11.15am A disastrous start to a crucial day for Lancashire writes Andy Wilson at Old Trafford, who have already lost two more wickets to slump to 14 for three in their second innings - still 96 behind. And Sussex haven't even brought on their spinners yet. It's Robin Martin-Jenkins and Jason Lewry who have done the damage, Martin-Jenkins claiming the key wicket of Paul Horton, edging a good ball that lifted and left him to first slip where Ollie Rayner took his second good catch of the innings. Then Lewry yorked nightwatchman Gary Keedy to leave Lancashire in an even bigger mess. If, as looks likely, they lose this game, their outside championship hopes will fade even further, and questions will be asked by an increasingly disgruntled membership.
1.15pm This match could be over today if the forecasts of yet more rain are wide of the mark, writes Paul Weaver at Taunton. At lunch Somerset are 199-3, which means they lead by just 75 runs and Notts are looking perky about their prospects of extending their lead at the top of the First Division.
Somerset have a strong batting line-up, at least on paper, but it is still has a top-heavy look to it when Marcus Trescothick and Justin Langer are opening up, and their dismissals gave the fielding side huge encouragement on a pitch which has flattened out after the menaces of the opening day.
Trescothick and Langer took their opening partnership to 136 before the latter was caught by Graeme Swann at second slip off the bowling of Charlie Shreck. He had scored 73 in a very determined innings. Trescothick went for 81, driving at a wide delivery from Andre Adams and slashing it to gully. And just before lunch Somerset lost their third wicket when Zander de Bruyn, driving, was bowled for 22. Somerset have a long way to go this afternoon, with much depending on the in-form Peter Trego.
1.20pm: This remarkable game turned on its head again this morning writes Mike Averis at the Rose Bowl. Yorkshire, level overnight, lost five wickets in five overs for 10 runs, and nine in the session for 98 runs, while James Tomlinson became the first bowler in the top division to pass 50 wickets.
Until 30 minutes after tea yesterday the match had barely been worth waking for. Then Hampshire lost eight wickets in the session as 20-year-old Adil Rashid finished with career best figures of seven for 107, the wrist spinner getting considerable turn and some bounce from a second-day pitch.
This morning it initially seemed just a matter of time before Imran Tahir got his hands on the ball, the Hampshire pace and swing bowlers rarely troubling the batsmen as Yorkshire scooted along to 45 without loss in 10 overs, Andrew Gale rattling up 31 from 41 deliveries.
Tomlinson, with 47 championship wickets before today, was pulled from the attack after conceding 17 from two overs, Dimitri Mascarenhas choosing to fiddle through two overs himself before handing the ball to Tahir. The impact was immediate - the much-travelled 29-year-old taking wickets with consecutive balls in his first over. The fifth bowled Gale, turning back through the gate, while the googly did for Anthony McGrath, pinned on the crease for a first-ball duck.
Three overs later Chris Tremlett made way for Tomlinson at the Pavilion End and the results were seismic, the left arm swing bowler picking up two wickets with his first two deliveries and four in five overs to leave Yorkshire at 66 for six.
The first was gifted, Jacques Rudolph reaching for a short, wide delivery which was moving even further away. The second saw Adam Lyth looking for movement, but trapped lbw.
Tomlinson's following over began with a rapid, rising ball which passed under Gerard Brophy's nose. The fourth was much the same only this time Brophy attempted a forcing shot, got an edge and Nic Pothas dived in front of first slip to give Tomlinson his 50th wicket of the season. The 51st, Rashid, had the same cast list although this time Pothas took the finest of edges and Tomlinson finished the spell with four for 14 from six overs.
With mayhem being played out at the other end, Chris Taylor appeared to have found a way of playing Tahir. Either a big left foot was plonked down the pitch, or the opener looked to play off the wicket. However, when he and Rana Naved had added 21 the leg failed to get far enough forward and Taylor was gone, lbw for 23, with Tahir then fooling David Wainwright into not offering a shot.
Tahir's figures were four for 28 when David Balcombe ended the session by finding the edge of Matthew Hoggard's bat, with Naved undefeated on 21.
2.20pm Sussex continue to outplay Lancashire comprehensively, despite a valiant captain's effort by Stuart Law, writes Andy Wilson at Old Trafford. He's still there on 53 but at 116 for six, Lancashire are only six runs ahead. Two more wickets for Sussex's impressive young off-spinner Ollie Rayner, giving him seven for the match so far - Iain Sutcliffe caught at slip off bat and pad, and Steven Croft making a horrible error of judgment as he played no shot to a ball that pitched outside off stump and turned behind his backside to hit middle and leg. Francois du Plessis is the other man to go since the last update, also shouldering arms, in his case to an inswinger from the admirable Lewry.
4.28pm Notts still look like they're going to win this one but the Somerset tail are putting up a fight, writes Paul Weaver at Taunton. At tea they are 312 for eight, which means, in old money, that they lead by 188. Steffan Jones is doing his best to impersonate England's new captain at the moment, with a flurry of strokes all round the wicket.
And at the other end Andrew Caddick, short of cricket and runs, has started to look something like his old self. If they can push that lead up to 250 it could be interesting, though the weather forecast for tomorrow is dire. But Somerset were let down by too many of their recognised batsmen this afternoon. You can't really blame Justin Langer and Marcus Trescothick, because they built the foundations of the innings with that 136 opening stand.
But after Zander de Bruyn was bowled, driving, just before lunch, Ian Blackwell mis-hooked to fine leg and James Hildreth flailed a Twenty20 last over shot to mid-on. Both men needed runs. Blackwell, in particular, doesn't look his old self. Or to put that another way, he does look his old self but under the new regime at Taunton that doesn't quite fit any more. Peter Trego carried a big responsibility but unlike some of the others he was got out, pushing forward to one that left him.
