LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Middlesex, Day Four
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5.07pm MATCH DRAWN
Middlesex 2nd inns 99-4 trail by 65 runs, Higgins 14 Geddes 1.
The players shake hands on the draw to bring the season to a close at Emirates Old Trafford.
Lancashire take 14 points and Middlesex 9 from the match.
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4.58pm WICKET
Middlesex 2nd inns 84-4 trail by 80 runs, Higgins 6 Geddes 0. Min.13 overs left.
Tom Bailey strikes again in the third over of the last 16 by bowling Luke Hollman for 33.
4.40pm
Middlesex 2nd inns 73-3 trail by 91 runs, Hollman 26 Higgins 2. Min.19 overs left.
Tom Bailey and Arav Shetty continue to hunt for another wicket.
It has got darker once more in the last few minutes with the umpires taking regular readings from their light meter.
4.25pm WICKET
Middlesex 2nd inns 64-3 trail by 100 runs, Hollman 23 Higgins 0. Min.24.4 overs left.
A lovely moment for Arav Shetty as he bowls Leus du Plooy for 5!
Du Plooy was dragged forward and beaten between bat and pad from a ball that turned just enough.
4.15pm WICKET
Middlesex 2nd inns 55-2 trail by 109 runs, Hollman 19 du Plooy 0. Min.27.5 overs left.
We have spin at both ends now and would you beleive it Tom Bailey picks up a wicket with his first ball of spin!
Sam Robson pushes forward and is snapped up at short leg by George Bell for 21.
4.00pm
Middlesex 2nd inns 46-1 trail by 118 runs, Robson 18 Hollman 13. Min.31 overs left.
It is getting quite gloomy once more with the floodlights back on, and we now have spin for the first time in this innings with Arav Shetty coming on.
3.40pm
Middlesex 2nd inns 30-1 trail by 134 runs, Robson 8 Hollman 7. Min.37 overs left.
The final home session of the season commences with Lancashire facing the tall order of taking nine wickets. It is a shame so much time has been lost as this game could have been a really good contest on this wicket.
3.10pm TEA Day 4
Middlesex 2nd inns 25-1 trail by 139 runs, Robson 8 Hollman 2. Min.38 overs left.
Middlesex reach tea without further damage but with still some work to do to after the break to ensure the draw.
2.58pm
Middlesex 2nd inns 20-1 trail by 144 runs, Robson 5 Hollman 0. Min.41 overs left.
Tom Bailey makes the breakthrough with his 500th wicket for Lancashire in all formats when he traps Josh de Caires lbw for 15!
2.35pm
Middlesex 2nd inns 10-0 trail by 154 runs, De Caires 5, Robson 5. Min.47 overs left.
No Jimmy Anderson as Lancashire take the field, so Tom Bailey and Tom Aspinwall are the new ball attack for this innings.
2.15pm DECLARATION
Lancashire 1st inns 375-5 (69 overs) lead by 164 runs, Hurst 67 Balderson 23
George Balderson has smashes two sixes and a four off Seb Morgan before Lancashire declare with a lead of 164 runs with a minimum of 50 overs left in this match.
2.03pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 342-5 (67th over) lead by 131 runs, Hurst 57 Balderson 0
Michael Jones is caught at deep point after making 33 off 35 balls including 1 six and 2 fours as the runs continue to flow.
1.49pm
Lancashire 1st inns 315-4 (64th over) lead by 104 runs, Hurst 50 Jones 13
Matty Hurst has hit further sixes off Gohar and Higgins to race to his fifty from 54 balls as Lancashire pile on the runs!
1.36pm
Lancashire 1st inns 284-4 (60th over) lead by 73 runs, Hurst 30 Jones 9
Matty Hurst is going on the attack now with Zafar Gohar hit for a straight six into the Media Centre wall.
1.22pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 256-4 (55 overs) lead by 45 runs, Hurst 11 Jones 0
Back after lunch with a wicket as George Bell tries to work Ryan Higgins to leg and is lbw for 17.
