Somerset remain hopeful of winning their first Vitality County Championship, but have a mountain to climb in their battle with Lancashire.

The team are currently 189 runs short of their target after the third day of action, which all-rounder Archie Vaughan admits is "not the position" they wanted to be in.

He said: "We're not in the position we wanted to be in but we've got good batters coming in.

"We've got Lewis, Craig – everyone bats and James Rew is pretty set, so if we get off to a good start in the morning, I think we’ll have a sniff.

"It’ll only take one big partnership."

He added: "It's quite hard to score on that pitch, it's definitely not a belter of a pitch but it's got better after the first two days.

"There's still the odd one keeping low, the odd one doing a bit."

Vaughan, who has been crucial with the bat, also shared his satisfaction with his performance.

He said: "It's nice to get in and make a score in each innings, so I'm pretty happy.

"Tom Lammonby and I had good communication and we put pressure back on the bowlers.

"We scored at a decent rate and we did pretty well in that situation."

He also stated his preference for batting but expressed his readiness to contribute with the ball if needed: "Batting is my preferred discipline but if I'm needed with the ball, then I'm there.

"I love opening, I think you get great value for your shots and it's a great challenge."

However, Lancashire's Luke Wells believes his team are in a strong position to secure victory.

He said: "All in all that was a very good day and we are in the box seat to win this tomorrow.

"They've got a lot of very good all-round cricketers as well so it’s by no means finished.

"We are going to have to keep going until the very last wicket has been taken."

Reflecting on the match, Wells continued: "It's been quite a funny game.

"It was a slightly damper pitch than the ones we normally play on here on day one and it produced the seaming conditions that helped produce all those wickets."

Despite the challenging conditions, Wells was pleased to have contributed to Lancashire's commanding lead.

He said: "It feels great (to have got a century) but pretty strange to be batting at seven.

"I've never done that before.

"So to come in at seven and get a score, well it's definitely easier down there.

"So it was pleasing and odd at the same time."