LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Day Four
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5.53pm MATCH DRAWN
Lancashire 2nd inns 255-8 lead by 116 runs, Bailey 9 Mahmood 0.
The players shake hands on the draw with 8 overs left.
5.47pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 253-8 lead by 114 runs, Bailey 9 Mahmood 0. Overs left 9.
Saqib Mahmood survives the last two balls of the over which means Gloucs will have a maximum of 6 overs to chase a target if they can grab the final two Lancashire wickets in this next over from Tom Price.
5.45pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 253-8 lead by 114 runs, Bailey 9 Mahmood 0. Overs left 9.2.
Tom Hartley's fine effort comes to an end on 37 when he nicks behind off Ajeet Singh Dale.
5.42pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 249-7 lead by 110 runs, Hartley 37 Bailey 9. Overs left 10.
We are still going on although any run chase from here looks nigh on impossible.
5.32pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 244-7 lead by 105 runs, Hartley 37 Bailey 4. Overs left 12.
Another over slides by as Tom Hartley gets solidly behind the ball and helps himself to a couple of twos off Tom Price.
5.29pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 240-7 lead by 101 runs, Hartley 33 Bailey 4. Overs left 13.
The two Toms, Hartley and Bailey, are edging Lancashire closer to the draw with just 13 overs left (minus two overs for a change of innings) as Bailey thrashes Graeme van Burren through cover for four.
5.11pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 229-7 lead by 90 runs, Hartley 31 Bailey 0. Overs left 17.5.
Luke Wells goes for 35 after edging behind off Graeme van Burren and is there still time for a result here?!
Tom Bailey joins Tom Hartley in the middle.
5.07pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 229-6 lead by 90 runs, Wells 36 Hartley 31. Overs left 18.
Things are looking much brighter on the field for Lancashire as Luke Wells and Tom Hartley eat up the remaining overs with this seventh wicket partnership, and we have sunshine and blue skies off the field as we approach the end of this match.
4.42pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 211-6 lead by 72 runs, Wells 32 Hartley 23. Overs left 25.
The partnership between Luke Wells and Tom Hartley has now reached fifty from 115 balls and what a vital stand it has been.
4.32pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 204-6 lead by 65 runs, Wells 31 Hartley 19. Overs left 28.
No real alarms for Luke Wells or Tom Hartley in the nine overs since tea but Lancashire still have a lot to do to make this game safe.
4.15pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 195-6 lead by 56 runs, Wells 29 Hartley 12. Overs left 33.
Luke Wells sweeps Graeme van Buuren for four as we get the final session of this match under way.
3.42pm, TEA Day 4
Lancashire 2nd inns 179-6 lead by 40 runs, Wells 21 Hartley 6
Dropped catch! Tom Hartley pulls a short ball from Graeme van Buuren that a diving Cam Green at midwicket does well to get a hand to the ball but he can't cling on.
Lancashire limp into the tea break with a small lead and there are 37 overs still left.
3.15pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 160-6 lead by 21 runs, Wells 8 Hartley 0
25 minutes to tea and George Balderson edges behind off Graeme van Buuren and Gloucestershire fancy their chances now. There are still 45 overs left, so just under half of the day still to go.
2.53pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 152-5 lead by 13 runs, Wells 2 Balderson 0
Josh Bohannon plays forward defensively but edges Tom Price to Cameron Bancroft who takes his third catch of the innings at second slip for 30.
2.30pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 143-4 lead by 4 runs, Bohannon 16 Wells 0
Lancashire go ahead but lose a wicket.
Tom Price nips a delivery back that finds an inside edge from Matty Hurst that deflects onto leg stump and he's gone for what was a nice, steady innings of 33.
2.00pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 116-3 trail by 23 runs, Bohannon 16 Hurst 16
A let off for Matty Hurst who edges Ajeet Singh Dale between the wicketkeeper and the one slip who is standing wide covering both the normal first and second slip positions. The ball went at a nice catchable height too.
1.50pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 102-3 trail by 37 runs, Bohannon 12 Hurst 8
Ajeet Singh Dale and Ollie Price sharing the ball after lunch in much brighter weather. There is still a lot of cloud cover however so the floodlights remain on for now.
1.00pm LUNCH Day 4
Lancashire 2nd inns 98-3 trail by 41 runs, Bohannon 11 Hurst 5
Gloucestershire's morning as the visitors take three top order Lancashire wickets after declaring on their overnight score.
12.42pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 89-3 trail by 50 runs, Bohannon 6 Hurst 0
Graeme van Buuren gets his revenge, tempting Marcus Harris down the wicket and James Bracey completes the stumping. Harris gone for 24 and Gloucs have a key wicket.
12.35pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 82-2 trail by 57 runs, Bohannon 6 Harris 19
Graeme van Buuren coming on to bowl his left arm spin as Gloucestershire look for a further breakthrough before lunch but he is twice driven for four by Marcus Harris.
It remains quite cloudy with the floodlights shining very brightly now.
12.05pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 61-2 trail by 78 runs, Bohannon 5 Harris 4
Josh Bohannon and Marcus Harris both get their innings under way with boundaries, Bohannon square cutting Tom Price and Harris driving Ajeet Singh Dale through extra cover. Play continuing with the floodlights on as the clouds thicken.
11.51am WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 50-2 trail by 89 runs, Bohannon 0 Harris 0
Two wickets go in quick succession! Keaton Jennings edges Ajeet Singh Dale into the hands of Cameron Bancroft at second slip for 16.
11.49am WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 50-1 trail by 89 runs, Jennings 11 Bohannon 0
George Bell edges Tom Price to Cameron Bancroft who takes a good low catch to his right at wide first slip for 28.
11.32am
Lancashire 2nd inns 36-0 trail by 103 runs, Jennings 11 Bell 19
Josh Shaw tries a slower ball bouncer that goes badly wrong, the ball bouncing twice before George Bell hammers it away through square leg for four!
Bell then produces a superb cut for four more off Shaw.
11.23am
Lancashire 2nd inns 23-0 trail by 116 runs, Jennings 10 Bell 11
A couple of boundaries for Keaton Jennings to report from the early exchanges, plus a nicely timed drive through square leg by George Bell off Tom Price.
No real alarms from a Lancashire perspective so far in the first six overs this morning.
11.03am
Lancashire 2nd inns 0-0 trail by 139 runs, Jennings 0 Bell 0
Gloucestershire spring a bit of a surprise by declaring on their overnight 589-8, so we have Keaton Jennings and George Bell facing the opening overs from Josh Shaw and Tom Price.
9.30am
We havedry, bright conditions at Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the final day of our Rothesay County Championship with Gloucestershire.
Our visitors will resume their first innings on 589-8 leading by 139 runs with Ollie Price returning on 253 runs alongside Josh Shaw (21 not out).