Surrey 195 for seven: My word the bums are squeaking at Lord’s now. First Azhar Mahmood was easily stumped off Tom Smith, and now Tom Curran’s been given lbw off Taylor. Replays show it’s missing. All the while, Sam Curran’s looking like a seasoned pro at the other end. He’s 28 not out and it’s all on him. Not great for filing on the whistle, this

Surrey 165 for five: Do we have a game after all? Do we? Wilson’s gone too, just flicked a Tom Smith full toss straight to midwicket, where Klinger takes a fine low catch. Azhar Mahmood’s in, and Smith immediately has him in a bit of trouble. Lord’s is ticking now. It’s a fraction under a run a ball from here.

Surrey 152 for four: Burns gone now too, which is a bit strange. It had all looked so easy. He’d been looking to get after Taylor for a while (unsuccessfully) and needlessly trotted down the wicket, missed the thing and was easily stumped. Sam Curran in at six. How’s yer bottle, son? He’s away with a thick slashed edge for four.

Surrey 143 for three: From nowhere, Sangakkara is out. He and Burns had just brought up their 100 stand, when Jack Taylor bowled him a bit of rank full toss and in the process of trying to send it to Maida Vale, he got himself in a tangle and found mid-on via the splice. Oh well. Time for some Gary Wilson.

Surrey 121 for two: Kumar Sangakkara has 50. Of course he does. All the usuals, really. Nice wristy stuff and dabs and angles and cleverness without looking like he’s having to think particularly hard. He’s a got a cracker of a colleague in Burns, who is in the 40s and exuding absolute control too. He’s tracked Jack Taylor a couple of times and swatted them through the legside for boundaries. Surrey don’t really even need boundaries though. Gloucester need wickets, and fast.

Surrey 71 for two: Surrey’s progress remains slow, and they’ve lost Davies now too. Fuller’s first spell was a cracker and he decided to go around the wicket to Davies and immediately cramped him up with a rub-tickler that he got his bat to, but only managed to divert it onto his stumps. Uncharacteristically ugly innings from Davies, that. Burns has joined Sanga and has been busy, as ever. Burns was unlucky not to get a spot in the Lions’ squad for the winter, in my opinion.

Jack Taylor’s into the attack to do the spinning and the batsmen are just turning the strike over and picking off the singles. All rather quiet out in the middle, but quite noisy in the Compton and Edrich, all fun and partisan-y. Lots of supporters from both sides.

Surrey 17 for one: Gloucestershire have made a cracking start. Roy, who played a nice cut for four but did loads of ugly playing and missing, is gone, caught at cover off Fuller as he miscued a slash that just ballooned up. All rather ugly. Good areas, as the cricketers themselves might say, from Fuller and Payne, but Sanga and Davies are in no rush whatsoever. Both of them know that if one of them stays in, Surrey win. If both of them stay in, Surrey win at a canter.

Gloucestershire 220 all out: Since I last checked in, things got really, really weird at Lord’s. Jones went to a lovely little 50 with a sliced four over Kumar’s head at short third man, before being bowled by a Dernbach yorker very next ball. He got a beautiful ovation as he left the field, with all the Glosters in the Edrich Stand on their feet. Out came Craig Miles, who got an inside edge through to Wilson who took a nice diving catch, and Surrey went a bit mad.

Hat-trick ball then, and the finger’s gone up but quite why no one will ever know! Perhaps Rob Bailey was hungry. Jade’s gone full Chris Cairns and Chris Read on David Payne, sending down a floaty, dipping slower ball that hits the batsman one the side outside leg stump. It’s missing by an absolute mile but the appeal is massive and the finger goes up. So Surrey need 221 to win. A job for Jason Roy, Steve Davies and Kumar Sangakkara you’d think but they’ve got plenty to thanks Jade and Mahmood for. The former finished with outstanding figures of 6-35, and Mahmood was very tight in the middle. Cracking stuff from Surrey. Back in 45. There are kids playing cricket on the outfield which is nice to see.

