LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Somerset, Day Two
6.59pm, CLOSE Day 2
Lancashire 1st inns 72-2 (28 overs) trail by 289 runs, Balderson 38 Williams 0.
Jack Leach has struck just before the close, producing a sharply turning delivery to bowl the Championship's leading run-scorer Josh Bohannon for 31 and break a 67-run partnership for the second wicket.
6.30pm
Lancashire 1st inns 59-1 (20 overs) trail by 302 runs, Balderson 29 Bohannon 27.
The fifty partnership between George Balderson and Josh Bohannon has arrived and has taken exactly 15 overs.
There are still 8 overs left today.
6.12pm
Lancashire 1st inns 49-1 (16 overs) trail by 312 runs, Balderson 24 Bohannon 22.
Still 12 overs to be bowled today with George Balderson and Josh Bohannon making good progress although Bohannon has just got away with an inside edge for four off Josh Davey.
5.45pm
Lancashire 1st inns 17-1 (10 overs) trail by 344 runs, Balderson 9 Bohannon 7
Matt Henry nearly had a second wicket when Josh Bohannon drove hard on the full to the bowler's right. Henry got a hand to it, and sometimes those stick, but fortunately for Bohannon this one didn't. tough chance.
5.22pm, WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 5-1 (3.4 overs) trail by 356 runs, Balderson 4 Bohannon 0
What a catch by Matt Henry off his own bowling!
Luke Wells drives high and wide to the bowler's right, but Henry parried the ball one-handed and reacted quickly enough to grab the rebound before it hit the deck. He's having a good afternoon.
4.57pm, WICKET!
Somerset 1st inns 361 all out (120 overs) Henry 50
Matt Henry is enjoying his Somerset debut, hitting Tom Hartley for three sixes in the last over and reaching a 39-ball fifty that also included four 4's.
But the Somerset innings ends on 361 as Dane Vilas takes a superb diving catch at deep mid-on to dismiss Jack Leach for 9 and give Will Williams his third wicket.
4.45pm, WICKET!
Somerset 1st inns 329-9 (117.1 overs) Henry 27 Leach 0
Will Williams traps Craig Overton lbw for 35.
4.30pm
Somerset 1st inns 317-8 (113 overs) Overton 32 Henry 18
Matt Henry is getting on with it after tea, hitting three boundaries and with Overton in big hitting mode before tea I think we might be in for some fireworks over the next few overs.
4.00pm, TEA Day 2
Somerset 1st inns 302-8 (111 overs) Overton 31 Henry 4
Oh no! Another catch goes down in the 110th over with Matt Henry driving the ball back to bowler Saqib Mahmood who can't hang on to the chance.
So Lancashire finish with two bowling points and Somerset get two batting points.
3.45pm, WICKET!
Somerset 1st inns 285-8 (107 overs) Overton 17 Henry 0
Josh Davey lofts Tom Hartley to Will Williams at mid-off and is out for 9.
So Somerset need 15 runs off 3 overs for another bonus point, while Lancashire need one more wicket for a third bowling point.
3.27pm, WICKET!
Somerset 1st inns 268-7 (102 overs) Overton 17 Davey 0
James Rew top edges a cut off Daryl Mitchell to Rob Jones at first slip to depart for an excellent 105.
3.25pm
Somerset 1st inns 264-6 (101 overs) Rew 101 Overton 17
Little doubt over Craig Overton's intentions as the Somerset all rounder has put bat to ball in emphatic style, hammering his fourth four from just 15 balls faced.
3.10pm
Somerset 1st inns 251-6 (99 overs) Rew 100 Overton 5
What a great way to reach your century!
James Rew hammers a flashing square drive for four to go his hundred from 233 balls with 11 fours.
3.00pm, WICKET!
Somerset 1st inns 241-6 (97.5 overs) Rew 95 Overton 0
James Rew and Kasey Aldridge have posted their century partnership but then Aldridge has been caught by Luke Wells at first slip for 46 after edging a booming drive off Daryl Mitchell.
2.20pm
Somerset 1st inns 209-5 (87 overs) Rew 81 Aldridge 30
Back under way after lunch with Will Williams and Saqib Mahmood operating with the new ball.
James Rew, dropped at slip on 70 off Williams soon after the resumption, has just clipped a nicely timed boundary through midwicket to move into the eighties.
1.10pm, LUNCH Day 2
Somerset 1st inns 181-5 (80 overs) Rew 68 Aldridge 16
An extended session of 72 runs and one wicket in 33.3 overs - and no James Anderson - was enlivened by a great straight drive for six by Kasey Aldridge off George Balderson just before the break.
The new ball will be due immediately after lunch.
12.40pm
Somerset 1st inns 156-5 (71 overs) Rew 55 Aldridge 7
The game has gone into something of a stalemate this morning with Somerset batting defensively and the Lancashire bowlers, not finding much assistance from the pitch - and missing James Anderson, resorting to bowling straight.
Left arm spinner Tom Hartley has now come on to bowl for the first time today at the James Anderson end.
12.25pm
Somerset 1st inns 149-5 (67 overs) Rew 52 Aldridge 3
James Rew has reached another impressive half century, his third, to add to two centuries so far by the 19 year-old.
Daryl Mitchell is producing some nice swing bowling from the Brian Statham end.
He has been joined in the attack by Will Williams who sees another difficult edged chance just evade wicketkeeper George Bell diving away to his left that gets Kasey Aldridge off the mark.
12.05pm, WICKET!
Somerset 1st inns 135-5 (61.3 overs) Rew 41 Aldridge 0
Daryl Mitchell has his first Lancashire wicket!
Tom Lammonby edges a wide delivery that is well taken over his head by sub fielder Rob Jones, ending the Somerset opener's 184-ball effort on 38.
11.36am, JIMMY UPDATE
Somerset 1st inns 118-4 (54 overs) Lammonby 34 Rew 29
James Anderson has not appeared on the pitch this morning, and we understand he is dealing with a minor issue and is being assessed by the Lancashire medical team.
11.30am
Somerset 1st inns 109-4 (53 overs) Lammonby 34 Rew 29
George Balderson and Will Williams continue to hunt for a breakthrough this morning.
The closest was when James Rew edged Williams to slip where Luke Wells couldn't hang on to a difficult, ankle-high, chance to his left.
Daryl Mitchell is now coming in from the Brian Statham end for his first bowl in a Red Rose shirt.
11.05am
Somerset 1st inns 109-4 (47 overs) Lammonby 34 Rew 20
George Balderson has completed the remainder of his interrupted over from yesterday afternoon and Will Williams has bowled his first over from the James Anderson end.
We are wondering why Anderson himself isn't on the field this morning.
9.30am
We have a nice, sunny, morning at Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the second day of our LV= Insurance County championship match against Somerset.
The visitors will resume their first innings on 109-4 with Tom Lammonby on 34 and James Rew 20 not out when play starts at 11am.
James Anderson, who took two wickets yesterday, needs one more to reach the milestone of 1,100 wickets in his amazing career.
With so much time lost yesterday, an extra 30 minutes play (8 overs) has been added to today's hours of play which are:
Start 11am, Lunch 1.10pm, Tea 4pm, Close 6.30pm.