Just popping back to say another new ball wicket has fallen at Old Trafford! Yates is beaten for sheer pace by Saqib Mahmood and away his off stump rolls.

And with the news that Hampshire have lost their first wicket, and Warwickshire are 4-0 after 5.3 overs, I must write up the round-up.

Lancashire all out! Parky lbw for 3. Norwell 6-57, a deficit of 30.

And Gary Ballance reaches a barnstorming ton at the Rose Bowl, a ground where he loves to bat. Off just 85 balls, biffing four fours and seven sixes. And Yorkshire have declared leaving Hampshire to score 393 to win. It should be a walkover...

And Bohannon finally leaves the field, stumped for 170, as the sun pulls back the grimy lace curtain to smile on Old Trafford. A smashing innings, which took Lancashire to safety and beyond.

Jack Leach leaves the field Stumped for 35. Marchant de Lange is keeping it lively, swatting Paterson for six, his third. but with 184 to make Notts bat again, this is an evening’s final whimper.

Bailey falls , caught behind , to bring out a side-stepping Mahmood. He was interesting last night:

“We have had some pretty flat pitches here but this is the flattest of the lot.
“After a tough day yesterday I thought we stuck at it brilliantly this morning and from the position they were in to react like we did it’s an amazing fightback.
“Six ball overs are quite hard! It was the first day back in the dirt for me since the end of May so I was slightly stiff this morning but it was good to get some overs in the bank I guess.
“It was a tough old day yesterday and the body was feeling it but hopefully we can now bat all day and I can put my feet up.
“The overs you bowl here at Old Trafford with the quality of the wickets are hard overs and obviously the square is like concrete so you can’t just place the ball - you really have to bowl hard into the wicket and there’s not much margin for error. Rather than bowling 20 overs on a green seamer where you can just put the ball where you want it it’s a lot tougher and from a skills point of view it takes some getting used to.

Bohannon is unbeaten on 160. Lancs 321-8.

A sensational last hurrah by the Leicestershire tail: 58 not out from Ed Barnes, 28 not out from No.11 Will Davis - but with 163 more to win and only one wicket left, time is the only question. Milnes 6-53.

This Division One table is looking tight assuming that Yorks win, Notts win and there is a draw at Old Trafford. Only Hampshire will be dropping off the pace.

Dane Paterson has 4 for 13, and Somerset are 98-7 in their second innings, 243 behind. Not even Jack Leach can bat out this one.

Mike Daniels sees us Josh Bohannon raises us Sam Hain:

Before the Lancs media mafia (LMM) get busy bigging up Bohannon you should look no further than the scandalously overlooked Sam Hain for the “new Jonathan Trott”. I seem to remember he’s recently got a good score against the formidable Lancs attack which, if the LMM are to be believed, could all be picked for the next Test.

Incidentally, I’ve just found out that the Lancashire electrician is called... James Anderson.

Seems Gary Ballance has come out with instructions to have a go: a couple of big sixes and a tasty four later, Yorks are 168-2, a lead of 248.

Somerset, by comparison, have retreated into their souls.Goldsworthy 10 in an hour, Banton six in 42 balls. 73-4 and a lifetime behind.

And with an extra-cover squeeze, Bohannon moves to 150 not out, his second highest first-class score.

Is the Josh Bohannon train building up a head of steam? Currently 147, and still looking as compactly unobtrusive as ever.

Movement at the Ageas Bowl, where George Hill has been caught for 55. Yorks 128-2 with an afternoon to build on their 208 lead.

A plucky last wicket stand of 32 at Bristol between Taylor and Warner, Gloucestershire 195-9.

Good old Ben Mike 54 not out in the wreckage of Leicestesrhire’s 102-7; while Middlesex have hobbled to 179-8, a lead of 256 over Derbyshire.

Lammonby - mine eyes - is gone at Taunton. Somerset 62-4; and Sussex 98-5, a lead over Worcs of 149.

An interesting read on Pant, the most exciting young player in the men’s game.

Ah. Livingstone carefully leaves one that pings on and removes his off stump, sending it scuttting towards the dressing room. Five for Norwell. Well bowled!

Livingstone has itchy feet. An inside edge makes its merry way through the slips for four. This could be worth watching.

James Hildreth falls at Somerset. A second for Luke Fletcher. We think Hildreth has one more year on his contract at Taunton. Wishing him a good one. 44-3.

Bish, bosh. Another one goes - Jones for a duck. Enter the Hundred Hero Livi.

Norwell has 4-38

A wicket! Vilas well caught at second slip by Yates for 67 scored at relatively quick time. Lancs 244-3.

So what to look out for this penultimate afternoon?

Leicestershire have been briefly saved by rain at 20-6 in the second innings.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore has fifty for Yorkshire, who have a lead of 187 against Hampshire.

Somerset, I’m afraid, have lost Abell for 11. 39-2. I smell a rare Lammonby century though.

Gloucestershire too are slipping into the mire. A second wicket for Simon Kerrigan (Procter has 4-38). At 155-9, they trail Northants by 172.

Leicestershire are 3-2. The bowler? Oh. DI Stevens

An email! From David Hindle.

“Good to see the 4 day matches back again. I am watching Lancs vs.
Warwickshire out of the corner of my eye. Excellent stuff again from
Bohannon. But you notice how slow the scoring is. Therein lies the
difference between test players and those who never get the call,
perhaps. The test level batsmen would tend to find a way to score at
this stage of the game. They wouldn’t find the fielders as often. Is
that part of the reason why Bohannon, with a stack of runs this season,
and a useful spare bowler, isn’t in the picture for an England call-up?
And as I write, Vilas at te other end hits 3 fours in an over. Lancs
need to get a move on because of bonus points and a very, very remote
chance of a win.”

Thanks David. I reckon this is screwed on for a draw. The pitch is not helping the scoring rate, for anyone. And with that, Bohannon hits Yates for six to go to 98.

Paul Edwards next to me reckons the mark of a Test batsman is more that they have a solid technique and are comfortable against high pace and good spin.

Somerset are following on. Bowled out for 107 and now 11-1. Davies for 2.

This was Tom Abell’s harsh assessment yesterday:

“We have been completely outplayed for two days, having had the better of conditions when bowling yesterday,” he said.”We didn’t take advantage of that and when we turned up this morning we talked about the fact that the game could go either way. The fact that we are now so far behind suggests we didn’t apply ourselves well enough at all.”It’s a good pitch for batting on, although there was some swing. When you reply to a total of over 400 you are under the pump and we haven’t shown enough character or backbone to cope with that.”

Apologies, Glenn Chapple just came up and talked about Lancashire’s Championship win ten years ago.

This!

Some action to report from OT: Luke Wells bowled by a cracker from Norwell that nipped in. And Bohannon has picked up where he left off yesterday.

A quick round up: Derbyshire are all out, with Ethan Bamber picking up his first five-fer of the season, for 205. Glamorgan are slipping, sliding to defeat, with Simon Harmer making the first breakthrough, and Sam Cook the second. Currently 97-8. Oh and Middlesex are now 0-1, with Stoneman making a golden duck on his first appearance for the club, bowled by Conners.

The drizzle turned to mizzle and the umpires marched them out anyway at Old Trafford. Floodlights on and chocks away. The hundred partnership between Bohannon and Wells arrives off 261 balls. Lancs 108-1.

A gentle reminder that there will be a 10.30am start for the remainder of the rounds, to make up for the encroaching darkness at the end of the day.