Gloucestershire 209 for seven: Jack Taylor’s come in and is pretty intent on getting things moving, and the Gloucestershire fans are finally making some noise. He’s just plonked Tom Curran for consecutive leg side sixes, and a jones cover drive makes it 20 from the over, which is very helpful indeed. Dernbach’s on at the over end and one of his slower balls – a bit of a rank short one – has been sent to the extra cover fence by Taylor, dissecting two fellas in the deep. Oh but now Taylor’s out! He’s just slapped it straight to backward point, where Sam Curran does the job! Big celebration from Dernbach and big hand for Taylor, who leaves the field after a short delay because the umps wanted to check where Jade’s front foot had been. 35 from 26 and a stand of 49 has made 250 a possibility if Jones can give it a heave. Four overs remain.

Gloucestershire 160 for six: Oh dear. A rather grim innings from Tom Smith has come to a rather grim end. He had 20 (without a boundary), when he reverse swept his 51st ball (off Batty) to Dernbach, who was stationed at short third man exactly for that shot, and Jones called him through for a run which was never there. Dernbach had the wherewithal to throw to the non-strikers, where Batty did the rest. Not pretty. Jones is plodding along but has also struggled to get going against some fine bowling – Mahmood bowled his 10 straight through and took 2-28, while Burke has been tight too.

Gloucestershire 118 for five: Times are tough for Gloucestershire right now. Jones got his innings started with a magnificent straight drive but lost Roderick soon after, when he played on just trying to dab the ball down to third man. Pretty sorry way to go. Tom Smith is in with Jones now but Surrey’s bowling has been very tight, with Batty tricky to get away and Mahmood effectively picking up Ansari’s role, albeit as a right-arm seamer rather than a left-arm spinner. Same but different, if that makes sense. You know what I mean.

Gloucestershire 100 for four: Gareth Batty started his spell in pretty comical fashion. He flung a horrid looking dart miles down the legside, and Wilson couldn’t gather it, so down it rolled towards the Pavilion for five wides. He then followed it up with another wide and 11 came from his first over. But was it all a plan? First ball of his next over, he Marshall has come skipping down the track and Batty fires down another wide and this time Wilson is mighty sharp, gathering and breaking the stumps as the batsman sprawled back. Stumped off a wide isn’t a great way to go.

Benny Howell’s gone now too, bowled by Azhar Mahmood for nine and we’ll take drinks. The over before he’d nearly been bowled by Batty, too. Roderick is standing firm and that wicket brings Geraint Jones to the crease, and that lovely man gets the warmest of ovations from the crowd. Thousands of Gloucesters have made the trip up, my tube was full of them earlier. Lord’s looking an absolute picture, by the way.

Gloucestershire 53 for two: Jade Dernbach has bowled a really rather excellent opening spell, and he’s dismissed Chris Dent as well as Klinger now too. Dernbach got through six overs, without too much of his usual mix of variations, just serving up a tough, tight line and proving very difficult to get away. Were I Surrey skipper (thankfully for them I’m not), I’d probably have given him one more, but he’s important at the death so Batty has swapped Sam Curran (who dropped a sharp, one-handed caught and bowled off Dent on 13) to the Pavilion End after his brother Tom replaced him at the Nursery. Dent had looked good but got himself out in mighty soft fashion. There was a lovely pull and an uppish flick through square leg, but eventually he just slapped Dernbach straight to Azhar Mahmood at mid-off. Gareth Roderick and his funny open stance hasn’t looked quite as fluent, but he’s still there.

A very fine morning to you all from Lord’s, where we have a decent, and still growing crowd for Gloucestershire v Surrey. Surrey won the toss and chose to have a bowl, a decision that has immediately paid off; they’ve got Michael Klinger out with the third ball of the match. Repeat: Michael Klinger – he of 531 runs and three centuries in the tournament – is actually out. Jade Dernbach of all people with the wicket, as Klinger slashed outside off and was caught behind. Cue plenty of press box jokes saying “we might as well head home now”. Very droll. Sam Curran’s bowling from the other end and Gareth Roderick’s just flicked him nicely off his pads for four, but it is swinging. Azhar Mahmood is back for Surrey and Geraint Jones plays the final match of a mighty fine career.