Neil Dexter charge

        

   Notts were struggling on 60-4 when Dexter tore through the middle order with three wickets in five balls.His five wickets in less than eight overs left Notts on 93-8 and still trailing by 18, but Adams and Fletcher combined for a ninth-wicket stand of 89 to hold up Middlesex, although the latter was eventually dismissed in what proved to be the last over of the day.But Adams (50 not out) and Fletcher (47) guided the hosts to 182-9 before bad light stopped play, a lead of 107.Andy Carter took the wickets of James Harris and Toby Roland-Jones, before Tim Murtagh was the last man out, caught behind off the bowling of Adams, to leave Simpson just three runs shy of a ton.After poor weather had delayed the start by 45 minutes, Simpson continued on 77 not out alongside Ollie Rayner, but with the latter soon dismissed by Shahzad for 13, he was left chasing a third first-class century with only the tail for company.Ed Cowan and Michael Lumb were both dismissed inside the first four overs of the Notts reply and once opener Alex Hales had fallen for 32 after a stand of 47 with James Taylor, Dexter came to the fore to devastating affect.