LIVE BLOG: Lancs v Glamorgan, Day Three
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7.27pm CLOSE Day 3
Lancashire 2nd inns 226-5, Harris 24 Bailey 9, need a further 247 runs to win off min.96 overs.
A very eventful day comes to a conclusion with this game still not decided.
We will get reaction from Luke Wells shortly.
7.10pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 216-5, Harris 23 Bailey 0, need a further 257 runs to win off min.100 overs.
Matty Hurst is bowled by Ben Kellaway for 11 and Tom Bailey is in as nightwatchman.
7.00pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 197-4, Harris 17 Hurst 2, need a further 276 runs to win off min.103 overs.
The sunniest conditions of the day mean we will almost certainly get through the remaining 7 overs today.
Marcus Harris has just straight driven James Harris for four but in the main Harris and Matty Hurst are playing fairly cautiously, intent on being out there tomorrow.
6.50pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 188-4, Harris 6 Hurst 0, need a further 285 runs to win off min.105 overs.Could that be a decisive blow? Luke Wells is caught and bowled by James Harris for 102.
6.45pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 184-3, Wells 102 Harris 6, need a further 289 runs to win off min.107 overs.
What a way to reach your century!
Luke Wells hit James Harris for six off the back foot over long-on. That is Well's 4th six to go with 12 fours and his hundred came off 112 balls.
6.10pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 159-3, Wells 83 Harris 0, need a further 314 runs to win off min.116 overs
Luke Wells and Josh Bohannon have added 82 runs off 10.5 overs in a rip-roaring partnership, but Bohannon has gone for 29 after edging behind off Asitha Fernando.
5.50pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 131-2, Wells 67 Bohannon 18, need a further 341 runs to win off min.120 overs.
Another incident packed Mason Crane over included Luke Wells hitting the leg spinner for six over square leg, dropped next ball by a diving Ned Leonard at mid-on (although it would have been catch of the season if he'd caught it), followed by a wide leg side delivery that went for four byes.
5.45pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 115-2, Wells 54 Bohannon 18, need a further 358 runs to win off min.121 overs.
Runs have come quickly in the last five overs with 36 added including 12 from one Mason Crane over with Josh Bohannon doing the damage.
Luke Wells went to his fifty from 63 balls with 8 fours and one six.
5.20pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 77-2, Wells 39 Bohannon 0, need a further 396 runs to win off min.126 overs.
Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings had built a nice partnership of 72 with Jennings passing 6,000 first-class runs for Lancashire, but Jennings has gone to a bat/pad catch by Asa Tribe at short leg off Mason Crane for 33.
4.40pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 31-1, Jennings 9 Wells 19, need a further 440 runs to win off min.137 overs.
Luke Wells punches a lovely shot off the back foot to the point boundary for his third four as the skies brighten.
There is still a lot of cloud around, so it's uncertain if we will get all the overs in. There are still 41 left today.
4.20pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 14-1, Jennings 5 Wells 8, need a further 459 runs to win off min.142 overs.
No further alarms since the loss of Salt with Glamorgan employing attacking fields as they hunt for another wicket.
4.01pm WICKET
Lancashire 2nd inns 5-1, Jennings 4 Wells 0, need a further 468 runs to win off min.145.5 overs.
Phil Salt edges James Harris to Colin Ingram at first slip for 1.
4.00pm
Lancashire 2nd inns 5-0, Salt 1 Jennings 4, need a further 468 to win off min.146 overs
Lancashire spring a surprise by opening with Keaton Jennings and Phil Salt.
3.30pm RAIN DELAY & TEA Day 3
Just as the players were ready for the start of the Lancashire second innings rain forced the umpires to take the players off and we are having an early tea.
3.19pm DECLARATION
Glamorgan 2nd inns 348-7 dec lead by 472 runs, Cooke 9 Harris 2.
Glamorgan have declared setting Lancashire a target of 473 runs to win from what we think is a minimum of 147 overs.
3.19pm WICKET
Glamorgan 2nd inns 344-7 lead by 468 runs, Cooke 7 Harris 0.
Mason Crane plays a horrible reverse sweep at Chris Green ending up in a heap on the floor and is bowled for 1.
