Lancashire

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And that is that. Match drawn. Lancashire, replying to a first innings 367, declare their first innings on 142-2 from 42 overs with Horton 10 and Brown one. Surrey take seven points and Lancashire five.  

Smith gone for 83 as he edges Jewell to Batty at first slip. 140-2 in the 38th. 

Lancashire go in at 118-1 after 29 overs of their first innings. Smith is 67 not out. There are 19 overs of the season to go here. 

Procter has been Dunn like a kipper. He has played on to Matt Dunn for 36 after sharing 110 with Smith for the first wicket inside 29 overs. That is Lancashire's highest opening stand of the season. 

Smith 50 off 78 balls with six fours. Lancashire are 89-0 in the 25th. That's his third half-century in four Championship innings. 

Play is about to resume at Liverpool. A further four overs have been lost. 

More rain has arrived at Liverpool, where Lancashire have reached 50-0 after 18 overs of their first innings. Smith is 28 not out and Procter 15. 

A very sedate start to Lancashire's innings, as you would expect. They have reached 29-0 in the 13th. 

That will be an early lunch due to rain. Lancashire are 3-0 after 1.2 overs. 

Procter bowls Jon Lewis to wrap up the innings at 367 and finish with a superb 7-71. Those are his county's best figures of the season. 

And another lbw for Procter gives him the first six-wicket haul of his career. Linley trapped lbw one. Surrey 366-9. Lancashire just miss out on what is an inconsequential third bowling bonus point by two balls. 

LA Procter achieved his best bowling in First-Class matches

Jewell gone for 70 to the second ball after the restart. Steven Croft takes the catch at first slip to hand Procter his fifth wicket. He has two in his career, and both have come this season. 364-8. 

Play will resume at 11.50am with 12 overs lost in the day. 

Rain has stopped play here with Surrey on 362-7. 

And another lbw scalp for Procter, this time it's Gareth Batty who's on his way. That's a second wicket in three balls for the second time in the match for the Lancashire seamer. 355-7. 

A third wicket for Luke Procter, who has trapped de Bruyn for 125 off 250 balls to leave Surrey at 355-6 in the 107th. That breaks a sixth-wicket stand of 177 with Jewell, who is 68 not out. 

Nightwatchman Tom Craddock chips Steve Patterson straight to Phil Jaques at backward point. He scored 5 and Essex are 34 for 3.

Surrey will be batting on. They resume on 324-5 with Zander de Bruyn on 105 and Tom Jewell on 57. 

It wouldn't be the last day of the season without weather interruptions. The sun is out, but the wind is up. The sightscreen at the River End has blown over. Play should still start on time, however. 

Definitely Surrey's day thanks to three men with scores above 50 and four partnerships above 50. De Bruyn finished on 105 not out and Jewell unbeaten on 57. They have added an unbroken 146 for the sixth wicket as Surrey closed on 324-5 from 99 overs. 

An excellent first hundred of the season for de Bruyn off 221 balls with six fours and two sixes has helped Surrey take the honours on day one. Now Jewell reaches 50 off 115 balls with four fours. Surrey are 313-5 after 96 overs. 12 mins left to play. 

100 partnership up between de Bruyn and Jewell, who have reached 94 and 36 respectively. De Bruyn has scored 94 against Lancashire already this season at Guildford, but is poised for his first ton of the campaign. 292-5 after 92. 

We haven't half rattled through these overs with three spinners used. With an hour and 10 minutes of play left today, we only have 13 overs remaining in the day's allocation. Excellent recovery from a mini collapse to 178-5 as Surrey reach 243-5 in the 84th.

50 for de Bruyn off 152 balls with two fours and two sixes. Both his sixes were hit straight off Kerrigan. The second of those was a couple of overs ago. 216-5 in the 76th. 

Surrey go in at 190-5 from 65 overs with de Bruyn on 37 and Jewell on eight. After Surrey's morning, it has been Lancashire's afternoon. 

Two wickets in three balls for Procter, who now has Steven Davies caught behind by Alex Davies for a duck. 179-5 in the 57th. 

Procter strikes. Roy is bowled for 13, and Surrey are 179-4 in the 57th. Lancashire's attack, lacking the experienced names of Chapple and Shahzad, have stuck to their task pretty well here under gloomy skies.

Burns gone for a well made 73, and Surrey are 160-3 on the 51st over. Smith takes the wicket as Davies completes a maiden catch behind the stumps. That brings a partnership of 59 in 24 overs with de Bruyn to a close.

