- Updates from the fourth day’s play at Lord’s
- Cook hits stylish century for Essex before Somerset fight back
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Middle stick! A breakthrough for Somerset but too late to prevent Essex getting the all important first-innings lead.
104 overs: Essex 298-6 (Porter 10, Wheater 10) Completely distracted as Paul Edwards has just opened a brown paper bag from Panzers in St John’s Wood and produced two chocolate brownies and two dusted knukle cinnamon rolls.