Yorkshire still have an outside chance of forcing what would be another stunning LV= County Championship victory over Somerset at Taunton tomorrow following a dominant day with bat and ball.

It is imperative that the White Rose county bowl the hosts out before they reach the follow-on target of 301 after they closed today’s third day on 232-6 from 72 overs of their first innings, of which Marcus Trescothick made 74 and James Hildreth 76 not out.

The notable Yorkshire contributions came from Bradfordian Adil Rashid and Adam Lyth.

Rashid continued his amazing run of form with the bat by reaching 103 not out in a first-innings total of 450-5 declared before lunch, the all-rounder’s third century in his last three Championship innings.

And, with the light closing in after tea, Lyth was introduced into the attack and struck twice in two balls with his rarely used off-spinners as Somerset slipped to 172-6.

It was just unfortunate that Hildreth and Craig Meschede frustrated them during the latter stages of the day with an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 60 inside 19 overs.

Yorkshire have turned heads with the manner of their wins against Durham, Derbyshire and Warwickshire, and this would be a result of similar magnitude given the fact that the first day was completely washed out.

As Rashid said: “Funny things can happen in cricket”.

Given the batsman-friendly conditions, it would be a surprise to see the White Rose take another 14 wickets tomorrow. But it is certainly by no means impossible.

Rashid, who also caused problems during 17 wicketless overs of leg-spin, was excellent with the bat.

He has now scored 504 runs in five matches this season at a jaw-dropping average of 252.

The 25-year-old all-rounder shared an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 144 in 31 overs with Andrew Hodd, whose 68 not out was his best score in a Yorkshire shirt.

They batted through the first hour and a half of play this morning on the way to securing a fifth batting bonus point for posting 400 inside 110 overs - a target which they reached with only one ball to spare.

Steve Patterson then struck twice, Rich Pyrah and Ryan Sidebottom once and Lyth twice.

He forced Alex Barrow to play on and had Peter Trego caught and bowled. Lyth had only been brought into the attack after tea due to fading light.