West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul continued his fine run of form in the LV= County Championship with 92 as Lancashire put themselves in a strong position on the opening day against table-topping Nottinghamshire.

The 36-year-old looked set for his third century in five matches for the Red Rose before he was lbw to Ryan Sidebottom, ending a third-wicket stand of 151 with Mark Chilton - Lancashire's highest partnership for any wicket this season.

Chilton himself made an obdurate 61 not out to follow half-centuries from openers Paul Horton and Tom Smith, but a late burst of wickets gave Nottinghamshire renewed hope as the visitors reached 303 for six.

Sidebottom (three for 74) and Andre Adams (three for 68) were the main threat all day, with Adams poised on a hat-trick when play begins on day two.

Lancashire got off to a flying start after winning the toss with Horton taking advantage of some poor new-ball bowling from Darren Pattinson as the visitors passed 50 in 10 overs.

Horton reached his first 50 since late June off just 53 balls with eight fours before he was trapped lbw for 51 by a delivery from Adams which kept low.

Adams was then left cursing his luck as second slip Steven Mullaney dropped both Smith and Chilton in his next two overs, with Chilton having made just one at the time.

Smith did eventually fall for 61 after lunch, as Sidebottom found some extra bounce to draw Smith into a cut shot which was edged to Alex Hales at first slip.

That brought Chanderpaul to the wicket and he remained solid, apart from two half-chances in the 30s, when an lbw appeal from Mullaney was turned down and a rising delivery from Pattinson was edged over the slips.

Progress was sedate after that, as Chanderpaul and Chilton were content to proceed at three an over in the face of a wicket offering some variable bounce.

Chilton ground his way to 50 off 142 balls in the final session before Chanderpaul was undone by the new ball, with Sidebottom swinging a full delivery into the batsman's pads to send the Guyanese back to the dressing room having faced 171 balls, hitting 13 fours.

After a 25-minute break just before the close for bad light, Nottinghamshire hit back with three wickets in eight balls, Sidebottom finding Steven Croft's edge for a sharp catch at third slip by Adams, with the Kiwi then removing Gary Keedy lbw and Gareth Cross first ball caught at first slip.