Lancashire 134 (Balderson 38, Williams 6-24) and 120 for six (Flintoff 57*) want 128 runs to beat Gloucestershire 212 (Ahmed 51, Balderson 4-44) and 169 (Dhariwal 66, Balderson 4-31)
Dhariwal’s 66 within the second innings of his first-class debut annoyed Lancashire and left them needing to attain an unlikely 248, which might be comfortably the very best whole of the match, for his or her first Championship win since April.
Langridge, a tall left-arm quick bowler making his second look on mortgage from Somerset, then put the skids below the Crimson Rose run chase together with his second spectacular new-ball spell of the match to cut back them to 25 for 3 at lunch.
Flintoff, the 18-year-old youthful son of the previous Lancashire and England hero Andrew, responded positively with an unbeaten 57 off 66 balls – however was in peril of operating out of companions when rain set in with 128 runs nonetheless required.
Lancashire captain James Anderson recognised the necessity for early wickets when Gloucestershire resumed their second innings on 118 for 8 with a lead of 196, however Dhariwal and Matt Taylor prolonged their ninth-wicket partnership to 70 – the very best of the match.
Dhariwal, a 21-year-old from Winchester who has made 16 white-ball appearances for Gloucestershire this summer time, reached his debut red-ball 50 from 107 balls together with his sixth boundary, a thick edge to 3rd man off Anderson. And even after his dismissal, edging the persevering Mitch Stanley to Anderson within the slips, Taylor moved on to a really useful 31.
Langridge then ripped out Matty Hurst for a duck with a basic inswinging yorker, and may have had Harry Singh together with his subsequent supply just for a pointy probability to go down at second slip.
The miss did not show expensive as Singh edged Will Williams to Myles Hammond at third slip three overs later, and Langridge then claimed the important thing scalp of Keaton Jennings once more caught by Hammond at third slip within the final over earlier than lunch.
Lancashire’s struggling Australian import Marcus Harris turned a 3rd sufferer for Hammond, this time low down off the bowling of Taylor, earlier than Arav Shetty was fantastically stumped by Gloucestershire captain James Bracey off the bowling of Indian spinner Sai Kishore, leaving the Crimson Rose wilting on 64 for five.
However Ben Walkden joined Flintoff in a sixth-wicket stand of fifty, throughout which Flintoff made it to 50 for the primary time in his ninth first-class match from 59 balls, flicking a six over lengthy leg and including eight fours, the bulk pushed with an uncannily acquainted type and energy.
The clouds have been already closing in when Bracey claimed a second sharp dismissal, this time catching Walkden off Kishore – leaving Gloucestershire solely 4 wickets away from a 3rd Championship win of the season.