Shivnarine Chanderpaul (182) and Jordan Clark (140) entered the record books by recording Lancashire's highest seventh-wicket partnership against Surrey on a day that was dominated by batsmen on both sides.
The pair shared 243 runs - breaking a 115-year-old record - to help Lancashire reach 470 after they had fallen to 67/5 on the first day, before Surrey responded by closing on 112/2, with Kyle Jarvis claiming a wicket in the final over of the day.
Clark brought up his maiden first-class hundred on the first evening with a towering six, leading to joyous celebrations, but for the veteran left-hander, it was a much more familiar feeling and he recognised his 74th century in first-class cricket in a much more modest way.
Chanderpaul's red-ball tally of more than 26,000 runs suggested he would hold the key after the Red Rose stumbled before lunch on Day One; by contrast Clark is yet to reach 1,000 first-class runs, but his performance in this match may be the start of a breakthrough season for the all-rounder.
The 42-year-old advanced from his overnight score of 85 to reach three figures inside the first hour of the day in 213 balls, opting against the dab celebration. The left-hander continued to frustrate the Surrey seamers against the new ball, while Clark continued with his free-scoring and contrasting approach to break the record for the highest seventh-wicket stand against Surrey.
Chanderpaul achieved a new high score for Lancashire before lunch, beating the 120 he made against Kent in 2010 and with a third century for the Red Rose under his belt, he hoped to push on and claim all five batting points.
Problems started to emerge for the visitors; Clark initially appeared to be given out lbw to Gareth Batty, but was later confirmed as edging to Rory Burns at first slip, a decision he did not seem too pleased by. Clark fell for a brilliant 140 with his partnership with Chanderpaul six runs shy of a new record seventh-wicket stand against any side.
His loss was a big blow to the 400-run target and when Chanderpaul required treatment from the physio matter continued to become complicated for the visitors. Luke Procter emerged as a willing runner for the West-Indian, but the loss of Clark had signalled the end of Lancashire's interest in attempting to reach 400 before the end of the 110th over.
Lancashire went to lunch in a remarkable position considering they had slumped to 91/5 at the same time yesterday. Mark Foottit emerged as the caveat to the visitors renewed sense of superiority after the interval, continuing his buoyant early-season form to finish with figures of 5-118.
Stephen Parry (21) played a measured hand to add 42 alongside Chanderpaul, who was beginning to waver even with a runner. Foottit managed to get one to climb on the left-arm spinner and encourage an edge behind to Ben Foakes, before Kyle Jarvis fell in identical fashion two balls later to leave the score at 407/9.
Surrey's openers would have been preparing their response after these two quick wickets, but Lancashire's final pair had other ideas. Chanderpaul found able company in Simon Kerrigan and the duo added another 63 runs to prolong Surrey's frustration.
Chanderpaul's first score of 150 or more for the club came up in 296 balls with a flurry of boundaries and the shuffling left-hander started to open up his shoulders against the spinner to finish with a boundary count of 21 fours and two sixes in his 328-ball masterclass.
Batty finished with figures of 3-72, claiming the prized scalp of Chanderpaul when he picked out Mark Stoneman in the covers, as Lancashire were dismissed for a mightily impressive 470 after their top-order collapse.
Stoneman and Burns ensured there were no early setbacks in the ten overs before tea and the pair had enjoyed an untroubled partnership of 67 up until Clark (1-13) had Stoneman wrapped on the pads for 40. Scott Borthwick contributed a further 55 runs alongside Burns, before Jarvis (1-27) struck a blow in the final over of the day.
With two balls remaining the paceman encouraged Burns to feather an edge through to Alex Davies, signalling the end of the play, ahead of what is predicted to be a day of heavy rain on the third day.
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