Scarf, bobble hat and gloves time in the press tent. Meanwhile, out in the middle, Surrey have moved on to 144-2 after 40 overs. Burns is on 63 and de Bruyn, who has lofted Kerrigan for a straight six since lunch, is on 22. 

Surrey reach lunch on 109-2 from 30 overs. Burns 54 and de Bruyn two.  

Harinath edges Newby to Horton at first slip for 17, 103-2 in the 27th. This has definitely been Surrey's session after being inserted. So often do you see a side lose a cluster of wickets in the early stages of a match here. Burns 50 off 79 balls. 

After leaking 50 runs inside the first 10 overs, Lancashire have put the brakes on since. Surrey are now 64-1 after 18 overs. Bailey's opening spell finished at 7-2-19-1. 

Bailey takes his maiden first-class wicket by bowling Ansari for 23, off-stump knocked back. Surrey are 50-1 in the 10th over. 

Surrey have made a fast start here courtesy of Zafar Ansari and Rory Burns, who have moved on to 45-0 in the seventh over. Ansari is onto 21 and Oliver Newby's figures aren't good. He has gone at 3.4-0-27-0.   

Just a couple of names you may not be familiar with in the Lancashire team. Alex Davies is an England under 19s wicketkeeper and Tom Bailey a fast bowler on the club's scholarship programme. Both are making their first-class debuts. 

LANCS: Smith, Horton, Procter, Brown, Croft (c), Agathangelou, Davies (w), Newby, Bailey, Kerrigan, Keedy. SURREY: Burns, Ansari, Harinath, de Bruyn, Roy, Davies (w), Jewell, Batty (c), Lewis, Linley, Dunn.

Steven Croft wins the toss and elects to bowl first. 

We have some good news from a sunny Liverpool. Play will start on time at 10.30am after two days of rain. 

Play has been abandoned for the day at Liverpool.

We can forget the chances of a start at 12.40pm because it's bucketing it down again. Players were out warming up, but have since scarpered back to the pavilion.

Lunch will be taken early at noon with a view to starting at 12.40pm. 

There will be an inspection at 10.15am at Liverpool, where the chances of a start on time have gone. 

Play has been abandoned for the day at Liverpool. 

There has been an 11am inspection here, and the conclusion is that the chances of play today are virtually non-existent. Apparently the rain has seeped under the covers, and there is more to come too. 

The rain is falling at Liverpool, and there is no chance of a start on time. 

The 2011 County Champions Lancashire are all out for 194 and relegated as Middlesex have won by 109 runs. Simon Kerrigan was the last to go as he was caught by Gareth Berg at second slip for a duck off the bowling of Ravi Patel.

178-9. Luke Procter has been trapped LBW by Ravi Patel for 26. Middlesex are nearly through and Lancashire's relegation is nearly confirmed.

Five wickets for Crook, who has bowled Chapple. 146-8. 

Incredible spell from Steven Crook, who has just taken four wickets in 11 balls to end Lancashire's chances of victory and staying up. They have fallen from 107-2 to 125-6 in double quick time as Crook gets rid of Brown, Croft, Cross and now Horton. 

Lancashire need 197 off 23 overs to win. They are 107-2 after 16 overs. Steven Croft and Karl Brown have added a 50 partnership in only five overs. Brown gone though as I type, bowled by Crook. 107-3. 

Lancashire, who lost Ashwell Prince a few overs ago, have reached 50-1 after nine overs in their pursuit of 304. They need another 254 in 30. Make that 50-2. Smith stumped off Ravi Patel's first ball. 

Lancashire, opening with Tom Smith and Ashwell Prince, are 18-0 after four overs. 

Lancashire will need 304 runs to stay in Division One of the County Championship from 39 overs. Middlesex declare on 305-9. Chapple has taken 5-47. 

Chapple struck twice in two balls a few moments ago, trapping Berg lbw and bowling Patel to clinch his second five-for of the match. 289-9 now. 287 lead with 39 left. 

Lancashire have struck twice in successive overs with the new ball, which they delayed taking by two overs. Malan was caught behind off Chapple and Simpson bowled by Shahzad. Just a glimmer for Lancashire. 265-6

Lancashire, desperately searching for wickets to keep themselves up, have delayed taking the second new ball. Middlesex are 248-4, 246 in front, with 52 overs left in the day. 

Middlesex reach 224-4, leading by 222. Malan is 73 not out and Jon Simpson unbeaten on 10. 

Tom Smith has just forced Neil Dexter to edge to Steven Croft at second slip for nine, Middlesex 207-4. 

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