Jones's obstinacy leaves Trescothick ruing his timidity

The wicketkeeper walked out at 2.40pm with his side 67-1 chasing an improbable 335 to win and was out just moments before the end for a gutsy 47 as Kent closed on 191-7.

Murali Kartik claimed 5-57 for match figures of 10-107, bowling 31 overs unchanged from the River End.

When the total was 134-5 with 20 overs still remaining, Somerset had a chance.

In the end their captain Marcus Trescothick might have regretted erring on the side of safety as he delayed his declaration until 25 minutes before lunch, by which time his team had progressed from an overnight 122-2 to 301-7.

Trescothick had led from the front at the start of the final day.

Unbeaten on 59 overnight, he progressed to 80, with eight fours and three sixes, before driving a catch to extra cover off Amjad Khan.

Alfonso Thomas (30), Zander de Bruyn (43) and James Hildreth (48) all made breezy contributions, but it was a surprise when Trescothick opted to continue the innings once a 300 lead had been established.

It was not a happy afternoon for Somerset's wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter, who dropped Alex Blake amid an untidy display behind the stumps.

Durham captain Phil Mustard's unbeaten 71 ensured his side avoided the follow-on at home to Lancashire and the rain-ruined match meandered to an inevitable draw in pleasant sunshine.

Durham were all out for 216 shortly after lunch to trail by 128 and Lancashire reached 91-4 in their second innings.

It could have been different had Glen Chapple's superb final fling with the ball brought even greater reward than his eventual figures of 5-65.

The key moment came when Durham were 20 runs short of the follow-on target with three wickets standing. Mustard, on 39, survived a sharp chance to Paul Horton at first slip off Chapple and hurriedly picked up the required runs at the other end.

Durham still needed 11 when Chapple yorked Callum Thorp with a ball which swung from outside leg stump, but Mustard gathered them all in one over from Tom Smith.

He twice ran Smith to third man either side of driving a lofted straight four which took him to 50 off 86 balls.

Other than when he flashed wide of off stump at Anderson and edged over first slip for four, 19-year-old Ben Stokes coped admirably against the England bowler. By the time Chapple wrapped up the innings by bowling Steve Harmison second ball it was too late.

Stephen Moore, Mark Chilton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul passed 20 as Lancashire meandered to the close, Ian Blackwell recording eyecatching figures of 9-6-5-1.

Lancashire took nine points from the match and Durham seven.