After taking the 2 wickets they wanted to dismiss Lancashire for 331, Nottinghamshire began on the entrance foot.
However Ben Slater’s second-over boundary turned out to be his solely scoring shot as Saqib Mahmood, bowling for the primary time in a senior match for 12 months following a stress fracture, had him caught at third slip.
Will Younger was then bowled by Will Williams for 27 and Nottinghamshire seemed in hassle when Joe Clarke and Tom Moores fell in fast succession, each caught behind off Balderson, to make it 104 for 4.
However Jack Haynes joined Hameed and the pair placed on 87 for the fifth wicket, throughout which the captain ended his lengthy anticipate a Championship hundred.
Hameed was promptly put down on 104, a tough probability coming laborious to Luke Wells at slip off Hartley, however Nottinghamshire nonetheless suffered one other setback within the final over earlier than tea when Haynes was bowled by Balderson for 35.
Lancashire made two extra breakthroughs earlier than the shut however not earlier than Lyndon James (26) and Calvin Harrison (21) had helped Hameed edge Nottinghamshire nearer to the 300-run mark, and the house captain will look to proceed accumulating on day three.
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