County Championship: Archie Vaughan takes six wickets against Surrey

Surrey will still fancy their chances of securing an eighth win of the season on the final day which would put them within just a few points of third title in a row – but Somerset will look to Jack Leach and Vaughan on a pitch helping the spinners.

Vaughan is the son of former England captain Michael and playing in only his second first-class match – one that second-placed Somerset cannot afford to lose, having begun 24 points behind their opponents.

He bowled in tandem with fellow spinner Leach, a member of the England squad for the tour to Pakistan, as the pair got through more than 85 overs.

Foakes, who lost his England Test place to Surrey team-mate Jamie Smith, was caught at short leg for 37.

Vaughan then had Clark taken at mid-wicket by Tom Abell and Steel caught behind in the space of three deliveries.

Left-armer Leach did claim the vital wickets of Rishi Patel (70) and Al Hasan (12) before Tom Curran counter-attacked reaching 50 off 33 balls.

Leach ended the innings on the stroke of lunch when Curran was caught at long-on for 86 off 75 balls, including eight sixes, Leach finishing with 4-105.

Surrey soon removed the Somerset openers and as in the first innings, it was Bangladesh’s Shakib – signed by Surrey for this game – who proved the main spin threat.

He also sent back Tom Abell, James Rew and Lewis Gregory for figures of 4-83, But Leach and Overton added 31 for the ninth wicket before the former was caught behind off Curran.

Banton had injured his ankle during the warm-up before play began, and will have a scan following the game – potentially bad news for Somerset ahead of Saturday’s T20 Blast Finals Day – but he hit four fours in a stand of 41 as he and Overton saw it through to the close.