James: Warwickshire are gonna pinch this. Red ball cricket at it again #bbccricket, external

Somerset may have made 389 in the first innings in this match, but their batting in this second stage of the Championship has been flimsy at best.

They have slipped here from 31-0 to 35-3, and suddenly the target of 273 looks miles off. While they face the daunting prospect of surviving 61 overs.

Forgetting the scores, the six innings before this week lasted 38.5, 66.3, 42, 51.5, 38,2 and 72.1 overs respectively.

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All over at Trent Bridge.

Liam Patterson-White clips Dom Bess away for a one-bounce four into the short boundary on the legside as they reach their target of 174.

Nottinghamshire beat Yorkshire by five wickets and move up to second in Division One as it stands.

Ben Slater finishes not out on 79 off 132 balls and Notts record their seventh win in the Championship this season - not bad in the same season they ended a near three-year wait for a win in this format.

Will that win though be enough to send them to Lord's next week for the Bob Willis Trophy final?

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A 27th four from Ollie Pope brings up his double century at The Oval.

Dan Douthwaite with the short and wide ball that he tucks into.

It's come off 263 balls in just more than four-and-a-half hours.

Azhar Ali went off the field this morning after he went down and there were fears that he might not be able to bat.

But the Pakistan man has come out to bat at number three and he gets up and running with a nice clip for three.

He's tested by Chris Woakes though, as the England man delivers another maiden.

Lovely straight lofted drive from Tom Moores off Ben Coad gets four runs.

Notts need 11 more to win as that shot is greeted by hearty cheers and screams from a group of schoolchildren on a class trip at Trent Bridge.

Nathan Barkley: I've been going sober for September for an animal charity. The non alcoholic lager is grim. I've enjoyed non alcoholic cider tho. Maybe it's a sign Somerset will do us a favour so we can the championship

Wishful thinking from a Lancs fan I presume?!

Danny Briggs only lasted one over before lunch but did his job, taking the wicket of Tom Lammonby.

Chris Woakes resumes straight away after lunch with a maiden.

A four through point and a single from Ben Slater takes the equation down to 20 to win for Nottinghamshire after the first over of the session.

A few more shots like that and the Notts players can head down The Stratford Haven round the corner for a few celebration refreshments....

Players back on the field at both Trent Bridge and Edgbaston.

Here we go then!

Rhys Morgan: What is the fewest number of wickets to fall in a Championship game where all four days have been played in full?! #surrey, external#glamorgan, external

Leave it with us - we'll try and unearth that stat from the state mine....

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Nearly lunch time over and time for us to resume in the penultimate session of the last day of the regular season.

How are your nerves Warwickshire and Lancashire fans?

Don't forget - there's still plenty of time to select your County Championship team of the season here on the BBC Sport website and app.

We've compiled some candidates for you after crunching the numbers and now selection is over to you.

Feel free free to share them too using #bbccricket

In case you missed all the drama on Thursday evening - Lancashire gave themselves a chance of being crowned champions when they beat Hampshire by one wicket at Aigburth.

Now they have to sit and wait for events to conclude at Edgbaston.

Here's what their coach Glen Chapple had to say after the match in Liverpool yesterday.

Ged Scott
BBC Sport at Edgbaston

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It's still early in the day yet - but there's nothing like being prepared.

It has been confirmed that the County Championship trophy is here at Edgbaston, should Warwickshire do what is expected of them, beat Somerset - and win a first title in nine years.

Meanwhile, in Manchester, the media have been invited along to Emirates Old Trafford from 15:30 BST this afternoon to watch the finale of the Warwickshire-Somerset game on live stream in the company of the Lancashire players, coaches and members.

"If results go the Red Rose way, the trophy presentation etc will follow…"

There's a long way to go yet though.

Anthony Gibson
BBC Radio Somerset at Edgbaston

Lewis Gregory told me last evening that Somerset would chase a fourth innings target, as long as it was "realistic".

Well, I reckon that 273 in 79 overs most certainly qualifies for that epithet, on a placid pitch under promised sunny skies.

Will Rhodes' task in setting that target was made easier by some ragged Somerset bowling to a field of nine on the boundary, Rob Yates helping himself to probably the easiest century he'll ever score.

Somerset lost Tom Lammonby, cutting against the spin, in the 45 minutes before lunch, but will still fancy their chances of finishing what's been a disappointing season on a high, spoiling Warwickshire's party in the process.

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Division One:

Edgbaston: Somerset (389 & 32-1) need 241 more runs to beat Warwickshire (367 & 294-3 dec)

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire (296 & 149-4) need 25 more runs to beat Yorkshire (73 & 396 f/o)

Divsion Two:

Kia Oval: Surrey (551-2) trail Glamorgan (672-6 dec) by 121 runs

Division Three:

Canterbury: Kent (138 & 375-8) beat Middlesex (147 & 363) by two wickets

For more detail on all these matches - check out our scorecards page.