Teenager James Rew struck another century against Lancashire as poor holds from Lancashire outfielders and the one-day absence of England fast bowler James Anderson saw Somerset post a competitive 361 the second day in Manchester.
Rew, 19, followed up his 117 at Taunton in April by scoring 105, as the visitors completed their 12-3 recovery.
In the end, Lancashire were 72-2 in response, 289 points down and left seven strikes lost in the Somerset innings, as New Zealand’s Matt Henry, batting at number 10, fought his way up half a century ago.
A poor day for the hosts was further compounded by the non-appearance of Anderson who failed to reappear at 11.00am BST after leaving the pitch just before the end of Thursday’s game with what was described as a “problem minor”.
With Somerset resuming at 109-4, Lancashire had a chance to make breakthroughs in the middle order, but without Anderson there was little of the previous day’s edge.
Tom Lammonby, dropped three times the previous day, struggled to 38 from 184 when he edged a wide delivery to hand Daryl Mitchell his first Lancashire wicket, but it was the only one in the morning session.
Rew, dropped by Jones on 70 against Will Williams shortly after lunch, and Kasey Aldridge then made Lancashire pay in a sixth-wicket partnership of 106.
Aldridge was caught on the first slip for 46 to give Mitchell his second wicket, then after Rew edged Mitchell to Jones, tailender Craig Overton went on the attack, hitting four limits from his first 15 balls.
Josh Davey pushed Tom Hartley halfway, but Henry joined Overton and hit an undefeated 50 on 39 balls, including three power sixes from Hartley.
By the time Overton had been trapped in front by Williams for 35 and Jack Leach had come across a wonderful diving catch by Dane Vilas, Somerset had added 76 for the final two wickets.
Lancashire faced a tough time before the close and had Henry catch and knock down Luke Wells brilliantly, before the 67 second-wicket partnership of Josh Bohannon and George Balderson tempered things a bit. But Jack Leach produced a beauty to beat Bohannon for 31 before the close.
Report provided by the ECB Reporters Network.
