IF, as many presume, Liam Livingstone figures in the England selectors’ thoughts this summer, he might just view this game with Somerset as the moment where it all clicked.

The 23-year-old, who is standing in as skipper for the injured Steven Croft, has totally dominated both of Lancashire’s innings in this captivating Specsavers County Championship Division One tussle scoring an entertaining 68 on the first day before reaching his highest first class score of 168 on the third.

In doing so, he and fellow century maker Alex Davies, who made his second ton of the season, dragged their county back into this contest with Lancashire finishing the day on 423-7 with a more than useful lead of 254 going into the final day.

And Livingstone was pleased with his side's recovery.

He said: "We knew we were under pressure but Alex and I bat well together and we built a decent partnership.

"Hopefully we've given ourselves a chance to push on and see what happens.

"I wouldn't say we are in a position of strength yet because I still think the pitch is fairly decent but it is definitely getting worse and hopefully that will accelerate.

"We've got ourselves in a very good position from where we were.

"It's been a lot easier for me this season having played over the winter because it's not like you're starting over again and I'm loving captaining the side - it's a very exciting side and I think we're playing some good cricket."