Can Middlesex get 250 from here? How many is par?

Seven overs left.

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator

What a knock from Harry Duke, mostly full of discipline and hard work.

He has put on a marvellous partnership with Ryan Higgins.

for Dukepublished at 42.4 overs

42.4 overs

Higgins 87, Duke 50 - Middlesex 197-5

Ryan Higgins cuts Tom Scriven to backward point for four and gets a single off the next ball.

Here's Harry Duke on 49. Scriven goes wide and full outside off - cut away for one and Duke has 50 off 63 balls with three fours and a six.

Rehan Ahmed is on. Cue the sweeps.

Harry Duke goes for a reverse sweep and nearly dinks a catch to Rishi Patel. One run.

Another reverse brings four! Cover moves up and we now have a deep backward point.

Higgins sweeps square for two and gets a reverse to backward point for one.

Good variation in pace from Ian Holland - and the Middlesex pair of Ryan Higgins and Harry Duke work the singles.

Higgins almost falls over keeping out one of the slower balls.

A shorter ball is clubbed to deep mid-wicket by Higgins for one.

Six runs off the over is a good effort from a bowler at this stage of the innings.

We're down to the final 10 overs of the innings.

Here comes Ian Holland...

Clive Eakin
BBC Sport at Trent Bridge

There's been some debate this year about whether the final should be held at Trent Bridge given the rather sparse crowds in recent seasons. Some have suggested a smaller venue could be used.

But, although the ground is far from full, the turnout this time is much improved.

There's a good atmosphere and the Leicestershire supporters in particular are making sure they're heard, many of them situated appropriately at the Fox Road side of the ground..

Looks like we'll be back here next year.

Whisper it quietly (Middlesex fans) but these are calmer waters for the Seaxes this afternoon.

Oh hello! Ryan Higgins goes down the track and belts Tom Scriven to Alex Green.

One run taken - and that's the 100 partnership for the sixth wicket off 110 balls.

Can Ian Holland get a third wicket? Not in this over.

Single to Harry Duke.

Ryan Higgins pulls across the line and away to deep backward square for four. A bit risky but a well-executed shot.

Four more singles come off the over with some good running from this sixth-wicket pair.

Ian Holland brings himself back on to bowl. He dismissed Nathan Frenandes and Max Holden in his first spell.

Bowling change and frustration for Tom Scriven - who has changed ends and is on in place of Alex Green.

Width and a flashing stroke from Ryan Higgins past backward point for four.

They had just brought the fielder up for that shot.

Ryan Higgins tries to go across the line to flick a single leg side off Ben Green but there's no run this time.

Plenty of intent and building confidence from the Seaxes though.

This has been a more than decent recovery from 71-5.

Ryan Higgins flicks a short ball from Ben Green off his hips for one.

Short and slapped over long on by Harry Duke for four! He's going after Green and that's the innings 150 in 36.2 overs.

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How important might that knock be from Ryan Higgins?

He gets a leg bye off Alex Green.

A lovely late cut from Harry Duke to point and a fumble in the field allows for two runs.

Ben Green is getting a bit of stick from the crowd as the ball is hit to him again and - just for the one apiece time.

Duke gets it to square leg to move to 35. Now we have a no-ball and a free hit for overstepping...

Higgins is back and across to a slower ball and cloths it in the off side for no run.

He keeps the strike with a single cut to deep point off the next ball.

Adam Whitty
BBC Radio Leicester commentator

That's a huge knock from Ryan Higgins.

His team were in bother, but he's played watchfully.

for Higginspublished at 35 overs

35 overs

Leics v Middlesex 138-5

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Now Leicestershire have to choose which ball to use for the rest of the innings.

Job done and Ben Green will bowl.

Ryan Higgins drives and misses outside off. He tucks his second ball leg side for one to move to 49.

Short! Huge swing from Harry Duke over mid-wicket for six!

Lovely elevation and footwork.

Duke gets one off the next ball and Higgins gets a thick outside edge away for one to reach 50 off 72 balls with five fours.

Crucial innings.

A bit of cloud cover at Trent Bridge now but no danger of rain.

It's been hazy sunshine for the most part.

A full length from Alex Green and Harry Duke nearly inside edges into his stumps.

He uppercuts the third ball behind point for one.

Ryan Higgins pushes into cover and sprints one. He's on 48.

Green strays leg side for a wide. Tension easing a tad for Middlesex?

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator

Middlesex needed to quieten things down a little which they've done to the extent that we can now hear the fielders for the first time.

Ajaz Patel continues from the Stuart Broad End, bowling quicker and flatter to Harry Duke.

Duke is back to defend a fuller, slower ball.

He sweeps the fifth ball over keeper Ben Cox for two. Good fielding from Rishi Patel and Rehan Ahmed both chasing the ball down.