Steven Mullaney attempts an unnecessary heave off Gareth Batty and Ben Foakes claims a stumping, but the TV review confirms his back foot was safely anchored.

A slower one from Sam Curran and Alex Hales doesn't know a lot about it as he jabs down and collects an unconvincing single. Steven Mullaney hasn't attempted anything flamboyant yet - he knows how crucial this partnership could be, and ones and twos keep the scoreboard ticking in that over.

I was about to say that Alex Hales is looking a little more circumspect, but then he comes down the track and hammers Gareth Batty over long off for a superb six. He was totally in control of that one, his swing wouldn't have looked out of place on the first tee at Royal Troon.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

A brilliant 100 from Alex Hales - some sublime touches, strokes and power throughout the innings.

Now he needs to kick on and go big for his side, which he is more than capable of.

A fine, fine knock.

Sam Curran is back after being given some rough treatment by Alex Hales in his three overs with the new ball. This one is much better and a single by Hales from the opening delivery is all Notts can muster.

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Notts 133-4 - target 298

Alex Hales tucks away a single off Gareth Batty to move on to 99 - and he contents himself with another from the final delivery of a tidy over to reach an 83-ball century. It's the fastest in a domestic one-day final at Lord's. Quite a feather in the cap of the England opener.

Notts won't be happy to see '4' in their wickets column at this stage. Steven Mullaney comes to the middle to join forces with Alex Hales and is immediately away with a single. With 169 still needed, they need a substantial partnership from these two.

Finally, Surrey captain Gareth Batty decides it's time he did his bit with the ball. He is greeted with a reverse sweep by Brendan Taylor, which runs away fine and brings him three runs.

Batty gets away with one as he drops short to Alex Hales, who thumps it through the covers but has to settle for a single after a good diving save.

Nothing wrong with that delivery by the returning Jade Dernbach, but Alex Hales stylishly times it past mid-off for his 14th four. A risk-free shot, that one.

Dernbach takes the pace off later in the over, but Hales spots it and adjusts his stroke accordingly. Five off the over, and that'll do for Notts at this stage.

Alex Hales tucks the ball away for two to move into the 90s, and is then all smiles after ducking a bouncer from Ravi Rampaul. The paceman tries another but it's way down the leg-side and is called a wide.

I can't believe what I'm seeing now - at least two deliveries in that over played with a dead bat by Hales, who declines the challenge of another bouncer to end it, bobbing down on his haunches to allow it to pass harmlessly over his 'lid'.

Scott Borthwick continues with his leg-spin and that's a decent over, yielding just five runs. With three wickets gone, Alex Hales may have to temper his 'death or glory' approach just slightly. If he gets out now, the pressure would really be on the remaining Notts batsmen.

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It's certainly not been raining sixes at Lord's - there has only been one so far today.

But guess who got it?...

Mudasir Khan: Alex Hales is a key player as he can turn this match into one-sided show.

Jon: If Hales stays, Notts will surge home, plenty of experienced support in the Notts ranks. Defining period.

Steve Davies: The selectors should have picked the squad after this game Hales and Stoneman automatic picks.

We're no maths experts, but if Nottinghamshire are on 100-2 and Alex Hales has 82 of them, that means he has contributed a whopping 82% of their runs. You're very welcome.

Gareth Batty turns to spin, but not his own - not yet anyway. It's Scott Borthwick into the attack, whose two wickets in the competition this summer have cost 102 runs each.

Three singles start the over, but Alex Hales smears the fifth one through mid-wicket for four, forcing the boler to adjust his line and two come from the final delivery as the Notts total reaches three figures.

Just two singles from the first three balls of Ravi Rampaul's latest over, then Alex Hales canes a wide one to the point boundary. Given how effective Steven Mullaney and Samit Patel were with the ball in the Surrey innings, maybe they should consider taking the pace off the ball for the time being.

Adam Hollioake
Former Surrey captain on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

Alex Hales is the man - he's looking ominous, really solid at the moment. I'd be using the tactic to try to get him off strike.

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When Alex Hales is in the zone he's very had to bowl to. A sumptuous cover drive for four is followed by a lofted drive over the bowler's head and a brutal pull through mid-wicket for a third successive boundary.

Curran tries a short one to end the over and Hales pounds it away in a style you are more likely to see at Wimbledon over the next fortnight, but this one only costs the bowler a single.

You can see what Surrey are trying to do, bowl a full length to tempt Alex Hales into driving and try to nip it back through the gap. They're not doing it consistently enough, though. Just a push by Hales and Tom Curran has to dive full length to prevent another boundary, but it's two more for the opener.