3.13pm WICKET
Glamorgan 2nd inns 342-6 lead by 466 runs, Cooke 6 Crane 0.
Ben Kelleway reverse pulls Chris Green for a couple of runs but is then lbw attempting a conventional sweep at Green for 19.
3.05pm
Glamorgan 2nd inns 331-5 lead by 455 runs, Kellaway 8 Cooke 6
The floodlights have been switched on as the clouds gather forcing the umpires to consult their light meter.
Meanwhile James Anderson comes back on to bowl with six fielders on the leg side and the batters receive a series of short pitched deliveries as Lancashire look to slow the game down.
2.56pm WICKET
Glamorgan 2nd inns 321-5 lead by 445 runs, Kellaway 4 Cooke 0.
Sam Northeast's excellent knock comes to an end as he is well caught by sub fielder Jack Blatherwick on the midwicket boundary off Chris Green for 132.
2.50pm WICKET
Glamorgan 2nd inns 315-4 lead by 439 runs, Northeast 130 Kellaway 0.
Luke Wells has a second wicket after Colin Ingram comes down the wicket, misses the ball, and is easily stumped by Phil Salt for 34.
2.20pm
Glamorgan 2nd inns 276-3 lead by 400 runs, Northeast 103 Ingram 23.
Since that wicket Glamorgan have continued to add runs quickly with Sam Northeast reaching his century from 183 balls and the visitor's lead now stands at 400.
1.55pm WICKET
Glamorgan 2nd inns 239-3 lead by 363 runs, Northeast 91 Ingram 0.
Second ball after lunch we have a wicket!
Well, more precisely, Luke Wells does after Kiran Carlson plays back to pull and is plumb in front, out lbw for 105.
1.12pm, LUNCH Day 3
Glamorgan 2nd inns 239-2 lead by 363 runs, Northeast 91 Carlson 108.
Kiran Carlson has reached his century off 120 balls with 3x6, 11x4, and his partnership with Sam Northeast stands at 215.
The big surprise today, following the clatter of wickets across the first two days, is the lack of wickets this morning, and the way the pitch has played suggests it has flattened out quite a bit.
12.35pm
Glamorgan 2nd inns 200-2 lead by 323 runs, Northeast 75 Carlson 91.
A couple of chances don't stick; a hard one at short leg to Keaton Jennings off Chris Green and a less difficult one at short extra cover by Josh Bohannon off Tom Hartley.
It means Northeast and Carlson motor on with their partnerships worth 176, and after the difficulties batters on both sides experienced in their first innings, today the wicket seems to be much more placid.
12.20pm
Glamorgan 2nd inns 175-2 lead by 300 runs, Northeast 60 Carlson 83.
Kiran Carlson has a second six off Chris Green to bring up the 150 partnership with Sam Northeast and the Glamorgan lead is now 300 with these two looking to push along quickly now they have settled in.
12.05pm
Glamorgan 2nd inns 150-2 lead by 274 runs, Northeast 52 Carlson 67.
Sam Northeast reaches his fifty off 112 balls with a boundary off Chris Green as the Glamorgan pair start to push on with Kiran Carlson hitting the off spinner for six a couple of overs ago.
11.50am
Glamorgan 2nd inns 130-2 lead by 254 runs, Northeast 43 Carlson 56.
Lancashire turn to spin for the first time today with Chris Green operating from the Sir James Anderson end.
11.35am
Glamorgan 2nd inns 119-2 lead by 243 runs, Northeast 38 Carlson 53.
A quiet passage of play as Lancashire are bowling a good line and length and Glamorgan are digging in, intent on building their lead.
11.10am
Glamorgan 2nd inns 111-2 lead by 235 runs, Northeast 33 Carlson 50.
Lancashire starting the morning with James Anderson and Tom Bailey operating with the ball. Meanwhile Kiran Carlson has reached his half century from 69 balls.
10.00am
Good morning from Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the third day of our Rothesay County Championship match with Glamorgan.
The weather conditions are cloudy but dry with play starting on time at 11am.
Due to time lost yesterday, play will be extended to 104 overs today with lunch at 1.10pm and tea at 4pm.
Glamorgan will resume their second innings on 95-2 leading by 219 runs, with Sam Northeast on 26 and Kiran Carlson on 43.