12.33pm LUNCH Day 4
Lancashire 1st inns 239-3 (51 overs) lead by 28 runs, Bell 10 Hurst 2
George Bell on drives Zeb Morgan for a lovely four in the run up to lunch with the floodlights now switched off although it remains quite cloudy.
12.12pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 223-3 (47th over) lead by 12 runs, Bell 0 Hurst 0
That is a great delivery by Seb Morgan who uproots Keaton Jennings' leg stump with the opener gone for 61 and we have two new batters at the crease.
12.09pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 223-2 (46th over) lead by 12 runs, Jennings 61 Bell 0
Josh Bohannon's fabulous innings comes to an end as he is bowled aiming to slog Toby Roland-Jones somewhere into the housing estate behind the ground.
Bohannon made 87 off 69 balls with 2 sixes and 14 fours!
12.04pm
Lancashire 1st inns 214-1 (45th over) lead by 3 runs, Jennings 61 Bohannon 78
The 100 partnership between Jennings and Bohannon has come from 99 balls, Bohannon scoring 74 of them and he pulls Morgan for four more to take Lancashire ahead.
11.55am
Lancashire 1st inns 208-1 (43rd over) trail by 3 runs, Jennings 60 Bohannon 73
Josh Bohannon cuts and gets a thick edge for four to third man off Gohar to reach 6,000 first-class runs and post the Lancashire 200. He then hits Gohar for a straight six. Terrific batting!
11.40am
Lancashire 1st inns 179-1 (40th over) trail by 32 runs, Jennings 50 Bohannon 54
This is scintillating stuff from Josh Bohannon who pulls Brookes for a huge six over midwicket followed by a pulled four to backward square leg.
That's Bohannon's fifty from 48 balls, with 1 six and 9 fours. It is also Josh's fastest-ever first-class half century!
11.33am
Lancashire 1st inns 162-1 (39th over) trail by 49 runs, Jennings 50 Bohannon 37
Twelve runs were taken from the Henry Brookes opening over and Keaton Jennings - playing his 200th first-class game - now gets a single off Zafar Gohar's first delivery to reach his fifty off 106 balls inc 6 fours!
11.25am
Lancashire 1st inns 142-1 (37th over) trail by 69 runs, Jennings 43 Bohannon 27
Josh Bohannon and Keaton Jennings making good progress as play continues under the floodlights. The overhead conditions have brightened a bit in the last 15 minutes.
11.05am
Lancashire 1st inns 129-1 (32nd over) trail by 82 runs, Jennings 40 Bohannon 17
Josh Bohannon has driven both Toby Roland-Jones and Ryan Higgins authoritatively for four to the midwicket boundary in the last two overs to make a good start to his innings.
The weather has got increasingly gloomy and the floodlights are now on.
10.40am WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 110-1 (28th over) trail by 101 runs, Jennings 36 Bohannon 0.
An early breakthrough for Middlesex as Toby Roland-Jones traps Luke Wells lbw for 62.
10.30am
Lancashire 1st inns 105-0 (23 overs) trail by 106 runs, Wells 60 Jennings 36.
Play under way for the last time at Emirates Old Trafford this season and in bright sunshine too!
Keaton Jennings facing Toby Roland-Jones from the Brian Statham End will get things started.
10.15am
Good news from the umpires, play will start on time at 10.30am.
10.00am - INSPECTION
Much better news as sunshine breaks out and the groundstaff remove the covers. The umpires are currently inspecting conditions.
9.30am
Sadly, the groundstaff have been forced to put the covers back on as it has begun to drizzle steadily.
9.15am
Good morning from Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the final home match day of 2025.
Hopefully play will get under way at 10.30am. Currently conditions are dry, but there is plenty of cloud cover.
An unbroken opening partnership of 105 between Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings means Lancashire start the day 106 runs behind Middlesex after bowling the visitors out for 211. Read our report from yesterday via the red button below.