Yeah but they won't want to leave it too fine leaving the door open for Yorkshire, they'll need to go at a much quicker rate then they did in the first innings if they want to set any sort of total. If Yorks merely plan to match Somerset for bonus points to keep themselves ahead Middlesex will still have a deficit of 80 odd to make up first.
I dunno, its not a huge lead for Yorkshire, how much of a lead will they build? They're not going overly quickly and if Yorks get past 350 then what sort of target would middlesex leave Yorks? Given the rate Middlesex batted in the first innings it could easily play out to a draw
Just seen the clip of Hildreth's 50, looks like he really is struggling, no foot movement in the shots, just timing. Begs the question why Notts aren't bowling wide of the stump with slips in knowing Somerset need to keep the rate up.