskinazi. 

He's up to 64, but the individual scores don't really matter here. It's all about setting a target and how many overs Yorkshire will have to chase it.

Middlesex skipper James Franklin comes in - four, six off Alex Lees. Obviously.

There are 45 overs left. What sort of target is going to be set? 280 off 40 overs maybe?

John Simpson smashes the first five balls of Adam Lyth's over to the boundary before he can't connect with the last.

This isn't great to watch, but I suppose it had to come at some point.

John Simpson, the new man in, hits his first ball off Alex Lees to the ropes.

The lead is up to 150. How many more overs of these pies are we going to get. I'm sure there are a few gloomy faces in the West Country right now.

I wonder what the atmosphere is like in Taunton right now? Adam Lyth bowls a series of long hops to give Steve Eskinazi five fours and two off the over.

The lead is up to 141. Alex Lees comes on at the other end.

Okay, this is where things may get interesting. All sorts of conversations take place in the middle and Adam Lyth comes into the attack.

It looks like they're going to give Middlesex some easy runs as Steve Eskinazi rocks back and pulls the first three balls to the ropes.

Oh my word.

50 for Mark Stonemanpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 23 September 2016

14:09 BST 23 September 2016

Hampshire 411 & 245-9 dec v Durham 361 & 89-1

While I was updating you on events at Edgbaston, Durham opener Mark Stoneman passed fifty at the Ageas Bowl.

It's the 29-year-old Geordie's final innings for Durham before he moves south to Surrey next season.

Time is running out for Hampshire to get the nine wickets they need to avoid relegation.

Oh, that's pretty streaky from Steve Eskinazi. Jack Brooks gets one to nip away, the batsman fends at it and the ball flies down to the third-man boundary.

Middlesex's lead is up to 115 with 50 overs left.